HERE we go!
Bream are pouring onto all the beaches from Stockton north to Fingal. Young Maitland visitors Alby Nancarrow and his cousin Nav wandered along Fingal Beach last weekend with a bucket of nippers that were pumped on the sand flats at Corlette.
Tossing just behind the shore break the boys hit the jackpot with cracker bream, whiting and a flathead bouncing up the beach.
Of all the beaches available to us I have found that the best results come from either Stockton or Fingal.
Little to no news from Kingsley, One Mile or Samurai.
Gannies and Box Beach do produce bream at this time of the year depending on the direction of the wind.
Any breeze from the west is preferred.
Worms, pipis, nippers and fresh mullet strips are preferred baits however prawns and a fillet of any surface fish will suffice including tailor, slimy mackerel, yellowtail and bonito.
If you are a lazy beach fisherman like me, take a folding chair and a metre or so of PVC pipe on your next outing.
Drive the pipe into the sand at the waters edge, toss out and take a seat.
Fish are very good at catching themselves.
My favourite bream are those caught off the beaches.
Snowy white and in top condition, the winter bream have arrived in excellent numbers on Stockton and Fingal Beaches.
Fish to 1.8kg are swallowing pipis, worms and mullet strips.
Hit the beach on a rising tide, toss out and hang on!
By John ‘Stinker’ CLARKE
