Silver Bream or Skimmer?

[tincatim]

Caught this today and wondered whether it might be a silver bream. I hear there's a few in the pond. It just didn't look right for a skimmer to me. It's eyes looked too big and in the wrong place.

What do you think?

(Yes it would make a good live bait before anyone says) :wh

 

[theartist]

The big eye suggests Silver bream

 

[The Runner]

Definite silver bream imo.
They're more common, although localised, than a lot of people think and tend to be misidentified as hybrids a lot of the time.
Pre-cormorants, Broadwater Pit at Harefield just up the road from here used to be absolutely stuffed with them and there's still quite a few of them in parts of the Thames

 

[greenie62]

Here's an article from the "Idler's Quest" blog which has an excellent description of the main features of the Silver Bream v. RoachxBream Hybrids.
Idler's Quest: Identifying Silver Bream
It'll also give you a good idea about photographing the key features for identification later!
Tight Lines :thumbs:

 

[tincatim]

Thanks for the link Greenie, Silver Bream it is then! I'm happy with that
well apart from I'm now going to be obsessed with trying to catch a big one!