Gilthead bream

[luanaigh]

Hi all.
Whats the story about gilthead bream...i've heard reports of them before but that was a few years ago...so the question is ,,,are they regular visitors in some places or still just a rarity?
Thanks,
Barra

[FMCN]

Had a few a couple of years ago down in Waterford and they seemed to be a regular catch, but haven't heard of to many caught recently and i haven't had any from the same marks, so not to sure how resident they are. It was during a period of nice warm weather so maybe they like the water temp up a bit.

[cortaz]

hi barra, been keepin my ear to the ground , have not had or seen 1 this year, only had 4 last yr., think there "gone", a lot of mates have fished local hotspots, lots of bass, no bream, francis might be right about the poor weather .

[Labyrinthfish]

There were alot of Giltheads around Wexford, Waterford & Cork in May which is the best month for them
best day we had 19 up to 4lb.

Have not had any since then, except in Cork.

You need a High pressure for them and settled weather.

[luanaigh]

Thanks guys..i presume the Giltheads caught around cork waterford, wexford (this year???) were from boats????
But Art i think i read from old posts that you were catching them from dungarvan harbour??
Are there any other types of bream avaliable to us??? they seem to get black bream in sw england...and in sweden (where i am now) i've seen them on local fish species charts near harbours...
I would love to hear about any stories of bream (for next years fishing) being caught around ireland ...
caught a few species of bream in australia eariler in the year and for the size of them they have a massive fight...very aggressive

ps Labyrinthfish....19 bream is some catch....but they do like to shoal

[scara]

There was a bream caught during the Donegal club boat championship on sunday last. not sure what type (black) as I didn't see it but apparently it was aroung 3lb. apperently caught on the Laurentic. There's normally a couple caught every year.

On another note there was a cracking john dory caught on the saturaday during the closed gold medal.

Also there has been a couple of trigger fish caught in crab pots.

[Labyrinthfish]

Thanks guys..i presume the Giltheads caught around cork waterford, wexford (this year???) were from boats????
But Art i think i read from old posts that you were catching them from dungarvan harbour??
Are there any other types of bream avaliable to us??? they seem to get black bream in sw england...and in sweden (where i am now) i've seen them on local fish species charts near harbours...
I would love to hear about any stories of bream (for next years fishing) being caught around ireland ...
caught a few species of bream in australia eariler in the year and for the size of them they have a massive fight...very aggressive

ps Labyrinthfish....19 bream is some catch....but they do like to shoal

All the bream were caught from the shore in May/June 09, had a few in Cork late August
They will still be around & this weather is perfect for them.
Some beaches will produce at night , for easy access to them fish estuaries with oyster beds located in them,The further south the better.

The only other bream i have caught in Ireland are very small black Bream on the south Wexford coast.

Dave.

[Davy Murdoch]

There was a bream caught during the Donegal club boat championship on sunday last. not sure what type (black) as I didn't see it but apparently it was aroung 3lb. apperently caught on the Laurentic. There's normally a couple caught every year.

On another note there was a cracking john dory caught on the saturaday during the closed gold medal.

Also there has been a couple of trigger fish caught in crab pots.

3lb is a nice size i hear there is both black and red bream on the Laurentic.Its weird that the Laurentic seems to be the only place you can catch them up north,they catch them from the shore in Scotland so why not here anyone ever heard of any other places they`ve been caught???

it would be nice to think the giltheads were moving our direction..i had 1 not much bigger than my hand in cork a few years ago but i`d like to get a bigger one

[cortaz]

There was a bream caught during the Donegal club boat championship on sunday last. not sure what type (black) as I didn't see it but apparently it was aroung 3lb. apperently caught on the Laurentic. There's normally a couple caught every year.

On another note there was a cracking john dory caught on the saturaday during the closed gold medal.

Also there has been a couple of trigger fish caught in crab pots.

3lb is a nice size i hear there is both black and red bream on the Laurentic.Its weird that the Laurentic seems to be the only place you can catch them up north,they catch them from the shore in Scotland so why not here anyone ever heard of any other places they`ve been caught???

it would be nice to think the giltheads were moving our direction..i had 1 not much bigger than my hand in cork a few years ago but i`d like to get a bigger one

Ofter thought that black bream shoud be on southeast coast, they catch lots in wales and its not that far away,

[Tanglerat]

Having fished for BB in Jersey and the South coast of England, I found that they were very much close to the mark ie if you were even a little bit away from the mark, you blanked. You had to be right on the mark to be in with a chance of a good, regular catch.

wonder if GB are the same? I'd love to catch one.

[seany/cork]

this year i had a few in west cork best time spring tide a few days before hand at dawn
not to sure how long before high tide it was but it was great fishing
between 3 of us we caught 27 one was a beast at 5lbs one of the best fights i ever got of a small fish
since that lovely day not even one
that was in july
it was the same last year but it was in sept

[luanaigh]

jasus lads sounds great on some of them catch numbers...i suppose most people catch them by fluke????or are ye guys targeting them?? i still don't understand how dem bloody brits (only messing now... ) seem to have all the fun with de bream in the summer and we seem to get little in the way of action from these little lunatics of the sea????

[tight lines]

have got a few down in ballyteigh around oct-nov when going for flounder nice size up to 3lb all caught on crab

[red]

this year i had a few in west cork best time spring tide a few days before hand at dawn
not to sure how long before high tide it was but it was great fishing
between 3 of us we caught 27 one was a beast at 5lbs one of the best fights i ever got of a small fish
since that lovely day not even one
that was in july
it was the same last year but it was in sept

did you record the 5lber? the specimen weight is only just over 3lbs?? the irish record is just over 7lbs.

[seany/cork]

To red
nope have the pic some where .to tell the truth i wouldn know how to go about it
i seem to be the lucky one most of the time i catch i good size fish i alway return them unless mammy wants one
if i hit in to them again i will post it up .

To luanaigh
at the time i was just getting in to bass fishing and that morning we were going for them
got a call to move spots and we hit in to a load of them
it was a great morning then we started catching bass damn it any way they will be back
baits used were lug and peeler flourocarbon snoods on a pulley rig
weights were 3oz and they seem only to feed from low tide /flood side for about 3 hour,s