wilful Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 I'm Looking with great interest at the reports of the bream numbers increasing.....Just got to make the time to get out. We are looking at Sunday or Monday for a crack at them and would appreciate some guidance from anyone who has been out more regularly as to whether we stay off Christchurch or head into the bay. Have the bream shown in reasonable numbers off Christchurch yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun j. Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 NO........not yet; still a bit of a waiting game ..for a few Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 I rang my usual skipper yesterday ans he said the bream are in but not in great number, they managed 17 the day before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Fox Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 I would agree with that Kam. Actually, I'm beginning to think the "Dorset" bream might have been hit very hard by the trawlers over the winter, and we've actually seen them arrive already. Just hoping I'm wrong!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilful Posted April 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Strange there is relatively little distance between the spots, but they are holding in the bay. Looks favourite for a trip up to see you all then. I,ll be on 6 and probably the only numpty driving from the flybridge (the joys of having no wheel inside)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petesnr Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Most years the bream arrive in April but often do not feed well until the water warms up a bit. Bream show up well on sounders and observations over the last week suggest that there are plenty out there on the usual marks. The average size seems quite good also, which suggests that they have escaped the nets this winter so maybe it won't be such a bad year. For the greedy--just remember that the bream come onto the reefs to breed and they are chock-a-block with eggs and milt. The old rule of thumb was not to keep bream until June when most will have bred although one or two for the pot will not affect stocks. There is some evidence that marks such as Dancing Ledge have received a hammering over the past few years with boats from Poole and Weymouth harvesting the stock. Even in the Bay popular marks tend to hold smaller fish so it could be that shoals return to the same area as the year before. If you kill them all one year dont expect the biggies the next year. On the bright side there are plenty of new marks to be discovered and most patches of rough ground will hold bream. Reefs between Durlston and St Albans often produce surprisingly good bream when the tide slackens and these marks can be several miles offshore. Petesnr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Charlie C got some clunkers offshore when we went to Portland (well I think they were). And that was late in to the season. Myself, I will only take male fish and for those that are not aware, they tend to have a blue flash across the head. Females tend to be brownish, so on my boat, anything inbetween goes back too. Minimum legal landing size is 23cm according to the Southern Sea Fisheries website: http://www.southern-ifca.gov.uk/byelaws Seems a little small, think I would raise that myself. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niggle Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Seems a little small, think I would raise that myself...........Rob Think I over heard your dear wife say something similar at the D&D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 The Ledge is still very slow on the bream front. I recently had a chat with the guy in Davis's tackle re keeping only male Bream, he challanged this saying that there were far more females than males therefore we should be taking females unless they are obviously in roe - food for thought perhaps?. Today while on the ledge a boat anchored way too close to me - it was obvious they didnt have a clue. I later had trouble getting the anchor up using the alderney ring so had to get them to move so i could try different angles of retrive. After going round in circles a few times it eventually tripped, please consider this senario if you find yourself too close to another boat PJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djredrupp Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 I recently had a chat with the guy in Davis's tackle re keeping only male Bream, he challanged this saying that there were far more females than males therefore we should be taking females unless they are obviously in roe - food for thought perhaps?. Having recently read this: http://www.planetseafishing.com/features/r...ht-black-bream/ I personally would leave the females, as they have yet to "swap over" to become a male and breed, And one male can look after a group of females, being replaced when he dies / ends up in the cooking pot! Freaky fish.... Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coddy Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 (edited) Without sounding too picky, this area of threads is for the year long boat species comp and not chat about what or where the fish are, there are forum areas for these questions. New updates in this area allows me to keep the running score updated easily Thanks Dave Edited April 19, 2011 by Coddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Martin Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Without sounding too picky, this area of threads is for the year long boat species comp and not chat about what or where the fish are, there are forum areas for these questions. New updates in this area allows me to keep the running score updated easily Thanks Dave moved to trip planning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I recently had a chat with the guy in Davis's tackle re keeping only male Bream, he challanged this saying that there were far more females than males therefore we should be taking females unless they are obviously in roe - food for thought perhaps?. Having recently read this: http://www.planetseafishing.com/features/r...ht-black-bream/ I personally would leave the females, as they have yet to "swap over" to become a male and breed, And one male can look after a group of females, being replaced when he dies / ends up in the cooking pot! Freaky fish.... Dan and I mentioned this on Alfresco and all they did was take the pi$$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Nash Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 It does sound like something someone has made up for a laugh tho Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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