First Werribee Bream! (First fish in years)

[Ploh]

I rekindled my fishing interest a few weeks ago and have since caught nothing at all and have been increasingly ridiculed by my mother. Nevertheless I have persisted.

Today's weather wasn't great, but I decided fishing would be a nice way to tie off the weekend. I hit the flats at low tide to get some worms (and one extraordinarily fat bass yabbie), albeit today's low tide was higher than normal and had to work extra hard to get a session of worms.

I went home for dinner at 4pm and left the house again at 6:30pm to catch the rising tide at Werribee South.
I brought 2 rods with me.
- Shimano Catana - Running Sinker
- Daiwa Rod - Paternoster

I berley'ed up with some fish scraps but that didn't seem to do much for the first hour. I moved up to the main platform after about half an hour since the pontoon was shaking too much. Another fellow on the beach pulled out 2 bream, threw back 1.

It was probably 8:30 when I turned around to see my Daiwa rod's tip shaking like crazy, and boy was I excited. I grabbed it and struck.
Started to reel in and I could feel the head shakes just going off! Most exciting thing knowing that a fish was on the other end, yet equally frightening knowing it could bust any moment.
I just kept on reeling until I saw the bream surface! I was half panicking, wondering how the heck I was going to get the fish onto the platform! I had no landing net and a pole was blocking my path to the lower platform. Lucky my mono was something like 23lb's so I took the chance and dead lifted it onto the platform (with ease might I add).
At this point, I'm quietly freaking out and in hysterics. I quickly grab the fishing ruler, place the bream over it, grab my camera out and snap a photo.
It was borderline between legal and undersized and I didn't bother to really check.
Unhooked it and released it.

My hands smell like fish. Like success.

- Ploh

[gjhfisho]

Well done Plohtato.
The more you fish the more you catch!

[Foofoo]

Well done Ploh!! Werribee south has always been a difficult place to fish. Glad to see you getting in on some action.

[Raulfc7]

Love your excitement of landing your fish well done mate :thumbsup:

[Ploh]

Is it unusual to catch bream on paternoster? I'm curious as to why the running sinker didn't work?
Just for my next outing should I be using paternoster or running?

[rogs]

i'm pretty sure you'll be back there! :reel:

[GTSHoon]

Great catch mate, I'm still yet to catch a bream :D
Cam

[kaotay]

Well done, always nice when a plan comes together.

[Ploh]

Well done, always nice when a plan comes together.

Thanks man. There's a real sense of satisfaction when you gather your own bait too. It adds a whole new level of appreciation to the fishing.
However my back muscles wouldn't say the same.


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[Cuda]

Is it unusual to catch bream on paternoster? I'm curious as to why the running sinker didn't work?
Just for my next outing should I be using paternoster or running?

If you have worms there, you'll catch them on any rig, although I have seen/caught more on running sinker.
Congrats! Great report.