Rob's Top 10 Bream Fishing Tips for Tasmania

Look for structure
Bream love to shelter and feed on an array of structure such as: boat hulls, oyster leases, rock bars, reefs, jetties, points with tidal flow and rocky flats.

Try Bait
Sometimes a well presented bait will work when all else fails. Bait can always be found for example: crabs, oysters and mussels.

Leader
Bream can be very finnicky feeders, on a bright still sunny day sometimes dropping a leader size and going to a fluorocarbon leader can make a world of difference.

Tuning lures
Most common bream hard body lures on the market originate from fresh water Japanese manufacturers, even a suspending minnow will slowly float in salt. Try adding some lead tape to the belly of a lure to extend its hang time.

Twitch and pause
Let the lure hit the water and crank it to the desired depth, then pause. Sometimes even when you think its long enough let it hang longer, then twitch and repeat.

Tide
Use the tide to your advantage. On a high tide, bream can be found in shallow water and when it’s a low tide try structure such as secondary drop offs, under boats and jetties.

Just go fishing
A lot of people wait for “the best tide” or the “right wind direction” when in fact there’s a better chance to catch if you are on the water fishing.

Look for bait or food
Bait schools, mussel covered pilons, boat hulls or oyster flats are all natural fish super markets.

Check and maintain your equipment
There is nothing worse than hooking onto a fish of a life time then having something fail.

Cover the water
Bream will feed in anything from a few inches of water to quite a few meters. Fan your casts as you move along covering the water column.

A thumper from Little Swanport

Rob with a Scamander Bream