Do-it-yourself bait for bream in winter: proven recipes and recommendations

Fishing in winter has its own characteristics. In addition to the fact that it is not very comfortable on the pond in winter, the behavior of the fish also makes its own adjustments to the positive outcome of fishing. Due to the fact that the water is cold and in winter the fish is not as active as in summer, it also sorts out baits, which are already scarce in winter. As a rule, when going fishing, especially for bream, anglers take with them various baits, both purchased and homemade. The only thing is that in the store it is not cheap, but expensive fishing is not affordable for every angler. If you cook it yourself, it will be much cheaper, and the quality will not suffer from this at all. There should be no problems with cooking, since expensive ingredients are not required, and recipes are at least a dime a dozen. The main thing here is to find a suitable version of the recipe so that the bream likes the bait.

What does a bream eat in winter?

The bream quite easily gets used to the new conditions that are associated with the arrival of winter. Like all fish, it depends on many natural factors that affect its behavior in winter. If you choose the right place and tactics of fishing, then luck will not take long. At the same time, weather conditions should not be discounted.

Winter bait for bream is prepared taking into account 2 main factors, such as:

1. In winter, fish prefer to eat only high-calorie foods of animal origin. At the same time, she eats much less frequently than in summer.
2. Since there is not so much oxygen in the water as in summer, the fish prefer to avoid muddy areas. In areas where the bottom is muddy, the oxygen concentration is much lower than in areas where the bottom is hard.

Based on these factors, you should start preparing bait. Therefore, the preparation of winter bait is an art that requires a lot of knowledge in terms of fish behavior in winter. In winter, the main thing is to interest the fish, but not to try to feed them.

Animal Supplements

As a rule, anglers use either bloodworm or maggot as an additive. These are the most common baits of animal origin that are used when catching fish in the winter. Some of them have adapted to use unsalted fresh fat. Proteins and fats for fish in winter are simply necessary to maintain energy balance. This is especially important for females, since caviar ripens in them during the winter.

Salo, for example, is cut into small fragments, the size of a maggot, although other cutting options are possible. If a bloodworm is used, then some of it should be crushed with your fingers. In this case, the aroma of bloodworms spreads much faster in the water column.

Oil cake

Cake is an excellent ingredient for bait for bream, not only in winter. Cake is a cake that all anglers know about and which is also used by all fishermen when catching various types of fish. This fragrance is adored by all cyprinids, so you can really buy it in any fishing store. Unfortunately, when buying, you should pay attention to the quality of the product. Very often you can buy already moldy briquettes, because they sometimes lie in the store for a long time and no one buys them. Therefore, many experienced anglers buy seeds and grind them in a meat grinder.

Hemp seeds are more attractive to roach and small bream. As for the large bream, its reaction to hemp is the most common. But rapeseed cake is able to attract fairly large specimens of bream.

Breadcrumbs

This product is included in most recipes, as they are able to form a food cloud in the water column. At the same time, it is noted that large fish prefer rye crackers more. If the bottom is light, then dark croutons can alert the bream. Therefore, the philosophy of choice should be as follows: light bottom – light crackers, dark bottom – dark crackers. In other words, the use of baits is a constant experiment.

Cereals

Bream loves various cereals. Millet, semolina or oatmeal are added to winter bream bait. Moreover, it is not necessary to cook cereals, it is enough to pour boiling water before going fishing, and upon arrival add to the main composition. If oatmeal is used, then it is better to grind it, but not break it to a state of flour.

Some anglers claim that bream loves rice. At the same time, it also does not need to be boiled. It is also enough to pour boiling water over it. It should be soft and crumbly.

An equally interesting option is barley porridge, which is also prepared by steaming with boiling water. Barley is loved by almost all fish, including bream.

Vegetable protein

In winter, fish simply need protein, so peanuts or peas should be added to the bait. Moreover, preference should be given not to boiled, but to hard, but chopped peas. The inclusion of peas in the bait additionally and actively attracts bream. Peanuts are not interrupted in a coffee grinder, but simply crushed. Moreover, it does not need to be additionally fried, since in winter there is simply no need for oil in bait.

Presence of sweets

Bream has a sweet tooth and almost all anglers know this, so chopped cookies, biscuit crumbs or gingerbread are added to the bait. In addition, the mixture becomes more viscous and cuts off the “trifle”. Such culinary additives can be prepared by yourself or bought. There are also ready-made purchased additives, such as “Klevo” or “Bremes”, that can interest the bream.

Adding salt

Salt is added to winter bait so that it retains its properties longer. Some well-known anglers believe that salt is able to whet the appetite of fish, therefore, it is advisable to add it, both in winter and in summer.

It is better if it is coarse salt. Its optimal mass in bait is half a teaspoon per 1 kg of bait.

It is interesting! Corn juice is considered one of the most attractive ingredients present in bream bait. For this, canned corn is taken in a jar and bait is diluted with its liquid contents. The corn itself can be eaten, because in winter it does not attract bream, like any other plant-based baits.

Recipes for winter bait for bream

Winter bait for bream does not require a large number of components: the main thing here is not quantity, but quality. You can not use flour at all or use it, but very little, and add clay to the bait instead.

The first recipe

The composition of the bait:

• Sunflower cake, millet and rye bran, 150 grams each.
• 3 matchbox bloodworms.
• 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
• Salt.

Millet is poured with boiling water and left for a while, after which it is mixed with cake and bran, with the addition of vanilla sugar. After that, bloodworms and salt are added to the bait. In conclusion, a small amount of clay is added. Everything is thoroughly mixed. Further preparation is carried out on the reservoir, with the addition of water from the reservoir in order to bring the consistency of the bait to the desired one.

The second recipe

The composition of the bait:

• Sunflower cake and rice – 100 grams each.
• Breadcrumbs – 200 grams.
• Bran – 200 grams.
• 3 matchboxes of maggots.
• 2 teaspoons chopped coriander.
• Salt.

Cook the rice until half cooked so that it crumbles. To do this, just pour boiling water into it and wait a few minutes. Makukha (cake), crackers and bran are added to it, with the addition of coriander and salt. After that, everything is thoroughly mixed.

The third recipe

Recipe composition:

• 1 kilogram of rye crackers.
• 400 grams of oatmeal.
• 200 grams of sunflower seeds.
• 100 grams of coconut flakes.
• 6 matchboxes of bloodworms or maggots.
• Salt.

How to prepare: crackers are crushed, oatmeal is crushed and steamed with boiling water. The seeds are passed through a meat grinder, after which all the components are combined and mixed.

The fourth recipe

The recipe includes:

• Biscuit crumb – 200 grams.
• Makukha rapeseed or sunflower – 100 grams each.
• Rice – 100 grams.
• Not salted fat – 50 grams.
• Peanuts – 100 grams.
• 2 matchbox bloodworms.
• Salt.

Method of preparation: lard is finely chopped, rice is boiled until half cooked. Peanuts are crushed, after which all the ingredients are mixed together and salt is added to them, after which everything is well mixed.

Recipe Five

Recipe composition:

• 800 grams of crackers.
• 100 grams of sunflower seeds.
• 50 grams of flax seeds.
• 100 grams of chopped peas.
• 4 matchboxes of bloodworms or maggots.
• Salt.

Peas are steamed, and the seeds are passed through a meat grinder. After that, all the ingredients are combined together, and salt is added. Everything is thoroughly mixed.

The final preparation of the mixture is carried out directly at the reservoir. The mixture is moistened with water from the reservoir where it is supposed to fish. Here, at this stage, corn juice is also added. Immediately before the baiting process, maggot or bloodworms are added to it. When adding clay, you need to be just as careful: if you add a lot of clay, then under the influence of cold water, the bait will become inaccessible to fish, and if there is not enough of it, then the bait will fall apart before reaching the bottom.

Bream feeding technique

Since the main process of winter fishing is carried out from the ice, there is no need for long-distance casting, and the bait is delivered directly to the hole. Moreover, simple throws of balls are not suitable here. This is due to the fact that bream prefers to be at a depth in winter. If the bait is simply thrown into the hole, then it may not get to the bream, especially if there is a current. Therefore, you will have to use a special feeder that can deliver bait to the very bottom.

Photo 3. Feeding directly into the hole.

In this regard, it should be noted that winter fishing for bream requires careful preliminary preparation. This is the only way you can count on a successful outcome of fishing.