Bream Fishing

Apart from the wonderful trout fishing, Tasmania has the best bream fishing in Australia. The Tasmanian southern black bream is an estuary species that is renowned for being both a hard fighter and being quite finicky. These fish are targeted with both soft plastic lures and flies, with soft plastics being the most effective. These fish are to be found throughout the entire calendar, with the warmer months being the most productive. October and November are perhaps the best months with many schools of bream congregating around snags and other structures in estuarine environments. There is also the chance of a big sea run trout at this time of year as well.

Bream on fly is a real challenge, with many anglers regarding this species as the next challenging frontier. Many bream are caught on flies in the spring and summer months, however as the weather gets colder in autumn and winter they do become harder to catch. The flip side of this is that the biggest bream are often caught in the colder months.

Depending upon which estuary is fished; anglers can expect to catch bream between 30cm and 45cm, with many in the 35cm to 40cm bracket. A 40cm bream is around 3 and half pounds – a very good fish indeed. Systems such as the Derwent River and Ansons River offer the best chance of bigger bream, while the Scamander, Swan and Georges Bay offer more fish but perhaps less in terms of size.

We can guide you onto some XOS sized bream using both fly and soft plastic lures. To get the best out of a bream trip we recommend that anglers use both, some days they just won’t take a fly – other days they will eat every fly they see.

Tackle for these trips revolve around fast action 5 and 6 weight rods up to 8 weights. A full range of lines will also be needed, from floating and intermediate to DI 7 type lines. A ultra fast sinking poly leader can also add some flexibility to presentations. Spin fishing tackle is based around softish tip 6’6” and 7” rods teamed up with 2500 series threadline reels with 6 to 8 pound Fireline and fluorocarbon leaders. The best flies are the Muz Wilson bream style flies. Best plastics are the 3” Bass Minnow, Squidgie Wrigglers, Mojo Grubs and Atomic Fat Grubs. We can supply all the necessary equipment to maximise the bream fishing opportunities.

Bream fishing can dovetail neatly into a Tasmanian fishing experience. We can pick you up in Hobart from the airport, go straight to the Derwent for some bream fishing, head up to the lakes for two or three days trout fishing in the highland lakes and then have a day on the river before boarding the last flight out of Launceston airport – where else could you get such a diverse experience.

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Apart from the wonderful trout fishing, Tasmania has the best bream fishing in Australia. The Tasmanian southern black bream is an estuary species that is renowned for being both a hard fighter and being quite finicky. These fish are targeted with both soft plastic lures and flies, with soft plastics being the most effective. These fish are to be found throughout the entire calendar, with the warmer months being the most productive. October and November are perhaps the best months with many schools of bream congregating around snags and other structures in estuarine environments. There is also the chance of a big sea run trout at this time of year as well. Bream on fly is a real challenge, with many anglers regarding this species as the next challenging frontier. Many bream are caught on flies in the spring and summer months, however as the weather gets colder in autumn and winter they do become harder to catch. The flip side of this is that the biggest bream are often caught in the colder months. Depending upon which estuary is fished; anglers can expect to catch bream between 30cm and 45cm, with many in the 35cm to 40cm bracket. A 40cm bream is around 3 and half pounds – a very good fish indeed. Systems such as the Derwent River and Ansons River offer the best chance of bigger bream, while the Scamander, Swan and Georges Bay offer more fish but perhaps less in terms of size. We can guide you onto some XOS sized bream using both fly and soft plastic lures. To get the best out of a bream trip we recommend that anglers use both, some days they just won’t take a fly – other days they will eat every fly they see. Tackle for these trips revolve around fast action 5 and 6 weight rods up to 8 weights. A full range of lines will also be needed, from floating and intermediate to DI 7 type lines. A ultra fast sinking poly leader can also add some flexibility to presentations. Spin fishing tackle is based around softish tip 6’6” and 7” rods teamed up with 2500 series threadline reels with 6 to 8 pound Fireline and fluorocarbon leaders. The best flies are the Muz Wilson bream style flies. Best plastics are the 3” Bass Minnow, Squidgie Wrigglers, Mojo Grubs and Atomic Fat Grubs. We can supply all the necessary equipment to maximise the bream fishing opportunities. Bream fishing can dovetail neatly into a Tasmanian fishing experience. We can pick you up in Hobart from the airport, go straight to the Derwent for some bream fishing, head up to the lakes for two or three days trout fishing in the highland lakes and then have a day on the river before boarding the last flight out of Launceston airport – where else could you get such a diverse experience.
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