Best time of the day for Breamin'

[LakeConjolaFish]

Hello,

Does anyone feel that there is a best time of the day for breamin' with SP's?

Forgetting tides for the moment, do you like morning, afternoon or evening sessions or do you think that you can use SP's with good results all day?

This will interest a lot of people on the breammaster webpage.

[Ravin]

I prefer first light to sunrise myself.

[Richo]

Preferrably before and after sun up and sun down,

[AtomicGrant]

I'm with Ravin :)
mornings are usually a nicer time tofish, generally less wind calm conditions from lack of boaters. But saying that fish bight when they want to and you have to adapt (which I havn't being doing to well lately)

Grant

I personally have caught most of my fish in the first few hours after sunrise! Before sunrise might be better if i could be bother getting up on time!:D

[Daniel_Folley]

i find the best time to fish with softplastics is early in the morning then before the sun goes all the way down. :) softplastics will catch fish during any time of the day though.

[Dave W]

My personal favorite is the first 3 hours of light in the morning on an overcast day - if I hear a bad weather forecast, but the wind is light, I'm fishin':D

[jimi]

I used to think dawn was the best time, but I just did a plot of all the bream caught according to my electronic diary, and mid morning looks like the winner.

I haven't been collecting data for that long (I haven't finished writing the diary software properly yet), so the results may change, but the attached plot gives you an idea.


James.

[Mick]

I prefer the middle of the day in bright sun. The fish are a lot easier to find as they will be holed up in shady areas around structure. Bream dont have to be in a feeding mode to catch, their biggest down fall is that they are an inquisitive species and even when their stomachs are full, if some thing new is introduced to their environment they will grab it with their mouth to sus it out. The middle of the day is the perfect time to exploit their curiosity.:D

[pw-bream]

I like the late afternoon and evening, but I the early morning is good too. I think it depends a bit on your fishing spot, clear water and shallow water might mean low light conditions would fish better.

[Matt]

I prefer to try and fish tides more than time, although first light and dusk will usually provide a fish or two regardless of tide.
Have had great sessions on Bream in the middle of the day when the tide was perfect for that spot.

Cheers
Matt

[LakeConjolaFish]

Matt,

Whats a perfect tide for you, high / low ?

[pw-bream]

Tides are definately important, I like to pick days when the tides coincide with the dawn and dusk so you get the light change and the tide change together.

[Matt]

Really depends on the spot, I have a few spots which fire on the incoming high and more than a few which really go with the runout. This is where a diary really shows its value, being able to show you which spots fire best when.

Generally I try to keep my spinning to the last 2 hours of the run out (at the low tide spots) and the last 2 hours of the run in (high tide spots). The slack tide is generally the worst time to be spinning regardless of tide, Bream prefer a little bit of tidal movement.

Like pw-bream mentioned, if you can get one of these tides to coincide with dawn/dusk then the fishing is pretty damned good.

Hope this helps a little.

Cheers
Matt

Round jetties and bridges, slack high tide is the best as the fish feed on the mussels on the top of the water column and makes them easy to find. In these areas the fish really can go off!!!:D

[LakeConjolaFish]

Thanks for all the replies, I for one found them all really interesting.


Thanks Again,

Jim

[johno13]

I have found i have most success in the mornings or around midday if using bait

I am still trying to break my duck on lures

Good luck to all of you

John

[pete s]

ive found over the last 6 months or so, the best time is between 8am and midday. with overcast days producing better sized fish.

I like mid afternoon to evening, Have had most success on a rising tide when the sun turns the water gold.
These times also coincide with my enjoyment factor (Don't care if I don't catch a fish just enjoy the outing).
Average number of fish per trip with above conditions is 6 over the last 4 summers. Max 14.

[LakeConjolaFish]

Steve, I think that "enjoyment factor is a big factor, when you feel contented I feel you transmit that through the line right to the lure and its movements are slower and more realistic.

I hardly ever even get a hit when I'm feeling stressed for time etc as I start cranking harder.


Just my thoughts of course.


Cheers,

Jim

[pw-bream]

Just wanted to report that getting the change of tide and light together doesn't alway spell success.
Last night I fished the Weribee River near the golf course from low tide and about 1.5 hrs of the incoming tide between 8PM and 9:30PM, so dusk darkening to night. No takers on the soft plastics, a few nibbles on bait. The river was very low at low tide, I think we need some consistent rain.

[LakeConjolaFish]

I have extensive oyster racks at the front of my house and take a snorkel around them almost every day at this time of the year.

I always take a knife and open an oyster or two and regardless of the weather, time or tide it's utterly amazing how many thumping and not so thumping bream I have in front of my face all waiting for me to open another (making pets out of 'em!).

This has always had me thinking that maybe, just maybe , lures are taken in more of a territorial mode, than a feeding mode.

If a fish is hungry its not going to let a free meal drift by its nose just because the time is wrong.

Someone else mentioned that they like midday as the bream are holed up in the shade of an overhanging tree, maybe space is at a premium and they are aggressive and pissed of and take a run and a bite on anything that gets in their vision?

All I know is that sometimes they are easier to catch than other times but I'm not so sure that fish would pass up food.

But hey if EVERYTIME you put a line in the water you caught something fishing just wouldn't be fishing, would it?

And there sure as hell wouldn't be to many fish left after awhile would there!


Just Jims Ramblings

[pw-bream]

Originally posted by LakeConjolaFish
I have extensive oyster racks at the front of my house

You lucky, lucky, person :-)
Wish I lived somewhere like that. I think Eden is my dream retirement location.

[LakeConjolaFish]

Yes PW it is bliss but it does have it's downside it's not very relaxin' .


;)



Jim

[beefaman]

Yup, if we caught fish every time it would be called CATCHING

I myself have caught fish at all different times of tides and moon phases. Dawn or dusk or high noon. Sometimes they are there, other times they aren't. But I would have to agree, the less stressed and hassled you are you tend to enjoy yourself more, and fishing becomes easier. :D