Fishing in the calm water inside the Nelson Bay Marina, Shoal Bay champion Dean Bird has been having outstanding success catching cracker bream. Dean has devised a sure-fire method that is producing a bag of thumping bream on each of his outings. Using super-fine 2kg line and bread for bait, Dean floats his unweighted bait slowly down until, Whacko! The big bream hit and head into deep water. I did hear that Dean also landed a 44cm luderick using the same technique.
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If you intend to use bread for bait, it must be fresh. Stale bread will fall from your hook when it hits the water. Do not mould the bread into a solid ball and do not be tempted to make your own dough. Fresh bread pinched onto a No2 hook will do the trick, particularly if tossed into a gentle bread berley trail. For some reason, fish love bread. When fishing for snapper out of ‘Stinkpot’ I always take at least four loaves with me for berley. I’ve also used doughnuts, scones and lamingtons. Avoid cream buns.
Council memo: Forget the Fingal Bypass and fix the Little Beach boat ramp.
