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Saddled seabream

Oblada melanura · Oblada · Oblada

Comes on strongly at dusk around lit harbour walls.

Saddled seabream (Oblada melanura)

Photo: Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons · Source

Scientific name
Oblada melanura
Also called
Oblada · Oblada
What it takes
gambatitàpa
How to rig for it
  • Float fished at 1–3 m, after dark
  • Light freeline under harbour lights
Best light
Dusk · After dark
Depth
1–20 m
Water temperature
17–27 °C
Minimum landing size
15 cm

When Saddled seabream is in season

May· June· July· August· September· October

Where to catch Saddled seabream around Barcelona

The marks whose ground suits this fish. Each one opens the detail for this species there.

Pier Pont del Petroli Badalona’s old oil pier, now a public walkway reaching into deep water. The best-known mark on this coast for bass, bluefish and squid. Breakwater Escullera de Barcelona (Port Vell) Long port breakwater with deep water close in. Conger and scorpionfish after dark; sargo tight to the blocks. Breakwater Port Olímpic Lit harbour walls — squid and cuttlefish on autumn and spring nights, mullet inside the basin. Breakwater Espigó de Bac de Roda Accessible groyne with rough ground on both sides — light rockfishing and float work. Breakwater Port del Masnou Marina walls and adjacent beach; a good all-weather option when the south is blown out.