Fishing for bream from A to Z

Rivers and lakes have become a haven for many species of fish inhabitants, representatives of cyprinids are considered the most common, their largest number is in the middle lane, in the south and north of the country. Carp and crucian go for different baits and types of tackle even for beginners, but bream fishing often becomes less successful. We will learn all the subtleties of capturing this cunning representative of this family together, then success in this matter will definitely not bypass.

Who is a bream

Before finding out what the bream loves and what types of gear are best used to catch it, it is worth getting to know it in more detail. The fish is classified as carp, while it can be found both in stagnant water and on large and medium rivers. Good results are boasted by bream hunters and fishing in the fresh bays of the seas.

The habitat is quite extensive, it will be possible to find it without problems in the rivers that carry their waters to many seas:

• Baltic;
• Azov;
• Black;
• Caspian.

They began to artificially breed bream in Siberia, the Ob River became almost native to him. He perfectly acclimatized there and breeds successfully.

It is not difficult to recognize a bream among other types of fish, there are such features of its appearance:

• body flattened, rounded laterally;
• a hump on the back;
• fins are all light, dorsal high, 9-rayed, anal wide and long up to 30 rays;
• the scales are large, in adult representatives it often reaches a five-kopeck coin.

Puberty in bream occurs by 5-6 years of age. Body color largely depends on habitat conditions, however, juveniles have a slightly grayish body, older individuals will highlight a golden tint of scales, and old-timers are recognized by their bronze color. Bream is often confused with its relatives: white-eyed and blue bream. Their main difference is that only a cunning representative of cyprinids can reach a decent size.

The maximum size of the caught bream was recorded in Finland, its length reached 82 cm, and the giant weighed 11,5 kg.

Based on these data, not everyone understands how to catch bream, and what a bream pecks at remains a mystery for a beginner. Understanding these subtleties is not so difficult, so we invite everyone to find out how, when and where it is best to catch this representative of cyprinids.

Search for a promising place

It is not a problem for anglers with experience to find bream habitats, in most cases this type of ichthy inhabitant will feel great at considerable depths, he really likes pits from 3 m. But still, there are some subtleties in the search for promising places.

To please yourself with a catch, every fisherman who dreams of a bream should know:

• the bream is considered a sedentary fish, the distances from the parking lot to the feeding place are very small, and the trail goes along the channel edges.
• On the river, the bream resting places are clay and muddy areas at the turns of the rivers, whirlpools and pits are very attractive to him, he will remain on the ledge bottom. Particular attention should be paid to sections of the river bordering on colonies of barley shells and zebra mussels. With the onset of the dark time of the day, flocks of bream begin to migrate to the shallows, edges and rifts for feeding. Here it is worth looking for a representative of cyprinids in cloudy weather.
• Fishing for bream in ponds with stagnant water is considered more difficult; finding the location of this type of fish will be an order of magnitude more difficult. The most promising areas are considered to be areas with significant pits, it is in the flooded old riverbeds, in places with a sharp drop in depths, that the flock will be located in the daytime. Reeds will also be a favorite place, coming close to pits, depths and ditches along the coastline.

It will not be a problem for an angler with experience to determine the location of a representative of carp fishermen; you can recognize it with accuracy by such signs, both on the river and on the lake:

• before sunset, a specific champing is heard, most often this occurs near coastal vegetation;
• chains of small bubbles also indicate that the bream went to the meal;
• a dorsal fin appears above the water, it is in this place that the hook should be thrown.

It should be understood that the behavior of fish in each reservoir is often different. If on one of the lakes the bream stands at the edge with vegetation all day, then on the other it can only be found at a considerable depth.

Feeds and baits

Fishing fees begin long before the departure, both a beginner and a more experienced fisherman know this, and you should think about bait and bait in advance. How to catch a bream without bait? It is almost impossible, a gluttonous carp representative will never pay attention to a single hook even with the most appetizing bait. What is worth knowing about feeding and with what option catching large bream will be successful, we will consider further.

Bait

There is nothing to do without food in any reservoir; catching bream in summer and winter involves the mandatory use of purchased mixtures or home-made cereals to keep the fish in one place. Everyone decides what exactly to use on their own, but anglers with experience recommend using popular recipes that have been tested over the years. Each of them will be effective, however, it is necessary to strictly observe the indicated proportion of products.

The first option is prepared like this:

• Bring 5 liters of water to a boil in a large saucepan.
• pour a kilo of wheat there;
• add a teaspoon of salt;
• cook for at least an hour until the grains swell;
• pour a kilo of pre-soaked peas into a container;
• be sure to add a glass of sunflower cake;
• mix, close the lid and cook for at least 20 minutes;
• remove from heat, wrap and leave for a couple of hours.

Sunflower cake can be replaced with flax or hemp grains passed through a meat grinder in the same amount.

This type of homemade bait includes only herbal ingredients, suitable for holding fish in the summer. For winter and fishing in cold water, it is better to use bait recipe No. 2. For cooking you will need:

• 500 g of boiled rice;
• 300 g sunflower cake;
• 300 g bran;
• 3 matchboxes of maggots;
• 100 g breadcrumbs.

All ingredients are mixed, a large maggot is crushed a little and poured over with boiling water. If desired, the larva can be replaced with a worm, dung is best suited.

An important point are flavors for both purchased options and homemade cereals. You have to be careful with them, a large amount of aromatics will scare away a cautious representative of cyprinids, he may flatly refuse to even approach the place of feeding. Apply attractants, dips, melas is worth a little and in accordance with the season:

However, sometimes it’s worth having an off-season flavoring with you in reserve, a bream can respond with pleasure to a “non-standard” option.

Bait

It is important to know what is the best way to catch bream; a lot also depends on the bait on the hook. For this representative of cyprinids, both a plant variant and an animal can be tempting, it all depends on the weather conditions and the characteristics of the reservoir.

Most often used in the cool season:

• worm;
• maidservant;
• bloodworm.

Sandwiches from combinations of these types of bait will be no less effective both in current and still water. In addition, the bream responds well to the insides of pearl barley or draisena, cut into small pieces and slightly dried in the sun.

Plant options are more suitable for fishing in the selected water area in the summer, when the water is warm enough. Success will bring such options:

• canned corn;
• boiled peas;
• steamed barley;
• painter;
• boiled pasta.

Excellent results can be achieved when combined with peas, corn and bloodworm or worm barley, maggot with the same ingredients will work a little worse.

Experienced fishermen recommend trying to put a small piece of fresh fat on the hook in the absence of a bite.

An important point will be the combination of bait and bait, be sure the bait must contain particles of bait. It is impossible to say unequivocally what is better to catch bream, it often happens that it is very difficult to please this inhabitant of the reservoir.

Applied gear

To catch peaceful fish species, spinning blanks with artificial bait pitchforks are not used; tackle with their own rigs is more suitable for catching. Bream are fished in several ways:

• on an ordinary float;
• on the ground;
• using a feeder.

Good trophies also often come across on elastic, but this type of tackle is used less and less every day.

Poplavochka

The bream is most often caught with float tackle in early spring, it is during this period that it can come close enough to the shore, where the tackle will reach. For fishing in the water area, a watercraft is rarely used; float tackle for bream is more designed for use from the coastline. It is assembled from the following components:

• form from 4 m to 6 m long, with rings;
• reels, preferably of the inertialess type with a spool no larger than 2000;
• warps, fishing line or cord;
• float;
• sinkers;
• leash and hook.

As a basis for collecting float gear, it is better to take fishing line, its thickness should not be less than 0,2 mm. You can also use a cord, then the diameter reaches a maximum of 0,12 mm. The float is usually chosen spindle-shaped, but the fisherman determines the height and thickness of the tip himself. For a leash, a smaller diameter fishing line is used, and the hooks are selected for the bait used. Usually, products No. 6-8 according to international qualifications with a long forearm are enough for a worm; for vegetable options, the same ones are used, only with a short forearm.

Donka

There are a lot of varieties of these gears, gum is also included here. Usually they are collected on a form from 2,7 m long, there are also options on self-dumping or reel. A fishing line with a diameter of 0,3 mm or more is used here, the leash is made from a thinner monk, 0,2 mm will be enough. The feeder is attached to a symmetrical or asymmetrical loop, the hook is selected for bait.

Feeder

Recently, this particular rig option has been the most popular among fishermen who want to catch bream. Assembly is standard, installation consists of:

• blanks up to 3,6 m long for still water and 3,9 m for current, while the maximum loads vary. The river will require a 180g top, the lake and 80g will suffice.
• Reel of inertialess type from power, spool size from 4000 and more. It is not worth chasing the number of bearings and gear ratio, 5,1: 1 with 3 balancers is considered an ideal combination.
• As a basis, it is better to take a braided cord, its thickness is maximum 0,25 mm for the river. In still water and 0,14 will be enough.
• Feeders for the current are chosen from 80 g of a square type, for a lake and a 30-gram one is quite enough, while its shape is pear-shaped or spiral-shaped.
• Hooks are selected for bait.

In addition, experienced anglers recommend installing a shock leader to save tackle; it is mounted from a larger diameter fishing line.

You can also catch on the ring, this trap at depth for bream is used only from a watercraft. You can learn more about it from the article of the same name on our website.

You can catch bream in different ways, each of which will definitely bring good trophies at certain times of the year. However, it is necessary to strictly follow the recommendations of the fishing supervision and take into account the minimum size of bream allowed to be caught.