dazzassj6 Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 nice report ronald! lol i like how u used the tips from fishraider. So basically 1gm is how many oz? i needa get those jig heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Top report & piccy's once again Ronald! Jee there are some quality Bream there. They go hard in the shallow water. The "glide" technique that works well is using a light jighead, 1/28th or 1/ 32 weight, & making it glide through the water. A bass minnow or flickbait is very effective for lightweight slowly twitching. Well done again mate. Great to see the bay fishing well. Cheers, Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalliser Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 As what Jewhunter had pointed out, gliding is probably an action imparted due to twitching an sp with a lightweight jighead. It 'glides' rather than it 'hops' (as usually seen with the use of heavier weights). It seemed more natural (to me) than hopping a heavyweight plastic. A good light 'fast action' rod will see you through this technique for sure. dazzassj6: 1gram is approx. 1/28 ounce Grant, thanks for the tip. I'll try and get hold of size 4 and give it a go. Btw, forgot to mention that this session was a cooks. I'll try and revisit your ex-backyard soon. Cheers Ronald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattieman Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Great fishing as usual, Ron! When the king of H & C makes a suggestion, I'd follow it too! Sounds like a fun session. Flattieman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Btw, forgot to mention that this session was a cooks. I'll try and revisit your ex-backyard soon. Cheers Ronald is that cooks river ? if so , where abouts mate ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishingmik Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 ronald this is one awsome post with heaps of tips im just starting to get into the sp and hb scene on bream you have certinaly got it nailed, will be trying some of your tecniques cheers mik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalliser Posted July 5, 2007 Author Share Posted July 5, 2007 Hi raiders, how's it going? Have been trying to poison an overseas mate and turning him into a breamer. He's only into bc outfits and never really used a spinning outfit before. Well, the local breamin' scene certainly changed his ways. We went out on a few occasions to try and get him onto breams using lures. On the first outing, I was still in the 'gliding' mood and managed to score a 33cm under a bridge. It was the best fun I've ever had as the fish took line in whatever direction trying to rub the 5lb leader against the oyster encrusted rocks! But luckily the angler won albeit the leader went curly and frayed. It was the only entertainment for that day except for a few small flatties. Next occasion saw us heading back to the same place as my mate was bloody eager to get that similar action especially on light gear. However, he christened his new rod with a blackfish instead. At least it gave him a bit of curry and also getting it on a squidgy! It was a pretty good session. I managed to score 3 breams on assorted colours of the SX40 with this 30cm specimen looking the best. At last, my mate managed to score his first bream on lure using an sx which accomplished my poisoning mission. Surprisingly for that day, the breams were only interested in hbs. Had to pick up a friend from airport and went for a quickie just to see if anything wanna bite. 2nd cast with a neglected lure I've had for quite sometime managed to hook up a 34cm. This thing went hard, providing good fun. Caught on a Duel Seafox which I bought from overseas. The casting distance is extremely good, probably due to the tiny magnetic transfer system on just a 48mm lure. Sadly that was the only fish but can't complain for a 30min quick fix. Just before my mate left, we went for his last session and he had finally scored his first sp-caught bream. Not only one but two as well, my mission was truly accomplished. Cheers, Ronald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 good onya mate you are a bream expert have to try and hook up with you one day for a flick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top breamer Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 well done bud always producing the bream cheers top breamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalliser Posted July 12, 2007 Author Share Posted July 12, 2007 G'day. Just another short report on a superb session I've had down at Jewhunter's ex-backyard. Had a couple of odd sessions there to try out the 'gliding' technique and all I could manage were flatties. Tide's pretty good this week and so an overcast late arvo session was in order. Hit a spot and seemed like plenty of bait around, good sign.. However, the start was slow. Did manage to have a follow only to see the bream make a u-turn after seeing my ugly face. Finally, on a particular far cast, a bream liked the glide. 2 solid runs ensued and a 33cm bream was lipped. Taken on a 1/32 bloodworm bm. After her release, I noticed some bait activities and had a gut feeling it was feeding time. After recently watching the AFC vids, felt an urge to use a bloodworm wriggler the anglers seemed to have so much success on. Rummaged through the bag and found an opened pack, sweet! Rigged it on a modded berkley jighead and casted to a fishy-looking snag. 'Bounced' the plastic like what the guys did in the vid and voila, first cast and I'm on! But I made a mistake, forgot that the drag was too loose! This bugger took line easily and buried me in the snag! It was a stalemate and I've no choice but to free-spool and "play guitar". Probably it got irritated and somehow manage to come out only to head into another snag! I roughly knew my chances were slim with 5lb leader. Did the "guitar" thing and what do you know.. she came out eventually and took more line, AGAIN! With drag tightened and me moving few meters away, another 33cm was lipped.. phew! Released that bugger and she'd definitely earned my respect. 2 or 3 casts later, I'm ON again! Man.. I'm loving this! This was yet another solid fight, and no more mistake for sure. Drag tight and some skull dragging steering, I made sure I'm the winner. These feeding breams sure can run hard out! What the?! Another 33cm! 3 x 33?! Weird.. No time wasting this time. Kept plugging at the fishy snag and couple of 'oohs' and 'ahs' made it frustrating. Megastriked the wriggler big time and it paid off. Another good runner and to my satisfaction, a better bream at 36cm came just before the dark. Scored a few more undersize and the bites went off. Had a sensational 'bloodwormed' evening. Cheers Ronald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Nice session there Ronald Try 80mm wrigglers on 1/28th hidden weights and see how you go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalliser Posted July 12, 2007 Author Share Posted July 12, 2007 Nice session there Ronald Try 80mm wrigglers on 1/28th hidden weights and see how you go Yes Sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top breamer Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 well done great report keep em coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveD Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 The reports keep coming in mate and you never seem to disappoint. Sounds like an amazing session man, lots and lots of bream, always a heap of action. Just the way fishraiders like it Nice sized specimens too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 3 x 33?! Weird.. Maybe u hooked the same one thrice Nice report there Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Nice report, that Bream sure has taken a liking to your hook x3 penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalliser Posted July 28, 2007 Author Share Posted July 28, 2007 G'day. Have been facing a serious drought last week with super clear water and hardly any baitfish activities in various spots that I went. Had read through some of the baro pressure theory here and thought that might be the cause since it was a pretty much stagnant high pressure system encountered last week. Oh well, I thought this week might be my fortune reversal and since the tides were in favour, a couple of late arvo sessions were in order. The water were slightly dirtier and I could clearly see heaps of baits around. Things might be looking good. Iceman mentioned about the 'hidden weight system' thingy and I thought I might give it a go. Since I didn't have those TT jigs, I would stuff a 1/32 size 6 head into the wriggler. Sweet! It snugged in easily. But seemed like a failed 'little' experiment. Doesn't glide as sexy as I've wanted it but who cares, no harm trying. With some super slow retrieves next to a snag, some bites were felt, stopped and a twitch, the line went off. Not a spectacular struggle but always a hoot to land something even though you felt the lure couldn't make it. Just a mere 27cm bream on a 'hidden weight' plastic. The light was fading away and the surface feeding were getting more rampant. I had to make a further cast and so the 1/32 was forsaked. 1st cast with a heavier wriggler I felt a funny bite, nonetheless, I striked. This fish was not fighting like a bream. Lots or thrashing around with hardly any line taking. Up came my pb whiting of 38.5cm (only 0.5 better ). I found out that as the light began to fade away, the feeding frenzy seemed to move off further away from the banks. Anyway, I was just concentrating on casting near the fringe of the commotion. Managed to get another 30cm before the whole place gets dark. Thought of using a hb in complete darkness and on the 3rd cast, had a take. This thing went zzzzz before it went limp. The owner treble was straightened and this was the 4th time ST36 had failed me again. They count themselves lucky I had no choice to stick with this brand as no other makes size 12 and below. Went off for another sesh to further cure that drought itch. Just received an eBay lure and did the mod the very same day. Brought it out and on the 3rd cast while slow rolling it near the structure, a take was registered. This thing went ballistic, 1st run almost had me in a stick. Drag tightened and I had to quickly move away to skull drag that bugger. Did a couple of solid runs and I was stoked to land this mutha.. 42 to da tip, 37.5 to da fork. Ooh yeah! Released her in prime condition. How good is that, on a $3 lure, u beauty! Megastriked the hb bigtime but no more takers. The bait feeding frenzy came on yet again as dusk approaches. Caught a couple of breams including this 35cm on the wriggler. A few more undersize breams came onboard before I called it quits. The moral of this report... that baro pressure thingy sure does wonders! Cheers Ronald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobfish Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Great Bream there crystalliser, i nice way to christen your new lure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Another top report & cool pics Ron. Glad you broke the drought with some real quality fish. I used to always watch the barometer very closely when I lived near H.C. A drop or a spike can really turn the fish on & as long as the tide was right it didn't matter what time of day it was. Keep 'em coming mate. Cheers, Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveD Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Dude you really are awesome with your bream lure fishing. Love reading your reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDiko Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Some of those Bream are getting pretty big for that measure. Maybe a brag mat should be next on the list IFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalliser Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 G'day. Here's a couple of August catches so far to share with you folks. It's been pretty tough lately with nothing of quality to show but still the itch has to be cured. Was keen to try out with loud rattling lures to see if it makes any difference during night luring. Peppered the spot with the Jackall Cherry and LC Tango and could only irritate 2 smallies. Gotta be impressed with the Cherry's tungsten weight rattlers.. *clink clank.. clink clank* Love it! Hopped down to cooks over one weekend to try and christen my new toy and could only manage a 31cm after 2 hours straight being there! Caught on the $3 eBay lure which didn't put up struggle anyway, at least I didn't score a donut. Went for late arvo sessions this week seeing that the tide was good. Downside was the bloody wind picking up in the arvo as well. Water was discoloured and the concentration of baits were further out rather than hugging close to the banks. Ok, hb was the go then. Put on the Megabass Smolt and the casting was... crapola. The swimming action was so-so but still, 2 smallies didn't mind engulfing the whole treble. With the tide slowly rising, it was sp time. For no apparent reason, I had suddenly thought about 'creature-like' sps and so started to rummage through some old stocks. There it was, an oil-stained pack of Ecogear Bug Ants. Stuffed a few into the tackle box to be ready for this sesh. Rigged onto a light head and began casting near a snag. Being a bug, I reckon slight non-stop twitch was the go. Just when my wrist was working over-time, *clunk* and it goes... Ah.. the Yamatoyo PE peeling from the Stradic was simply orgasmic. 36cm to da tip, u beauty! Promptly released her and continued, only to snag the sp on subsequent casts. Changed to the wriggler and could only manage another 27cm. Went back again and the bloody wind was howling like mad. Sp fishing was totally unfruitful but hbs didn't make any difference at all. Again, after 2 hours of almost casting my arms off, a 30.5cm came almost at last light. Caught on a SX40. Conditions weren't as good compared to that baro surge encountered last time. Oh well, itch cured, what more could you ask. Till next time raiders, tight lines! Cheers Ronald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDiko Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Quite a few Bream there, though they are not as easy during the Winter. I like the look of that braid, how does it compare to the Line Systems (you can pm me if you want to keep big bad Tony from yelling) IFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breambo Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 i think its called PE castaway by sunline its 60.00 for 150m spool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey.Espiritu Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 yeah... i too thought bream were harder to get in the winter ??... I guess this rule doesn't apply to ronald the bream whisperer you will have to teach me some time on how to talk to the bream so i too can coax them into taking my lures!!! Well done mate...you truely are the "bream whisperer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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