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Best Time of the Day/Year For Bream Fishing
In Australia
by Bob Ives
If you
are looking for the best time of the day to go bream fishing in
Australia, or even the best time of the year, there are three things
to consider.
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Will
your mate let you go?
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Are
weather conditions right?
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Is it
the right time of day or year?
Of
course, the first is the most important; at least for some. The
second could have an effect on your safety and health. Certainly,
you don't want to be out bream fishing during a lightning storm or
extremely high and dangerous winds. The third one is just a matter
of having a little knowledge about the habits of bream. That one is
more manageable.
Best Time Of The Day For Bream Fishing In Australia
Tidal movement can play an important role in catching bream. Tides
stir up bait fish and this puts the bream in the feeding mode. With
this in mind, early mornings and late afternoons would be a good
choice. Anglers in the know recommend that you fish the last couple
of hours of the incoming tide and stick with it for an hour after it
turns.
An exception to the tide rule would be stained water. In stained
water the bream are likely to bite all day long.
Soft plastics are best used in the daytime, and even hard baits and
lures should be used in the daylight or at least during a full moon.
Most anglers believe the night of a full moon makes for great
fishing, and some claim that fishing the day after a full moon is
not as good because the fish have had a feeding frenzy the night
before. My experience has shown that there might be something to
this.
Another belief of Australian bream fishermen is that the daytime
hours will allow you to catch a lot of bream, but they are smaller.
They say that bream caught around dawn, and even more so in the
early evening and at night are larger, better quality fish, and you
can still easily catch a limit.
Best Time Of The Year For Bream Fishing In Australia
Bream fishing in Australia can be good year round, but to get the
most bang for your bream buck, you might want to try the fall and
the winter. In the winter, the bream gather together in deeper, fast
moving waters near surf bars where rivers and estuaries run off into
the ocean. During this time the best bite would usually be at night
and in the early dawn. Especially good nights in the winter would be
those with high tides that occur just before, during, and possibly a
few days after a new moon or full moon.
In Tasmania, which has some of the best bream fishing in Australia,
the Tasmanian southern black bream can be easily caught all year
long, but the warmer months are certainly the most productive.
October and November brings in many schools of southern black bream
that make their homes around snags and other structure near
estuaries and such.
So, winter or summer, Monday or Tuesday, night or day, there seems
to be a good possibility that you will fill your stringer full of
tasty Australian bream. Pretty much anytime is a good time to go
bream fishing in Australia, as long as your mate approves.
by Bob Ives
www.bream-fishing.com.au
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