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Black seabream at Port Olímpic

Targeting Black seabream from Port Olímpic — the bait, the rig, the season and the light that suit this mark.

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Lit harbour walls — squid and cuttlefish on autumn and spring nights, mullet inside the basin.

What it takes
titàtira de calamarmusclo
How to rig for it
  • Two-hook flapper
  • Light boat ledger over rough ground
Best light
First light · Daylight · Dusk
Depth
5–20 m
Water temperature
14–23 °C
Minimum landing size
18 cm
See the photographBlack seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus)

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

When Black seabream is in season

March· April· May· June· September· October· November

Also worth targeting at Port Olímpic

Gilthead seabream Sparus aurata European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax White seabream Diplodus sargus Two-banded seabream Diplodus vulgaris Annular seabream Diplodus annularis Sharpsnout seabream Diplodus puntazzo

Where else to target Black seabream

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 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.