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Atlantic Pomfret,Brama brama

Irish Record Fish:
We have withdrawn the details on the Irish record and specimen weights as the current IFSC rules require anglers kill all such fish, hardly sporting or conservation minded, is it?  Alternatives exist.
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Photo Credit:

 Pedro Duarte  

Introduction: What is referred to locally as 'Raysbream' is in fact the Atlantic Pomfret, Brama brama.  This bream like fish can reach > 3 feet (1 m) and weigh > 12lbs (5 kgs).  It is a shoaling fish caught only in the summer and autumn months.  My thanks to Thorke Østergaard and to Dr Ian Lawler for their assistance. 

Boat tactics: Raysbream are caught around Ireland largely by accident, usually on offshore reefs marks late in the summer and well into the autumn.  They seem to have a particular liking for mackerel strip, squid and worms fished on a long trace on the drift over a mark, offered on hooks from 1/0 to 3/0 in size.  Light boat tackle offers great sport with these bream.  Although they are a shoaling fish, they are rarely encountered in large numbers even off boats on deep sea water marks... why this is the case has never been explained! 

Shore tactics: We have yet to see any Atlantic Pomfret reported as being caught from the shore in Ireland.
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