What I've learned so far
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 11:41 pm
Ok,I've been trying to catch bream most Sundays since march this year and I'm learning fast.they really are peculiar creatures of habit.
I'm only going with what I've learnt from the fish in this particular pond and by no means am I suggesting this is the same everywhere but some things might ring true.
The first thing I remember being told was the distance to cast to,with many folk saying a good cast was needed.well I suppose if ones fishing a big clear featureless water,that may well be the case but it doesn't mean it's the norm.
Luckily I've had the chance to fish two completely different swims on this pond,one is 3ft deep to 20yds then has a sharp drop off to about 11ft,the other swim gently slopes deeper the further out I cast.
the results of fishing both swims is that bream feel much more secure at the bottom of the steep drop off regardless of how far out it may be.
I heard bream don't like active groundbait,yes that's about right and I've found this out to my dismay.
When I first started fishing for these bream I only used brown crumb and it worked a treat but the avid roach fisherman in me raised its ugly head more than once,for example I tried adding hemp oil and because it's lighter than water the crumb would rise and fall on the bottom completely killing the swim,I mean not a single bite.i only noticed when I discarded the remainder of the crumb in the water at the end of the day.
Hemp seed on the other hand is great for bream as long as it's put down in a bed rather than every so often.
Trying different baits is another bream fishing tactic and again I've found this to be very true.i had an array of hook baits with me the first time I had a good fishing session on the pond,I had mixed coloured maggots containing reds,whites and yellows,corn,casters and worms.the only thing they were interested in that day was two yellow maggots,not a bite on any of the other baits or coloured maggots.
A week later and I had the same baits but I couldn't buy a bite on yellow maggots or any of the other baits but as soon as I used any of these baits in conjunction with a grain of corn the bites came,even bread has limited appeal.ive been rotating my baits ever since.
they don't like baits dropping down on their heads,skimmers don't mind but big bream do,I've found that putting down a bed of bait is far better for the bigger bream,albeit I've had to sit waiting on them to show up for 3 or 4 hours but when they do the first bite is more often than not a wrap around.
Smaller fish will be attracted by the regular splash of the feeder.
The last thing about trying to catch big bream and possibly the worst thing that can happen,I've found,is that losing a big fish during the fight or nipping in on the strike is a killer,no ifs,no buts,the shoal disappears.
These are some of the aspects of bream fishing in my experience and but I still love catching them,or trying,but is this the same everywhere?
I'm only going with what I've learnt from the fish in this particular pond and by no means am I suggesting this is the same everywhere but some things might ring true.
The first thing I remember being told was the distance to cast to,with many folk saying a good cast was needed.well I suppose if ones fishing a big clear featureless water,that may well be the case but it doesn't mean it's the norm.
Luckily I've had the chance to fish two completely different swims on this pond,one is 3ft deep to 20yds then has a sharp drop off to about 11ft,the other swim gently slopes deeper the further out I cast.
the results of fishing both swims is that bream feel much more secure at the bottom of the steep drop off regardless of how far out it may be.
I heard bream don't like active groundbait,yes that's about right and I've found this out to my dismay.
When I first started fishing for these bream I only used brown crumb and it worked a treat but the avid roach fisherman in me raised its ugly head more than once,for example I tried adding hemp oil and because it's lighter than water the crumb would rise and fall on the bottom completely killing the swim,I mean not a single bite.i only noticed when I discarded the remainder of the crumb in the water at the end of the day.
Hemp seed on the other hand is great for bream as long as it's put down in a bed rather than every so often.
Trying different baits is another bream fishing tactic and again I've found this to be very true.i had an array of hook baits with me the first time I had a good fishing session on the pond,I had mixed coloured maggots containing reds,whites and yellows,corn,casters and worms.the only thing they were interested in that day was two yellow maggots,not a bite on any of the other baits or coloured maggots.
A week later and I had the same baits but I couldn't buy a bite on yellow maggots or any of the other baits but as soon as I used any of these baits in conjunction with a grain of corn the bites came,even bread has limited appeal.ive been rotating my baits ever since.
they don't like baits dropping down on their heads,skimmers don't mind but big bream do,I've found that putting down a bed of bait is far better for the bigger bream,albeit I've had to sit waiting on them to show up for 3 or 4 hours but when they do the first bite is more often than not a wrap around.
Smaller fish will be attracted by the regular splash of the feeder.
The last thing about trying to catch big bream and possibly the worst thing that can happen,I've found,is that losing a big fish during the fight or nipping in on the strike is a killer,no ifs,no buts,the shoal disappears.
These are some of the aspects of bream fishing in my experience and but I still love catching them,or trying,but is this the same everywhere?