arthur06 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 1.mullet fillet from 7 eleven 2.chicken, plain 3.prawn 4.pilchard 5.crab (if in mangroves) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael2203 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I've been finding chicken breast satay'd in fish sauce works well lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest123456789 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Simple, whatever they're feeding in or whatever looks and moves like what they're feeding on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vhanz Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Pretty much anything u throw at them ? i caught bream one arvo with cheese and salami, using our after dinner scraps because we didnt have bait lol Other than that ive had a ton of luck with pillies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 (edited) Caught them on, bread, maggots, pillies, prawns, live prawns, nippers, worms, pineapple of a hamburger, pastry, red snake, chicken, chicken garlic, chicken parmessan, popcorn, soaked twistie. Used to get 80ton of bream a year when we were allowed to trap in the harbour. Considering we arnt allowed to trap how many ton would be swimming around the joint? The bream at birchgrove are in plague proportions and there are kilo fish plus amongst them as we feed em nearly everyday. Edited February 12, 2017 by finin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim bream Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 topic says number one bait we haven't got one after 5 years lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flattiefisher27 Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 5 hours ago, jim bream said: topic says number one bait we haven't got one after 5 years lol Haha could not agree more, I completely forgot about this post and look where we are now! 55,000 views later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwicraig Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Surprised that good old white bread has not had a mention. Either moulded onto the hook below a float or an unweighted give or crust floated down a soggy bread burly trail. Fresh is best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveBM Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Biggest I ever caught was in the Swan River in Perth on a fresh mussel I pulled off the pylon under where I was sitting. Went about 2kg on a pretty light handline, and drew some blood as you might imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Raw peeled prawns, best bream 54cm from the lake infront of our house. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burger Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, JonD said: Raw peeled prawns, best bream 54cm from the lake infront of our house. Jon I get more jealous of you every day JonD . . . Edited February 13, 2017 by Burger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydney south Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 On 7/07/2012 at 3:03 PM, Dalucius said: always works for me Me too...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 (edited) 18 hours ago, Burger said: I get more jealous of you every day JonD . . . My daughter though it was a carp at first!!!! She also lost a really big flathead on a small pieces of prawn too, her second best wasn't to bad though!! Edited February 13, 2017 by JonD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adsy91 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 (edited) Yep I think this thread proves my point that there just isn't one specific #1 bait for bream. There are a few that always produce but which is best depends on situations. My top baits in no particular order(although I'm a lure and fly only fisho these days) are; * frigate mackerel (leddies) * live shrimp * live nippers * maggots * mullet (stays on for ages and I've caught plenty on just the skin) *white bread and dog biscuits (the smaller and more square profiles are best) - same technique as used by the Europeans for carp... All the baits mentioned will work great too Edited February 14, 2017 by Adsy91 Left something out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellzy94 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 It really is fantastic to see how many different baits can be used to produce the same species of fish. Of course everyone has their favorites though! Cheers, Wellzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chakka Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Big bream chick thigh marinated in fish sauce and fish oil, but servo prawns, pillies, pipis, nippers and mullet worked for me aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brew Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I once got a big bream (and heaps of smaller ones) on prosciutto that was out of date. The smell was driving them crazy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savit Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 - Chicken thigh with scent in colder months. Chicken allows to minimize bycatch if targeting specifically bream in the area full of other species. - Fish and prawns in warmer months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 wow so many answers me thinks depends where you are fishing..i catch most of my bream in lake mac on floating bread..my spot for bigguns I use mullet strips or pillie..my fave rock spot crabs..beach I use worms caught on site..everybody has a fave...sometimes its whatever you chuck in their face lol...rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I was in the water yesterday afternoon with my daughter who was doing a survey, the current was running to hard for a slow old bugger like myself so I decided I would just kick back and watch bream behaviour. I had 6 slimy mackerel that I broke into pieces for them. It took a while for the bream to realise I wasn't a threat before they got quite frenzied up racing for the bait. After their initial attacks other smaller fish became attracted, things like stripys, sweep, and leatherjackets swarmed in taking over from the bream. At no point would a bream come in close once the small fish were feeding, in fact they seemed to become very timid which got me thinking how burley may attract so many of these little fish it might make catching bream a little tricky. I often use burley but if I was to target bream next time I think I would be putting my bream bait at least a few metres from the burley. Leather jackets were by far the most aggressive, grabbing bait then swimming backwards and occasionly charging any fish that gets to close. You can see the bream holding back. As soon as the leather jacket moves off the bream move closer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwicraig Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 57 minutes ago, JonD said: I was in the water yesterday afternoon with my daughter who was doing a survey, the current was running to hard for a slow old bugger like myself so I decided I would just kick back and watch bream behaviour. I had 6 slimy mackerel that I broke into pieces for them. It took a while for the bream to realise I wasn't a threat before they got quite frenzied up racing for the bait. After their initial attacks other smaller fish became attracted, things like stripys, sweep, and leatherjackets swarmed in taking over from the bream. At no point would a bream come in close once the small fish were feeding, in fact they seemed to become very timid which got me thinking how burley may attract so many of these little fish it might make catching bream a little tricky. I often use burley but if I was to target bream next time I think I would be putting my bream bait at least a few metres from the burley. Leather jackets were by far the most aggressive, grabbing bait then swimming backwards and occasionly charging any fish that gets to close. You can see the bream holding back. As soon as the leather jacket moves off the bream move closer. Wow, that is awesome insight. Might vary by location, but I have heard things like "don't use any burly in this spot or it will bring the leatherjackets in" and this observation would seem to bear that out. I.e. If a particular location is likely to hold LJs maybe try without burly first. If you have burlyed and you are catching lots of LJ maybe worth moving or stopping the burly and pull the baits for 10 mins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burger Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 10 hours ago, JonD said: My daughter though it was a carp at first!!!! She also lost a really big flathead on a small pieces of prawn too, her second best wasn't to bad though!! That's REALLY not helping . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Squidy Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 On 7/7/2012 at 0:25 PM, Benji-martin said: Mate it all depends on where you are fishing like when I'm at Forster I find hot chip is the best, either floating on the surface or sinking slowly the bream love it and they are big bream as well. If in the parra river I find yellowtail fillets are the best. I've lost count on how many big bream I have caught chasing jew with yellowtail fillets. Martin Ha, surely that approach is going to get you more sea gulls than bream 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savit Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 On 2/15/2017 at 4:23 PM, Mr Squidy said: Ha, surely that approach is going to get you more sea gulls than bream Now I understand where bream's love of chicken comes from... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naize Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 On 07/07/2012 at 0:35 PM, Nippers said: Live nippers Def live nippers!! agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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