Bream Or Snapper!

[ishhifay]

Hi Raiders,

I have been a longtime raider but this is my first post. I need your help! Can anyone tell me if this big guy is bream or snapper. The reason i think its a red cause of its size but it looks like a bream. It was caught where snapper is often sort and bram is probally 90% of our catch everytime we fish there. It weighs 3 kilo approx. I am determined to prove its a bream! I would like to prove my buddies wrong. Hoping all replie post's come back as bream than snapper !!

Please note that the fish is compared with the omo bucket. It was a big fish 53 cm.

[IWANNABROCK]

Looks like a massive thumper BREAM. Bloody nice fish.

[big_steve]

AWESOME bream there mate

[stylo]

No hump on head = bream ..

MASSIVE bream !!

Nice one mate!

[Penguin]

Looks like a Breambo to me also, Massive

penguin

[BRUTUS]

No hump on head = bream ..

MASSIVE bream !!

Does not mean it's a Bream just because there is no hump as a lot of XX0S snapper from NZ & Norfolk Island don't have humps as well.

Definitely a Thumping Big Yellowfin Bream

Ken

[stylo]

What is XXOS ?

[landbased]

xtra xtra over size??

[DaveD]

Thats a whoppppper of a bream !!!!! Talk about a nice weight !! LOL Enough to win you a comp with just one fish !! hahaahha

[Tony Soprano]

Great bream mate!

I don't think they get much bigger than that in Australia

Cheers

Tony

[BRUTUS]

I don't think they get much bigger than that in Australia

Cheers

Tony

The FCA record last Time I looked was 4.1 KG and we have one hanging up in the club (AFA of NSW) that went 6 pound 13 ounces from the Georges River in the early 19 hundreds.

Ken

[vipernut]

Well done,that is one monster bream

Any info on where it was caught(just in general dosnt have to be exact spot),and what it was caught on,lure or bait.

And to the site.

Stephen

[abiasin]

nice breambo there mate, well done.

[ishhifay]

Well done,that is one monster bream

Any info on where it was caught(just in general dosnt have to be exact spot),and what it was caught on,lure or bait.

And to the site.

Stephen

Hi, caught on bait "live nippers". The Entrance. Warm water area. Thanks for the kind words.

[davester28]

Hi, caught on bait "live nippers". The Entrance. Warm water area. Thanks for the kind words.

truly massive! well done! how old do you reckon a fish like that would be?

Edited December 18, 2007 by David L

[squidboy]

Bream.

Snapper dont have a black ended tail.

Very nice fish there too

[Scon]

yep a nice bream for sure and a ripper of a red to ,

Where about's was the snapper caught, my guess NZ?

[Chris 55]

Damn thats a horse of a Bream

CHRIS

[Tony Soprano]

The FCA record last Time I looked was 4.1 KG and we have one hanging up in the club (AFA of NSW) that went 6 pound 13 ounces from the Georges River in the early 19 hundreds.

Ken

Sorry Ken I will rephrase for your benefit-

You certainly don't see bream that size very often in this country.

Early 1900s aside

Cheers

Tony

[coastspinna]

truly massive! well done! how old do you reckon a fish like that would be?

my mate caught one at 52 cm and it was estimated at 25-30 years old.....

no joke at the entrance??????? that is a serious bream ... i live up here and i have seen nothing like that in the system ... warm water hmmmmmm

wd mate

ian

[reelfisho]

Wow!! mate that's a big old mama bream you've caught. Great catch by the way!

[Capt Hook]

Albino Snapper anyone ?

[VA911]

Top bream there.

I have fished the hawksburry all my life targeting big bream. I have landed 3 fish over the 50cm mark. the bigest going 53 as well. Daunting sight when a massive bream comes up out of the water and your not expecting it at all.

mate thats a very rare thing to land one that size. so congratulations and go back to the same spot. If there is a big one there there are others. Big Bream hang around othere big bream and tend to be "Resident" fish.

Well done!

[ishhifay]

truly massive! well done! how old do you reckon a fish like that would be?

Hi, would probally guess over 20 years old.

my mate caught one at 52 cm and it was estimated at 25-30 years old.....

no joke at the entrance??????? that is a serious bream ... i live up here and i have seen nothing like that in the system ... warm water hmmmmmm

wd mate

ian

Thanks.

Top bream there.

I have fished the hawksburry all my life targeting big bream. I have landed 3 fish over the 50cm mark. the bigest going 53 as well. Daunting sight when a massive bream comes up out of the water and your not expecting it at all.

mate thats a very rare thing to land one that size. so congratulations and go back to the same spot. If there is a big one there there are others. Big Bream hang around othere big bream and tend to be "Resident" fish.

Well done!

Mate you are right. I was a little bit scared when landed. Its mouth was wide open and it looked amazing.

Thanks for the kind words. I never intended to catch a huge fish just a feed for my family "we love eating bream". You can probally call it a JAG or mabe at the right place and right time. Good luck Targeting the big one. Hope this fish has pumped you up for your next fishing trip!!

Albino Snapper anyone ?

[Trapper Tom]

That is one of the best bream I've seen in years

Massive and congrats

For interest and the other posts, ie 4.1 K etc as the record, I remember the Swansea Hotel at Lake Mac. 25 years ago

They had a stuffed bream on display that was big enough to chew your arm off.

Can't quite remember the weight but definately bigger than 4.1

Does anybody remember.

Would appreciate posts from anybody who can remember.

If not post query and I will research the matter further and track down where Mr dead fish went and how much it weighed.

Trapper Tom