First bream on HB lures

[Kooks]

Hey all,

I've been getting into lure fishing lately. It all started with chasing Whiting on topwater lures. So this Saturday the idea of catching bream on lure for some reason or another lodged itself in my brain. I've never had much interest in bream but for some reason I was keen. Maybe it was the ability to just have a quick flick without all the early mornings and bait gathering that I do chasing kings.

I usually research what lures I want but I just went to my local tackle store and quizzed the bream specialist. As I was land based I walked out with a Berkley Fat Dog 38 Shallow, a Strads Tragic 40 Deep and feel in love with a Ecogear ZX 30.

Any way back to fishing. So I trundle of to a spot I'd never fished in Gladesville. The tides were all wrong but I was eager all the same. So it was an uneventful 1hr or so until the tide started filling in. The sand flats started to get covered and I felt this was my chance. As the sun was going down I caught my first bream. It was a stonking 10+cm. Pic attached.

It was then followed by a whiting then another bream and then a 25+cm bream. So I was a happy chappy.

Since then I've fished another 2 time. The haul being tailor, bream, snapper and flathead. The later being about 55cm and he stole my lure as I tried to lift him up the metre plus wall. So my lucky Fat dog lure is gone.

In short...I'm hooked

Any tips on how to lift up larger fish? O don't want to carry a net??

Cheer

Kooks

Edited April 28, 2013 by Kooks

[nbdshroom]

Congrats! I've been meaning to get into HB's for bream too. I think I might end up getting a Berkley fat dog shallow diver. Seems to be the goods around here. How did you lose the lure? Was it a flathead and it sawed through the line or something else like knot failure?

[Robinsoi]

Well done Kooks and enjoyable report there

Congratulations and may this be the first of many for you on HBs!

As for the net, I know it's a pain carrying one around as you're flicking from the shore but the options are limited especially if your fishing walls with significant drop. You could increase your leader rating but then you'll get less bites.

Sorry to hear the flathead gobbled up your newly purchased lure .... at leat it produced for you.

Nice work and keep it up.

Ian

[Kooks]

Shroom

It seems like my 4lb nanofil snapped. Originally I thought it was my 8lb leader but on closer inspection in daylight hours it was the nano that broke.

[SargeRX8]

4lb is scary. I use nanofil, my favourite stuff but I wont put much strain on the 6lb spool. Carry a net dude get a fold up extendable net. Or do what fresh water stream fishers do. Broken tennis racket with a net and magnetic handle attached to a clip on your belt. Gladesville is an awesome spot to do some cnr lure fishing. Im going down tomorrow. If anybody wants to join in pm me.