high_speed_metal Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Ok I have never had the chance to target black bream down south but im wondering if they are as far up as the central coast. Myself and fishing mates have never really seen them up this way but during a flick in the brackish i run into this bulldozer. Would like to hear everyone's two cents on black bream/Dark Yellowfin/Hybrid Was catching Yellowfin in the same area that were the normal silver and not dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew399 Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I think its a yellowfin... A black breams head is usually a bit more round and the anal fins continue around towards the tail a bit more and are a shorter. The dark colouration may have just occured because it had been up the river for longer than the rest of the fish you were catching... A further way to tell is that there are 43-46 scales in the lateral line of the yellowfin whereas the black bream has 52-58, may assist you next time if you can be bothered counting! Slinky will know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high_speed_metal Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 Never heard of the scales way to tell... That's a good one. I thought the shape was like a yellowfin as well, but just could not explain how dark it was. Another? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Looks like a black bream going by the anal spike looking shorter than on a yellowfin bream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Hi High speed metal that's a dark looking bream alright, not a bad size bream either... It looks like it may have been locked in somewhere for quite a long time, probably the result of a sand bar being opened up somewhere or other or perhaps it came out of a lagoon like the fish that would have worked their way out recently when then they opened up Avoca....... Cheers jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew399 Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 That second one looks like a black to me because of the shorter anal fin and the more rounded nose... im no expert though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti-Carp Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 I've caught black bream as far north as Ballina but the shape of it makes me think it could be a Pikey Bream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.dawg Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Pretty sure black bream wouldnt go up that far... they are rare enough to catch in sydney already... have only ever caught 1 black bream in the georges.... btw... i heard there are many species of bream and they can cross breed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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