Bronze Bream in East London

[DaleBotha]

Landed this beast of a bronze bream in Gonubie, East London on Friday night 10 December.

This Bronze bream was caught with a 1/0 hook, float on the shank and a small ghost crab that i found on the beach. Used my 12" , 3 pc rod and a shimano 200 G reel loaded with 12 kg kingfisher line.

The fight was amazing, thought it was a Silver steenbras ( Cracker ), it took a good 10 min to land as it was peeling off line as and when he felt like it.

Lenght : 590 mm

Weight : 6.06 kgs

Also landed a Shad / Elf of 450 mm.

Cheers

Dale

 

[Maestro]

Now thats a sizer bronzi..and on crab at night!...well done to have landed it on such light tackle,as the big guys can be ferocious fighters!

 

[gut]

well done, if im not mistaken the S. A. record stands at 6.2 caught Bigha

 

[patrys]

thats a beaut. congrats. first time i hear of on etaking crab.

 

[aquadementia]

HECTIC thats a GIANT!! congrats

 

[boepens]

That's a bomb bud lots of guys don't believe they bite at night but I've pulled a few on small pillie baits in the gullys on bass tackle lekker sport I can believe that one gave u a rev

 

[DaleBotha]

Here is another pic of when it just came out the water.....

 

 

[mako]

Well done,these fish really give a good account of themselves!

 

[roland]

awesome fish . what do they taste like?

 

[deisel]

nice well done

 

[DaleBotha]

Hi Roland,

Blue fish is apparently one of the best eating fish. I myself have not tasted it yet.

I still have the fish in the freezer, thinking of getting it moulded, dont know if i will every get one this size again ?

Cheers

Dale

 

[fanievb]

where in Gonubie did you get it?

 

[A.R]

Well done, thats a bus of a bream...

 

[Moyeni]

roland wrote:

awesome fish . what do they taste like?

They taste nice when fried BUT if they are baked I find them to be very fatty.

My wife told me never to bring them home again!!!!

 

[jollyroger]

Absolutely awesome fish. Well done for landing it. I wish we were able to catch Blue fish in Cape Town.