jack Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Fabulous weather for a day out on Sat. Cool mist at sea. No fish until late afternoon.One fish each for Andy and I. His a piddling little Doggie.[learner !!] My one a Black Bream of 4lb 8 oz.Could not believe it as I thought it would be a strap conger,putting up a good scrap.Bait was a whole californian squid mantle on a size 1 circle hook.His stomach was full of Boiled rice and Bran.Thank you to all "rubby Dubby " users on Sat.We even double checked our previously unused digital scales by weighing all the different sizes of new,shop bought leads on board,just in case they were incorrect...Smiling at last.. Picture to follow if Andy's phone one is Ok,and he finds how to download it. jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 well done jack that is a cracking fish i bet it went like a torpedo on steroids sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaicemat Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 I think you should consider your status, Jack. You're in danger of getting a reputation as an angler of repute. Soon you'll be getting neighbours dropping hints about a regular supply of quality fish. Terry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
large fries Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Jack, Nice fish mate,congratulations.Could not find any decent fish on Aquafresh,did see a dolphin though which was brilliant. Rup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Jack, Im glad the seafood risoto worked for you.it must have travelled over from the Ledge pj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Congratulation on a great fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 PJ, Five of my bream were risotoed right up....and I watched you dumping your supper sonic bait dropper in........Now I Know the contents.... Rice and squid pieces....couldnt put some garlic with the mix....then I could put them straight on the BBQ. Thanks mate Tomo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Tomo, If it was Basmati rice then it was mine ( PJ wasn't allowed to use his wife's expensive rice ) Definitely works though ( although not for my boat yesterday ). I dropped in some ground bait and 1 min later watched the boat behind us haul up a bream. Repeated this feat around 3 or 4 times. Dont have the flashy bait dropper in use by Marineboy's team but the tesco carrier bag trick worked fine. My groundbait mix was rice, mackeral, squid and some tropical fish pellets Boat at Wick had around 30 bream ( onboard ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 I managed to get out on Saturday with a my diving mate in his boat to show him how to catch bream. Armed with an industrial size bait dropper we set off to the Ledge where we met Adam and Gordon who had already caught a few so we joined them and the other 14 boats on the hot spot. Unfortunately we could only find dogfish, so we moved inshore to one of Alun J's marks and without using the baitdropper managed to find some nice table size bream there. Gordon H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack Posted April 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Jacks Bream from Saturday. Cruddy picture I'm afraid.Andy printed it from his phone and I had to re-photo to upload it.Still it does improve my appearance with a little "soft focus" as used in Hollywood. jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 (edited) Dear Jack, For a fish such as this a little effort on the photo front is surely worth it! Andy should save the picture to his phone's memory card then remove that and upload to a pc via a card reader... then email it to me to be 'processed' fit for such a beast! I mention the above assumeing it can't be otherwise transferred to a pc via a cable or bluetooth.............. Am I the only one that is concerned about all this groundbaiting with rice - not exactly a natural food for the bream is it. In my session on Sat I chopped up the trimmings from the squid together with the heads and let them drift off downtide every now and then but still managed 30-40 bream to two rods in about 4 hours when the tide was running. If they are that stuffed with rice might they take a break from feeding? Edited April 17, 2007 by duncan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 (edited) great fish Jack, shame about the clarity of the pic though, but it looks far bigger than the pics of all the other 4lb fish that have been posted of late but i guess everyone holds fish differently. Edited April 17, 2007 by Gnasher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 (edited) Am I the only one that is concerned about all this groundbaiting with rice - not exactly a natural food for the bream is it. (not really in response to Duncs question, as he has a diferent point, but some info incase others may think that feeding rice is dodgy and potentially dangerous to the fish- as i had a chap tried to tell me it was at mudeford last week) boiled rice will be fine for sea fish such as bream to digest as it can't swell in the fishes stomach! It will pass it no problems! Think about the baits that the course anglers use- Bread, sweetcorn, boilies, pellets, luncheon meat, dog biscuits, vitalin dog food, peanuts, maze, the list goes on - all not exactly natural to them- but the fish live a healthy life and go on to grow big eating them As long as baits like rice are prepared properly then there will be no long or short term problems(unless the fish get pre-occupied on it and turn their noses up at traditional baits and prove hard to catch) and help to make a very cheap groundbait. Dan Edited April 17, 2007 by Gnasher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun j. Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Bream ,aka 'porgies' in other parts , eat all sorts !!; catch them in summer through to autumn and they are full of weed [ not easy to digest for them] and it comes out much like it goes in. A few Kgs of rice - based 'food' will do nothing but good....... fattening them up for breeding, sport or this year's growth. Alun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 That looks like a 4 kg snapper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack Posted April 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Just for Gnasher.Of course my fish looks bigger than any other,Andy held it down and I put a cycle pump up its orifice and Bingo, jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack Posted April 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Seriously 'though it did look bigger on the Photo,I dont know if it was the closeness of the camera or if I was holding it out,Perhaps both,We were both a little excited at the time. jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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