Keeping Fish In Livewells-Social Fishing

[Richo]

Originally Posted by Online store

So what about if I keep the bream in my livewell for the day and take them home to eat?

How does that fit into what you are asking Phil?

I kill all mine straight away and straight into the icewell - they taste better

[DrPopper]

Originally Posted by Online store

So what about if I keep the bream in my livewell for the day and take them home to eat?

How does that fit into what you are asking Phil?

Bream are not a eating species ....

[DrPopper]

Originally Posted by brad mcdonald

so if you think its harmfull dont do it .... but .... if you think its harmfull you probaly shouldn't fish comps either then.

It is .... I don't ... and I wouldn't

[bargeass]

Originally Posted by DrPopper

Bream are not a eating species ....

Really?

[Tassiebream]

Originally Posted by Richo

I kill all mine straight away and straight into the icewell - they taste better

Same here with any fish for the table.
Kill straight away then on ice or a slurry of water and ice.

Originally Posted by bargeass

Really?

One of the best bread and butter fish in my opinion

[bargeass]

Originally Posted by Tassiebream

Same here with any fish for the table.
Kill straight away then on ice or a slurry of water and ice.

One of the best bread and butter fish in my opinion

I agree haha, aslong as they come out of nice clean water I have no problem keeping a few for a feed

[phil jagger]

Originally Posted by Online store

When I first started bream fishing I caught 3 bream all roughly about a kilo, I threw them into a foam box on a pretty warm day, drove around all over the river going up and downstream, did water changes very occasionally with a small scoop through the day. At one stage I did actually leave them much longer than I should and was concerned for their health (I thought they were dead). At the end of a long day on the water I took the fish home, threw them into a 1000 litre fish tank.

They lived there for 3 years until I decided it was time to let them go back into the river. They are a very tough fish!

Frosty!

[Breamingwithjoy]

Originally Posted by DrPopper

Bream are not a eating species ....

Ok, I'll bite.

What is an eating species then?

What makes that species any different to Bream as a table fish?

I don't eat much fish but Bream cooked well is great (IMO). They are slow growing, however they are also one of the most abundant fish we have.

As for keeping them in the live well, so long as it is a properly working live well no dramas in my book.

People who are feverishly against the eating of any bream are possibly putting the species on too high a pedestal and run the risk of looking like a bit of a weirdo.

[Ando31c]

Originally Posted by Breamingwithjoy

Ok, I'll bite.

What is an eating species then?

What makes that species any different to Bream as a table fish?

I don't eat much fish but Bream cooked well is great (IMO). They are slow growing, however they are also one of the most abundant fish we have.

As for keeping them in the live well, so long as it is a properly working live well no dramas in my book.

People who are feverishly against the eating of any bream are possibly putting the species on too high a pedestal and run the risk of looking like a bit of a weirdo.

Exactly mate.

I love to fish for Bream and practice catch and release of at least 80% of Bream caught.

I use a portable livewell to take a couple of nice photos at the end of the day and select a couple for my wife and I to eat.

I do beleive that the size limit for Bream should be increase to around the 27 to the 30cm mark so those that want to take a feed home can get some decent fillets and can be satisfied with fewer fish.