Gustera is a common underwater inhabitant. It inhabits rivers, reservoirs and many lakes in our country. You can catch silver bream at any time of the year using different gear. Therefore, it is known to all fishermen and is regularly found in catches.
Few people purposefully hunt for this fish. As a rule, it is found mixed with bream and other peaceful representatives of the ichthyofauna. The exception is the pre-spawning period, when the fish follow the roach upstream. Then on the reservoirs you can meet a huge number of fishermen eager to catch silver bream.
Fishing for silver bream is nothing complicated or unusual. You need to know where it is located and understand the seasonal characteristics of its behavior. The choice of fishing method and specific fishing tactics, the layout of gear and the determination of the most catchy baits depend on this.
Where to look for silver bream?
White bream is a schooling fish that can be found almost anywhere in a body of water . But still, she prefers areas with a current and clean, oxygenated water. It tries to avoid wetlands, although it is occasionally found there.
Small silver bream can be caught at depths of half a meter. Medium and large specimens try not to go out in areas shallower than two to three meters, so you can catch large silver bream mainly using bottom gear.
The best places to look for silver bream are:
– channel holes, long ditches, depressions and other similar places; – rifts, slopes, edges; – rapids with a pebble, clay and sandy bottom with uneven relief.
Gustera can be found in the area of hydraulic structures - near the supports of bridges, piers, dams, coastal fortifications and others. It is caught when fishing for roach along a strip of coastal algae. Here the fish likes to stand on the lower part of the bank edge, where the channel current washes up food.
Where to fish
At the beginning of autumn, in September, the silver bream prefers to be near the coast, where there is still vegetation. For fishing, it is better to choose areas with a sandy or rocky bottom, less than 4 meters deep. It is better if there are holes and other places where the fish can hide. The silver bream prefers to be in such places during daylight hours. By nightfall it goes deeper. The search for food takes place at the boundaries of areas where currents of different intensities occur.
It is necessary to take into account that the silver bream prefers to be not only in those areas where there is food, but also where there is plenty of oxygen. Therefore, you should not look for it in reservoirs with muddy water and muddy bottom.
As the temperature drops, the fish change their stopping places, moving further from the shore. However, even at this time you can look for it near the shore, because the silver bream leaves for the winter later than other fish species. Moreover, it returns to the shore in schools, so after catching one fish, the fisherman does not need to stop. It is likely that he will be lucky again. At this time, she is not particularly picky about food and is ready to grab any bait.
Read: White bream: gear and methods of catching it
However, in October and November, the silver bream is still not as active as in the summer, and in order to catch it, you will have to show restraint. You should consider the weather before going fishing. On a clear and warm day, you can catch silver bream at a depth of up to 3 meters; after the first serious cold snap, it goes deeper. In November, the silver bream spends more time near the wintering pits, and it bites here even in cloudy weather. It becomes especially active in the evening, and the largest specimens are caught closer to midnight.
Features of fish behavior
With the onset of spring, while the water is still cold, the silver bream behaves passively. The pre-spawning zhor of the silver bream begins in mid-April, when stable warm weather sets in and the rivers warm up to +15 degrees. The fish, gathered in numerous schools, rise upstream to the spawning grounds.
Having spawned the eggs, the silver bream rests for some time on the spawning grounds. Afterwards, the fish disperse throughout the reservoir, occupying their favorite places and switching to the summer feeding regime. Between the end of May and the end of August, the behavior of this underwater inhabitant does not change. You can very easily catch a silver bream using a fishing rod, donka, feeder and other equipment for peaceful fish. Feeder gear can be called ideal for catching silver bream, just as a feeder for bream is ideal. In autumn, the fish gather in dense schools and gradually migrate to deep areas of reservoirs. Here she subsequently spends the winter.
In summer, the maximum bite of the silver bream is observed at dawn. During the day it gets much worse. But with the onset of autumn, daily activity shifts closer to noon.
Seasonal behavioral patterns and search for silver bream
After the arrival of cold weather, the silver bream spends a lot of time in wintering pits. By this time of year, individuals of this fish gain their annual weight, which averages up to 400 g, although sometimes specimens weighing about 800 g are found. The greatest activity of this peaceful fish is observed on warm days with sunny weather, which are not uncommon in mid-autumn . White bream feeding areas are usually located where there is a lot of fading bottom vegetation, but provided there is a sufficient distance from the coastline. In such areas there live many bottom worms and mollusks, which are food for fish.
Gusterka in autumn
During this month, the silver bream leads a gregarious life, swimming in large groups. Prefers weak currents or calm water. It is also adjacent to bream, instead of which it can get hooked. The optimal hours for fishing during this period are considered to be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.: the greatest activity of bottom fish is observed.
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Methods of catching silver bream
There are many productive methods of hunting that allow you to achieve stable results every time you go to a body of water. The choice of a specific fishing direction depends on the personal preferences of the fisherman, his skills and experience, as well as directly on the conditions in which fishing is carried out.
The most popular methods of fishing for silver bream are:
– using a fly rod; - into the wiring; – match fishing; – classic bottom tackle; – feeder; - rubber donk.
Standard bottom tackle and feeder are relevant in pits and other deep sections of rivers and other types of reservoirs where silver bream is found. It is this method that allows you to successfully hunt at great depths, regardless of the strength of the current. In essence, fishing is no different from fishing for bream.
Donka-elastic band is a piece of gear that has been forgotten by many. But this does not make it ineffective in fishing for silver bream. It is used permanently when a fisherman comes to a reservoir for several days. Having installed it once and properly fed the place, you can successfully fish throughout the entire trip. This method is also popular with fishermen who live near the river and have the opportunity to go fishing almost every day.
Fishing for silver bream by wire is carried out at depths of up to three meters. These are various rapids, riffles, shallows and other areas where fish feed during the warm season. In late autumn and early spring, this method works poorly, since underwater inhabitants slide to depth.
A match fishing rod is used in situations where it is problematic to cast a fly rod with a blind rig to a promising zone. This tackle is for catching silver bream at a distance. It makes it possible to effectively explore remote areas, and its sensitivity allows you to successfully catch even sluggishly biting fish.
In all of the above cases, for stable fishing it is necessary to use thin equipment that will allow you to record any contact between the fish and the bait. If you use rough tackle, fearing the line will break while fishing, then the lion's share of careful bites will go unnoticed.
Catching autumn silver bream
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The body of the silver bream is tall, strongly compressed laterally, covered with thick, tightly fitting scales. Her head is relatively small. The mouth is small, oblique, retractable. The eyes are big. The dorsal fin is high, the anal fin is long. The back is bluish-gray, the sides and belly are silver. The dorsal, caudal and anal fins are gray, the pectoral and ventral fins are yellowish, sometimes reddish, which is how it differs in appearance from bream. In addition, the silver bream, unlike the bream, has larger scales, especially at the dorsal fin, as well as on the back; behind the back of the head it has a groove not covered with scales.
GENERAL INFORMATION
The silver bream spawns from the end of April to May at a water temperature of 12-20°. During prolonged cold spells, spawning may last until June. The white bream spawns in portions, but there are females that spawn at once. Its spawning occurs amicably, mainly in the evening and morning with a short night break. Before spawning, they become bright silver, the pectoral and pelvic fins acquire an orange tint. Pearly rash bumps appear on the head and upper body of males. Soon after spawning, all mating changes disappear.
The silver bream grows slowly. For example, one-year-olds had an average body length of 3.3 cm, three-year-olds - 10.2 cm, six-year-olds - 16.9 cm. Before puberty, both sexes grow equally, but after puberty, the growth of males slows down somewhat.
Juvenile silver bream in reservoirs feed on crustaceans and chironomid larvae. To a lesser extent, it consumes algae, caddisflies, spiders and water bugs. Adult fish feed on higher aquatic plants, worms, mollusks, crustaceans, larvae and pupae of mosquitoes and other insects. The main feeding grounds for small silver bream (10-15 cm long) are located mainly in the coastal zone.
Large fish, feeding mainly on mollusks, feed in places more distant from the shore. Fish with a length of 25-32 cm, which have significant fatty deposits in their intestines, feed weaker. As the body size of the silver bream increases, the number of crustaceans and insect larvae in its food decreases and the number of mollusks increases. It switches to feeding on mollusks when its body length is 13-15 cm or more.
Depending on the composition and development of the food supply, the ratio of food organisms in the food composition of fish of the same size is not the same. For example, fish 10-12 cm long in the coastal zone feed mainly on insect larvae, and in deeper places on crustaceans, which corresponds to the distribution of these organisms in reservoirs.
FISHING PLACES
The silver bream lives in rivers, lakes and ponds. In rivers, it sticks to places with a slow flow and considerable depth, as well as in bays, backwaters, oxbow lakes, where the bottom is sandy and clay with a small admixture of silt. It is most numerous in lakes and in lowland areas of rivers. Large individuals live in bottom layers of water, deep pools, holes and in open areas of lakes and reservoirs. The smaller silver bream prefers to stay in coastal areas among sparse thickets. At the same time, small individuals usually stay in large flocks. Gustera is characterized by a sedentary lifestyle. In summer its flocks are small. With the onset of autumn cold weather, they increase in size and move to the pits. With the onset of spring floods, its flocks go to feeding areas.
In lakes and reservoirs, this fish can move in the fall without leaving deep places, but periodically in the evening it comes to the shore at certain points, for example, in places with a rocky or sandy bottom. Often, in good weather, in the evening, fish leave the depths in places where the channel comes close to the banks, there is drooping underwater vegetation, and bites here at night.
Canals with a rocky bottom are very promising, especially where they are blocked by dams or overflows. You can almost always find silver bream before the frosts below the discharge of warm water from the state district power plant. Deep areas at the edge of the current are good here. The mouths of irrigation canals are promising. On rivers and canals with weak currents, searching for silver bream at this time is in some ways easier than in reservoirs, since promising places can be pre-marked visually based on the topography of the bank. There are not many places for fishing with a float, it is difficult to find them, but it is quite possible. The good thing is that they don't change over the years.
BEHAVIOR FEATURES
It has been noticed that since the end of summer, this fish is most active in the evening, at dusk, until darkness. After dark, fishing is passable and random. At night, the silver bream either rolls into the depths again or goes into a deep bay. As dawn approaches, this fish from the bay moves first to the shallows among the depths, where it competes with bream for some time, and then moves to deeper places. This continues almost until frost. The colder the water becomes, the less often the fish visit the bays, preferring to stay near the riverbed. At the same time, the biting hours shift closer to lunch, and at the end of October, the peak activity of the silver bream may fall at 11-12 o’clock in the afternoon, and sometimes the bite occurs only at night.
As for the weather, the silver bream, like the pike, is often activated precisely in such weather and temporary conditions when bream or roach stop biting. When the water gets really cold, fishing can be effective in low wind conditions. Light rain or snow does not affect the catch too much, but it is not comfortable for the angler. It must be borne in mind that before the formation of ice, this fish, especially in rivers with a decent current and a fairly deep channel, can migrate over long distances. It is difficult to say what this is connected with. During migrations, the fish are relatively active, and if a school is detected, the bite will definitely be there, and for a very long time.
During the day, it is more likely to catch a silver bream near the core of the current, in areas where the channel current begins to weaken. Such zones coincide with the upper channel edges. It is noteworthy that it is in late autumn that the largest silver bream is found. Obviously, this is due to a drop in the activity of small fish and a possible lack of food.
TACKLE
It is extremely rare to fish with a pole or fly rod, since it is very difficult to find a suitable place. It makes sense to use long-casting tackle when fishing in still water and in calm weather. If waves or surface current drags the equipment, there will be few bites. They prefer Bolognese tackle for fishing in weak currents in one of the canals, or in another suitable place. It is very important to choose equipment of such weight that the bait reaches the bottom layers in a reasonable time, but the equipment remains quite sensitive. Sensitivity in autumn is very important.
For fishing in the bottom layers of water, the design of the equipment is quite simple and in most cases resembles the classic equipment for long-distance casting. That is, above the hook there is a minimum size swivel that connects the leash to the fishing line. Close to the swivel there is a sinker weighing up to 0.3 g. In weak currents, the feeder is sometimes not needed, since the swivel will perform its function. Even higher, 60 cm from the sub-sink, the main sinker is located, and at the required distance is the float. With a very careful bite, when a delay in the passage of the equipment is used, I divide the main load into three or four parts and distribute it on a piece of fishing line about 1.5-3 m long.
The fishing technique in this case is quite simple, but the greatest difficulties arise with casting accuracy, which is greatly influenced by the design of the entire tackle. First you need to decide on a fishing rod based on the fishing depth. I take with me the entire range of rods, length 5; 6 and 7 m. Practice shows that when there is practically no current, then at 1 m depth approximately 1 g of the float's carrying capacity is required. If there is at least some current, then you need to add a couple more grams of carrying capacity to this. That is, in a weak current at a depth of 5 m, choose a float with a carrying capacity of about 7 g. Depending on the activity of the fish and the thickness of the fishing line, the difference in the carrying capacity of the float can fluctuate within 1-2 g.
| Float for weak currents | Float for medium to strong currents |
| Float for smooth flow with strong waves on the water surface | Float for rough currents with eddies |
At such depths, it would seem that the shape of the float does not matter much, but this is not entirely true. You always need to remember that now the silver bream is not as active as in the summer, and draw conclusions. Most often, floats from the same company with a classic spindle shape are used. But when I feel a surface current, I settle on forms created specifically for fishing on the current.
The hook is selected to suit the size of the bait, with a short shank, made of hard wire. It should not only be perfectly sharp, but also tough. When biting, the silver bream pays little attention to the roughness of the equipment. There is no point in using “thin” and ultra-sensitive equipment. Usually a line with a diameter of 0.12 mm is sufficient, and if you are catching fish heavier than 0.5 kg, it makes sense to take a line with a diameter of 0.16 mm.
FEATURES OF FISHING AND FEEDING TECHNIQUES
After casting to the chosen point and after the float takes its working position, you can simply watch how the equipment floats according to the will of the current. You can periodically hold the rig with a rod, as is done in classic fishing. You can finely twitch the equipment, that is, use all sorts of techniques to give the bait additional movements and vibrations that today attract fish. If the bottom is flat and the place is well-fed, then it makes sense to periodically increase the descent and drag the bait, and often the bait, along the bottom. It must be said that dragging along the bottom is one of the most effective when catching any large fish. The stronger the current, the more effective this wiring is.
The highest quality retrieves, including holding the rig above the fishing point, are obtained with flat floats, but now there is no point in using them. The fact is that in the current where flat floats work well, there are no silver bream now. When fishing for silver bream, bait and even bait are necessary only if the exact location of the flock has not been discovered. It is interesting that bait works better on large rivers, and groundbait on small rivers. Apparently, this is due to the fact that on small rivers the migration routes of the silver bream are longer. The flocks of silver bream are so dense that, like locusts, they quickly eat up the food and move on.
If a flock of silver bream finds bait, then, especially in the dark, you can feed it, or you don’t have to feed it. The main thing is that the flock does not leave. On the one hand, the silver bream prefers food of animal origin, and there is no point in catching it for bread. On the other hand, it responds well to any bait based on plant components. It has been noticed that if bloodworms, maggots or a worm are present in the bait, then the silver bream eats them up. If there are no animal components in the bait, then the fish eats only crackers. Therefore, you can use any industrial bait that contains a lot of crackers. But the colder the water, the worse the bream treats plant components. The probable reason is that in cold water odors spread slowly, and the fish themselves completely switch to animal food, that is, in fact, to winter food.
To prolong the bite of a large silver bream for at least half an hour, it must be kept fed with animal components, and crackers and vegetable components must be replaced with neutral ballast. I take mole soil as ballast and mix it with clay. The best feed component of groundbait is maggot; the more of it, the better. However, a large amount of maggots makes the bait balls quickly disintegrate, and in order for the ball to successfully reach the bottom at the selected fishing point, it has to be sculpted immediately before casting. It is not recommended to add bloodworms. This will almost certainly lead to the fact that a large number of either small roach, or perch and bleak will approach the bait. If there is no maggot or there is little of it, it makes sense to use a chopped worm. One large handful is enough, but in this case you need to make the ballast significantly less viscous.
White bream, like any fish of the carp family, does not refuse bloodworms, worms, pearl barley, bread, dough or caddis flies, but it makes sense to catch it with maggots. The greed of the silver bream when going out to feed makes maggot an indispensable bait. The maggot stays perfectly on the hook; you don’t have to replant it after each retrieve or after each bite. And most importantly, the silver bream loves this bait. It is better to plant two to four large fly larvae. Firstly, a large bait will quickly attract the attention of a large silver bream. Secondly, during active biting, you can periodically hook one larva at a time without changing the entire bait. This saves time and increases fishing efficiency during short-term bites.
In late autumn, the silver bream often stops paying attention to the maggot. In such cases, a worm or bark beetle is used. If the fish is large, it makes sense to try fishing with a “sandwich” of worms and maggots. During the most careful bite, they begin to use bloodworms as bait or attach them to maggots. The main thing in catching silver bream in the fall is to find a suitable fishing spot, feed very accurately and do not forget to feed it in time after the start of the bite. Try to fish while holding the bait at the fishing point; change bait, even if bites are rare.
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What to catch silver bream with
Let's look at what you can use to catch silver bream. A variety of baits can be used to catch silver bream. It can peck both on objects of plant origin and on animal prey.
The most popular attachments are:
- canned corn; – steamed barley grains; – mastyrka (recipe for mastyrka made from peas and semolina); – boiled peas.
The listed attachments for silver bream are effective in the summer, when the water is well warmed up.
At low temperatures in the first half of spring and late autumn, animal baits show the best results:
– a simple earthworm or dung worm; – maggot; - bloodworm.
On some reservoirs, silver bream is excellent at catching caddisfly larvae; this bait works from late spring and all summer.
What gear to use
On a calm day, fishing for silver bream will be effective with long casts of bait. A suitable option in this case would be fly rods and plug rods. Where there is a current, you can use Bolognese tackle.
In autumn, fishing for silver bream requires the use of sensitive gear, so the load must be selected in such a way that the bait sinks at low speed. This fish bites quickly, immediately after it notices the worm, but it can also quickly spit it out. To prevent it from falling off, you need to hook it as soon as the bite is noticed. It is important to choose light tackle, because you will have to hold it in your hands for a long time. This is a feeder rod that detects the beginning of a bite when hooking can be done. The fishing line is set thin - less than 0.2 mm, and the leash - 0.14 mm. The parameters of the feeder are determined depending on the strength of the current.
Read: The influence of weather on the biting of silver bream
In autumn, silver bream is caught from the shore using a float rod. It is necessary that the rod be as long as possible. At this time, algae fall to the bottom, and the fish moves to the depths.
Groundbait for silver bream
Bait for silver bream is selected in accordance with the season and characteristics of the reservoir. By the way, the classic bait for bream works great for this fish (see rating of fishing baits), with the only difference being that a more inert bait is used for bream, and a more active one for silver bream. The activity of the bait is achieved by including a larger amount of finely dispersed components in it. In weak currents, activity can be increased by under-wetting the mixture. All of the above is true for catching small specimens. Catching large silver bream is almost identical to catching bream, so there is no difference in feeding.
The bait base consists mainly of breading, flour or ground biscuits. Other waste from bakery production is also quite suitable. Seasonal aromatics and coarse-grained components are added to the bait, which will keep the flock at the point. Coarse-grained components are steamed pearl barley, wheat or oats. Steamed millet works great. In cold water, maggots, ground dreisenna, and chopped worms serve as food fillers. In general, everything is the same as in classic bream fishing.
It is only worth noting that flocks of silver bream are more numerous, so a lot of bait may be required. After the biting stops, which serves as a clear signal that the flock has left for some reason, the point should be fed generously. This will allow you to hold the next school longer, or it will pull bream or other whitefish to the fishing spot.
Feeder equipment for catching silver bream in autumn
We will need several types of fishing rods. If we are fishing in the coastal zone, then a light or medium feeder with a length of 3.6 meters will be quite suitable. If the current is small, then it is better to use a more sensitive light with a test of 60 grams, and if the current is medium, then use mediums with a test of up to 100 grams.
When fishing at medium and long distances, priority is given to fast mediums and heavy ones with a weight of up to 120-140 grams. These feeders are used if it is necessary to cast 60 meters into holes and closer to the riverbed. In low windy weather, sensitive tips are installed, and even hard feeders will show the most gentle bite. Although in the silver bream it is often very bold, and even on donks with hard tips its bites are very clearly visible.
We will attach a 3000-4000 size reel to the rod. Since you will have to fish mainly at medium and long distances, it is better to use high-speed models with a gear ratio of 5.5:1.
Be sure to wind a braided cord with a cross section of 0.1 mm onto the spool. Naturally, the coil must be adapted to work with such thin materials. As for feeder installations, preference is rather given to an asymmetrical loop, which will allow you to record the most delicate bites.
We do it on a separate fishing line with a cross-section of 0.35-0.4 mm. To quickly change feeders, a fastener of the same type is threaded into the loop, as shown in the photo above.
We pay special attention to leashes and hooks. Since fishing is carried out in the autumn and in areas with clean, running water, the leash and hook should be as neat as possible and not stand out on the bottom. Therefore, we use leashes with a thickness of 0.08 - 0.1 mm, and hooks Nos. 16-18 according to international numbering. It is better to give preference to models from Ovner, Gamakatsu and Mustad. Even the smallest hooks from the above-mentioned companies will not let you down during fights with a lively silver bream. You should not think that a large hook is a reliable guarantee when hooking fish. Quite the contrary, in the autumn it is a guarantee that you will be left with an empty fish tank.
When fishing on a shell bottom with such delicate leashes, it is imperative to use a feeder. It is not necessary to use rubber shock absorbers from well-known companies. You can use regular beading rubber with a thickness of 0.6mm. It stretches well and when fishing on steep edges it will help to pull out fish. It is clear that rubber shock absorbers are not a panacea, and they can also be cut and torn by shells. However, practice has shown that the number of gatherings when using feedergam is reduced significantly.
You may also need a shock leader if the bottom is literally strewn with shells or it is stumpy. It is necessary to take 6-8 meters of shock leader with a cross-section of 0.4 mm and tie it to the main fishing line. But not all fishermen resort to this, believing that such a move somewhat coarsens the gear. They are ready to part with several meters of braid damaged by stones and shells at the end of fishing, but they will not use a shock leader. Do what is most convenient and familiar to you.
Tackle and fishing technique
Catching silver bream on a donk
Bottom gear for catching silver bream is not common. But if you have a high-quality “elastic band” or the rolling “donka”, famous on the southern rivers, such fishing can be effective. White bream mainly feeds from the bottom, which is quite suitable for the capabilities of these gears. They fish with a bottom only if the fish is far from the shore, and the fisherman does not have a boat or it is difficult to get to the fishing spot due to some other factors.
Catching silver bream with a float rod
Float equipment for catching silver bream in weak currents
The float rod for catching silver bream must be precisely adjusted. The sensitivity of the tackle is very important when catching this frisky, but not very agile fish. The main line with a cross-section of 0.20 mm should end with a leader no thicker than 0.15 mm. It is necessary to use a composite sinker, and the sub-sink, which should be no more than 2-3 mm in diameter, is placed not farther than 50 mm from the hook. It should be painted white, then it will attract fish no worse than bait: the silver bream is curious and carefully examines everything white for edibility. When fishing from a depth exceeding 3 m, a sliding float is used, which, when combined with a spinning reel, provides high-quality fishing from any depth. Like almost all other fish, the silver bream is susceptible to rain, as well as thunderstorms - at this time a significant increase in biting may be observed.
Groundbait and attachments for silver bream
Feeding gives good results, especially if done a few days before fishing. And when fishing, the presence of a feeder at the fishing point is an almost indispensable element of the hunt for silver bream. It responds well to various plant mixtures intended for attaching carp and crucian carp. They feed the silver bream with the same thing that they will use to fish, but, of course, the quality is worse and in quantities that do not allow the fish to eat. It is best to do this using a feeder installed 1 m from the location of the hook with the nozzle, but slightly upstream.
Baits for catching silver bream depend on the season. In the spring, the fish have a pronounced predilection for bloodworms and dung worms, in the summer for maggots and dough, and in the fall for shellfish meat and jigs.
Silver bream is a rather voracious fish and usually eats a lot of bait (up to 20 liters). It is better to use a feeder for complementary feeding - it is more economical, because You will only need 3-5 liters of bait. Large and heavy particles must be present, because Fishing is carried out on the current, which can carry the food far from the fishing spot.
For silver bream, steamed grains of cereal plants are used, well seasoned with animal additives (bloodworms, maggots). She reacts well to millet and pea porridge with the addition of honey, semolina, pearl barley, oatmeal, and bread. You can use ready-made mixtures for crucian carp, carp, and bream. They begin to bait a few days before fishing.
A characteristic feature of the silver bream is that it immediately swallows the bait, and does not fiddle with it, like many other fish. For bait, you can take worms, bloodworms, bark beetles, burdock moths, pieces of raw perch or the silver bream itself. During the period when insects appear, it is very well caught on beetles, dragonflies, and midges. However, maggot is considered the most effective bait. It also bites well on a jig, regardless of its size and shape. Usually, in a baited area, the bite begins immediately, literally after 1-2 minutes.
Biting and fishing for silver bream
The white bream bite is fast. Already after the first movement of the float, shifting it up or down, as well as in any direction by at least a certain number of millimeters, it is necessary to create an undercut. It is good to do it exactly at the moment the float moves, and not when it stops or dives.
Fishing for silver bream usually does not cause any difficulties. If a particularly large specimen is caught, they act in the same way as when fishing for bream, trying to give the fish a little “take of air.” Then it is transported in the surface layer of water to the boat.
