Making and catching bream, carp and other peaceful fish in winter using a yoke

Winter fishing usually brings fishermen small fish, but there are exceptions to this rule - this is the capture of trophy bream. If you get to a “fishy” place, you can get specimens up to 3 kg. But sometimes you can’t catch bream and other peaceful fish with a classic jig. In this case, fishermen use various gear and techniques. A simple but quite effective fishing method is considered to be a yoke (“whisker”) for winter fishing.

The rocker tackle is a double or triple leash that slides along the base in the form of a tube or wire and is intended mainly for catching bream, although it is also used for catching other peaceful fish.

You can fish throughout the winter, starting with the first ice. It is recommended to choose gear for zone fishing, although running fishing also allows you to use the equipment. Nodding and float rods are equipped with a rocker arm; installation of the tackle does not cause any difficulties.

On sale you can find ready-made “bream rocker” equipment

What can you catch with a mustache?

Fishing in winter with a rocker has one important advantage - there are 2 hooks on the tackle, that is, you can attach several different baits. Fishermen know how difficult it is to choose the right bait for catching fish on an unfamiliar body of water. The rocker makes it possible to significantly increase the chances of a good bite.

Bream, white bream, carp, roach, and crucian carp bite well on the tackle. Due to the special design, the fish does not feel the tension of the line when it swallows the bait, so the hook goes as deep as possible and reliably detects the fish.

Fishing process

To successfully catch bream in winter using a rocker, you need to use a standard approach to winter fishing for this fish. It is the same for any type of gear. First, these fish must first be found. Today the bream pecked here, but tomorrow the flock may move to another place. In winter, the flock often moves in search of food and oxygenated water.

Selecting a location

In winter, bream stays in deep places with fresh water. This fish loves deep-sea colonies of dressena and other mollusks. Long reaches with sufficient depth and a hard bottom near slopes, edges and other irregularities attract it. In large rivers, it is more likely to stand not on a strong stream, but next to it, where the flows change and mix. The flock can also stay under the shore if the depth is sufficient. It is attracted by the confluence of non-freezing streams.

Bream loves fresh and oxygenated water. Even in small rivers in such places you can catch large bream. An echo sounder or underwater camera facilitates the search process. Bream can be caught in almost any atmospheric pressure and weather, the main thing is that there are no sudden jumps and changes.

There is no fishing technique as such - we attach bait, cast and install the tackle and wait for a bite. There are, of course, nuances. The bream is careful while on the ice; the angler must remain quiet - do not knock, do not shuffle, do not drop objects on the ice. You cannot cover the hole from the light with your torso and shadow - such changes in illumination frighten the bream. The hole should always be equally illuminated.

Lure

Proper feeding of bream in winter is the basis for successful fishing. The ideal bait option is live bloodworms or jigs. But it is not always possible to get it. In this case, use vegetable bait, homemade or store-bought. A special feature for fishing in winter is that you cannot overfeed, you only need to cast very little. It is necessary to experiment with specific odors on a pond - the tastes of bream in different conditions may not coincide.

Mormysh crustacean

Live jig (bormash) for bait - always works

Feed bloodworm - in places where jigs are not found

Baits

Bloodworms are most often used in winter. For bream, especially large ones, a bunch of 10-15 larvae is formed on the hook. This can be done manually or with a bundle knitting machine. One or two larvae are crushed with fingers (to enhance the smell). In winter, bream also hunt for maggots, burdock moth larvae (Chernobyl), jigs, caddis flies, earthworms or dung worms. In some reservoirs, bream are successfully caught in winter using vegetable baits: semolina, pea mastyr or steamed barley grains. The main thing is not to overdo it with flavorings, so as not to scare away the fish.

Peculiarities

The first and important point when fishing for bream in winter is active search. The main thing is to find the fish. Then everything depends on the skill of the fisherman, gear, bait and bait. At the fishing site, especially for large bream, you need to be quiet. For such fishing, a hook will come in handy - a large bream may not get even 200 mm into the hole. If the angler is confident in the place and stays for a long time, then it is better to immediately drill double lanes.

Catching bream on a rocker in winter (video):

FISH FAN

: Kamyshanov Andrey.

Experienced amateur fisherman. Popularizer of amateur fishing and practices. With a fishing rod in hand from an early age. Founder and author of the fishing websites Podlednik.ru and Rybafan.ru, as well as the YouTube channel RYBAFAN

Basic equipment elements

The design of the rocker tackle consists of the following elements:

• two arms with rings at the ends 3-5 cm long;
• suspension – a ring measuring 3-6 mm, located between two hangers;
• weight - an “olive” mounted at the bottom of the suspension weighing 3-15 g;
• two leashes measuring 3-6 cm from fishing line with a diameter of 0.11-0.15 mm or winter cord with a cross-section of 0.04 mm;
• on leashes there are hooks No. 12-16.

To prevent the line from twisting, a small swivel with a carabiner is attached to the suspension. Fix the rocker on the main fishing line with a diameter of 0.12-0.22 mm. It is wound on a reel. A float or nod is used as a bite alarm.

Various rocker mounting options

What is the reason for its success?

Firstly, short leashes do not get tangled or overlap. The width of the wire rocker does not allow. Secondly, there are still two leashes, not just one, tied above the feeder, like Sergei’s. Thirdly, hooks with bait are located in close proximity to the feeder, where the aromatic bait “Dunaev” was literally pressed in. Bream" with "Salapin porridge" filling. As for the proximity of the feeder and hooks, short leashes, it should be clarified that fluorocarbon fishing line with a diameter of 0.2 millimeters was used for the leashes. It is almost invisible at the bottom, especially at a depth of about ten meters. It turns out that the bait was simply lying next to the feeder, like a natural scattering of food.

Tackle for fishing with a rocker

The main task is to properly equip the equipment. Elements of tackle that are used when fishing with a rocker:

1. A short winter fishing rod with a handle, a whip, a nod and a stand . The most commonly chosen rods are “balalaika” and “filly”. The nod is lavsan, which is not afraid of low temperatures and is the most sensitive, unlike other products.
2. Monofilament line with a cross section of 0.12-0.22 mm . Some people recommend installing a cord, but in the cold it quickly “dumbs” and freezes.
3. Lead olives or strips are selected by weight, taking into account the presence of current and depth.

Recommendation: when installing the rocker arm to the main line, it is best to use a “palomar” type knot.

Palomar knot

Fishing in snags with a jig - What bait to take, equipment

At the beginning of fishing, you need to decide on the fishing spot and prepare the hole. Then we need to set up a winter fishing rod with a rocker.

Preparations for catching bream on a fishing rod equipped with a rocker arm are carried out as follows:

1. The tackle is brought into combat position.
2. The hooks are equipped with two different baits; later you can switch to the one with the most catch.
3. The equipment sinks to the bottom and becomes alert.
4. The float should be below the surface of the water, and the nod should have an appropriate bend. Adjustments are made by adding or decreasing the number of lead pellets.

Some doners believe that equipping a rocker arm for a feeder is not necessary. Others use this rig and catch fish with it. In this article, we will look at what a feeder beam is and whether it is worth using it at all in this equipment. The correct feeder is fishing with one hook, and the use of more hooks is not justified. However, the rocker is often used by bottomers who are just starting their journey in the feeder, using this equipment as a well-tested option.

Variations on the theme of the winter rocker

Triple rocker helicopter

You can find a version of the equipment in which the rocker arm consists of three arms. This option is not the most popular, due to the fact that it is bulky and overly complicates fishing in practice.

Triple mustache

With retractable leash for summer fishing

If they talk about a rocker with a retractable leash, then they mean Moscow equipment. For installation, a triple swivel is attached to the tip of the monofilament, and a fishing line approximately 30 cm longer is fixed at the bottom.

Cheburashkas or other spinning weights weighing 20-35 g are used as weights. A fishing line about 1 m long is attached to the middle part of the swivel. At its end there is an offset machine No. 12-16.

Moscow equipment

Elements of equipment and subtleties of installation greatly depend on fishing conditions. You can read more about how to install the diverting leash tackle in the article about summer perch fishing with Moscow rigs.

Feeder installation Paternoster

The first loop is tied to the end of the main line where the bait is located. The second one is knitted about 1 meter higher.

The main advantage of this equipment is the speed and ease of installation, which makes it possible to build the equipment directly on the reservoir.

Installation of tangle-free tackle

In this case, a triple swivel is not required; instead, a rocker arm is installed on the bream. It is attached to the middle loop, to the main fishing line.

A weight is attached to one shoulder using a clasp. For the second - a leash with an attachment. This option is convenient to use because it hardly gets tangled and can be used when fishing from the bottom.

Types of beams for catching bream in winter

Depending on the material used to make the rocker frame, there are 2 types: plastic tube and steel wire.

Rocker arm made of plastic tube

This type of rocker consists of:

• Olive sinkers with drilled axial and transverse (done perpendicular to the axis of the load) holes
• Two “shoulders” - sections from the empty ballpoint pen, each 5–6 cm long, inserted into the axial hole of the sinker on both sides;
• A short piece of the same rod, 2 cm long, inserted into a hole transverse to the axial one;
• Two fishing line leashes 15–20 cm long with No. 10 hooks at the ends.

Each leash is threaded through the shoulder and central (upper) tubes. Fixing the leashes and adjusting the required length is done using stop beads placed on them.

In order for the tackle to be invisible in the water, it is painted with a permanent marker in a color corresponding to the bottom soil (yellow, black, reddish).

Wire rocker

• A wire rocker for bream is a very common type of this gear. It consists of the following parts:
• A single piece of steel wire 10-12 cm long with 2 rings made at the edges for leads and a central suspension for the main fishing line.
• Sinkers are olives of a frame clamped on a wire below the suspension.
• Two leashes 4–5 cm long

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How to make a rocker tackle with your own hands: instructions and video tips

Before you make a rocker for fishing, you need to understand the main task of this equipment, namely, the distribution of leashes on both sides of the equipment. This is the simplest gear, so it is not advisable to purchase it. As for making the rocker arm, there shouldn’t be any difficulties with this either.

Insulation option

It is very easy to make a winter rocker out of insulation. Step-by-step instruction:

1. For installation you will need a piece of wire insulation with a cross section of 15 cm.
2. A monofilament line is threaded through the hole, where hooks are tied on both sides of the leashes (4-6 cm).
3. The tube is clamped with a lead strip, which is the shipment.
4. Then the tackle is fixed to the main fishing line with a carabiner.

Plastic rocker for fishing
If you assemble the rocker at home, then it makes sense to prepare several pieces, with different shipments.

Wire based

How to make a mustache from wire, step-by-step instructions:

1. You will need a piece of thin and rigid wire with a cross section of 1-2 mm. You can use a template for installation.
2. To make a template, you will need a piece of board on which 3 points of future bends are marked with a marker. Then nails 2-4 mm thick are driven into this place.
3. The next stage is the creation of tackle according to the template. The hinges are bent onto the nails. Next, the tackle is removed and given the required shape.
4. Afterwards you need to equip. The monofilament is threaded through 3 loops so that on the outermost loops the fishing line protrudes by about 5-6 cm, where the hooks are tied. Moreover, the fishing line must pass freely through the loops.

Before tying the rocker arm to the main line using the middle loop, you need to select weights for shipping; they are attached to the top of the rig.

Production and shipment of rocker arms for winter fishing:

How to make a rocker arm from a leash

To do this, you will need a main weight with an eyelet for fixation and a longitudinal hole. Driver material is used as the shoulders of the rocker arm, where cambrics are installed at the ends.

Manufacturing process:

1. A cambric is installed in the hole of the weight and fixed with superglue.
2. A fishing line and a Kevlar leash are threaded through the cambric.
3. Cambrics are also put on the ends, which must be securely on the leash.
4. We put the line into the cambrics and install the stoppers.
5. We attach the hooks.

The tackle is suspended from the main line using a ring on a weight.

Sliding leashes

We make equipment according to the template. The leads should easily pass through the 3 rings. They are then attached loop to loop with a swivel and main line. The length of the leashes should be limited by stoppers (otherwise the yoke will slide onto the hooks). A stopper is also installed in front of the swivel.

When making a rocker arm, it is necessary to process all the metal parts through which the fishing line is passed.

Sliding leashes

"Yoke" made of insulation

This manufacturing option is simple:

• To do this, you need to have a piece of insulation from an electrical wire up to 150 mm long.
• A fishing line is pulled through the hole in the tube, to which hooks are attached on both sides of the tube. The distance from the tube to the hooks is 5-7 cm.
• The tube is crimped with a strip of lead, which will serve as a weight.
• After this, a piece of insulation with hooks is attached to the main fishing line. Alternatively, you can use a carabiner.
• If you make a “yoke” at home, you can prepare several pieces at once, with different loads and different hooks.

Baits and baits

When winter fishing for bream and other peaceful fish on a rocker, the use of both plant and animal baits is allowed. Among the latter, bloodworms are usually chosen. In addition to it, fish also bite on:

• moth and caddis larva;
• maggot;
• worm

The following herbal attachments are used:

• semolina;
• Hercules;
• pearl barley;
• pasta.

For better effect, the bait is flavored with anise or vanilla spray.

Gear selection

For fishing, you should choose the gear that the fisherman knows best. Usually, in order to increase the likelihood of a bite, they fish from two or three holes with several fishing rods. At the same time, they use different attachments, different tackles, and different game tactics. Bream rarely catches in mid-water, so different types of gear are rarely used - they are mostly caught only from the bottom.

Float rod

The most traditional tackle for catching bream. A fishing rod is used in the form of a filly, which can be placed on the ice. When fishing for bream, a tent is often used. Finding fish at this time is not always effective, but it’s still warmer and more comfortable in a tent. Usually two to four fishing rods are installed through holes in the ice, not far from each other.

The float is used as a bite alarm. You can fish both in current and in still water. Bream still prefers to avoid places with strong currents at this time. For currents, use a rig with a sinker lying on the bottom and a side leash; for still water, a classic hanging rig with a sinker above the hook. Sometimes they use a rig with a main sinker or sub-weight lying on the bottom.

A bream bite in summer is noticed by the rise of the float and movement to the side. In winter, the float can rise during a bite if you use a feeder lying on the bottom, then it also moves to the side. This is very noticeable, even if the tackle is not very clearly set up. Still, it is recommended to use a high-quality float setting, because in this case even a careful bite will be noticeable.

Read: Techniques for catching pike on girders and preparing gear in winter and summer

The float rod itself is not used very often. Most often it is combined with jig fishing.

Tips for choosing bait for bream

Spring baits Depending on weather conditions in the spring, bream can actively react to different baits: March: bloodworms, worms, semolina, dough. April worms, maggots, bloodworms. May peas, corn, dough, pasta, semolina, bread, boiled wheat , pearl barley. The higher the air and water temperatures, the faster the bream switches from animal baits to plant baits.

Summer baits In the summer heat, many people complain about the complete lack of bite, but this is not always true.

Correctly selected bait can attract the attention of bream even in the heat. June: worm, maggot, corn, peas, pasta. July: steamed pearl barley, maggot worm in the form of sandwiches. August: bread, pasta, corn, maggot worm. Temporary decreases in temperature indicators will entail a return of bream to animal types of bait; vegetable bait should be offered in hot weather.

Autumn baits In the autumn, bream continue to be actively caught on the feeder; groundbait and bait, as before, should work in tandem in such gear

As the temperature drops, bream will again want “meat” baits. September: earthworms and dung worms, maggots, hominy, bread, steamed cereals. October: bloodworms, worms, less often maggots. November: maggots and bloodworms, baits of plant origin will not work

It is important to understand that the bait used in crushed form must be added to the bait.

Winter baits In winter, bait for bream is very important; it is more difficult for passive fish to attract attention. Therefore, the selection of bait should be approached very carefully. December: sandwiches made from pieces of worms, bloodworms and maggots, less often boiled peas are used. January: bloodworms, worms. February: worms, bloodworms, semolina, peas

You can experiment and try using the dough as bait; at the end of February, bream can respond well to this species.

Jig tackle

Catching bream with a jig is an exciting activity. Due to the fact that you often have to fish in wintering pits, a large jig is used for bream - from 5-6 grams in weight. A large hook reach is also required in order to attach a large bait that is inaccessible to small fish. Bream is much more willing to take a large jig than other types of fish.

Under-ice feeder

The under-ice feeder is pure perversion. It can be successfully replaced by a regular feeder, which delivers food to the bottom, and a float rod or jig, which is used to fish directly from the bait spot. Due to the vertical nature of fishing, the tackle will be delivered very accurately. However, such a thing may seem interesting to fans of feeder fishing, or in some cases, when there is a high frequency of bites and a very high density of fish, they can deliver bait without losing the fishing pace, and then get the fish back. In winter, this situation rarely happens with bream.

Catching bream on a rocker: search and technique

In order for the rocker to work effectively (as, indeed, any other equipment), you need to choose the right fishing location depending on the conditions, winter periods and other factors:

1. With the establishment of the first strong ice, the fish is at a depth of 3-5 meters. To find a bream site, you need to make several holes. It is recommended to do them on edges, depth changes, and holes.
2. With the onset of severe frosts, the fish go to a depth of 7-12 meters.
3. After the freeze-up begins, there is not enough oxygen in the water for the fish, so it tries to find appropriate places. These are underground springs, areas into which non-freezing small rivers flow.
4. At night, bream often bites at a depth of 2-4 meters.

Lure

Feeding for catching bream using the “whisker” can be prepared at home; there are several ways to do this:

1. Boiled peas are passed through a meat grinder and mixed with ground breadcrumbs.
2. Bait made from crackers (0.6 kg), millet (0.5 kg), ground seeds (0.2 kg), rolled oats (0.3 kg) is universal. You can also add 0.5 tsp to it. vanilla, and before immersing in the bloodworm hole.
3. The simplest recipe is mixing breadcrumbs (0.5 kg) and semolina (0.3 kg). This mixture is already ready for use.

Fishing tactics

Fishing occurs according to the following scheme:

1. Having selected a place for fishing, you need to make 5-10 holes in a checkerboard pattern, where the feeding is placed.
2. After half an hour, you can start fishing, starting from the first rested hole.
3. A bunch of bloodworms is used as bait. It is recommended to crush one larva, so the smell will quickly attract bream.
4. When biting, the fish lifts the arm of the rocker arm, as a result of which the float rises. It is at this time that you should do the hooking.

Attention: If you need to sit on one hole for a long time, it is recommended to have a tent with you; it can protect you from frost and other troubles.

A visual video about catching bream in winter on a rocker: search, presentation, tactics and fishing technique:

Installation with rocker arm

To make a feeder tackle with a rocker, we pass the main fishing line through a feeder, tube or sinker. We tie the end to the eye of the wire with any knot - a clinch, a palomar or a fishing self-tightening loop. It can be knitted as a separate bundle on a piece of fishing line, braid or fluorocarbon with a carabiner and swivel at the other end for attaching to the warp. You can also do this directly on the main cord, fishing line or shock leader. Accordingly, we tie leashes with hooks on the shoulders. The connection points with the base and leads can be covered with heat-shrinkable tubes. The thickness of the leashes and hooks are selected based on the size of the bait and the intended trophy. This equipment works both in still water and in currents. When fishing in the current, stickier plasticine-like bait is clogged into the feeder.

A feeder with a rocker is usually used according to the tactics of conventional bottom fishing, with the equipment installed for a long time. The bait is stuffed into the feeder and the bottom is thrown into a promising point in the reservoir until it bites. If there is no bite for a long time, we transfer it to another place. If the angler likes to fish using tempo tactics, then most likely the installation with a rocker arm will not be useful. In proper tempo feeder fishing, classic rigs with one hook are used.

Inline feeders

For installation using the inline principle for feeder equipment with a rocker arm, weighted springs and watermelons of any design are suitable. The weight of the load is selected depending on the fishing conditions so that the equipment is not carried away by the current. Both store-bought feeders and homemade options are suitable. This rig can also use method feeders and inline nets, although real fans of a pure feeder will call this approach blasphemy.

Helicopter with lever

If two hooks are not enough, you can place a third one above the feeder, on a special wire outlet or according to the principle of a feeder helicopter, on a hinge unit between two stoppers. In the case of passive fishing and installing a fishing rod for a long time, such equipment allows you to test three different attachments at once. The upper leash is also made short and made of stiff fishing line so as not to get twisted when reeling out the tackle.

On the anti-twist

Feeder installation with a rocker arm is also done on the anti-twist using the same principle. A wire structure with leashes is tied to the end of the main line. A bumper bead must be placed between the assembly and the tube. It is advisable to use the installation of a rocker arm on a feeder with an anti-twist in conditions where there are a lot of fish and they are not afraid of rough equipment. A bulky tube is also added to the wire fork. Article about installing a feeder anti-twist.

The use of two hooks in the feeder is not recommended. At the transitional stage from donkeys, such installations can still be used. However, it is still worth listening to the true feeder fishing technique, which involves the use of more sensitive and accurate rigs. However, the main difference is the tactics. Feeder implies active fishing, constant feeding, and frequent recasts to the same point. If you hang a bottom rig on a rod with a quiver tip and cast it somewhere, without carefully measuring and feeding the point, this will not turn this bottom into a feeder. The tackle will remain the bottom, mounted on a more advanced feeder rod. A feeder is more than just a rod with a flexible tip. This is a different tactics and fishing technique in principle.

Fishing for roach with a yoke

The same rocker that is used for fishing for bream is also used for roach. In this case, on the outlet, the length of the leash is made such that the hook does not catch on the main fishing line when lowering the rig to the bottom. A small hook is required for roach; this fish has a small mouth; as a rule, number 12-18 is used.

The float is also chosen to be small, and it is selected so that the weight and hooks can confidently sink it to a certain depth. The tackle is also adjusted so that the float is slightly submerged in the hole, otherwise it will freeze into the ice crust when frozen.

Worms, maggots, and bloodworms are used as bait for roaches, but the latter is the most promising.

Bait and proper feeding of bream

It is convenient to deliver the bait to the bottom using a feeder, which will open and release the bait only at the very bottom, after you jerk the line

There are different ways to lure fish to the hole. You can buy a ready-made mixture in the store, and some anglers prepare their own bait. Here are some proven recipes.

1. The peas are steamed until cooked and then put through a meat grinder. When hot, pea porridge is mixed with breadcrumbs. All you have to do is add flavoring (a few drops of anise) and you can go fishing.
2. A universal bait will be a mixture of millet (500 g), breadcrumbs (600 g), rolled oats (250 g), ground fried seeds (150 g). 0.5 tsp is suitable as a flavoring. vanillin. Before lowering the bait into the hole, feed bloodworms or maggots are added.
3. The simplest version of bait is made from 500 g of breadcrumbs and 300 g of semolina. Just stir the mixture and you can fill the feeder.
4. To deliver bait to the bottom, you need a simple feeder, which opens when you sharply lift it from the bottom. It is tied to a fishing line or cord, the supply of which is stored on a simple reel.

Carp fishing

The equipment is also used for carp fishing. To do this, choose a jig rod with a nod, which is equipped with a heavy sinker fixed in the middle to the main fishing line. A wire measuring 12-15 cm runs across the weight. At the ends there are small leashes with hooks.

This equipment works effectively with any type of bottom sediments. The main line is constantly tensioned, and the entire load from the weight falls on the nod. The carp calmly swallows the hooked bait. All further actions can be clearly seen on the nod.

Rocker arm in bottom equipment and in feeder

The yoke rig is a metal outlet for two short leashes with hooks. Typically used in donks and zakidushki. On short leashes you can place regular bait, foam balls or floating boilies. The wire lays on the bottom, and the bait with negative buoyancy rises to the length of the leader. A rocker arm is usually placed on the feeder when fishing with it as a donkey or at the initial level of the English method of fishing. Adherents of the pure feeder are sure that this is a version of “bludgeoners”, and special equipment must be used in the feeder. More information about feeder installations:

Secrets of the experienced - how to increase efficiency when fishing with a rocker in winter

In order to constantly have a catch, you need to follow a number of recommendations from experienced fishermen:

1. It is advisable to plant bloodworms in a bunch.
2. Bait on the current is delivered using a feeder directly on the equipment, or through “dump trucks” lowered into special holes that are located upstream.

   
   Feeder dump truck in the form of a pyramid

3. There is no need to fuss over the hole, otherwise the fish will get scared and leave. Silence in the fishing area increases the chances of catching large specimens.
4. The bream are usually the first to bite, then the large fish come up.
5. Taking into account the fastidiousness of bream in winter, you should have several bait options in your arsenal.
6. When fishing at night, it makes sense to use hooks with phosphorus beads.

Another video that talks about catching bream on a rocker:

Catching even neat peaceful fish with whiskers will not be difficult. This is a very affordable tackle suitable for catching the most wary fish. All you need to do is choose the right place, feed the hole and persistently wait for a bite. The reward for this will be an excellent catch of large bream, roach, and carp.

Nozzle or with nozzle

As such, there are no baitless types of jigs intended only for hunting bream. For the case of reelless fishing, the fisherman will have to experiment, empirically selecting the fishing tool that is suitable at one time or another. Therefore, breamers have a set of mothless baits in their winter arsenals, increasing the likelihood of choosing a workable bait. Devils and goats are actively used in bream strategies during the period of first ice and after the last ice, more often in the spring.

The overwhelming majority of reelless fish are equipped with a pair of beads, which, when animated with bait, can not only attract the fish visually, but also complement the game with a jig with a sound effect. At this time, schools of bream circle in shallow waters and are often active, without requiring additional bait or abundant complementary feeding.

Read Tungsten jigs for winter fishing

No-nozzle devils and pellets with bloodworms

During the period of deep winter or already established ice, after the first wave of early winter bite, bream retreat to significant depths. In the middle of nowhere, a method of attaching fish for a long time while keeping the school at the fishing point is mandatory. The fish are mostly passive and are more likely to be attracted by bait with natural animal bait. As a refill, a classic attachment in the form of bloodworms is used, as well as burdock and pieces of dung worm, and occasionally maggots.

Search for fishing spots

Bream form schools of varying densities both in summer and winter. The larger the reservoir and the better the food supply, the larger these accumulations and the higher the average mass of fish in them. Despite the fact that bream is common in many bodies of water, the best fishing usually occurs on medium and large rivers, large lakes and reservoirs.

In small rivers, schools of bream are often not large, and the size of the fish in them is small. This does not allow you to consistently catch bream and it is often caught as a bonus when fishing for roach or silver bream. Therefore, targeted winter fishing is best done in large bodies of water.

On rivers on the first ice, bream can still reach shallow reaches with a smooth but not strong current. At this time, it can be successfully caught in such places with some gear mixed with silver bream, sopa or blue bream. The farther from the opening of the winter fishing season, the less often bream are caught in such places.

They finally go into deep holes, backwaters and go out into relatively shallow water (with depths of 2-3 meters) only for a short time during thaws. In reservoirs, bream, as a rule, occupies places on the edges and slopes with great depths.

This fish is quite critical of the oxygen content in the water and gravitates to places with a constant supply of fresh water, for example, near the confluence of rivers and streams into the reservoir. He likes to stand on the border of the riverbed flow and deep irrigation and creeks.

Therefore, in the middle of nowhere, you should not expect good bream fishing in silted backwaters and creeks with dying vegetation. Here it will begin to appear closer to spring, when fresh water flows under the ice.

On reservoirs where there are pike perch, do not forget that often the parking places of these fish coincide. If you know where pike-perch anglers have good catches, then you can look for bream there. In any case, in the depths of winter, bream gravitate to depths with bottom anomalies, but without powerful snags and bottom debris.