Beginners Guide to Big Bream Lubin Pfeiffer shares his knowledge and methods to help you catch a memorable bream.
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lack bream -Acanthopagrus butcheri have always been one of my favourite saltwater species to catch. They live in really cool places, are super cunning and take quite a lot of skill to catch consistently with lures. They fight well for their size and when you start to get Fishing News - Page 8
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fish over 40cm you can bet not all of them will make it to the net after they are hooked! Like many fishos in Australia, some of my first fishing experiences were chasing bream with bait. From there chasing big black bream has taken me to many parts of the country. While many of you reading this magazine would’ve chased bream many times, I know there are just as many that haven’t. So I thought it would be a good idea to run explain a bit about the black bream and cover some of my favourites techniques to catch them with lures.
Where to Find Them Black Bream are endemic to Australia and can be found from Shark Bay in the country’s west right along the Southern coast, all the way to Mallacoota in Victoria. And of course in big numbers down here in Tasmania. Tasmania is without a doubt the best place to chase bream in Australia, in my opinion. They just love the estuaries and are also found in the coastal lakes. What I have found is the more structure to a river the better the bream fishing to be. They like fallen timber of all different kinds and as many city-based anglers would know, any form of man-made structure as well. Typically if it provides shade and cover there will usually be a stack of bream sitting around it.
Knotless landing nets help release the fish in great condition. Rock walls or rocky outcrops are also a favourite for the bream. While there is far too many locations to mention, I usually find myself fishing places like the Scamander River, Ansons Bay and the Swan River just to name a few.
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