Thread: 8 lb bream caught in Columbus Saturday

Originally Posted by Roberta

Actually, Rick, a "bream" is a European fish species that doesn't live here. Don't know why Southerners call bluegill by the name. Maybe they reminded early settlers of the real bream.

I still don't buy the idea that the fish caught in Georgia was a bluegill, even hybridized. There are genetic limits to how large something gets, regardless of how well it's fed. Has anyone found any info from the Georgia DNR about it? - Roberta

most southern folks i know refer to em as brim and not bream. please note that i said the ones i know and not all of em...

Probably from the south because it stays warmer longer.

Or maybe because the people in the south lie a lot BIGGER????:D

Just jokin now all.

Originally Posted by FisherMike

Or maybe because the people in the south lie a lot BIGGER????:D

Just jokin now all.

Now I heard the saying a looooong time ago "That all fishermen lie except for me and you and now I wonder about you!". :D

And yea, I'm from the south too. Down here we catch warmouths, red breasts, and bluegills (to name a few) and they are all bream/brim to us folks!

I think he caught it on a 2 pound grasshopper.......

The only thing i could find was a few over 5#s. I think a 8#er would be possble. Probably from the south because it stays warmer longer.

http://realindy.com/recordfish.htm

5-Pound Georgia Giant Hybrid

History of the Georgia Giant Hybrid Bream:

Ken Holyoak, president of Ken's Fish Hatchery and Fish Farm, Inc. in Alapaha Georgia, spent 10 years developing the fastest growing bream in the world. This Hybrid grows 300% faster than regular bream and can grow up to 5 pounds and 3 ½ inches thick. If Ken's plan is followed the Georgia Giant Hybrid Bream will grow as big in six months as most bream will in twenty-four months.

The Georgia Giant is so outstanding that it is registered in the United States Patent Office. Ken's Fish Hatchery and Farms, Inc. is the only producer of the Georgia Giant in the world. The world record Georgia Giant Hybrid Bream was sold to Danny Wright of Coffee County, Georgia, 20 years ago. The fish was caught by Kenneth Carver of Douglas, Georgia.

Millions of these Georgia Giant Hybrid Bream have been stocked in lakes and ponds across the United States.

the real deal, brim,.. bream however you want to spell it....down here our we can call dem fishes whatever we want and wes can spells em however we wants to spells em too....it hard being a educated man in alabama but we can fish.....

Can't belive Ken Holyoak and his Georgia Giant Hybrid Bream got mentioned but nobody brought up Hogzilla, the huge feral pig that grew up eating Holyoak's special fish feed (at least part of the time), and was shot near his fish farm and buried, then exhumed by a group of specialists for a TV show. Fun story.



Ken Holyoak, president of Ken's Fish Hatchery and Fish Farm, Inc. in Alapaha Georgia, spent 10 years developing the fastest growing bream in the world. This Hybrid grows 300% faster than regular bream and can grow up to 5 pounds and 3 ½ inches thick. If Ken's plan is followed the Georgia Giant Hybrid Bream will grow as big in six months as most bream will in twenty-four months.

I found this story about this fish this morning.

http://www.wtvm.com/Global/story.asp?S=5589820

I thought so.

That fish looks nothing like a bluegill or redear. What were they thinking?!?!?

Yeah, Kevin, I dare say most of states in the US are having the invasive exotic species problem with folks dumping their aquariums (sometimes baitbuckets also get dumped) into fishing waters or escaped exotics from tropical fish farms. Native gamefish species will pay the price in the long run because if cold temperatures don't kill the exotics, they will take over a fishery and destroy the native gamefish when there is no natural predator from their original habitat to keep their numbers in check. The problem is getting worse and its a shame.