Berrero Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) Bit of a weird report today. Honestly I'm still in a bit of shock. I have been working a specific channel land based in port hacking the past few weeks, finally starting to crack it and finding out what structure is holding fish. The spot I've been fishing is about a 300mtr shuffle along a rock ledge from where I park my car. On my sprawl along the ledge today I noticed something... a big blue nose sticking out from under a rock overhang. It was only in about a foot of water about 2 meters from the shore. After moving a bit further along the ledge I could see the broadside of the fish and he was a stonker. It's not every day you get to just sit and watch a 40cm+ bream hanging out doing his thing. After spending a good two or three minutes just sitting in awe and admiring the hell out of the monster bream, I thought stuff it, why not. I only had one rod with me (my beach setup which I've been using for bigger vibes and hard bodies, 10ft lox, 8-10kg, slammer III 4500 with 30lb). Already had a 110mm vibe tied on and just dropped it about a foot in front of where the bream was holding - fully expecting it to just dart off the second the lure hit the water. Boy was I wrong. It fluttered down and as soon as it hit the bottom this bream came out and absolutely annihilated it. No fight unfortunately, it was essentially broom sticked up and onto the bank 😅😅 Has been a few hours now and I still can't get the grin off my face. 1cm shy of my p.b but I feel size is irrelevant with a story like this. I think I'll remember this catch for the rest of my life. Edited November 10, 2020 by Berrero 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookerbruce Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 nice bream. Heaps of excitement when you can see the take. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Great report and Super photos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Great catch excellent report 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Good bream. A few good sized ones are about in places, best I heard of recently was 45cm in Burraneer Bay. Not open to public fishing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Yowie said: Good bream. A few good sized ones are about in places, best I heard of recently was 45cm in Burraneer Bay. Not open to public fishing though. What I mean is that the big bream are swimming around a few private jettys, so not open to the public walking through someone's property. Burleying is what attracts them - fish scraps and backbones after filleting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Great report Berrero. That's the sort of "calculated risk" that often pays dividend. Good onya for risking it, you now have a lifetime memory. bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Well done some fine bream there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunc333 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 top effort mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papafish Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 On 11/10/2020 at 2:57 PM, Berrero said: Bit of a weird report today. Honestly I'm still in a bit of shock. I have been working a specific channel land based in port hacking the past few weeks, finally starting to crack it and finding out what structure is holding fish. The spot I've been fishing is about a 300mtr shuffle along a rock ledge from where I park my car. On my sprawl along the ledge today I noticed something... a big blue nose sticking out from under a rock overhang. It was only in about a foot of water about 2 meters from the shore. After moving a bit further along the ledge I could see the broadside of the fish and he was a stonker. It's not every day you get to just sit and watch a 40cm+ bream hanging out doing his thing. After spending a good two or three minutes just sitting in awe and admiring the hell out of the monster bream, I thought stuff it, why not. I only had one rod with me (my beach setup which I've been using for bigger vibes and hard bodies, 10ft lox, 8-10kg, slammer III 4500 with 30lb). Already had a 110mm vibe tied on and just dropped it about a foot in front of where the bream was holding - fully expecting it to just dart off the second the lure hit the water. Boy was I wrong. It fluttered down and as soon as it hit the bottom this bream came out and absolutely annihilated it. No fight unfortunately, it was essentially broom sticked up and onto the bank 😅😅 Has been a few hours now and I still can't get the grin off my face. 1cm shy of my p.b but I feel size is irrelevant with a story like this. I think I'll remember this catch for the rest of my life. nice one there. i went back to port hacking this week, just the right of whally wharf. spend 1.5hr there any i got nothing. aside from 5cm reddies lol. and i burley hard, but there were just nothing around. theres hardly any land base spot at hacking. i google all around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corro Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 On 11/10/2020 at 2:57 PM, Berrero said: Bit of a weird report today. Honestly I'm still in a bit of shock. I have been working a specific channel land based in port hacking the past few weeks, finally starting to crack it and finding out what structure is holding fish. The spot I've been fishing is about a 300mtr shuffle along a rock ledge from where I park my car. On my sprawl along the ledge today I noticed something... a big blue nose sticking out from under a rock overhang. It was only in about a foot of water about 2 meters from the shore. After moving a bit further along the ledge I could see the broadside of the fish and he was a stonker. It's not every day you get to just sit and watch a 40cm+ bream hanging out doing his thing. After spending a good two or three minutes just sitting in awe and admiring the hell out of the monster bream, I thought stuff it, why not. I only had one rod with me (my beach setup which I've been using for bigger vibes and hard bodies, 10ft lox, 8-10kg, slammer III 4500 with 30lb). Already had a 110mm vibe tied on and just dropped it about a foot in front of where the bream was holding - fully expecting it to just dart off the second the lure hit the water. Boy was I wrong. It fluttered down and as soon as it hit the bottom this bream came out and absolutely annihilated it. No fight unfortunately, it was essentially broom sticked up and onto the bank 😅😅 Has been a few hours now and I still can't get the grin off my face. 1cm shy of my p.b but I feel size is irrelevant with a story like this. I think I'll remember this catch for the rest of my life. Great report and photos. Stonker of a bream. 7 hours ago, papafish said: nice one there. i went back to port hacking this week, just the right of whally wharf. spend 1.5hr there any i got nothing. aside from 5cm reddies lol. and i burley hard, but there were just nothing around. theres hardly any land base spot at hacking. i google all around Need to be there from before sunrise. There's plenty of big bream rolling around that area. I've often seen blackfish too when we launch the boat there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berrero Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, papafish said: nice one there. i went back to port hacking this week, just the right of whally wharf. spend 1.5hr there any i got nothing. aside from 5cm reddies lol. and i burley hard, but there were just nothing around. theres hardly any land base spot at hacking. i google all around not too keen to give up my spot just yet 😛 but would say keep researching and looking around. the spot I've been working doesn't exactly have pedestrian friendly access... not breaking any laws or trespassing, but if you didn't know the point I use to get to the waterfront you would never know it's there... good luck and keep your eyes peeled Edited November 12, 2020 by Berrero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papafish Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 9 hours ago, Berrero said: not too keen to give up my spot just yet 😛 but would say keep researching and looking around. the spot I've been working doesn't exactly have pedestrian friendly access... not breaking any laws or trespassing, but if you didn't know the point I use to get to the waterfront you would never know it's there... good luck and keep your eyes peeled haha all good mate. i search a few spot thats good. but i dont think i'll get there without going via someone's backyard hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Good on you for thinking outside of the box, nice fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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