Gilthead bream
Sparus aurata · Bass and bream
Also called gilthead
A warm-water bream that moves north in summer to reach the south coast of Ireland and the western English Channel. It crushes shellfish with strong teeth and is found in shallow water.[1]
How to recognise it
When and where
- Season
- Jun–Aug[1]
- Found over
- sand, seagrass, estuary, shallow water[2]
- Baits
- peeler crab, shellfish, worms[1]
It moves north into UK waters in summer.[1]
Sources
These notes are a draft: we gathered them from the sources above and are still checking them. We don't work out best times for this fish yet. The size rules come from the same checked byelaws as every other fish.