Alexsfishin1 781 Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 I've heard a story from my mate that he witnessed a man land a massive 55cm-65cm from west lakes at the Bower rd end! He was using snapper gear and had pilchard cubes as bait! I didn't believe it but i wanna know if anybody else has seen or landed a bream like that from west lakes? My biggest from the lake is only 32cm... Tom_Fishin 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Bream Reaper 103 Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 There's heaps of massive bream that size in the lakes... They usually school just under the kingfish, and feed off the scraps left by the 10 foot plus bronze whalers that follow them. Or so I've heard. Yakmando, ludaqryz and Bait Caster 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kelvin 2,195 Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 More likely to be a small mullie. Did your mate ID the fish? My best from the lake is only 41cm.If a 55cm+ bream was caught from westlakes, there would be heaps of pics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keenfisho 1,416 Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 Oh f$&@ here we go again Alexsfishin1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TT 2 Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 My best is 39cm.Mates bests are 41 & 42 CM.I know of 50's being caught but that is more Vic and Tassie way. 60CM is getting slightly beyond reasonable.. TT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tinker 1,645 Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 The only time I have heard of massive Bream 50cm or more being caught was from the Coorong many years ago, but I am not sure they were as big as 55cm.Can Bream even get that big, considering the amount of fishing pressure they would get by commercial fishos in the Coorong, and recreationals in West Lakes??Knowing that a Bream that big would be something like 40 years old, do they even live that long??A 55cm Bream would most likely end up in a fishing mag brag board or website somewhere in this digital age almost as soon as it was caught, guaranteed.So the best bet these days Alex, unless you see the proof, don't believe the hype.Steve Alexsfishin1 and David_C 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
avidanglr1 97 Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 well my best is 42..frm the lakes but biggest iv heard is63 cm frm st kilda at the ramp ther..ask cookie in tackle an tucker...think he caught it...think he has photos..??? iv personally neva seen..so if its true i guess its possible.. Alexsfishin1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Savagelip 4 Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 a bit before your time but was quite common to catch 45cm+ Bream under the Jervois bridge previous to the port development when there was more warf structure and a yacht mooring adjacent, i myself pulled a 56cm on half a pilchard, unfortunately no digital camera at that time.. was even more common to pull 60+cm models around the back of torrens island back in the day.. Mick87, Alexsfishin1 and Cal 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alexsfishin1 781 Posted September 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 More likely to be a small mullie. Did your mate ID the fish? My best from the lake is only 41cm.If a 55cm+ bream was caught from westlakes' date=' there would be heaps of pics.[/quote']Yeah, he saw a dude catch it. It wasn't him but he didn't have a camera. The guy who caught it wasn't even surprised! He just chucked it onto the bank. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kuerschie 2,309 Posted September 12, 2013 Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 I have seen pictures of a 58cm bream pulled from the coorong with a bragmat but the biggest I've heard from WL was around 45cm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snapdragin 2 Posted September 12, 2013 Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 Back in the early 70's I caught a huge bream under the Torrens Island bridge on a live mullet intended for mulloway, its tail was sticking out of a twenty litre white bucket and at a guess it might have gone 50+ (but I didn't measure it). When I first saw it I thought it was a snapper, but definitely a big black bream on closer inspection. It swam away to fight another day after a few minutes reviving boat side, and I have never seen one as big since. If one was caught over 55, it would have been impressive, not something that you would just toss on the bank, especially now when fish like that are scarcely caught at all. If its true, then that's another story and a great catch, but still deserving of better treatment.regards snapdragin Alexsfishin1 and Tom_Fishin 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotor138 0 Posted September 12, 2013 Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 Back as the soft plastic craze started (during the initial squidgy marketing) I caught my largest ever bream just north of the italian restaurant. We had caught quite a few just over 40cm when I caught my largest ever and still is to this day of 48cm. All the fish were released and this happened in an August, close to 10 years ago now :whistle: .It would not surprise me if there is larger fish schooling together. 55-65 I'd need to see a photo to believe it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben m 0 Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Used to see quite a few 50+ bream patrolling the pylons of most West Lakes foot bridges 10 - 12 years ago. Used to see schools of 30-40cm fish just hangin out then occasionally a beast that dwarfed them all would swim thru the school and scatter the lot of them lol was great viewing. Myself and Leethal were hitting up the entrance pipe area early one morning when a bloke pulled a monster on a whole pilly whilst mully fishin, easily the biggest bream ive ever seen the bloody thing took up nearly the whole bottom area of one of those frequently used crabbing tubs you see floating behind the rakers, remember standing there and could not get over the size of this fish. Was def a shame to see it dying there forsure woulda been old as. Also witnessed a 50cm fish caught off the old wharf next to the Jervois bridge on a squidgy wriggler in the dark around the same period of time I reckon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alexsfishin1 781 Posted September 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Seems like a similar story as my mate's one! I reckon there are some massive bream in the lake. That's why they're so big! They're smart... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gunt_R 0 Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 West lakes are a estuary system not a lake, but you are most probable correct. The problem with the big fella, is you just need to find it's lair Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Savagelip 4 Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Also witnessed a 50cm fish caught off the old wharf next to the Jervois bridge on a squidgy wriggler in the dark around the same period of time I reckon.good spot that used to be.. pulling them out between the pylons on light gear was awesome fun, my ol' Sedona 2000 rear lever drag would scream its tits off! \m/ lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smokeykebab 175 Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 my best from the lake is 40cm which I've done twice. both weighed in at over 1kg. my smallest from the lake is about 2cm and weighed about 2grams.all fish were released. Alexsfishin1, Bait Caster, Tinker and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stinger 0 Posted September 14, 2013 Report Share Posted September 14, 2013 I hooked onto a big bream the other week and i pulled him up ageanst the bank and he snapped the line and it was around 49cm :c Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DanTheMan 62 Posted September 15, 2013 Report Share Posted September 15, 2013 My best from the lakes is only 38cm. But when I started my bream on lure fishing back in 99 I'd normally get 40cm+ fish from the port and like someone else said when squidgies first came out I was getting maybe five between 40-50cm a sesh. My biggest went 54cm trolling the smallest size stump jumper in pink and purple along the edge of the fishermans market wharf. Spewing couldn't afford a camera back then (was only 14) and no phone cameras either! reelfun, Alexsfishin1, Tinker and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Yakmando 49 Posted September 17, 2013 Report Share Posted September 17, 2013 As one of the ex big bream fishers on this forum said years ago on another forum, every bream system in SA has 50+ fish in it I've done my digging around and there have been many more caught than people think. They just don't get posted so often nowadays, as the bait brigade go and fish them out as soon as they get wind of spots... piratepom, Bait Caster, Alexsfishin1 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FreShIe-FisHeR : D 0 Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FreShIe-FisHeR : D 0 Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 There's heaps of massive bream that size in the lakes... They usually school just under the kingfish' date=' and feed off the scraps left by the 10 foot plus bronze whalers that follow them. Or so I've heard.[/quote']what? kingfish and bronzies in the lake, man dunno which lake your talking about ay Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CallopHunter 1 Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 There's heaps of massive bream that size in the lakes... They usually school just under the kingfish' date=' and feed off the scraps left by the 10 foot plus bronze whalers that follow them. Or so I've heard.[/quote']what? kingfish and bronzies in the lake' date=' man dunno which lake your talking about ay[/quote']The lake of sarcasm... :dry: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plastics punisher 42 Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 My biggest is 46cm out front of birkenhead on a unweighted white bait the biggest ive ever seen in life was 52cm 3.2kg and was from westlakes at the trimmer road end the inlet pipes ya not aloud to fish about 5 years ago on a squidgy wrigler all white colour it was released and swam away strong Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Southcoastfisho 0 Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 hey tinker I caught a bream today at the mouth that was 45+.... Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tom_Fishin 201 Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 I've heard a 50+cm fish caught on Bower rd. apparently it was so old, it had moss growing off it's back. still not sure if I believe it, but it wouldn't surprise me if there is fish like that in the lake. after all, there are kingies, BIG mulloway and sharks in there too. avidanglr1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mickyj 3,194 Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Look I have never caught a large bream in west lakes . I've never seen sharks in west lakes . I've had my legs hit by fish wouldn't say they were sharks . I've sat next to guys who have a mate with a bronze whaler caught at point misery one of the places I used to wade years ago fly fishing . But the same area years when fly fishing I've seen huge bream couldn't get a hit . Other spots I've fished I've hooked big bream got them to the edge seen them spit the lure . We can argue but some have seen large fish im thinking bait guys have caught them back in the day when you didn't measure fish . Me in still trying to get a 40 cm only got 38cms not in the lake . And where I've caught them I've seen bigger and I've landed mullieway seen a rather big flattie nothing it would take but I've seen pictures of them caught . But it's about luck IMHO Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alexsfishin1 781 Posted July 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 Believe it or not, I made this post 3 years ago!! I now know for a fact that there are 50cm bream in the Lake, aswell as most of the salt water estuaries in Adelaide. Seen some with my own eyes, and countless 40cm+ ones too. Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lureaddict 332 Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 About six years ago i was down the bower rd end of lake without any fishing gear and seen a school basking in the sun near the rope with the bouys on it.there would have been 50 odd bream ranging from high 30s to mid 40s all right near the surface minding there own biz. Dont know about 50cm but im sure they exist. My biggest went 43cm in some skinny water over KI. It seen a school of big bream cruising around and im sure my 43cm fish was one of the smaller ones. I also think people may mistake the silhouette of rugger snapper as XOS bream. I would like to be proven wrong but im yet to see a 50cm bream on a brag matt Tinker and Alexsfishin1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ludaqryz 290 Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 Pontoons in the lake attract some big bream. Have caught about ten 40+ My pb in the lake 45cm My pb yet from Port Gawler Creek 49cm Yes I have gone through all the emotions for not owning a brag mat yet lol I measured the points from this picture when I got home after that session five times. The shortest was 49.3 and the longest 49.6. A brag mat probably would put this fish over 50cm because of the waves in the mat. Will be buying one soon because I want to enter a few comps between now and next winter Tom_Fishin, Alexsfishin1, Tinker and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mrfish 327 Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 Ive got some 38-40's out of the lake, only on bait though, cant get anything good on lures or plastics lol. Lots of fun Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mickyj 3,194 Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 All my 38s have not come from west lakes I've seen bigger caught . I've seen 50cm plus coming after a tiny hardbody I bought from a store once the top water went flat this big bugger went back . I know I didn't post that in my post above but they Are around somewhere Hell I've landed 40cm mullieway in hardbodies bream it's like I've kicked a black cat lol Tinker and Alexsfishin1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
adamibinfishin 224 Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 Some nice bream there fellas. I used to fish alot for bream and grew up fishing spots like the old beswicks boatyard slipways, cement company wharfs, sugarwharfs and jervois and other spots. Only pulled tiddlers out of the lake unfortunately, hahaha. Back then measurements weren't so important to us but we did land some honkers over 2kg as a guess. Biggest I ever saw was too big to turn around in a 40 litre tub and was caught by my mate. Not sure of the length but a true monster for sure. Cheers Mickyj and Alexsfishin1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mickyj 3,194 Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 Cement wharfs my exwife and I used to catch a lot of mullet there before we were married . No I didn't dump her body there lol she's still going adamibinfishin 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
adamibinfishin 224 Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 Was a good old spot back in the day. Some good mullies were landed off them wharves too. My best there was a 40lber. The old accolade wooden wharf was also a great spot too. I feel old,hahaha. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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