Thread: bream

I trust that at least 85 were returned.........

na it was a comp 90 were kept.

i drove aroud in the boat the next day and gave them to people that were sitting there not catching any thing kept 7 for myself going down again next weekend.

last year i spent all night at my spot and caught 300 legal size fish. and when cleaned they were all male.

And they were this big

i thought those days were over, where people would aim at catching hundreds of fish and keep them all just for the sake of it...

when i go fishing i only keep 1 or 2 fish and the rest get released to fight another day

I fly fish for just about anything that swims and over the years have watched the fish population reduce dramatically, I now fish all day and keep enough for a meal that day when we camp, that is generally two trout.
I have caught twenty plus in a morning but most are released unharmed, to make it more challenging I use barbless hooks.
Fly fishing for bream is productive and the same rules apply, and for estuary perch I will only keep one.
I am glad that someone agrees with my principles

It is interesting that since the establishment of Marine Parks down this way that the ocean has become abundant with juvenile fish.

i go down and sit in my boat all night i get there about 3.30pm ancor and dont pull up the ancor untill 6am.

same place every time.

will post a pic after next weekend.

Crikey! Isn't there a bag limit?

I am a big proponent of catch and release fishing, but not in every case. It depends on the fishing ground and surrounding environment. Especially in smaller lakes with limited fishing going on, the fish population surges, particulary for fish like bream, and there is not enough food to support the population.

I have known lakes, as well as larger stock ponds on rural blocks, where we were requested to please, please not return any fish caught, but to keep them.

Having said that, in general, catch and release is best, keeping only what you will eat. But if you clean, filet, and freeze them, that can still be a largish number.

There are strict bag limits on Bream down this way, but like the others reckon catch and release is the way to go keeping enough for a feed. Most of the time the catch tends to undersize with the odd keeper.
Even the humble mullet has a limit which is a good thing, but carp are a different story, all catch and keep and only good for fertiliser .

there is no bag limit on bream in the sunshine state, legal size is 23cm...

well i guess there must be plenty up there for everyone...

Originally Posted by la Huerta

well i guess there must be plenty up there for everyone...

There wont be for very long if people keep taking that many fish.

i only keep that many for maby 2 or three comps a year the sestof the time i only keep enough for a couple of feeds untill i can get out next.

i fish in the gold coast broadwatter and they come in from out at sea in the winter so its not like i am fishing out a lake or dam.

Originally Posted by weisyboy

i only keep that many for maby 2 or three comps a year the sestof the time i only keep enough for a couple of feeds untill i can get out next.

i fish in the gold coast broadwatter and they come in from out at sea in the winter so its not like i am fishing out a lake or dam.

I saw a program on tv the other day about the gold coast seaway and they(sceintists) reckon that the local population of fish have learnt not to take a bait. They say that all the fish caught are blow ins from other areas that dont know the rules. Go figure. We have fish with brains up here.

I usually only take enough bream to get a meal out of and a sandwich the next day. I hate gutting bream due to the toughness of the throat and gill area. It forces me to be lazy and throw back ones I dont really want.

Shane.