Fishing for silver bream in winter, tackle for fishing in the course, fishing for mormyshka

Experienced anglers do not waste time in winter. Putting summer gear aside, they pick up winter fishing rods. While most anglers are content with a striped predator, some of them prefer to catch roach, bream or bream. This fish leads an active way of life even in winter, therefore, having gone for a silver bream, you will not be left without a catch. The only task is to choose the right tackle and bait.

Where to catch a silver bream in winter and its parking places

Gustera is found in various reservoirs with stagnant water, as well as in rivers. In addition, it is found in reservoirs and large lakes. This is a common type of fish that is caught both in summer and winter. Gustera leads a flock of life, therefore, catching it comes down to an elementary task – this is finding a flock of bream. The task can be somewhat simplified if you use bait. She can not only lure fish, but also keep her for a while at the fishing point. If a flock is found, then an active and stable bite is provided. But this does not mean at all that bait, poured anywhere in the reservoir, will be able to attract fish. Efficiency can only be ensured by finding a promising location. Indeed, in winter, the fish are not in their usual places.

Gustera, like most fish, is very cautious about various extraneous noises and strange movements. Behavior on the ice should be as silent as possible. The sounds that the ice drill creates also scare away the bream. She can return to the hole only if groundbait is applied.

The reservoir has characteristic places where you can meet the silver bream in winter:

Pits

They are a reliable winter shelter for most species of fish, including the silver bream, which keeps in such places in whole flocks. Gustera can be at a depth of 3 meters or more. If such a place is found, then it is better to fish it. Preferably with bait. Such places are also interesting in that, in addition to the white bream, the catch can also be replenished with bream or roach.

Summer feeding areas

In traditional summer feeding grounds, the white bream may appear during periods of thaw, when the ambient temperature rises. Usually, these are places with a depth of 1 to 2 meters.

Reverse flow

These are very interesting places for the bream. Usually, larger individuals are caught here, but such places are quite dangerous, since the current can wash away the ice. In general, winter fishing is not a completely safe activity.

In areas with weak currents

In areas with a fast current, the bream does not feel comfortable, therefore, it chooses places where there is a current, but weak.

Having decided on a catchy place, you can start drilling holes. Any drilling scheme is chosen, depending on the nature of the reservoir: drilling holes in a checkerboard pattern, drilling holes in an arc, drilling holes in a straight line or drilling holes from the center. At least 5 or 10 holes should be drilled at a distance of 5-10 meters from one another. The tactics are as follows: the first hole is drilled and immediately baited, the second hole is drilled and baited, etc. Start catching fish from the first hole. If the bream is gone, then this is not for long. She will return in 15 minutes, attracted by the aroma of bait. If no bite occurs within 5 minutes, then you can move on to the next hole. Similar actions are carried out until bites follow. If there are no bites, then this is a signal that you will have to look for a new place and drill holes again. A similar factor indicates how difficult this winter fishing is.

The best time to fish for bream is in winter

Gustera is caught actively throughout the day, but with the onset of darkness, its activity ceases. Moreover, she pecks in any weather, as well as during periods of thaws, and during periods of severe frosts. It seems that the bream is not affected by pressure drops and sudden changes in weather conditions. In this case, it can compete with burbot, for which the more severe the winter, the better for it. But this does not mean at all that it behaves equally actively in any reservoirs. If fishing is carried out in a familiar reservoir, then calculating its activity is quite simple. As for an unfamiliar reservoir, everything is much more complicated here. Going to such a reservoir, you can be left without a catch, especially if you can’t find a catchy place. At the same time, you need to know if there is a bream in it. It may happen that it will not be in the reservoir and all efforts aimed at catching this fish will be in vain.

The bream is most active on the first and last ice. During this period, fishing can be not only productive, but also dangerous, since the ice may not be so strong, especially when the first ice appears.

What to catch a silver bream in winter, the best baits

In winter, they mainly use baits such as dung worm, maggot or bloodworm. Combinations of these components, the so-called “sandwiches”, show not bad results.

If fishing is carried out on bloodworms, then it is better to plant an odd number of larvae – 1, 3, 5, etc. For unknown reasons, the bream prefers exactly this amount, as if she knows how to count.

It should be planted so that the sting of the hook is securely hidden. Gustera will not take the bait if she suspects something, especially the protruding sting of the hook.

Gustera has a small mouth, so you will have to use the smallest mormyshki with the same small hook. Gustera prefers mormyshki in the form of a pellet or a droplet, which are silver in color. At the same time, very often, mormyshka, such as “ant”, catches any other mormyshka.

Tackle for fishing for silver bream in winter

Typically used regular winter fishing rod with a nod or a float. Most winter fishing enthusiasts use a fishing rod with a nod. For catching silver bream, such a fishing rod fits perfectly and it makes no sense to invent something extraordinary. The fact is that the bites of this fish are quite cautious and the float is not able to respond to the bite in time. Therefore, to catch it, it is better to take a winter fishing rod with a sensitive nod.

For catching bream in winter, tackle must meet certain requirements. Therefore, the elements of gear are selected as follows:

• Line diameter 0,08-0,15 mm. The best option is 0,12 mm.
• Small mormyshka, with a body of 2-3 mm and a small hook.
• Sensitive nod.
• Sensitive float, if the tackle is float.

It is not recommended to deepen the tackle, as a thicker line can alert rather cautious fish, such as white bream.

Mormyshka game

Catching a silver bream requires a kind of game with a mormyshka. Gustera does not tolerate sharp or fast movements, so playing with a mormyshka is reduced to slow, uniform and low-amplitude movements.

Approximately such a plan: the mormyshka approaches the very bottom, after which it is slowly and smoothly raised to a height of about 20 cm. This is followed by a pause, and without fail. Without a pause, fishing will not take place. In conclusion, the mormyshka also slowly and evenly falls down. After touching the bottom with a mormyshka, a pause is made again. Gustera attacks the bait during the movement of the jig up or during a pause. As practice shows, 90% of bites fall on pauses.

If the bream pecked during a pause, then the moment of bite can be easily fixed, and if during the rise of the mormyshka, then everything is more difficult here. This is due to the fact that the rod, along with the nod, is in motion, and the fish takes the bait very carefully. As a rule, you won’t catch a fish without hooking, but in order to make a hook in time, you need to notice it in time as well. If you manage to catch a few gusterok, then you can adapt to this nature of bites.

Depending on the conditions, the bream can be located on any water horizon, starting from the very bottom and ending with the uppermost horizon, located at the very ice. Therefore, the task is further complicated by this factor. The angler quite often has to change the depth of fishing in order to find a flock of silver bream.

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