Do you think bream fight hard?

[Reynolds2k7]

as the title says...

[TEAM RATTLER]

I'd never approach one if it was waving a switchblade about.

[jethro]

Are you asking because you have had trouble in particular ?

[minnowmaster]

Nope, they just come to the surface if you catch them in deap water. Ive had bream to 11lb 4oz, that fought fairly well. I have had loads of 7-9lbers and they haven't fought.
Oh, if you catch biggish bream in shallow water (1ft ish) you wont stand a chance. They fight harder than wild carp. What they do is they swim sideways and slam their tales on the bottom so its like a propeller and they speed up. They are unstoppable.
Dan

[luke carpstalker]

I foul hooked a 6oz skimmer in it's clacker the other week, it went like a train!

[minnowmaster]

Oh yea, I foul hook a 1lb skimmer on 6 elastic and that screamed of to. I thouhgt it was a 2lb carp. Also, Ive found when you hook a big skimmer , somtimes they jump out of the water like trout and make a horrible slap on the water.

[Reynolds2k7]

i down think id mess either if it had a switch blade.....and i justwondered because iv never caught a true common until i went ireland where i landed may 6lb fish.....iv heard they come up like a sack of spuds.....what a load of crap.... they fight much harder than carp and managed to snap a few times on 6lb line (fish of around 7-8lb) suffice to say we never managed to land those slabs......just wondered you guys experiances with bream

[MarkT]

Personally i've had Bream that fight as hard as Carp but i've also had them come up like a sack of spuds. For some reason Irish Bream always seem to fight harder, i've always put it down to the size of the waters they have over there.

[Reynolds2k7]

i imagine if the fish is living in powerful waterways such as the shannon its just pure muscle. But iv never experianced an english bream so i was mainly curious

[NathanWatson]

All types of fish have fit, active, strong 1s and fat lazy useless 1s! Just like humans!

[mick57]

I had an 8lb one from my local club lake which came in very easy,but a 6lber from the BURE on light float gear was a fantastic experiance i guess the current was the main factor but this lovely fish gave me the right run around before i could net it.

[minnowmaster]

All types of fish have fit, active, strong 1s and fat lazy useless 1s! Just like humans!

I know what I am out of the 2

[shiny_bottom_1]

3-4lb bream, bite, strike, and it just floated to the surface.
I thought it was dead at first, but took a bit or reeling in.

[david_avfc]

It varies from venue to venue. The River Thames bream at medley pull back hard. But then i've caught bream 5-6lb all day long at Manor lake and they just give up, they give you nothing. I have foul hooked alot of bream and they fight hard if hooked in the anal/tailfin. Still a great fish to catch though, I never get bored and never would get bored catching bream whether they fight or not. Give me a slab over a carp anyday!!