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One of the bread and butter fish of Queensland. The bream is amongst the most common of the marine fishes taken by anglers of this area. It is abundant in creeks, rivers, estuaries and coastal waters. As a consequence, it is fished for in a variety of ways, depending entirely on local conditions - with yabby or pilchard bait, on ocean beaches and in swift rivers, the sinker lying against the hook; with 1.8 m trace and live soldier crabs or hardyheads, under the heads of jetties; with floats and dough off rock walls; with prawns, mullet gut and fish fillets from dinghies and jetties, to name a few.
Bream migrate towards waters in the vicinity of bars and ocean beaches during mid-winter for spawning purposes; at this time large hauls can be made (remember to only take what you need). Bream is generally silvery olive green in colour with yellowish reflections on sides and abdomen. Although generally taken at an average weight of slightly less than 450 gms, they grow to about 4 Kg but such examples are rare in this area.
Season: all year but best May to August
Location: ocean beaches, creeks, rivers, shallow reefs, rocky areas
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