[Box ticked: first fish on metals]

Sounds like some big salmon mate! Good stuff

 

[Gunnamatta Bay Fishing]

Try for bream under the boat hulls, flathead along the weed banks along the main channel. Whiting in the shallows

 

[New to lure fishing]

I can tie a loop knot quicker than some people change a clip. Practice your knots as mentioned above

 

[Night Beach Fishing - Light Etiquette]

I was fishing on a beach one arvo just before sunset. A guy came up and set up literally 5 meters from me. As with your situation there was no one else on the whole beach. I remember thinking is this guy for real??

Then the nice person inside me thought, mayb he just wants to fish with someone....

... any way after he put a line in he comes up to me and says "what are you fishing for"

I relied "bream mate"

"oh you wont catch bream here"

I just laughed it of and reeled in a 35cm+ bream about 2 mins later.

I was just about to release the bream and the guy runs down and says "why are you putting it back?"

To which I replied "I don't eat bream"

"can I have it?"

I thought oh why not, gave it to the guy and continued fishing.

Minutes later the guys mates who were fishing on some near by rocks came down and ole mate packed up and proceeded to walk up the beach telling his mates about the bream "he" just caught.... without so much as a thank you or a good by to me.

That was the last time I gave anyone a fish I wanted to release. I doubt ill be doing it again.

[Box ticked: first fish on metals]

Good stuff mate! I know that spot its a great spot for the family! or a bbq with mates!

 

[Rough Sunday]

36 minutes ago, Aeger said:

Thats exactly what was for dinner tonight!!

 

One of my favourites!

 

[Rough Sunday]

Still love some Bonito sashimi!

 

[Bream in the mangroves]

10 hours ago, dirvin21 said:

up in the mangroves is a bit of an exception, they are up there to feed, I have caught some of my best bream casting amongst the mangroves from public pathways in the middle of the day, however you get one shot

try and get your cast right up into the shallows to where the water only just covers the mangrove roots

small 45-50mm poppers in prawn style colours are the go in my experience they seem to work better than stick baits, a nice blooping retrieve with the occasional pause if the fish charge your lure and stop pause it and don't be afraid to have a long standoff

the big tides on the new moon phase are the best but any high tide will work

the main thing is to be stealthy if the fish spot you its over, although don't go under gunned I use atleast 8lb leader a 30cm+ bream in 20cm of water filled with mangrove roots will make you nervous

good luck looking forward to some photos of solid mangrove bream

Dave

 

 

Great tips there mate next hightide window I get I will give it a go!

[Bass Lures]

Some times I believe the most important thing isn't the type of lure its where the lure is that catches a bass. As some of the previous raiders have mentioned get your lure as close to the bank as possible, for this reason I love using weedless presentations(plasics on a worm hook) with a tiny ball sinker in the loop knot as you dont snag up much at all. Some of my other favourites are(also mentioned above) cicada types. With my favourite being the tiemco bass tune, it is a larger profile lure and it has 3 trebles so the hook up rate is close to 100% although your casts need to be on point!

Any small to medium sized offering will get crunched at times so give all the lures in your tackle box a go and you'll soon find some favourites!

[Bream in the mangroves]

13 hours ago, dirvin21 said:

nice work mate, you should try poppers at the top of the tide amongst the mangrove roots

I have only ever caught them in the low light periods on the top, does the time of day matter? Or would you try and line up say an early morning/ late arvo with a high?

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[Colo River Bass & Freshwater Flathead]

Awesome read and watch. I have always wanted to fish the colo in my yak, where abouts is a good place to launch mate?

 

[Bream in the mangroves]

How addictive is chasing bream along the edges of our local river systems?

Over the last two weeks I have dedicated a few trips to targeting bream in and around the mangroves. To say it has been rewarding would be the understatement of the year. 

I thought I would share some of the key things that I believe are the difference between scoring a few and the dreaded doughnut!

1. Fish as light as possible, I have been fishing 4lb braid with 3lb leader. Not only do you get more bites, it makes it heaps easier to cast tiny plastics. Just make sure your drag is set accordingly or you will get busted off setting the hook. Also I fish the TT hws jig heads in the 1/40th so it sinks very slowly. 

2. Fish the run out tide, as the tide recedes the bream are in waiting for bait that is being pulled out of the shallows. It makes sense to have your plastic coming out the same way.

3. Skipcast under mangroves, the skip itself looks alot like a prawn or baitfish being harrassed in the shallows and some times you'll get crunched on the drop.

4. Watch your line, I like to keep a belly(slack) in the line as the lure falls through the water more naturally. Keep an eye on the line and as with most types of bream fishing strike as soon as you see a tap on the line or the line stops before you think its on the bottom.

I have really enjoyed my last few sessions catching 6 to 26cm the first time, 6 to 31cm the second time and 8 to 34cm the third time and I only went for around an hour and a half each time. Get out there and have a go you wont be disappointed!