How to make a feeder for catching bream

Each river has its own characteristics. However, there are many general factors to consider when designing and constructing feeders.

Each river has its own characteristics. However, there are many general factors to consider when designing and constructing feeders.

The feeder should be spacious. Bream feed well, especially in late summer and during autumn, when they gather in large schools. Therefore, the more bait can be delivered to the fishing point, the longer the desired prey will remain in this place. It is almost impossible to overfeed bream in the river.

The river current should not carry the equipment away from the baited spot. To do this, it is necessary to increase the weight of the feeder (up to 100-150 g), as well as give the product the appropriate shape. Materials for making your own feeder should be easily accessible and cheap. Then it will make sense to make your own models that will be maximally adapted for specific fishing areas.

And, given that the feeding fish always faces the incoming current, the jig may generally fall out of sight of the bream.

Making a winter feeder for bream

To make the soft feeder shown in the picture for winter fishing for bream on the river flow, a nylon mesh with small cells of 4x4, 5x5 or 6x6 millimeters is suitable, from which we cut out a square with side dimensions of 30x30 centimeters.

Next, we bring together the two opposite edges of the mesh and sew them together along the edge with thick nylon thread. Every 2-3 centimeters we fix the firmware with a non-unraveling knot.

The result of the firmware will be a manufactured mesh cavity of a soft winter feeder for baiting a bream fishing spot (without a bottom yet), capable of freely passing into a hole with a diameter of about 100 mm.

At the very least, this will be the optimal diameter of the soft feeder load. Moreover, in winter fishing, not all fishermen are fans of catching only bream, and a hole with a diameter of 100 mm can also be passed by roach, which will not spoil the result of your catch.

If the proposed dimensions for making a winter feeder seem small to someone, which is not surprising, given that during winter fishing a large bream can bite, for which you have to drill holes in advance, adjust the length and width of the mesh square before cutting the soft feeder blank.

Next, either in a circle or again along the edge of the mesh, we tighten the bottom. At this point, the production of a soft feeder for winter fishing for bream on the river can be considered complete.

All that remains is to run the nylon cord along the open edge of the mesh of the winter feeder and tie the ends of the rope together as shown in the photo of my feeders. Although, in general, it is not customary to show anything on your gear, otherwise bream will stop being caught.

After watching the video, I realized that I could build a completely new tactic that would allow me to achieve even greater success when fishing with this catchy tackle.

Fishing with an open feeder is very simple at first glance. You fill the feeder and cast it. What could be simpler? I thought so until my brother Phil conducted an experiment on one of the reservoirs in Holland.

The experiment was carried out in a large lake, the inhabitants of which were bream, roach and small carp. My brother installed 2 video cameras on the pond, aimed at the casting area. Then I began to carefully watch the developments on the monitors.

To say that he was shocked by what he saw would be an understatement. Everything we knew about fish behavior turned out to be false.

After watching the video, I realized that I could build a completely new tactic that would allow me to achieve even greater success when fishing with this catchy tackle.

Tactics for catching bream with an open feeder:

Stage 1 “Feeding” • Feeder: large; • Leash: long; • Feed mixture: 75% from coarse particles and 25% from soil (i.e. ratio of coarse particles to soil 3:1); • Groundbait: lightly compacted in the feeder; • Cloud from bait: standing at half-water; • Casts: every 3-4 minutes.

First, all our efforts are aimed at attracting fish to the casting point. The best way to do this is to create a cloud in the water and mix the bait in such a way that in each portion the ground is maximally saturated with coarse particles.

Stage 2 “Attraction” • Feeder: medium in size; • Leash: shorter; • Feed mixture: 50% from coarse particles and 50% from soil (i.e. the ratio of coarse particles to soil is 1:1); • Groundbait: compacted in the feeder more strongly; • Bait cloud: located closer to the bottom; • Re-cast: every 3-4 minutes.

After feeding, I want to attract fish that feed in the bottom layers of water. However, I want to do this gradually so as not to “drop” all the fish to the bottom at once.

Stage 3 “Catching” • Feeder: small; • Leash: short; • Feed mixture: 25% from coarse particles and 75% from soil (i.e. ratio of coarse particles to soil 1:3); • Groundbait: compacted as tightly as possible into the feeder; • Cloud of bait: lies freely on the bottom;

At the last stage we move directly to fishing. We need to get the fish that are actively feeding on food at the bottom.

Rules for catching fish that feed near the bottom: 1) It is necessary to reduce the size of the feeder so as not to scare the fish.

2) It is important to reduce the length of the leash. When a full feeder reaches the bottom, the feeding fish swim to it first. Therefore, it is necessary that the feeder be as close to the hook as possible. I recommend reducing the length of the leash to 12-20 cm.

3) In the bait mixture it is necessary to reduce the proportion of coarse particles, because There are already plenty of them at the bottom.

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4) It is also necessary to compact the bait very tightly in the feeder. To do this, you need to moisten the soil more abundantly and try to apply as much force as possible when filling the feeder. It is important that the feeder reaches the bottom completely.

"spring-nipple";
"makushatnike";

Determining the habitat of bream

Bream can be found in almost any body of water in the country. The fish loves deep holes with a muddy or clay bottom. In the daytime it prefers to feed in deep water, and in the evening - in shallow water. To catch bream on a feeder, you need to take into account its habits and feeding habits. It is best to fish for bream in the current. Fast flow should be preferred. There should be holes at the bottom of the reservoir.

How to determine the bottom structure:

Fishermen often use an echo sounder, which shows the structure of the bottom.
In the absence of a device, a hole can be determined by other signs: the boundary of forward and reverse flow may indicate the presence of a hole.
You can do a test casting of the load without additional equipment. The sinker must be dragged along the bottom of the reservoir and pulled out. By wiring, you can understand where the dump boundary is located, what the bottom structure is and whether there is vegetation. Casts are made several times, moving the load to the right and left of the intended location.
You need to pay attention to coastal vegetation. This sign may indicate that bream are near the bush.

The habits of such fish and feeding habits and the correct tackle for bream will help any fisherman catch the desired prey.

Non-sports bottom installations with a feeder

At the end we will talk about two more types of gear:

"spring-nipple";
"makushatnike";

These equipment are not considered sports equipment, but are nevertheless used by many fishermen. I would like to immediately make a reservation that they are no better than the first three equipment and do not improve in catchability. They are aimed at fishing with coarse gear, for example, with a spinning rod. Although in the article about this donk we recommend using the first 3 rigs on this page. It will be sportier and more efficient.

"Spring-nipple"

The principle of the nipple is based on the fact that the fish simply eats the bait in the feeder and simultaneously swallows the hook hidden in it.

It is not difficult to make this type of gear; we will need:

A feeder in the form of a spring, or a stopper from a plastic bottle from which a nipple is made (we have a manufacturing guide).
2-4 hooks.
Braided fishing line for leashes.

The process of making a pacifier based on a spring feeder:

We take a spring feeder and attach it to the main fishing line, secure it with a rubber stopper, a bead or, in extreme cases, a lead pellet.
Along the circumference of the entire spring, we attach braided leashes 6-7 centimeters long with hooks at an equal distance from each other.
We advise you to put bait on the hooks, see the specific ones in the guides for crucian carp, carp, bream, and roach. But some anglers equip their hooks with foam balls.

Non-sports equipment is ready. Read more about catching crucian carp with a spring nipple here.

"Makushatnik"

The simplest, but according to some fishermen, catchy tackle for carp and crucian carp is not sporting and is a less effective analogue of the Method Feeder

For production we will need:

horseshoe or dovetail sinker;
clasp for leashes, swivel, bead;
a pair of hooks;
fishing line 0.4 – 0.6 mm;

Manufacturing instructions:

We take the fishing line and put a sinker on it, tie a knot.
After 5–15 centimeters we place a bead for a stopper.
At the end of the fishing line we attach a swivel to connect it to the main fishing line.
We make a hole in the center in a piece of cotton wool and thread a fishing line with a knot into it.
We attach a clasp with leashes to the tip.
We stick the hooks on the sides into a piece of topcoat.

What is a feeder for and how does it work?

There are a large number of different feeders. They can have different shapes and are made from different materials. Together with complementary foods, a design is selected according to certain parameters. The main role of the feeder is to lure the fish to the desired place at different distances from the shore.

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The device is a container with complementary food, which is attached to a fishing line and lowered to the bottom of the reservoir. In this case, the contents are gradually emptied. The feeder is located close to the hook, so at depth with a strong current, both the bait and the free bait will be close to each other.

fishing line

When fishing for bream on a feeder, both monofilament and braided fishing lines are used. Monofilament is used in places with little or no current. Braid must be used when fishing in strong and medium currents. Monofilament fishing line is good because it is easy to untangle in case of loops from the reel, and it is also quite easy to knit the installation with your hands, without the help of a looper.

This is also the only option for cheap reels. They tend to throw off a lot of loops, and using cord on them is throwing it away. The line on reels with poor laying can be 3-5 mm short of the edge of the side. This will reduce the number of loops with it, although it will slightly reduce the casting distance.

The fishing line can be recommended to beginners, as it forgives many mistakes - it cushions when the angler forgot to raise the rod at the end of the cast, it allows you to free the caught hook and feeder using the reverse shooting method, it smoothes out the jerks of the fish when fishing. The thickness of the fishing line used for catching bream is 0.2-0.25 mm. The thickness of the braided cord, which is used for catching bream without a shock leader, is 0.12-0.16 mm.

A mandatory kit for a feeder who fishes with a line is fishing scissors and a looper. They allow you to quickly install it, both while fishing and at home - and that’s it, the equipment is ready in five minutes. You should also try to use swivels in front of the feeder and leashes so that the cord does not get tangled or twisted.

In order to make a ring that will separate from the rope to which the feeder is attached when a fish bites, you need to purchase an internal retaining ring for a car bearing with a diameter of 40 mm. The ring can be purchased at almost any auto parts store.

Donk fishing technique

It will be somewhat more convenient for a fish such as bream to pick up prey from uneven areas of the bottom surface topography than to feed on fairly flat surfaces. Therefore, the angler should take this fact into account when fishing for bream on currents using boats.

Therefore, it is important for this type of fishing to initially determine the location of the edges on the river bottom, the location of the holes, and the depth differences on the river. In addition, it will take a little longer for the fertilizing agent to be washed out of the drops and holes.

When fishing from a boat on rivers, you should take a position that is not located on the channel dump itself, but away from it. If the fishing is carried out on small rivers, the fishing is carried out in such a way that the fishing can be carried out on both sides of the boat itself.

Having determined the fishing area, you should carry out the process of feeding the bream, wait a little while, about twenty minutes, and start fishing. The process of additional feeding is carried out no earlier than every thirty minutes.

Fishing for this fish does not require particularly sharp jerking movements, especially when fishing from a boat. Therefore, try to behave calmly, the presence of landing nets will greatly simplify the matter.

Tips for beginners

When catching any fish, the feeding process is important; it is better to slightly underfeed the fish.
It is worth remembering that the presence of predatory fish species can scare away the bream itself from feeding.
If it is noticed that the bream has approached the bait and is actively devouring it, which can be seen from the air bubbles, but does not respond to the bait, then you should change the bait.
If the process of hooking a bream is carried out, you should immediately try to move it away from the feeding point so as not to scare away the remaining individuals of this fish.
If the fish suddenly stops biting, this indicates a change in weather conditions.

Experienced anglers often catch fish using several donk gear. Firstly, this increases the chance of catching as many fish as possible, and secondly, it allows you to occupy a considerable area of the coast.

A rod and reel are securely fastened on the shore, since fish usually bite sharply, and this can lead to an unsecured reel going into the water. If possible, the fishing line is secured to snags or trees.

It is better to give preference to bodies of water without algae, snags and rocky bottoms. In such places, hooks will be constantly carried out, and this threatens to break the gear. Suitable times for donka fishing are morning, evening or night.

When all the preparatory procedures are completed, it’s time to set sail. When a suitable fishing spot has been found, you need to anchor the boat.

The best way to do this is to use a couple of anchors. If you plan to fish in a small current and use a large feeder, then you can get by with one anchor.

We fasten the ring to the cord from the feeder. We put bait on the hooks. After this, we smoothly lower the ring with the bait to the bottom until it touches the lid of the feeder. Then we release a little of the main line so that the hooks are slightly carried away from the feeder by the current, tighten the line and wait for a bite.

The principle of fishing with a ring is quite simple - the current washes the bait out of the lid, the bream comes up to feed and gets hooked.

If the bite weakens, you can pull the feeder by the cord. This will agitate the bait in it and increase its leaching.

Groundbait and best baits for bream

When catching bream with a ring in the summer, the feeder is filled with plant products. Bream is very partial to wheat and pearl barley porridge; you can also add canned peas and corn.

In early spring, autumn, and also in winter, bream switches to animal food. Therefore, in cold water, it is necessary to add chopped worms, bloodworms or maggots to the main bait of porridge. But at any time of the year, the bait should be fresh, without any admixture of the aroma of decomposition of food.

For greater attractiveness, you can add artificial flavors to the bait, such as vanilla, strawberry, banana.

The effectiveness of catching bream with a ring depends on the quality of the bait, so this point should be taken very seriously and not skimp on ingredients.

In the summer, fishing with canned corn gives good results.

You can assemble such tackle from almost any spinning rod and reel. The rod test is selected according to the expected weight of the equipment, which depends on the depth and presence of current.

Feeding bream

To catch large bream, you need to use the right bait. Feeding is aimed at baiting and holding prey in the fishing area. For large fish, coarse particles are perfect. The food is not intended to saturate the fish, but to create a cloud in the fishing area. Lures for bream are sold in any fishing store. You can prepare it yourself. The basis for complementary feeding is: broken biscuits, crackers, pearl barley or millet groats. The following auxiliary elements are used to create food: peas, corn, bloodworms, jigs, worms, salt, garlic, sunflower seeds, and so on. To prepare complementary foods, you can use several recipes:

Grind a kilogram of cookies using a blender or mortar until it turns into sugar. Add 100 grams of crushed crackers to the crumbs and mix. Add 200 grams of ground sunflower seeds and 100 grams of rolled oats flour to the resulting mixture. Mix everything together.
Put 200 grams of canned corn into the cooked millet cereal and mix. Before fishing, you can add maggots and chopped worms to the porridge.
In 400 grams of sunflower cake, put 400 grams of crushed cookies, one glass of semolina, 500 grams of mixed feed or other crushed cereals.

For a beginner, it is advisable to use commercial complementary food for bream. There is a huge selection on the shelves.

There are also several recipes available for preparing complementary foods yourself: cereals, crackers, bread, seeds, peas, corn and other products will help you make excellent food for fish.

Gear device

Bottom tackle is often the first choice for bream fishing for novice anglers. This is explained by the cheapness and availability of components, with decent catchability of the gear as a whole.

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Donka for bream consists of the following components:

rod;
coil;
braid or fishing line;
leashes;
hooks;
thin wire rocker;
a feeder with an anti-twist (the most complex, but very catchable type of equipment).

On a note! Using a rocker allows you to fish with two hooks at the same time, completely avoiding tangling the leashes with each other. It is necessary to measure the length of the leashes so that the hooks do not touch or barely touch each other.

You can assemble such tackle from almost any spinning rod and reel. The rod test is selected according to the expected weight of the equipment, which depends on the depth and presence of current.

A common mistake that beginners make is using rods that are too powerful. This affects the flight range and sensitivity of the gear.

A braided cord or an ordinary nylon fishing line is used as the main fishing line. There is no point in reducing the diameter of the fishing line. For the most part, the fish sees it lying on the bottom and is not afraid at all. For bream, even trophy size, a cord thickness of 0.2 or 0.4 mm monofilament is sufficient.

Given the relatively frequent snags, a strong line provides a significant advantage. It allows you to save the donkey equipment. In addition, a really large bream, weighing 3-5 kg, often “sits” on the bottom.

A medium-sized stationary reel is complemented by fishing line with a diameter of 0.2 mm. Leashes of 0.16 mm with hooks No. 4, 5 and 6 should be about 80 cm long. The feeding basket can be made of wire or plastic with open parts on both sides. In the latter case, you will need to weigh it down with a lead strip weighing 20-30 g.

Bream is a schooling fish, so every fisherman has the opportunity to lure it to a place in large quantities. And for this, fishing with a basket feeder is best suited.

Most often, bream is found in the lower reaches of rivers, in calm and deep water. These places are even called reaches or bream backwaters. It is here that the bream finds ideal living conditions. In lakes, this type of fish also prefers to live in deep-sea areas. Large fish are found at a sufficient distance from the shore. The latter fact is an additional argument in favor of catching bream with a feeder.

Bite alarms – what to choose?

For gear for bream, it is best to take a medium-sized bottom rod, which is suitable for a thrown load weighing 20-50 grams. The bottom rod is equipped with a bite alarm. In this case, you should give preference to a special feeder rod, which is suitable for fishing with a basket feeder and is distinguished by its high strength for throwing the feeder and the presence of bite alarms in the form of sensitive, replaceable whips.

A medium-sized stationary reel is complemented by fishing line with a diameter of 0.2 mm. Leashes of 0.16 mm with hooks No. 4, 5 and 6 should be about 80 cm long. The feeding basket can be made of wire or plastic with open parts on both sides. In the latter case, you will need to weigh it down with a lead strip weighing 20-30 g.

The fastening of the leash and the feeding basket is very important. The basket should help transfer bites from the hook to the top of the rod. Reliable and simple fastening of the feeder and leash is shown in the figure.

You need to feed correctly

An important condition for successful bream fishing is their proper bait. The food should stay firmly in the basket (use larvae as live food). At the same time, once at the bottom, the food should be well washed out of the feeder.

How to achieve this balance? To do this, press the food into the basket with your index finger and thumb and lower it into the water near the shore to check how quickly it will wash out.

Make several casts of the feeder with food in the same place. As a guide, select some large and stationary object (a tree, a house) and remember the constant casting distance by fixing the line on the reel clamp.

Choosing baits for bream

Next, attach the leash and put the bait on the hook. As a bait, you can use 4-5 larvae, hook No. 5, or red worms and larvae with hook No. 6. Bream especially like pupated larvae. While small fish happily attack the larvae, large bream prefer canned corn.

Once the feeder is in the right place, reel in the extra net, place the rod on the stand and tighten the line so that the whip bends slightly.

If you are fishing for bream in a pond with still water, the top of the rod should be slightly tilted down so that the wind does not pull on the line.

Top in the spotlight

There is another method of biting, which is most often used on the river. After a slight initial shake or no warning at all, the tip may quickly tilt back. This means that the bream has lifted the feeder from the bottom and is swimming against the current with the bait in its mouth. At this point you should make the hook as quickly as possible.

Time, place, depth

January March. Not a very good period for catching bream. The fish are found in dense schools in the deepest parts of the reservoir. On thaws and sunny days, the fish occasionally feed on the shore. You can try fishing at lunchtime for small portions using baits on sensitive and thin gear.

April May. The most successful period for catching bream. During this period, the fish replenishes its energy reserves for future spawning. Early in the morning the fish goes into shallow water, where the water warms up. With the advent of the bright sun, the fish again go to depth. During this period, it is best to fish on river beds and in deep interstitial spaces.

June. From late May to mid-June there is a good bream bite. During this period, especially large fish often lose caution and fear. During spawning, it is better to leave bream alone.

July August. A good period for bream fishing is coming again. During spawning, the bream become very hungry and become very active again. As the water warms up, the fish move to the fast current. In lakes in the summer it is difficult to find a place where bream accumulate, since they often rise up from the bottom. Look for eroded shore edges and small underwater elevations on the water.

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September October. Breams store up for the winter, so they are very active. Choose the same fishing places as in the spring. As the temperature drops, their desire to feed decreases.

November December. Bream go to winter. Everything depends on weather conditions. The fishing results are approximately the same as in January or October.

Look at the video to see how clearly the technique of catching bream with a feeder looks.

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5) I also recommend re-casting the tackle every 3-4 minutes during the first hour of fishing.

Hook!

At the last stage we move directly to fishing. We need to get the fish that are actively feeding on food at the bottom.

Rules for catching fish that feed near the bottom:

1) It is necessary to reduce the size of the feeder so as not to scare the fish.

3) In the bait mixture it is necessary to reduce the proportion of coarse particles, because There are already plenty of them at the bottom.

Stage 1 “Feeding” • Feeder: large; • Leash: long; • Feed mixture: 75% from coarse particles and 25% from soil (i.e. ratio of coarse particles to soil 3:1); • Groundbait: lightly compacted in the feeder; • Cloud from bait: standing at half-water; • Casts: every 3-4 minutes.

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