8 lb bream caught in Columbus Saturday

**jhef** · 10-23-2006, 06:07 PM

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...

**Cincinnati** · 10-23-2006, 06:24 PM

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

**crappiencali** · 10-24-2006, 03:56 AM

Rick a bream is a bluegill. Took me a little while to get used to hearing them called bream too.

**rango** · 10-24-2006, 06:48 AM

that brim must have been caught on a 2 pound cricket.....

**Roberta** · 10-24-2006, 07:00 AM

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

**papasage** · 10-24-2006, 07:18 AM

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

**browndogmack** · 10-24-2006, 07:37 AM

I think he caught it on a 2 pound grasshopper.......

**Crappisaurusrex** · 10-24-2006, 09:39 AM

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

**rango** · 10-24-2006, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by Roberta

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

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...

**FisherMike** · 10-24-2006, 06:51 PM

Probably from the south because it stays warmer longer.

Or maybe because the people in the south lie a lot BIGGER????:D

Just jokin now all.

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