Alexsfishin1 781 Posted December 5, 2015 Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 I've been getting quite a few chunky bream lately on both Plastics and Hard bodies! A couple of weeks ago, I fished with Jacob at West Lakes. We decided to fish early morning without expecting much. We used hard bodies and we were getting follows straight away. It wasnt long before I hooked up to a little bream, followed by a few more! As the day grew warmer, it was time to head back. We threw lures around while walking back and all of a sudden a nice bream came out and whacked my lure twice before hooking up!! This fish had some go! After a solid fight, it was measured in at 40cm which is my new Personal Best on hard bodies!!! After a few photos, the fish was released.. (of course!) Today, my school mates and I planned a snorkelling day with this hot weather. But of course, I had to bring a rod along. The day started with flat conditions and clear water. I had a couple of casts with the Zman 2" Grubz before a few donkey bream followed it right in. I slowed down my retrieve and the biggest out of them engulfed the plastic!!! I set the hook and it screamed off like a train! After dodging quite a few rocks and almost loosing getting smoked, the fish was tired out and as I was slowly bringing her in, the hook came loose and I watched the fish cruise back down.... It was well over 40cm, possibly even pushing 45cm... But who knows, that's fishing! After sobbing a little bit, I got back into the action. I could see some monsters holding up along the weed edge but none of them would touch the plastic. It was getting extremely hot and sweaty so we jumped in to cool down. It was a good experience swimming with the bream, I got some underwater footage but unfortunately my mate dropped the camera between some rocks (wasn't his fault, the strap came loose).. Never to be seen again Which means I won't be making videos for a long time... After we cooled down, I climbed back to where I spotted the fish. A few casts later, I hooked up to another decent fish! This one was no where near as big as the first one but it was still a very good sized bream. It was just hooked in the top lip but I got it in a comfort lift. As I was getting ready for a photo, the fish kicked and fell through the rocks into the water. I thought it was still hooked but it must've spat it when it kicked... I estimated this fish to be around 37cm, spewing I didn't get pics Anyways after that, I climbed back towards the same rocks and slipped. My whole rod/reel combo was dunked in the water and my ass landed on a hard ledge.. I had to sit there for a while to recover. But after a few minutes, I got back up and started flicking again. I switched lures to a 2.5" Zman Grub after I got the other lure snagged on a rock. The first couple of casts resulted in another solid hookup! This one felt quite similar to the second fish. It ran me under a couple of rocks but I managed to get it out. This fish measured in at 39cm!!! Stoked! Few photos and it was back in the water. The bite slowed down a lot so I decided to venture around to see if I could spot any. For the next couple of hours, I was sight casting them, catching low 30's bream. It was a beautiful day to be out, although it was hot, it gave us an excuse to go for a swim lol! Here's just a couple more from earlier trips! Even got a few nice ones in a cheeky bait session Cheers! Alex. bjorn2fish, piratepom, AquaticResearch1 and 6 others 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brankim 945 Posted December 5, 2015 Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 champion mate! great pics!! great read too! dont worry about that one that got away, I wasnt joking about that spot just make sure you pick a nice easy spot to land that stonker when ir comes! was wondering when id see some pics ftom there:) Alexsfishin1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 5, 2015 Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 Well done mate some cracking fish!! Bjorn it looks like the young fella is due for a new hat! Brankim and Alexsfishin1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doobie 5,802 Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Great write up Alex and well done on another PB. Pity about the one that got a way, but pity about your camera Christmas is coming up (as long as you have been a good boy Alexsfishin1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brenton 637 Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Great going Alex more pbs to come pretty soon cheers b Alexsfishin1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piratepom 3,197 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Great work Alex. Some cracking Bream there. Cheers. Alexsfishin1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mickyj 3,192 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Well done im so missing fishing i asked my therapists today i could meet up with fishos got told no guess i gotta be patient Alexsfishin1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tinker 1,645 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Another very enjoyable report Alex. Sorry to hear about the camera, some of your footage has been brilliant. Hope you get another one soon mate. Out of interest, how is your reel after being dunked? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alexsfishin1 781 Posted December 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Well done im so missing fishing i asked my therapists today i could meet up with fishos got told no guess i gotta be patient Thanks mate, hope you get better really soon and write up some more quality reports!!! Another very enjoyable report Alex. Sorry to hear about the camera, some of your footage has been brilliant. Hope you get another one soon mate. Out of interest, how is your reel after being dunked? Today my phone broke.... There goes $600 in the past 3 days... The reel was fine, it was Daiwa magsealed Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tinker 1,645 Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 You don't have to censor mate, I'm a responsible adult....lol. Sounds like you might need to give up fishing and get a crappy low paid job at HJ's or Macca's. Not!!! Alexsfishin1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn2fish 4,610 Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Awesome write up mate, so many bream pics. You're making me jealous. Alexsfishin1 and Tinker 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
no_idea 48 Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Great report Alex, Good stuff on the PB'S. Alexsfishin1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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