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Jetty Bream?
Hello all
I'm new to the forum and the bream-on-lures world, but have fished for bream on bait with reasonable results for a while now. And I was wondering how do catch bream off public jetties/piers (landbased) in the terms of lures (prefer soft plastics), tides, time of year, etc. I know its quite a "novice" question and you guys on this forum may get questions from "fingerlings" every day that never return to the site, but any help would be much appreciated and i'll return the favour sometime Last edited by curranboy99; 25-02-2016 at 11:45 PM. Reason: write up mistake |
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They can hear/feel your footsteps aswell, so if you know there is a dodgy plank on the pier that clunks when you step on it - dont step on it The guru who taught me would never let himself be seen by the bream - the only thing the bream would see is the very tip of his rod poking out over the jetty. He would also only step on the rivets that held the planks down just in case one of them rattled. He would also glide around like a tai chi master. He watched every footstep and placed his feet softly and deliberately everytime. You should have seen him fume when tourists clunked over and stuck their heads over the edge This problem of your presence being felt is accentuated the closer the jetty is to the water - if its 1 meter off, I suggest maximum stealth - if its 4m, small mistakes will be forgiven. Try to target jetties that receive little foot traffic or angling pressure. Choose times of day when noone is there - Bream take lures well after dark - they will take them at midnight and beyond. These rules can be thrown out the window once your stealth is honed. Once you've learnt to sneak around you can start sneaking a peak over the edge. Theres nothing more fun than watching a big bream inch his way towards your lure with his pectoral fins. But its very important you havent spooked the big fella first with a clumsy approach. Small fish will let you get away with murder but the big ones dont. Pay special attention to the vertical pylons - thousands of bream have been caught by dropping a baby vibe right next to a pylon and letting it drift down to the bottom on a slack line. All you have to do is watch your line. A huge percentage of takes are on the drop. If your line stops or speeds up - strike. There's millions of way to work a Jetty and I'm sure other blokes will let you know of different lures and approaches. But using a "strike pro vibe" or a "River to Sea" "baby vibe" is about as easy as it gets where I come from. I'll hunt around for a great little video done by a breammaster member about how to do it - but until I find it - heres something I prepared earlier Blades can be good in winter in really deep water |
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I terms of lures I'd use a micro vibe, Damiki monster miki, Zman grub. Fish plastics on a as light jighead as possible without impairing their action. And obviously the mighty Cranka crab |
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Another phenomenal lure to use around a jetty is a gulp sand worm with a stinger in the tail. Noone seems to use them any more coz they arent that cool. But the bream still eat them.
This is a mojiko worm with a stinger hook in the tail - They dont sell these lures anymore but they're almost identical to a gulp sandworm. Make sure you use a stinger in the tail - 99.6% of fish hooked, hit the tail if you do a shakey retrieve to imitate a swimming sand worm. Last edited by yellow door 1; 26-02-2016 at 01:40 AM. |
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Yeah - I'm a massive tight arse so I wont even borrow a cranka crab when I'm getting out fished 10 to nothing. But in the right hands - A cranka crab is a bream pulling machine. Quite often, the less you do after it hits the bottom - the better. Cast out - let it hit the bottom - count to 30 - and only strike before 30 if you notice your line move
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Dammit - I cant find a link to that video in the Docks that Ross did - if anyone can find it - stick it up - its a perfect intro to fishing jetty pylons
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Alex doesnt always give secrets away, but when he does - they're worth listening to. If you have a lure that plummets to the bottom faster than the prey item you are trying to imitate - you better hope the bream are switched on that day Lots of blokes get whacked on the drop while using lures that dive to the bottom fast (metal blades in 10 meters of water for instance)- but for consistency on mid-water strikes - my brain tells me to use something that falls at approximately the same speed as a crab....mussel shell....... chip from the fish and chip shop...... or injured bait fish. I've had sessions turned around by switching to a lighter jighead on alot of different species Last edited by yellow door 1; 26-02-2016 at 02:04 AM. |
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Thanks heaps guys, much appreciated
Next thing to do is hunt around the Brisbane area and try and find a jetty that doesn't get fished as hard and give it crack with plastics and techniques suggested. Thanks again |
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But if you arent born with a retrieve that gets bream no matter what - you might have to get sneaky |
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I know what your saying about fishers ingoring stealth and smashing big fish as last week at a crowded timber boardwalk in Brisbane a guy was smashing around on the boardwalk dropping whole supermarket prawns to the bottom on sz2 ball sinkers and ripped out a few sizeable bream and the water depth was only a 4 feet, I guess some people have extreme good luck |
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Your experiences with bait, may give you the impression that they will be a piece of piss to catch on lures - and in your area they may be - I've been to QLD and couldnt get over how easy it is to catch a fish up there. But if you struggle to get them on lures when first starting out - stealth is something to consider Bream will feed with reckless abandon until they think something isnt quite right. Last edited by yellow door 1; 26-02-2016 at 04:57 PM. |
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But based on what you've said i'm thinking if follow the southern tactics i.e. steath, very light lures sinking at the pace of a injured bait fish or chip I should do a lot better rather than making big casts across flats with 1/12oz jigheads and fishing rather aggressively like flathead fishing |
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I can foresee your next build "Stealth Shoes"...
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Do what you've got to do to catch what you want to catch - and if you arent catching enough - just chuck out a prawn |
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I usually use live baby rabbits and duct tape - but the intestines stain the arch of my foot
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