B, P - December 14, 2020

BREAM, PIKEY

Scientific Name:

Acanthopagrus berda

Fish Group:

Bream

Salt/Fresh:

Salt

Also Known As:

Pikey Bream; Black Bream; PIKEY, BREAM

Rating:

Countries:

Australia

Description:

The Northern Member or the bream family

How To Identify:

The Pikey bream has a typical bream shape however is usually darker than its southern counterparts. Fins are also dark. Common around the 0.5 kgs however grow to about 1.8 kgs in Australia but has been weighted in Papua New Guinea at more than 7 kgs

How To Catch:

Pikey Bream can be caught like other bream with both bait and lures. However since its territory overlaps with Barramundi and Mangrove Jack most lure caught fish are usually on lures cast for either Barra or Jacks. Targeted with bait by some northern fisherman it will take crabs, prawns and small fish or fish flesh. Definitely less wary than its southern cousins.

Where Found:

Found in the Northern rivers of Australia from Rockhampton around the northern part of Australia to Shark Bay in WA