Any one see the story on WTVM 9 Saturday night at 11:00 or Sunday at 6:00 about the youngster catching the 8 lb bream, they didn't say from which lake but showed a picture. Was amazing that a bream of such size was caught.
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Any one see the story on WTVM 9 Saturday night at 11:00 or Sunday at 6:00 about the youngster catching the 8 lb bream, they didn't say from which lake but showed a picture. Was amazing that a bream of such size was caught.
I would really like to see a picture of that one. Please post.
Thanks
Chris
I'll believe it when I see it. That's almost double the current world record.
That would be the first fish i think i would put on the wall. Everything else there, is pictures. Would love to see a picture too.
if it's real, it would be a Pacu and they think it was a brim. 'course then they'd be advertising and 8 lb piranha was caught.
8 lb bream? Yeah...I've gotta see a picture of that one.
WTVM's website says nothing about it.
A quick Google search turns up zilch.
I'm not buying this.
An 8 lb bream would be all over the internet like wildfire if it were even remotely true. Won't buy this one.
I saw the news saturday night & I too don't believe it. It didn't look like a bream, it looked more like a piranha to me
Diamond Jim
I called the tv staion & asked about the fish but the lady told me it was not on the website but I could order the tape with it on there.
Diamond Jim
was it a georgia giant, thats the name of them , they are hybrids that kens fish farm came up with , i know for a fact they can get up to 5 lbs..in 3 years if fed properly... http://www.kens-fishfarm.com/Default.asp heres the link....i was gonna stock my pond with them but never spent the bucks...
Hey guys what is a bream?
As long as I've been posting on here
I should know one if I see one.
Anyway if someone can point me
to a pic somewhere I would appreciate
it!
Rick
Rick a bream is a bluegill. Took me a little while to get used to hearing them called bream too.
that brim must have been caught on a 2 pound cricket.....
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
i live onley 20 mile from kens fish hatchery . they have to be fedd regular and heavy to grow that fast .go to the ga. bord smity seen the pick .
all fish have different name depends on the aera like crappie has 50 or more different names . what we call a warmouth is called gogle eye in other parts of the country . they are all sunfish species with different names
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
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...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Roberta
Or maybe because the people in the south lie a lot BIGGER????:DQuote:
Probably from the south because it stays warmer longer.
Just jokin now all.;)
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.....
How much is the tape Jim?Quote:
Originally Posted by Diamond Jim
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.
Love the quote
"....snapped the rod and wheel immediately...."
WTF????
I agree, we should follow Australia's example by getting rid of them via Daughterless Genes or natural means KHV, bowfishing etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by dixieangler
Pics Please!
Didn't somebody say it would end up being a Pacu on the first page? Oh yeah, it was me :)
seeing is believing
Just because we got 21 foot aligators and 12 foot rattle snakes what makes you believe we ain't got 8 pound bream!!??:DQuote:
Or maybe because the people in the south lie a lot BIGGER????
Just jokin now all.
Shoot man it's dangerous down here maybe y'all better stay away:D
Maybe this quote from Jack Ellis in the link below has something to do with it ;). Bream is just a Southern name for the Sunfish family of fishes, not just Bluegill but Shellcrackers (Redear Sunfish), Redbreasted Sunfish, Warmouth, and whole lot of other species of the same kinds of fish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roberta
http://www.crappie.com/gr8vb3/showthread.php?t=25953
Funny you talk about southerners grouping fish together and your doing the same thing...LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by dixieangler
Do you know why we call them panfish? Or does it just bother you? Try not to Google the answer.
Firstly, I did not say what was in the quote, Jack Ellis did. I do group them together and call them Bream because I am a Southerner. The term "Panfish" was coined from the size of fish that would fit into a frying pan not to mention that they resemble a pan in shape. I personally don't care what folks call them ;). If you had bothered to read what I wrote concerning the quotes, you would know that I said that I don't always agree with the person in the quote (Jack Ellis said it, I didn't) but if you want to get angry at me for what Jack said, have fun :).Quote:
Originally Posted by stumpbumpers
From the Quote for 9/30
Quote:
Originally Posted by dixieangler
Who's angry?
I just asked a legitimate question.
The way you posted it looked as though you said it... My apologies, but atleast you answered my question:p
You will have to forgive Jack :D. As much as he loves warmwater fishing, he can't help it if he was originally from California before moving to Texas :). I should have originally put Jack's name in the post as his quote so its my fault. I have corrected the post, sorry.
The way you wrote in your post, made me think you were angry at Jack for despising the term "Panfish" and his reference in singling out Southerners.Quote:
Originally Posted by stumpbumpers
I caught a 203 pound striper and a 40 pound LM Bass and a 10 pound crappie last week on one outing and that was a slow day catching lite weights!:D CF
Don't think so, I didn't see it, but double the world record seems out there.
Sounds about right for a slow day:DQuote:
Originally Posted by crappiefarmer
Being from Alabama I have no problem with the term "bream" consolidating several different species of panfish.
I do take offense to the term "perch" being used for such a wide assortment of fish in other parts of the country.
I do love double standards.