RLF bycatch...... BREAM!!!

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This was the cue to change tactics, as previous experience showed that these bream were picking off small herring dashed on the rocks as they washed over, and also the leftovers from messy feeding jacks, longtoms and other toothies. Drifted shad tailed placcies on light jigs, fished just over bottom had given me fish up to 32 cm fork, so it was with confidence that a 1/16th Gamakatsu #1 211 jighead took its place on the end of my 40 lb leader.

Yes, 40 lb........... there were meter barra in the same holding pattern, scoffing up leftovers too. Just ask Paul..... his beast came from the same spot, right in the back of the dissipating current. Plus when they are feeding hard and opportunistically like this, the better bream up here don't mind too much.

Cross current cast, sink her down, come tight. Drift....... lift to get the tail vibrating, BRRRRP!, drop, drift...... tap, set, BANG!!!! ZZZZZZZ!!!