Every Sunday, Bruno Garcia from the Charente-Maritime fishing federation answers questions from France Bleu la Rochelle listeners.
Sea bream, a hermaphrodite sea fish that changes sex during its lifetime
Antoine de Marsilly would like to learn about sea bream (or sea bream) fishing. What are the basics for getting started and are there fishing schools in the north of the department? Perhaps a small description of the animal before answering Antoine. Already we know that it is a marine fish.
Bruno Garcia: Antoine does not tell us if he wants to tackle the gray sea bream or the Royale. They are both from the Sparidae family. The techniques for looking for them are really different. We go there for the identity card of these two sea breams. All are hermaphrodites, they are fish that change sex during their lifetime. The gray seabream is born female before becoming male and conversely for the gilthead seabream which is male at the time of birth and then becomes female. This evolution poses a problem for the balance of the sexes and reproduction, and consequently the survival of the species. I limited myself to the description of these two species knowing that they are the most familiar of our coasts. In addition I believe that there are 38 species of sparidae. We can also say that they are essentially carnivorous.
You said two species for which the fishing techniques are totally different?
Let’s go. At first the gray sea bream that we will attract with strouille. I see you wince when I talk about strouille. It is a shredded sardine and/or anchovy, bread crumbs and flour so that it has a sticky power that will accentuate the persistence. Remanence is the ability over time to degrade. We often talk about the persistence of agricultural phytosanitary products, that is to say the time they take to completely disappear after being used. You therefore position, in a net, this strouille on the post you have chosen and put your line nearby. The gray sea bream is fond of it. As for the assembly, it will be positioned near the bottom. Hooks n° 4 or 6 will be mounted on the gallows, that is to say in derivation of the line. We will use cockles, pieces of sardines, worms why not small pieces of cuttlefish or squid but I admit that these are not my favorite baits. I don’t have great memories with this type of bait.
We go to the Royal!
To find her, the tube worm is ideal, she cracks quite easily on this big serrated worm. There, on the other hand, no strouille and no leader in the gallows. You will use a straggler. Your assembly will be below the lead at least two meters. Gilthead seabream is an extremely suspicious fish, much more so than gray seabream, and you must exercise the utmost discretion in your presentation. The hook should be of high quality and strong iron. Its jaw is equipped with powerful incisors and formidable molars capable of crushing oysters and mussels. A low-end hook would be cut in a short time.
And finally, are there structures that offer introduction to sea fishing in the north of the department?
I don’t have their contact details in mind but the one who will be the best able to inform you is Francis COUZINET, World Sea Fishing Champion. You will find him at the “Rêve de Pêche” store located at Les Minimes in La Rochelle. It is from a reliable source the best referent that you can find locally. I believe that he also offers line assembly workshops but that the sessions have not taken place since the appearance of the virus. L