Fishing Victoria Forum

Good day Dezza, If you didn't want to take it home and measure it, why didn't you just run out a length of line, cut it to exact fish length and measure the line when you got home? Or have I missed something ? That fish is probably as old as me so didn't want it out of the water for long. I put it ...

davek wrote:Solid fish, good work, what rod is that? cheers davo :nicefish:

Thats a Shakeaspeare Slingshot 7ft travel rod, not a bream stick by any means but it does the trick.

[quote="blacklab99"]Great catch dezza, Never targeted bream before, caught a few as a by catch, but on light gear I can see the attraction with a stonker like that ! So whats the average size that your catching and what size can they be caught at ? 50cm by the sounds of, sounds like it's getting up ...

purple5ive wrote:good fish mate, what a shame theres no solid proof of a 47, thats defenitely a cracker fish..
well done either way.

Worse than that, I reckon it was nudging 50cm. Typical the one day I didn't have the measure.

Had a free hour so thought I'd try and catch something before the next set of gales blow in. Only had one bite but this is the result. Cleared out the car this morning to take the goat to the vet so didn't have a tape measure. Marks on the rod are 47cm and the fish slightly overhangs both ends. Anyw...

Lightningx wrote:Some very nice size breams there mate :thumbsup:

There are some big fish in there but they are pretty tough to catch. Have to fish very light.

Had most of my fish there on prawn, at least 3 over 40cm and plenty over 30. Never seem to do so well in the winter or on windy days though.

Been tough going swell wise down there, even with the offshore winds. At least you saw one caught, eats my last 2 trips.

Never really found a decent telescopic. Brought a few travel rods instead, have a 12 ft 5 piece Shakespeare surf rod, a 7ft shakespeare slingshot that I've used off the rocks and in the boat. I also picked a shimano nano 9ft 4 piece which is great for slinging metals off the beach. Tge shakeaspeare ...

Never really found a decent telescopic. Brought a few travel rods instead, have a 12 ft 5 piece Shakespeare surf rod, a 7ft shakespeare slingshot that I've used off the rocks and in the boat. I also picked a shimano nano 9ft 4 piece which is great for slinging metals off the beach. Tge shakeaspeare ...