I've not found a fish species called bream. I guess bream is a catch-all for panfish?
Will someone enlighten, please?
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I've not found a fish species called bream. I guess bream is a catch-all for panfish?
Will someone enlighten, please?
YES .. there is a fish species known as a "Bream" :eek: .... but, it's a European fish, that's more "carp" than Sunfish :p
In the USA ... Bream/Brim ... however you say/write it ... is a catch-all name for most Sunfish (with the exception of Crappie & the Basses). Most folks don't know all the different Sunfish species by their name ... so they lump 'em all together under the name "Bream".
Here's what Wikipedia has to say : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bream
Consider yourself "enlightened" :D
... cp :cool:
My great uncle alway's called bluegill bream.I think alot of people think a small female bluegill is a bream.Bream is not the correct term but if you told me ya caught a bunch of them I would know what you had.I have even seen article's in fishing mag's calling them bream.
i guess it depends on where u are and who u are cause to me there is bluegill,sunperch,shellcracker,rockbass,and pumpkinseed
Panfish,bream,brim that is what this forum call's them I just noticed that.How did that happen CP?
This has come up before. Jack Ellis in his book The Sunfishes says it better (pg. 1 & 2) than I ever could:Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveGibson
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Originally Posted by Jack Ellis
we just "lumped 'em" all together, under those "titles/names", as that's what most people call 'em :p
It also helps seperate the Crappie, from the mix ... and it doesn't specifically name every different specie of Sunfish/Panfish, since there's so many of them. And, as you previously stated, most people would know what you're talking about.
And, as we've all come to know ... even every single fish specie has a handfull of "nicknames", and some even share the same nicknames of others. Bream, or Brim, just implies "a Sunfish" that is not a Crappie or Bass.
... cp :cool:
I have been enlightened on this matter.Thank's
Thanks! That's pretty much what I thought.
Yes, and the Australians have a "bream" as well. They have bream pros much like the bass pros in this country. Both the Australians and the Europeans pronounce it "breem", though (like "team".) I think a lot of countries have their own "bream", probably due to French and English colonialism.