BLACK BREAM
Bait – prawn, worm, sand eel, mussels
Method – float with baited hook or freeline
Good places to catch black bream in Cornwall are Helford and Mevagissey
Deep flattened body with large scales. They are a silvery grey on top with a white belly. They have a single long dorsal fin with eleven spines. Small head and large eyes with a small mouth.
Length is 35cm
April – May
Order – Perciformes
Latin Name – spondyliosoma cantharus
Family – Sparidae
Black bream like rocky weedy ground and are found at the bottom. They like estuaries.
Black Bream are a good eating fish
They are great on the BBQ
