rjc123 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 (edited) Hi Raiders, Just trying to get used to the new and improved site. Great job Admin, looking really good Headed the other day with the intention of finding a few EP's. Spent the morning peppering all likely snags and with my ol' favourite Z-man Grubz in "Watermelon Red". Picked up a few smallish bream and lost what would have been my first EP at the side of the yak Much to my dismay not another fish came along for the morning. This called for a new plan. I've had the bream sussed out lately so headed downstream to a few of my favourite honey holes. Started slow with only the one legal fish of 26cm in the first hour. The tide wasn't quite high enough for this spot to fish well so moved on to another. After only a few minutes, BANG, hit on the drop. A nice 30cm Breambo hits the yak. Good fun keeping him away from the pylons on 3lb and a 1-2kg rod! Not too long after the grubz got monstered again. This fish really tested me out! Almost got me on the pylons at one stage! Leader was badly frayed when i eventually got him in. 33cm of Bream was added to the bag! With things really heating up, i was able to fish a little more relaxed and focus on what i was doing. Let me tell you, I needed every fibre in my body focused for what happened next! Made the decision to change colour to bloodworm, a proven big bream colour for me. As the grubz made its way to the base of the pylon, i felt a big bump on my line. The line began moving underneath the pylon so i knew something was up. Whacked him hard and i can honestly say, i thought it was a school jew with the amount of weight and screaming run i experienced next. It took me under the pylon and out the other side. For 5 minutes, i battled this fish, 70% of the rod was in the water while the fish fought from the other side. By some miracle i managed to coax it back under the pylon and before it had the chance to dive back through, netted a cracker of a bream. At this stage i was so glad i had upgraded from 4lb leader to 8lb! I then paddled over to a small beach as fast as possible for a photo shoot of the fish. Measured up on the brag mat and he went 43cm. Got an approximate weight of 1.2kg from the lip grippers as well. A new lure PB for me! Popped him in the livewell to make a total of 4. Had an hour to find one more fish and the pylons had shut down. Headed back to a favourite snag, on the first cast, the plastic was chased by a school of nice bream. Of course, the smallest of the lot (27cm) had to take my plastic. There were a few 35+ fish in that school so was a shame in a way. Can't complain though, it completed one of my best bags in a long time! The bag was, 43, 33, 30, 27, 26. Was great to release them all at the end to fight another day. Hopefully in a few years time, the 43 will be edging closer to the 50 mark. That's my next goal Cheers, Tom Edited August 5, 2013 by mulloway man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphdog Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Mate that's a horse, good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Awesome fish - don't they go HARD at that size? All the more, in a yak too! Well done Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bharris Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 nicee work mate good report bad luck on the e.p you will get one sooner then later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 nicee work mate good report bad luck on the e.p you will get one sooner then later Yeah, they're a tough little fish EP's. I've heard once you crack a few it gets much easier. It'll happen sooner or later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SargeRX8 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 That is a big bream, look at its lips! Top stuff. What's an EP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbdshroom Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 (edited) Very decent bream. I've still yet to get any fish on any artificial bait/lure. ^ EP is short for Estuary Perch. Edited January 12, 2013 by nbdshroom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 Very decent bream. I've still yet to get any fish on any artificial bait/lure. ^ EP is short for Estuary Perch. Yeah, bream aren't an easy starting point. Flatties are pretty easy. They'll take most lures fished with almost any retrieve. Bream require a little bit of finesse at times and can be very hard to fool. The days you see lots of good bream are often the days you don't catch them. They're a smart fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elferoz777 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 good stuff mate I had one on like that this morning and the bugger bit the hook off....was pretty mad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieR Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 What type of jig head do you use in the grubs? Everything I have tried sticks out too far from the body of the SP and I ALWAYS miss hook ups. i get non stop bites but no hook ups. Could you take a photo of a jighead you use and how you present a grub on it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVZ350 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 awesome fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieR Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Nice reel too by the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 What type of jig head do you use in the grubs? Everything I have tried sticks out too far from the body of the SP and I ALWAYS miss hook ups. i get non stop bites but no hook ups. Could you take a photo of a jighead you use and how you present a grub on it?? Hi mate, I usually fish a 1/12 TT Tournament Series Jig Head with size 1 hook on my grubz. Does the trick for me. I'll take a photo tomorrow and post it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mialla Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 nice Bream champ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassboy888 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Stonker bream mate, she needs a saddle! That is a fantastic bag as well. Unlucky with the EP, but you're right crack a few and they get much easier. Generally a spot with an eddy and some nice structure will hold them, just fish hard for bream there and you should get them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 That's a cracker bag! Top stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinsoi Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Excellent stuff Tom and wonderful report! Well done that's a classy catch there and a lovely blue nose Congratulations on the PB too Keep up the nice work. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasskl Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Great work Tom.Seems like your all over the Bream's at the moment.The EP's wont know what hit emI'm still yet to catch any bream on lures yet. SP's or hard bodies Just got to keep trying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 Thanks for the replies guys, Hoping to repeat things in the next few days. Need that EP! Picked up another 37cm bream the other day too. From the same spot. Loving the grubz at the moment! Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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