jim bream Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Hi Raiders Not much fishing of late, but a close friend from Melbourne wanted me to take him out. Originally a Sydney boy, but never really liked fishing in botany bay and i told him botany bay is the place for bream. After reading a few posts with some fish still out there I said to him we will go early Saturday morning because i had other commitments during the day. We started the usual spots, the water was a lot warmer at the bottom of the bay, but it wasn't a big difference 1-1.5 degrees difference in water temperature. We worked hard to get 30 keepers which was 17 bream 13 whiting. About 8 tarwine which we threw back, and a lot of bream just under 25 cm and just on which we threw back. To my surprise there was a lot of whiting about, but after hitting the usual spots, the spot that produced the most fish was at the front of the novatel 500m out of the beach, which resulted in a mixture of bream and whiting. A very good day and still plenty of fish about. Cheers Jim Bream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangas Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 (edited) Mate, thats a hectic catch. What baits were you using? Good to see the bream still hanging around the bay. Tasty catch. Edited April 10, 2010 by Dangas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodd33 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 thats an awsome catch mate, wow looks like a seafood shop display Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 well done Jim, good old yabbies never let you down. did you also get the whiting on nippers or did you use worms. cheers Basil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czy0058 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 That is lots of fish. well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooker435 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Damn that's a serious Haul!!!!! Well Done.. Regards, Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve351 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Well done jim, the quality of bream in that lot is awesome. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 That doesn't look like 'working hard' to me! Top haul there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royboy Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Nice haul mate. Some quality whiting in the mix. Hope they taste great. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookin4big1 Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 top catch dude i would have struggled to find room to put em all great to see heaps about out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHARK Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Top catch there and good too see that botany bay pulled thru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keflapod Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 (edited) Hi Raiders Not much fishing of late, but a close friend from Melbourne wanted me to take him out. Originally a Sydney boy, but never really liked fishing in botany bay and i told him botany bay is the place for bream. After reading a few posts with some fish still out there I said to him we will go early Saturday morning because i had other commitments during the day. We started the usual spots, the water was a lot warmer at the bottom of the bay, but it wasn't a big difference 1-1.5 degrees difference in water temperature. We worked hard to get 30 keepers which was 17 bream 13 whiting. About 8 tarwine which we threw back, and a lot of bream just under 25 cm and just on which we threw back. To my surprise there was a lot of whiting about, but after hitting the usual spots, the spot that produced the most fish was at the front of the novatel 500m out of the beach, which resulted in a mixture of bream and whiting. A very good day and still plenty of fish about. Cheers Jim Bream Yiassoo Jimmy, Long time no hear from you. It seems you're pretty busy, but as soon as someone twists your arm to go for a fish, you cave in to the pressure! I would do just the same - in fact I have to twist my own arm usually, bcos I have no friends to go fishing with who can twist my arm... That's a nice catch of bream and a big catch of whiting there too. Well done - your experience and ability certainly shows, when you're getting regular good catches... I was out on Saturday as well and being alone, I can't match your numbers. Jeez I wish I could fish 6 rods ! I might have to consider cloning myself like Michael Keaton did in the movie "Multiplicity" - only problem is that my clone would be as dumb as Michael Keaton's last clone! Then I really could talk to myself... Anyway, I got 14 bream and only 3 whiting - but I spent my time trying to catch a really big bream on my shallow grounds. I did manage one at 46cm and I left that spot after getting one - but rather than going into the details here, I might try and put up a post with some piccies.... It's been a while for me too. Did you find the nippers did most of the damage or was it the worms or did both baits catch similar fish? By the way, how deep is the water you're fishing in ? Do you ever get any crabs there as well? Tony Edited April 12, 2010 by Keflapod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim bream Posted April 12, 2010 Author Share Posted April 12, 2010 (edited) Hi Tony i did see you there in the bay on my way out at your usual spot i left at 8.00 because i ran out of nippers how do i no your boat well i wont say but i will say i told the groper you were out that morning any way i ran out of nippers long story to that pretty annoyed about it because my koubaro trying to tell i had enough nipper when i didn't he broke my balls all morning. we had 3 bags of worms and the nippers i fished 4m of water and under every were i went if i stayed to 11 o'clock the numbers would have being much larger the spot where you were fishing my mate got 49 fish from 6.00 to 12.00 21 whiting 24 bream and 4 trevelly. A lot of whiting in the bay at the moment i fished in front of the novatel for a change and it was very productive not to a real surprise not to mention my koubaro tied the hook wrong not once but 3 times and lost 3 large bream at the boat what a wombat he is . The tarwine are all ways found every time i go to kurnell but i don't keep them or the bream that land on 25 cm i don't see the point they seem to small . Were you were fishing haven't fished for a while but think you should move up little more easterly and you will do much better no crabs but were having a go at our lines the worms did the damage on the whiting cheers Jim bream. Edited April 12, 2010 by Jim bream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGF Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 where abouts in the bay were you i ran out of nippers too but we were chasing whiting and flathead so we moved a fair bit but after we got the flattys went back for bream my mate wanted some for dinner still action was fast where we went. you may of seen my boat around the bay 5.3mtr white allycraft runabout with the blue canopy and rocket launchers etc.. name Hooded Warrioron the bow section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim bream Posted April 12, 2010 Author Share Posted April 12, 2010 We ran out of bait at kurnell no i didn't pay any attention to the boats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlin88 Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 thats awesome dude. lucky you, I went out on sunday and fish around few hours and all I got is a few bream (just legal enough to keep). am I doing something wrong ?? I was using nippers and had no luck beside the little snapper keep taking my bait and try the good old praws as well sme old thing. where about you guys fish in botany bay ?? thanks heaps mate wen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funnierthanu Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 thats awesome dude. lucky you, I went out on sunday and fish around few hours and all I got is a few bream (just legal enough to keep). am I doing something wrong ?? I was using nippers and had no luck beside the little snapper keep taking my bait and try the good old praws as well sme old thing. where about you guys fish in botany bay ?? thanks heaps mate wen WEN the fish are all through the bay , dont burly and you must have a 1.5 metre trace to stop the little fish hitting your baits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim bream Posted April 12, 2010 Author Share Posted April 12, 2010 i fished towra kurnell and novatel small snapper i didn't encounter many at all but i usually move when theirs alot of them to more shallow water usually works well because they like the deeper water you may try longer trace and see if works i stick to the 50cm trace with some rods having a variation i do this on purpose to mix thing up a bit keep trying you'll get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlin88 Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 WEN the fish are all through the bay , dont burly and you must have a 1.5 metre trace to stop the little fish hitting your baits thanks heaps champ. I might try that next time.. PS : I am already using pretty long trace already... what sort of rig is better ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim bream Posted April 15, 2010 Author Share Posted April 15, 2010 Hi tony just added a picture for every one a every close mate caught these fish in the same spot you were fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keflapod Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Hi tony just added a picture for every one a every close mate caught these fish in the same spot you were fishing. Jimmy - send me a PM - I have some info for you. By the way, you didn't answer my previous PM... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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