When:
Bream are available throughout the year, although the better catches are made from early summer, through autumn and into early winter.
Time:
Early mornings or evenings are a good time to try for bream. Tides aren’t a major concern, although the first half of a run-in tide tends to be quite reliable.
Bait:
A variety of baits will catch bream in Brisbane water with prawns, worms and pink nippers being the top baits.
Lure:
When casting lures from a boat or Kayak on a rising tide, cast small hard body lures or poppers along the edges of the mangroves through the main channels. Both are effective methods of catching bream.
Where:
Found all over Brisbane water such as on the northern side of Pelican Island there are plenty of leases and shallows where casting a variety of different lures will take bream. Poppers, shallow running hard body lures and very lightly weighted plastics are the best bet although, as the water here is generally shallow with snaggy weed beds and mangrove roots, snags will catch any lure that sinks down too quickly