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Bream details - Abramis brama Because of their distinctive shape, it is understandable why a bream of the maximum length of up to 80cm is called a dustbin lid. It certainly wouldn't be a kid, probably nearer the (max) age of 18 years and one of the few to attain the rarely exceeded weight of 14lb. Bream love a sweet flavour and will often switch on if you put down a bed of groundbait such as beet laced with caster and or squatt. Fish a groundbait feeder over the top of this with a cocktail bait of, worm and caster or maggot, to a size 16 hook. Double red maggot also works well as does bread and more frequently, sweetcorn. Bream
Bream are bottom feeders, living mainly on insect larvae from the muddy beds of canals, lakes and slow-flowing rivers. They lay their spawn among weeds in shallow water during June and July, at which time the males develop white lumps, called tubercles, on their heads. |
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