| Bream fishing in Australia is becoming huge, from its | | | | none are as big or as organized as the ABT. |
| humble statue the bream is fast becoming an iconic | | | | Bream by nature are a flighty, spooky fish in that |
| fish in Australia. The bream fishing I am talking about | | | | they can sense danger be it a predator or a |
| is known as bream spinning as it is done using lures | | | | fisherman and they will quickly disappear. During the |
| only, on light 2 to 4 kilo graphite rods with spin reels. | | | | hot summer months they can be found near |
| The explosion in this style of fishing has lead to a | | | | shorelines in very shallow water, so the angler needs |
| very healthy tournament scene not unlike the | | | | to employ stealth tactics to be successful in tricking |
| American bass fishing scene.Employing nearly an | | | | these smart fish into taking an artificial bait or lure. |
| identical format to that of the US bass scene. | | | | Light 6 to 7 foot rods are used to deliver in some |
| Anglers are paired together on a boat and are | | | | cases very light soft plastic lures, braided line is used |
| allowed 7 hours to go out and catch 5 bream, they | | | | 90 percent of the time as it has virtually no stretch |
| are then brought back to a weigh master, who | | | | thus giving the angler a very sensitive outfit that he |
| weighs the five fish together and the angler with the | | | | or she can detect the smallest of bites. |
| heaviest bag of bream wins the tournament. | | | | Around a rod length of fluorocarbon leader is tied to |
| Every year the prize money grows as more and | | | | the braided line between the mainline and the lure as |
| more people get involved,what started as a couple | | | | fluorocarbon line is almost invisible under the water |
| of tournaments a year has now got to the stage | | | | and the ads to the stealth factor when trying to fool |
| that events are being held nearly every | | | | these clever fish. These days anglers are running |
| weekend.The main tournament body is known as the | | | | fluorocarbon straight through as the fish are getting |
| ABT (Australian Bream Tournaments) there have | | | | wise to lures as the explosion in angler numbers are |
| been other tournament body's start up as well but | | | | putting lures in front of fish more often. |