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Bronze
Bream
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Common Name:
Bronze Bream
Other
Names:
John Brown
Scientific
Name:
Pachymetopon Grande
Habitat:
Shallow, Rocky coastlines. They mainly swim in shallow water, but can
be found in water as deep as 20 meters.
Distribution:
From Cape Agulhas up into Mozambique
Size:
Mature Specimens have been recorded at 40 - 45cm
Bait:
Bronze Bream have a natural vegetarian diet and so they will not take
bait as readily as other species. They will take soft bait such as pink
prawn, rock lobster or white mussel if it is well presented.
Fishing
Strategy:
This
fish often strips the bait off the hook before the angler has
realised. The angler needs to try and set the hook when he feels
tugging on the line.
Eating
Quality:
Very white flesh, often fatty.
Tackle:
- 12 - 14kg line
- Bronze Bream have small mouths so hook size is
1/0 or 2/0
- Small rod of about 3.5m or standard beach rod
will work
Also
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