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Posted: 12/27/2019 8:57:53 PM EDT

I want to know why people bother fishing for bream when they could just fish for something with a lot more meat on it like a Grouper or even a big Tuna? Bream are so small and so little meat and all that bone and having to scale and gut each one. It's just nuts!

Posted: 12/27/2019 8:59:29 PM EDT

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They fit in a skillet and are fun to catch for men, women, and children of all ages. That's why.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:00:05 PM EDT

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Probably because I don't live near an ocean and panfish are amazing.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:00:56 PM EDT

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A good outing for kids.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:01:25 PM EDT

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Bream sandwiches are amazing!

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:01:57 PM EDT

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IMO, the all the smaller "sunfish" are indeed a royal pain in the ass to clean vs. the meat you get, but when cleaned and fried correctly, in my mind it's the very best tasting fish on the planet, hand-down, and we eat a lots of fish. When I was younger, I did a lot of fresh and salt water fishing.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:02:43 PM EDT

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I want to know why people bother fishing for bream when they could just fish for something with a lot more meat on it like a Grouper or even a big Tuna? Bream are so small and so little meat and all that bone and having to scale and gut each one. It's just nuts!

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Same reasons I like squirrels

Besides. I grew up eating silversides. You wanna talk small!

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:02:53 PM EDT

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Because fishing is fishing, if you enjoy it, you enjoy it.

Not to mention, I personally have never been able to mandate what fish take the bait and what ones don't.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:04:45 PM EDT

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Lol

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:05:00 PM EDT

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FPNI

I’ve fished all over the country, the Amazon, offshore, inshore, Florida is a fisherman’s paradise .

Nothing is more fun than crickets and a cane pole for me, or a spincaster and a beatlespin .

Pure and simple.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:05:01 PM EDT

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Because if you fish in water that has them, you WILL catch them, they fight hard for their size and they're delicious. Excellent target species if fishing with kids. They catch something before getting bored, and it's something worthwhile. You'll likely run out of bait before you run out of biting fish.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:05:38 PM EDT

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LOL.

Seriously, though, fried bream is one of my favorite meals.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:12:22 PM EDT

[#12]

Easy to catch, always biting, taste great.

Fight well for their size.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:16:11 PM EDT

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Because there is nothing more fun than fishing with an ultralight rig, 4# test mono, and tube jigs, then hooking up a big Blue Gill.

.......and they make a hell of a great sandwich when fried.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:19:25 PM EDT

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Bottom fishing with crickets and a fly rod is a hoot.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:20:46 PM EDT

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Grouper and tuna aren’t exactly accessible to a lot of ppl. Pound for pound bream put up as good a fight as any on light tackle or cane pole

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:21:30 PM EDT

[#16]

My uncle's pond doesn't have any grouper or tuna.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:21:38 PM EDT

[#17]

Where do you fish that has both Tuna and Bream in the same waters? The only time I fish for them is if I need catfish bait

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:26:40 PM EDT

[#18]

Shannon Bream?

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:28:35 PM EDT

[#19]

Whole fried bluegill or sac-a-lait are awesome.and worth the work.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:34:00 PM EDT

[#20]

I love fishing for Bream.... fishing for me is supposed to be relaxing and fun. Panfish provide both in abundance!

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:34:30 PM EDT

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Only one Bream in this pic....

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Posted: 12/27/2019 9:35:31 PM EDT

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Easy to catch, always biting, taste great.

Fight well for their size.

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Spot on correct.
Throw in they're great for the kids to break into fishing.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:36:04 PM EDT

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Pound for pound they are the most fightingest fish you'll ever get. They are fun for everyone and are ALWAYS hungry.

Taste great when grilled too

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:37:45 PM EDT

[#24]

Ya'll took this hook, line and sinker.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:39:48 PM EDT

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FPNI

I’ve fished all over the country, the Amazon, offshore, inshore, Florida is a fisherman’s paradise .

Nothing is more fun than crickets and a cane pole for me, or a spincaster and a beatlespin .

Pure and simple.

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They fit in a skillet and are fun to catch for men, women, and children of all ages. That's why.

FPNI

I’ve fished all over the country, the Amazon, offshore, inshore, Florida is a fisherman’s paradise .

Nothing is more fun than crickets and a cane pole for me, or a spincaster and a beatlespin .

Pure and simple.

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Yup, one after the other.

I've only had bream once in my life. Ironically, it was in Hungary when I was a kid. We went to a market and they had them there freshly fried. I just remember it tasted awesome. We don't have bream around here which is sad. But we have white and yellow perch that are also awesome fried.

One thing about frying a fish whole is you can flake off all the meat from the bones. Delicious!

This is what the bream looked like in Hungary:

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:40:11 PM EDT

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I want to know why people bother fishing for bream when they could just fish for something with a lot more meat on it like a Grouper or even a big Tuna? Bream are so small and so little meat and all that bone and having to scale and gut each one. It's just nuts!

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They are called PANfish for a reason.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:41:30 PM EDT

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Is bream something like perch ?

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:43:05 PM EDT

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A big blue gill head on bone in fried with some salt and pepper and dill. Good stuff. 10 pounds of Crappie fillets deep fat fried along with hush puppies is better stuff.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:43:09 PM EDT

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My uncle's pond doesn't have any grouper or tuna.

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We used to have some tuna in the stream out back but overfishing wiped them out. True story.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:45:13 PM EDT

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It's what southerners call sunfish and bluegills

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:46:13 PM EDT

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Posted: 12/27/2019 9:46:20 PM EDT

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I want to know why people bother fishing for bream when they could just fish for something with a lot more meat on it like a Grouper or even a big Tuna? Bream are so small and so little meat and all that bone and having to scale and gut each one. It's just nuts!

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Pound for pound, not only are bream a good fighting fish, but they also are very tasty.

Brings me back to the 60s and 70s when my Dad would bring us fishing and we would catch shitloads of them.

LC

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:47:51 PM EDT

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I can't fillet a bream worth a shit with a knife, but with an electric fillet knife it's a piece of cake.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:47:56 PM EDT

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Yeah, we always called them perch...unless snagged, then it’s limb bream

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:48:57 PM EDT

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Pound for pound, not only are bream a good fighting fish, but they also are very tasty.

Brings me back to the 60s and 70s when my Dad would bring us fishing and we would catch shitloads of them.

LC

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Same here. We'd catch TONS of them, and then settle down for a long period of cleaning. It was a lot of work, but after done, there was nothing like eating your fill of those tasty things.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:52:13 PM EDT

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This sounds like the post about why bother to hunt squirrels. The answers are vey similar. It's fun and good eating.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:52:20 PM EDT

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I want to know why people bother fishing for bream when they could just fish for something with a lot more meat on it like a Grouper or even a big Tuna? Bream are so small and so little meat and all that bone and having to scale and gut each one. It's just nuts!

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LOL... where you fish for bream you're not going to catch Grouper or Tuna.

Posted: 12/27/2019 9:54:28 PM EDT

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Here is one for you OP

up in the great white north we sit on buckets on top of a frozen lake to catch them.

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Posted: 12/27/2019 9:54:48 PM EDT

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When you’re fishing for bass all day and don’t even get a bite you need something to happen that allows you to claim success that day.

“Y’all catch any fish?”

“12!”

Posted: 12/27/2019 10:01:20 PM EDT

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first fish my daughter ever caught, she had a blast!

Posted: 12/27/2019 10:07:07 PM EDT

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FPNI

I’ve fished all over the country, the Amazon, offshore, inshore, Florida is a fisherman’s paradise .

Nothing is more fun than crickets and a cane pole for me, or a spincaster and a beatlespin .

Pure and simple.

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Try a fly rod with a popper when the bream and bluegill are bedding, it is a hoot!

Posted: 12/27/2019 10:14:22 PM EDT

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Yup, one after the other.

I've only had bream once in my life. Ironically, it was in Hungary when I was a kid. We went to a market and they had them there freshly fried. I just remember it tasted awesome. We don't have bream around here which is sad. But we have white and yellow perch that are also awesome fried.

One thing about frying a fish whole is you can flake off all the meat from the bones. Delicious!

This is what the bream looked like in Hungary:

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Hungarian bream looks a lot like American carp.

Supposed to taste good though, especially smaller ones.

Posted: 12/27/2019 10:19:38 PM EDT

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Show us your catch, Opie.

Posted: 12/27/2019 10:21:18 PM EDT

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I catch bluegills to catch catfish....

Posted: 12/27/2019 10:21:20 PM EDT

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It's what southerners call sunfish and bluegills

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Is bream something like perch ?

It's what southerners call sunfish and bluegills

And if you get on a hotspot you can land them as fast as you can get fresh bait on the hook. A lot of fun. We only keep the ones that end up swallowing the hook and/or otherwise wouldn't survive and within an hour or so we have as much as we'd care to keep on a good day.

Posted: 12/27/2019 10:21:28 PM EDT

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Catch small sunfish, unhook and rehook through meaty part of tail. Gently

, toss back out about 20 feet. Big bass love sunfish. You're welcome.

Posted: 12/27/2019 10:22:03 PM EDT

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Extreme fun to catch on light tackle and the best tasting freshwater fish.

Does that answer the question?

Posted: 12/27/2019 10:22:24 PM EDT

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Here is one for you OP

up in the great white north we sit on buckets on top of a frozen lake to catch them.

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Never been ice fishing. Really want to give it a try. Go figure I'm out of work at the moment but it's been 50 degrees every day for the past couple weeks.