Yarra Bream

ChrisD · Post by **ChrisD** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 8:59 pm

Agree with Sloth - shhhhhhh
Lower end is probably given some reprive due to the thought that it is too dirty.....and parking is painful.....and lets just all keep believing that is the case

Fish-Hunter · Post by **Fish-Hunter** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:09 pm

Thanks guy's

i was actually rather reluctant to even post this Yarra Bream thread, but i thought to share some useful info with the members here. Thing's have been really quiet on the local Bream front lately & i thought it be nice to let other member's in on it, as most angler's only keep a handful for eating & the majority of Bream are returned unharmed these days. :cheers:

Post by **sloth** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:18 pm

Nah - it's all good. Pretty much every metro spot cops a flogging I'd say... Upper .... Middle or lower ... Was just being a bit cheeky as I tend to fish the lower system as its closest to home.

It's a bit quiet I think because it's that transition period between the deep winter bite and them getting up onto the edges. There's a few footballs swimming around so I expect won't be too long before they shutdown for spawning either.....

BIG GAV · Post by **BIG GAV** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:34 pm

For the amount of access the lower section has on offer it doesn't get anywhere near as much attention as let's say mordialloc pier..

Post by **4liters** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:38 pm

You bream fishos are a secretive lot, I remember a while back someone commented that they got an abusive private message for giving away too much info about Lakers Cutting

Fish-Hunter · Post by **Fish-Hunter** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:57 pm

^^
I have been fishing local waterways e.g The Yarra, Maribrynong river for Bream since 1983, when i was in my early teens & yeah we are a very guarded bunch of angler's, not as bad as Mulloway fishos though

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Post by **sloth** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 10:24 pm

yeah I'm not sure why that is Gav. It may be the cleanliness as you pointed out earlier or maybe bream just aren't that popular a species to chase for the general angling population and in reality thats the main species in the lower estuaries.

I do think though that generally the focus is on saltwater fishing and table fish in Australia and that tends to focus people onto the piers and the bay.

Suits me :D The main concern I have with the lower yarra is the slow loss of access due to development and privatisation. I see more and more "no fishing" signs and private pontoons as well as areas closed off due to re-development. I expect in a couple of decades it will be a case where to fish it productively you need to be on the water as landbased access will be minimal and/or restricted to fishing "piers/areas"

Fish-Hunter · Post by **Fish-Hunter** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 10:45 pm

I really enjoy eating fresh Bream, i do fish for a feed of fish & practice catch & release, early in the season i catch my bag limit & put some fish away for food reasons "i love a freshly caught seafood meal" then i return the majority of my Bream to live + spawn.

Post by **4liters** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 10:52 pm

You're a braver man than I eating fish out of the lower Yarra

Fish-Hunter · Post by **Fish-Hunter** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 11:15 pm

^^
I dont eat Bream very often lately actually, prefering to return them, but I find the fish i do keep for a feed, to be good eating & nothing to be alarmed about when I have cooked them up.

Its recommended to eat no more than once a week for fish caught in the lower Yarra.

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