Alexsfishin1 781 Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 I was wondering if anybody has landed a bream on a metro jetty? I was at Semaphore Jetty the other day and spoke to a local fisherman. He was going for bream or whiting just as the sun was setting. He told me when he was younger, he used to fish there a lot. Most of the time, he would catch a nice feed of bream off the jetty. His PB bream was apparently 64cm and caught off Semaphore Jetty! I don't know if that was correct or if it was estimated, but he told me! :ohmy: :woohoo: I was amazed but he was a nice bloke! So any bream tips or photos of bream off metro jetties?Cheers Alex. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smokeykebab 175 Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 try around the pylons light line and unweighted if possible or a small sinker if needed. have caught plenty of legals they give a good fight especially so close to the pylons. tiny bit of bread on the smallest hook works well Alexsfishin1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Savagelip 4 Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 seen others catch them back in the day from Henley & Grange jettys around the pylons using worms, nice silver colour to them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southie THE BANGA 2,304 Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 Use to get them off porties jetty to in the shallows! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fished out 0 Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 The mini shallow reef at port Nourlunga has a few monsters! I had a snorkel in the shallows one day and there were 3 big bream, 2 were 35cmish and the other 40+! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
King Monkey 0 Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 as stated above,i have caught quite a few in the real shallows (maybe 3rd pylon from beach),unweighted piece of pilchard floated down,then hold on,they go hard,some fish are up to 40cm mark at times Alexsfishin1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
breambo25 1 Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 Have caught bream at semaphore jetty. One on a king tide using a gar rig Quote Link to post Share on other sites
O2Catch1 170 Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 Used to get bream all the time under the Grange and Henley Jetties when I was younger (back in the 60s and 70s). You could see them swimming around the pylons pretty much any day in the warmer weather. One day I went down to Henley in the late afternoon when I was young and a school of bream came through that I can only describe as a sea of bream. I kid you not they were so thick and the school was that large the water was black with them as far as you could see, I can still picture it in my mind, the school was moving slowly south and every one on the jetty was trying to catch them with only a few being successful. I had gone down there on my pushbike and I had some boiled eggs with me to eat. I was dropping the egg white in the water and the bream would slowly circle the egg as it sunk and then one would eat it. Put egg white on a hook and they would not even look at it. The regulars would target bream with tube worms and a light running sinker. Cast it under the jetty near the poles and then wait.I even saw one big bream get caught off the end of Henley Jetty in the middle of a summer's day by a guy fishing for rays and sharks with a heavy line straight off the end and a big hunk of squid for bait. The guy who caught it said it weighed 5 pounds, don't know how accurate the scales were but I do remember it was a horse of a bream. Alexsfishin1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alexsfishin1 781 Posted July 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2013 That must have been amazing seeing the massive school of bream! I can imagine, I'd be going crazy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nickmav 0 Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 Still plenty about, summer is best , a bit of wind is best, little weight is best. Shallows is best . All jetties from large to Brighton had them, oh and water has to be clean. Alexsfishin1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kelvin 2,195 Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 I've caught them off Brighton, Glenelg, Henley and Semi. Often you can see them if the water is clear. Fresh or live bait and alot of patience. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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