GoingFishing Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Hey guys I havent been out fishing in months as weve just been blessed with my second child a baby boy and my future best buddy/fisherman. Iv been enjoying reading all the reports and wont lie iv been very jealous if your motors have been turning off or boats falling apart im very sorry i didnt mean it !!! I did get a chance to visit the aquarium this saturday and was absolutely gobsmacked at a tank more or less at the front entry with the locals . Bream, whiting, tailor. I could not beleive how big and fat the fish were, i would estimate that: bream- there a 50cm beastie in there whiting - ditto 50cm tailor - easily 75cm so it got me thinking, just how big do these fish get ? I know we have raider records but im curious if there is any recorded catches bigger than the above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savit Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I cannot forget those Rick's bream photos: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike89 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 (edited) I used to visit the aquarium quite regularly and know the fish you are talking about. I couldn't believe the size of the bream there, definitely over 50cm I'd say. The tailor they have there is also massive. When I first caught sight of the thing I couldn't work out what it was having never really encountered a tailor over 40cm. Again I think your estimate is a bit conservative, definitely over 75cm. How big do they get? I also wonder. Do fish just keep eating and growing until something eats them one day? Or do they plateau at a certain size and then just die of 'old age'? I have seen a couple of stonker bream pulled out of the water at Greenwich one time. 50 and up. Edited November 8, 2016 by Mike89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab1 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Here's a paragraph I dug up from an article. Tailor grow rapidly. In WA, they reach about 20 cm in length at about one year of age. By five years they grow to 60 cm and weigh more than a kilogram. In 1996, one of the biggest ever recorded in the world died at the Aquarium of Western Australia. Estimated to be 11 years old, it was more than a metre long and weighed 15.7 kg. Also keep in mind fish in any Aquarium look bigger than what they really are due to the magnification of the glass/water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 our two biggest from up here are 58 and 63..ive caught tailor on the rocks locally that went18lb don't have a length but have seen them at coffs 20lb plus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevefish Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 38 minutes ago, rickmarlin62 said: our two biggest from up here are 58 and 63..ive caught tailor on the rocks locally that went18lb don't have a length but have seen them at coffs 20lb plus I'd still rig it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 A young fella up here caught a bream off the breakwall last year that went 56cm. It looked like a decent sized snapper to me! cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 My daughter pulled a 54cm bream from the lake infront of our house (Mummuga lake). Jon r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike89 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 59 minutes ago, JonD said: My daughter pulled a 54cm bream from the lake infront of our house (Mummuga lake). Jon r Mate that is one cracker fish. Black bream is it? Your daughter is quite the budding young angler! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 8 hours ago, Mike89 said: Mate that is one cracker fish. Black bream is it? Your daughter is quite the budding young angler! Yes I think it's a black bream, at first I thought she'd caught a carp!! She was disappointed with this mutant flathead after loosing an even bigger one the week before. y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab1 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 31 minutes ago, JonD said: Yes I think it's a black bream, at first I thought she'd caught a carp!! She was disappointed with this mutant flathead after loosing an even bigger one the week before. y Judging by the "small" fish she's caught, I think only a great White will please her.lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike89 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 I'd say so! That's real monster flattie there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMBERJACK Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 (edited) Do you mean those tailor swimming with the penguins? Those are huge as! Btw great job with that black bream and flathead of hers. Do you have her PB fish by any chance? Thanks, amberjack Edited November 13, 2016 by amberjack Forgot to Say Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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