September is one of the favorite months for fishermen. At this time, you can successfully catch both predatory and peaceful fish. It's all about lowering the temperature of the water and increasing the amount of dissolved oxygen in it. This becomes the reason for the launch of the mechanism of saturation and fattening of subcutaneous fat in underwater inhabitants.
Bream fishing in September is also marked by an increase in the number of bites compared to the summer months. Although the decrease in water temperature in the first month has begun, it is not yet as dramatic as in October. Therefore, you can fish with both summer plant baits and protein-rich animal baits.
Fishing place
Bream should be caught in September at the same points as at the end of summer. Migrations of fish schools to wintering places will begin in the next autumn month, but for now the fish are staying in their usual feeding places.
Places to look for bream in September:
- on the river, entrances and exits from pits;
- irrigation between channel and coastal edges;
- places near hydraulic structures;
- points near snags and flooded large objects;
- in ponds and lakes at the edge of higher aquatic vegetation;
- local changes in the bottom topography.
Deep water irrigation attracts schools of bream
Advice! It is better to measure the depth on the river using the jig method, in still water - with a marker float!
It must be remembered that bream schools are large in size and, therefore, inert. Therefore, fishing for this fish in one section of the river can provide a good bite for several weeks.
Bream habitats in autumn
Bream is a bottom fish. It stays at depth, in backwaters with a calm current, near pits. It prefers muddy bottoms. Traditional habitats for bream are large rivers and large lakes. You need to look for it in certain areas. For example, it is never found in places where the bottom is covered with mud.
Bream at the end of August and in the first ten days of September begins to migrate to wintering pits. They must undoubtedly be large and located at a depth of at least five meters. Therefore, it is often difficult to catch bream in September without a watercraft. Sometimes you can’t reach the places where bream are found from the shore. But by boat you can get to the boundaries of the pits. Bream are often caught using a ring. This is an interesting method that does not require any special skills. An undoubted advantage here is the ability to feed the fish well, which means keeping it near the hooks with bait. This kind of bream fishing in September from a boat gives the best trophies.
Fish bite largely depends on the vagaries of nature. Very good lively bites are observed on sunny, windless days. Bream regularly takes bait in the morning and evening. The situation changes with changing weather. On cloudy days with small gusts of wind, it is better to catch bream during the day, but only in areas of the reservoir where there are no large waves.
Fishing time
The autumn sun does not heat and heat the water as much as it did in the summer, so fishing for bream becomes more extended over time. Now you can count on a good bite not only at dawn, but throughout the daylight hours.
In early September, when it is still quite warm, you can fish well at night, especially in the first couple of hours after sunset, when bream rise closer to the shore to feed. In this case, you need to set up a place before dark in the evening and organize feeding of the night fishing point.
Tackle for bream
Bream fishing in September can be done with a variety of gear. The choice of a specific fishing rod depends on the preferences of the fisherman and his location: on the shore or in a boat.
While on the shore, you can use various float and bottom gear:
- The fly rod, although rare, is used in bream fishing. It is mainly used on small rivers, small ponds or when fishing from a boat.
- Bolognese and match gear are used when fishing away from the shore.
- The plug is convenient to use on canals or medium rivers, where the edge comes close to the shore.
- The rubber band is used both in still waters and in currents. It is especially advisable to use it in places where it is impossible to use tackle with a fishing rod on the shore due to its overgrowing with bushes or reeds.
- In September they continue to fish from a boat using both the old approach and the now popular ring line.
- The most popular fishing for bream is considered to be fishing with a donka, especially with its most modern version - a feeder.
Modern fishermen equip elastic bands with reels and a constant bell
The rig for bream should be elegant, but durable. Experienced fishermen equip their rods with a main monofilament line of 0.30 millimeters or a braided line 0.12-0.14 thick. Monofilament of 0.14-0.18 millimeters is used as leashes.
To equip long-range gear, it is recommended to use a monofilament shock leader together with a braided cord as a working line. Its thickness should be from 0.25 to 0.35 millimeters. This element of gear is used for the following purposes:
- increasing breaking strength when casting a heavy feeder;
- protection from abrasion on shell rock and other strong objects at the bottom;
- depreciation of gear at the final stage of fishing for a large trophy;
- to make tying easier.
How does bream behave during autumn?
At the beginning of the season, its behavior is practically no different from summer. It feeds alone or in small flocks on deep reaches and bays. This is a great time to be a float rod enthusiast.
With the arrival of October and a significant drop in water temperature, fish begin to gather in large schools and migrate throughout the entire water area of the reservoir in search of the best feeding areas. During this period, the fishing result largely depends on whether the angler can detect the fattening school. In the second half of the season, this representative of the ichthyofauna can be found:
- at the exit from deep holes;
- areas with sharp changes in depth;
- in the river fairway.
In November, when the water temperature drops to 6 degrees, the fish go to wintering pits and for some time fall into a state close to suspended animation. Feeding activity resumes 1–2 weeks after the establishment of ice cover.
What time of day will fishing be most successful?
With the arrival of September, bream does not stop actively feeding in the dark. At night it comes close to the shore and is consistently caught using float tackle. Peak bite usually occurs between 11:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m.
In late autumn, it becomes almost impossible to catch this underwater inhabitant after sunset. In early October, he prefers to feed at dawn. Towards the end of the month, the best bite occurs after sunrise. In November, outbreaks of its activity are very unpredictable and are often short-term in nature.
The influence of weather conditions on the bite
The bream bite in September is not very capricious and mainly depends on the stability of atmospheric pressure and the amount of precipitation. If the thermometer stays at the same level for several days, then you can count on a good catch. Heavy rains, characteristic of this month, greatly turbidize the water and negatively affect the activity of fish.
In October and November, bream are most active in calm and sunny weather. Strong winds, leading to mixing of the upper and lower layers of water, force the fish to stop feeding for a while. Night frosts also negatively affect the bite.
Lure
Bream responds very well to bait. Therefore, it is believed that choosing the right composition and presentation is more important than finding the catch point. The appetizing mixture will gather and hold the flock in the chosen place.
Bait for bream is sold in all specialized stores, but it is easy to make with your own hands. One of the most popular recipes has recently become Salapin porridge.
Our opinion! Many fishermen dispute the authorship of Dmitry Salapin in creating this recipe. But still, it is worth recognizing that he was the first to optimize and popularize this porridge, making it the leader among bream baits.
This is what the famous Salapinka looks like!
The popular porridge is prepared in the following sequence:
- Pour 9 parts water into a saucepan and bring it to a boil on the stove.
- Add one measure of pearl barley and cook it for about 30 minutes.
- Add a spoonful of unrefined vegetable oil and flavoring. In summer, Salapin recommends using vanilla, but in autumn it is better to use spicy aromatics.
- Add two measures of millet, reduce the heat and simmer until the water boils. We determine readiness by the characteristic air bubbles.
- In a clean bowl, mix two measures of corn and barley grits.
- Pour the cooked porridge there and mix.
Salapinka in the basic version is ready. Depending on what gear we are fishing with, we vary the density of the bait: for the feeder the mixture should be looser than for feeding with balls in float fishing.
Advice! The addition of dry rolled oats flakes will stick the porridge together and prevent it from eroding quickly. Breadcrumbs, on the contrary, will loosen the bait.
In addition to the loosening and gluing components, you can vary the flavorings and composition of dry cereals, for example, replace corn or barley grits with crushed wheat or ground peas.
Don’t forget to add bloodworms or maggots to the bait
Lures
After feeding the point, you should choose what the bream bites on in early autumn. You can catch the coveted fish in September using a wide variety of baits. The most popular bait, according to most experienced bream fishermen, at this time is bloodworm. Corn and worm work a little worse.
Advice! If you have the opportunity to purchase bloodworms or wash it yourself, do not miss it.
The following baits can also provide a good bite for bream:
- maggot;
- pearl barley;
- dough;
- peas;
- pasta;
- steamed wheat;
- pellets
This is interesting! Such an unexpected bait as a foam ball sometimes attracts bream and other carp fish, provoking them to bite.
Bream bait in September
In autumn, bream practically stops responding to plant bait. Only in the first ten days of September can it still be caught on peas and bread. But the situation is changing very quickly. Catching bream in mid-September, and even more so in October, is no longer possible without worms and maggots. They catch it with bloodworms and even with small fry. At the same time, it is difficult to name the best animal bait. In each body of water, fish prefer different invertebrates. So you need to experiment. Bream responds very well to combined baits, for example a worm with bloodworms.
Fish react well, especially at the end of September, to crawling and a bunch of dung red worms. For bream, not only their swarms are attractive, but also the specific smell coming from them.
Features of bream fishing in autumn
The activity of bream increases in September, but at the same time its caution also increases. Therefore, before starting fishing, you should make a larger starting feed, and when fishing, use small additional portions.
Also, the caution of bream forces the angler in some cases to change the fishing point. Therefore, before fishing, it is advisable to find two or three promising locations. In this case, when activity begins to decrease, you can feed an alternative place, subsequently starting fishing there.
Large fish, such as seasoned bream, can offer serious resistance, so when fishing, a landing net is required, which will help cope with a stubborn trophy.
Feeding September bream
An experienced bream fisherman feeds the place even before fishing, for example, a day or two. The fish gets used to the fact that food constantly appears at a specific point in the reservoir, and hunger forces it to return here again and again. This is already fifty percent success.
What to attract bream in September? Just as during almost the entire open water season, homemade porridges based on peas, millet, and crackers remain effective. As for additional flavoring ingredients, every experienced fisherman has his own secret recipe. Beginners should know that in the fall they should not get carried away with too strong odors, they can have the opposite effect.
When fishing with a feeder, many people use ready-made industrial baits. You can also add peas, corn or some other nutritious component to them in order to increase the attractiveness of the mixture. What exactly to add depends on the reservoir and the food preferences of the bream living in it. In the second half of September, livestock will be an obligatory component: maggots, bloodworms, crushed worms. Usually the picture becomes clearer after several experiments with the composition, it becomes clear what the fished object responds to better.
