I’VE said it many times – if you can’t catch a bream then you should consider joining the golf club.
That being said, some are better than others when it comes to catching bream.
When it comes to the spectacular waters of Port Stephens there are none better than the Coles family of Lemon Tree Passage.
Poppers, lures, plastics and baits – Wayne Coles and the family could catch a bream on a damp lawn.
It is this time of the year when Colesy chases big bream right throughout the Port from the Karuah River through Tilligerry Creek to the structures around Soldiers Point and Rocks-a-Wash.
Recently the family have been focusing their attention in the East Harbour from Soldiers Point to the heads.
Barnes Rocks and Corrie Island and The Anchorage on the north side, and Nelson Bay Breakwall and Tomaree Head on the south side.
If you are an old bait man like me you could use an assortment of baits to target bream – yabbies, prawns, fresh fillet of mullet, tailor, slimy mackerel, bonito or tuna will do the trick.
One bream bait that works a treat is a strip of chicken breast.
Talking to Colesy through the week he told me that the blue swimmer crabs are still dancing from Lemon Tree to North Arm Cove.
A good day on the water would be to set a couple of crab traps then chase bream before picking up your traps on the way home.
How good is that?
By John ‘Stinker’ CLARKE
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