Somehow, by chance, I caught myself thinking that in the fall, in the conversations of floaters about past and planned fishing trips, there is no mention of such a fish as the silver bream. Not that it is completely absent, but it occurs very rarely and by chance. I conducted a brief survey of my friends, and it turned out that none of them specifically fish for this fish. Of course, in spring, summer and even winter, almost all of them periodically hunt for the silver bream, especially when there is a movement of large fish, but not in the fall. The exception is when catching this fish around October on the Lower Volga, when large silver bream gathers in huge flocks before taking up winter camps.
Of the reservoirs more or less close to Moscow, probably only on the Oka there are individual hunters for the autumn bream. At first glance, this may seem somewhat strange, but if you look at it, there is nothing surprising. It's all about the behavior of the fish itself. As the water gets colder, the silver bream always stands at great depths, which can be found at a significant distance from the shore. It is equally important that the fish that have eaten over the summer are not too hungry and do not chase food, but prefer to take a stationary bait. This makes float fishing very difficult and makes it really possible only in certain places, both on bodies of water with a current, and on reservoirs and large lakes.
Fishing places
Tew float fishing is no less interesting and, under certain conditions, very effective. 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 day. Often in good weather In the evening, the fish leaves the depths in places where the channel comes close to the banks, there is drooping underwater vegetation, and bites here in .
Canals with a rocky bottom are very promising, especially where they are blocked by dams or overflows. You can almost always find silver bream down to the frosts below the warm water discharges from the state district power plant, for example in Konakovo near Moscow. Deep areas at the edge of the current are good here. The mouths of irrigation canals are promising, of which there are plenty throughout the Moscow region. Here I always look for places with rocks at the bottom or with hard clay soil. 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.
Peculiarities of behavior of silver bream in autumn
It has been noticed that from 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, these fish from the bay move first to the shallows among the depths, where they compete with bream for some time, and then move to deeper waters. deep 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 uncomfortable 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 because 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. I prefer Bolognese tackle for fishing in weak currents on one of the canals, for example, at the entrance from the Volga to the Canal named after. Moscow, or in another suitable place.
In my opinion, it is very important to choose equipment of such mass 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-reinforcement weighing up to 0.3 g. In weak currents, a support sinker 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 Briscola Fiamma bolo rods with a length of 5, 6 and 7 m. Practice shows that when there is practically no current, then approximately 1 g of the float’s carrying capacity is required at 1 m of depth. 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, I 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.
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 I use floats from the same company with a classic spindle shape. 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 fishing line with a diameter of 0.12 mm is sufficient. and if you catch fish heavier than 0.5 kg, it makes sense to take a 0.16 mm fishing line.
Features of fishing techniques and bait for autumn silver bream
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 school has not been discovered. The interesting thing is that on big rivers Bait works better, and for smaller ones, bait works better. 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 it... 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. As ballast, I take mole soil and mix it with clay.
The best feed component of groundbait is maggot and 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.
I do not recommend adding 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.
The fish is not a shy type, so fishing for silver bream is done with a fishing rod. Likes to live near steep banks and under trees hanging over the water. The silver bream swims in schools, which is why it has this name. When cold weather sets in, the fish go to the bottom and stay there until spring. With the arrival of warmer weather, the fish return to their favorite habitats. They catch it at any time of the year.
This fish is an omnivore, so no special bait is needed to catch it. Excellent bite on maggots.
The silver bream bites on the following baits:- maggot;
- dung worm;
- crawling out;
- bloodworm;
- dough;
- pearl barley porridge.
Animal baits are usually used in autumn or spring. During this period, the fish requires energy food. Plant-type baits are used in the summer when the water is warm.
The bite is restored if complementary foods are used.
The same grains used as complementary food are suitable for catching bream. It is mixed with earth or clay, bloodworms. To enhance the effect, add dry milk or breadcrumbs to the bait.
The intensity of the bite is affected weather. When autumn comes, the silver bream switches to food of animal origin in order to stock up on fat for winter. If the autumn is warm, you can also fish with plant bait. In summer, a butterfly or grasshopper is suitable as bait. There is no need to hook it - the fish swallows the bait perfectly.
Catching fish such as silver bream is possible all year round. As soon as the ice melts on the reservoirs, active biting begins. It continues until the females leave for spawning. The fish bite equally both during the day and at night. In the morning and night hours, larger individuals are caught. In the summer heat there may be no bite at all. At the first cold snap, it goes to the bottom, lying in holes.
In winter, it lives in large concentrations in pits, periodically coming to the shore. It is also found in places where ice melts. You can fish in these places all winter. When the ice cover ends, it moves to the coastal shallows - you can catch it with a regular fishing rod. Thin equipment for this period is suitable, because the silver bream at this time is sluggish and inactive.
There is one secret - the fish loves to “play”, so while fishing you can slightly tug the tackle. During this game she will take the bait. It can be removed from the water with a light hook.
For fishing, standard tackle with a float or feeder is suitable for catching fish from the bottom. The fisherman chooses what to fish with on his own. If you are fishing on a river with steep banks, then it is better to use a float. If the bank is hollow, then the ideal option is bottom tackle for casting bait as deep as possible.
There are no requirements for fishing gear for catching silver bream - it is small in size and easy to catch. Fishing for silver bream is carried out using fishing line of various lengths - it will bite even on rough gear.
Fishing should be done with the following gear:- fishing line up to 0.3 mm thick;
- hooks No. 5 and 6.
The fish has a small mouth, so large hooks will not work.
False bites are likely due to the inability to swallow the bait correctly.
Fishing for silver bream should be done on a hook number 5. But it all depends on the type of bait. A small hook is more likely to catch a small specimen. Bream can bite at the same time as this fish, so a hook number 6 is also suitable.
Catching silver bream is also possible after baiting it. To do this, use porridge, crushed grains, bran, etc. Using a net with small cells, bait is thrown into the fishing area.
Basic rules on how to catch silver bream:- the tackle is cast away from the feeder;
- The line coming off the reel must be controlled with your finger;
- if a bite is noticed, the line is pressed against the rod with your finger;
- The bait should be introduced closer to the bottom.
After hooking, the fish will begin to resist, and will move the line in a circle. In this case, you must try to lift it to the surface so that the fishing line does not get tangled.
The bait should be placed in a place downstream from the fishing site.
Catching silver bream is a simple process, because it is unpretentious. It is impossible to overfeed her. One feeding is enough for about 30 minutes, after which it is necessary to throw in new bait. The fish is not afraid of the sound of falling bait, so the bite will not stop when casting again. The right approach to fishing will bring not only positive emotions, but also a good catch.
Among fishermen, the silver bream has no fewer fans than, say, bream, carp or crucian carp. Maybe not all fishermen were lucky enough to see a kilogram silver bream, but those who happened to hold such a fish on a fishing rod will agree that it makes sense to hunt for a large specimen of this fish.
The silver bream is not found in every body of water. Usually the catches are dominated by fish weighing up to 100 g, which are caught along with roach. Large individuals lead a rather secretive lifestyle, adhering to great depths and currents and constantly migrating in search of food. Discover big fish possible only on a large river and very rarely in a deep flowing lake. However, in some lakes this fish can reach record sizes, but it is much less common to find it there than in the river.
There are several days a year when it makes sense to specifically fish for large silver bream. The first period of movement of schools of this fish is observed in May - June before spawning, the second - at the end of August. The summer run is less noticeable, so most fishermen are not even aware of it. The good thing about the spring move is that it is not only relatively easy to find fish, but also to adapt to the fishing conditions.
Despite the fact that in the evening hours the silver bream tends to come close to the shore, it still prefers to stick to the depths. And the weaker the current, the greater the depth of its location. Therefore, for fishing it is better to select places where the depth is close to the shore. Medium-sized rivers are most convenient for fishing, since large and wide bodies of water often have problems finding a suitable place. Large silver bream enters small rivers extremely rarely, only if the depth allows.
Promising and convenient for fishing are rivers that flow into flowing reservoirs. For example, tributaries of the Volga. Of the rivers near Moscow, the most interesting are the Volga, Oka, Nerl Volzhskaya, and the lower reaches of the Dubna.
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The spring pre-spawning “washing” of the silver bream is somewhat reminiscent of the movement of the roach, but the silver bream does not rise as high as the roach or ide, and does not go out into shallow water. Its progress is usually limited to a certain depth on the river bed. The gustera rises until the depth becomes, for example, 3 m, and goes no further. For a large silver bream, this limit can be 4–6 m. Small silver bream rises much higher, and some fish remain in the river throughout the summer.
The water temperature is of great importance for the white bream: in order for the eggs to develop, it must be at least +16°C.
When choosing a fishing spot, you should pay attention to sandy and pebble shores. It is very good if such a site is located near the core of the current, and there is a depression with a smooth, weak current near the shore. Very good places are located behind underwater spits, as well as deep areas on the border of current and standing water.
The largest specimens can sometimes be found in deep irrigation in the immediate vicinity of the bank edge (this is typical for canals), as well as at the mouth of a tributary channel or at the exit of an underwater ditch.
This fish, as a rule, avoids silted areas. This is due to the fact that the main food for large silver bream is not bloodworms, but aquatic worms and zebra mussels.
When to catch
The time of fishing is also important. It has been noticed that during the day this fish prefers to stay close to the bream, that is, at depth. But before sunset, flocks of silver bream approach the shore without entering shallow places. The usual fishing depth is 2–5 m. The evening bite begins an hour before sunset and, if there is no wind, can continue for an hour after sunset. In spring, the bite sometimes lasts all day, but the silver bream is more active in the afternoon. However, if the fishing spot is abundantly fed in the evening, then in the morning you can expect a good result.
The evening activity of this fish is explained by the fact that in the pre-sunset hours insect larvae and worms living in the coastal zone become more accessible.
A special case is fishing for large silver bream at the mouth of a tributary or at the exit of a ditch. Before sunset, this fish rushes here, as well as into the deep bays of rivers for night feeding. The white bream is a migratory fish here, so the bite sometimes lasts no more than half an hour. It is not possible to hold the fish with bait for a long time during the move.
Tackle
A fly rod is preferable during the period of very active biting. This is due to the fact that, unlike bream, the silver bream grabs the bait as soon as it comes into the fish’s field of vision. In this case, there is no need to talk about this or that type of wiring; the main thing is to quickly deliver the bait to the desired point.
If during the course the silver bream stops for several days in some place and the bite turns out to be longer, then preference should be given to the plug. It is absolutely irreplaceable in strong currents. Equipment with a flat float allows you to hold the bait for as long as you like at the fishing point.
It is necessary to choose a fishing rod of optimal length and, most importantly, power.
When the silver bream bites, it is caught on every retrieve. Even a 200-gram fish resists very actively, so it’s worth choosing a rod that will allow a silver bream weighing 600–800 g to be dragged out. For these purposes, rods made of either high-quality fiberglass or hybrid glass-carbon composite are better suited.
The short duration of the active bite forces the use of not only powerful fishing rods, but also the appropriate equipment. During very active biting, the silver bream pays little attention to the roughness of the equipment, even during summer fishing. Therefore, there is no point in using too sensitive and thin equipment.
Usually a fishing line with a diameter of 0.12 mm is sufficient, and if you are catching fish heavier than 0.5 kg, then it makes sense to take a fishing line with a diameter of 0.16 mm.
When designing equipment, you need to correctly select the mass of the load and the carrying capacity of the float. Too light equipment takes a long time to sink, and very heavy equipment with its resistance alerts the fish. In medium currents, when the fishing depth is 3–4 m, I use a fly rod and equipment weighing 3 g, and in strong currents I use a plug with equipment weighing up to 8 g.
The design of the equipment is very simple, since the silver bream is exclusively a bottom-dwelling fish. No special wiring techniques are required. It is best to hold the rig at the fishing point or let it swim freely. Therefore, the loading of the equipment is divided into two parts: the sub-weight and the main sinker. Weight of supplementary grease - no more than 0.2 g; leash - no longer than 10 cm. Before fishing, it is necessary to accurately determine the depth and make the descent so that the bait touches the bottom.
Bait and what to fish with?
When fishing for silver bream, bait is absolutely necessary. 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 reacts well to any industrial bait, the basis of which is plant components. It has been noticed that if bloodworms, maggots or a worm are present in the bait, then the silver bream eats them first. If there are no animal components in the bait, then the fish eats only crackers. Therefore, you can use any domestically produced industrial bait that contains a lot of crackers. First of all, roach-bream baits are suitable for cold water, but with a high content of proteins and freeze-dried maggots.
To maximize the bite of a large silver bream, it should be kept in the feeding area with animal components. The best additive is maggot, and 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 is necessary to additionally add a binder.
It is not worth adding bloodworms, as it will attract a large number of small roach, perch or bleak to the bait, which will not allow the bait to reach the bottom.
During the spring run, steamed wheat and oats are excellent bait. In this case, you need to use grains as bait. By the way, I think it is wrong when it is advised to select the largest grains for bait, since often the fish only grab small ones.
But maggot is considered the best bait. First of all, it holds the hook very well; you don’t have to replant it after each retrieve or bite. It is better to put two or four large larvae on the hook: firstly, a voluminous bait will quickly attract the attention of a large silver bream, and secondly, during active biting you can periodically place one larva on the hook at a time without changing the entire bait on the hook. This saves time and increases fishing efficiency during short-term bites. Replacing sucked maggots does not always lead to activation of the fish. If the water is cloudy, then instead of a pink maggot I put a yellow larva, which is better visible. When fishing on small rivers, you can successfully use pieces of worms or caddis, although in this case I consider the latter option wasteful.
The spring movement of the silver bream is short-lived, and it is not possible to catch it every year. But catching small silver bream is also fun and interesting.
Gustera or ploskira, gustyr, ploskushka, lupirka, laskirka (and about a dozen more interesting local names) is the only representative of the genus Blicca and belongs to the family Cyprinidae. This fish sometimes forms unusually dense schools, so dense that there is nowhere to insert an oar, hence the generally accepted name - “breeze bream”.
Appearance
The maximum length of this fish is 35 cm and weighs 1.2 kg. More often, fishermen’s catch contains small specimens weighing up to 200 g.
The tall body of the silver bream, strongly flattened on the sides, is covered with dense, hard scales. The back is painted bluish-gray, the belly and sides are silvery. The head is small, with a blunt nose, large eyes, and a small mouth. At the base of the back of the head there is a leathery groove, not covered by scales. The ventral and pectoral fins of the silver bream have a reddish tint.
White bream and bream
The silver bream is surprisingly similar to a teenage bream. This insidious similarity leads to the fact that inexperienced fishermen unjustifiably destroy young bream, mistaking it for an adult silver bream, and use it as bait, for which it is of little use.
How to distinguish silver bream from bream
- by teeth: the silver bream has seven double-rowed pharyngeal teeth, and the bream has five single-rowed teeth;
- according to the anal fin: the fin of the silver bream is shorter and contains 19-24 rays, while the white bream has about 30;
- by the color of the paired fins: the fins of the silver bream have a pronounced reddish tint, while those of the white bream are gray;
- in the eyes: the eyes of the silver bream are large, with large resin pupils. The bream's eyes are smaller and directed slightly downwards.
- by scales: the silver bream has larger bright silver scales, while the white bream has scales with a bronzed tint.
- in terms of mucus: the white bream has a thicker layer of protective mucus than the silver bream.
Spreading
The silver bream is a common inhabitant of water bodies in Western Europe. Found in Finland, southern Sweden, and Norway. In Russia, this fish is present in almost all seas, flowing lakes, large rivers of the European part of the country, the Urals, Mordovia, Western Siberia. A special species lives in the mountain rivers of the Caucasus - the Transcaucasian silver bream.
Lifestyle
Silver bream is a lazy, sluggish fish, prefers holes, thickets of grass, quiet backwaters with warm water. Does not tolerate cold water and wetlands. When waves erode the coastal edge in windy weather, and worms and insect larvae fall into the water, the silver bream stays very close to the shore. The fish reveals its presence by chains of air bubbles on the surface of the water. The silver bream lives in one place, making small migrations only for wintering and spawning.
Nutrition and development
The silver bream grows very slowly: a one-year-old fish is only 4.5 cm long. In the first four years of life it reaches 15 cm. At the age of nine, the silver bream grows to 20-25 cm and weighs 300-350 g. This fish lives for about 10 years.
The usual diet of silver bream contains a wide variety of aquatic organisms. The fry consume algae and zooplankton: chironomid larvae, rotifers, water mites, cladoceran crustaceans, and oligochaete worms. The oldest and largest individuals of the silver bream prefer to feed on fairly large mollusks (zebra mussels, viviparids).
Spawning of silver bream
The ability to reproduce in white bream begins at the age of 3 (later in northern latitudes). This fish is quite prolific: an adult large female silver bream lays up to 80 thousand eggs. The silver bream spawns from April to June (depending on the region), when the water in the reservoir warms up to 16-18 degrees. With the onset of mating season, the fins of the fish become bright orange, and the gill covers of males are decorated with pearly tubercles. From year to year, dense flocks of silver bream go to the same places. Spawning grounds are quiet oxbow lakes, floodplain reservoirs, coastal areas of bays, lakes, and creeks.
Fishing for silver bream
Many fishermen are very dismissive of this bony and small fish, calling it “plywood”. In fact, the silver bream is an excellent object for exciting sport fishing: firstly, the silver bream, despite its small size, always resists with dignity and requires a certain skill from the fisherman; secondly, successful fishing for silver bream largely depends on the choice of a promising fishing point; thirdly, the active biting of the silver bream promises fast and very exciting fishing. If you accurately target a school, then in half an hour of crazy biting you can catch more fish than sometimes in the whole day.
When is the best time to catch silver bream?
You can fish for silver bream all year round. Trophy specimens of this fish are caught during the short period before spawning, and in the fall, when large individuals prey on fingerlings. The summer fishing season for silver bream begins immediately after spawning. Winter fishing is most productive at the very beginning of freeze-up.
Silver bream is a fish characterized by punctuality. She always sticks to one route and goes out to feed for only a couple of hours in a strictly certain time. Moreover, this time is different for each flock. Therefore, if several such flocks live in the territory, a misconception is created that the white bream bite occurs throughout the day. As dusk approaches, schools of silver bream approach the shore in search of food, however, even at this time this fish avoids small areas. The evening bite begins about an hour before sunset and lasts another 1-2.5 hours.
Where to catch silver bream
For targeted fishing of silver bream, it is necessary to study the features of the reservoir. Schools of this fish can be found:
- in places where there is a sharp drop in the bottom immediately behind the coastal vegetation;
- along the edges of the riverbed;
- on deep-water reaches of rivers;
- behind underwater streamers;
- at the outlet of the underwater channel;
- in depressions at the junction of current and standing water;
Once on a body of water, you should not immediately take up tackle and bait. You must first examine the bottom with a special marker weight. Large silver bream avoids loam, stones, and silt. The fisherman's goal is to find shell rock. Having discovered a colony of mollusks (the favorite delicacy of large silver bream), it is necessary to “clip” the fishing distance, and only after that can you begin mixing bait and preparing for fishing.
Groundbait for silver bream
For successful fishing of silver bream, bait is very important. Grain mixtures with the addition of animal components (maggots, cut worms) are used as a base. A mixture of millet and pea porridges, flavored with honey or artificial flavors, shows good results. You can buy ready-made “roach-bream” bait for cold water, but with a higher content of freeze-dried maggots and proteins (for example, “GV” and “Team Fighter”).
The base mixture must contain large heavy fractions, because Fishing for silver bream occurs when there is a current. It is desirable that the bait be visually attractive and stand out on the underwater ground. To do this, you can add a little pastoncino - colored granules - to the mixture.
It is important that the bait balls are rolled tightly, otherwise they will fall apart before reaching the bottom in the right place. To increase viscosity, there are special compositions, for example, “GV-current” and “Sabaneev Super-soil”.
When catching silver bream on a float, a lot of bait is required, about 20 liters for one day active fishing- swarms of silver bream, like swarms of locusts, are very voracious. At the same time, catching silver bream on a feeder is more economical - it is enough to prepare 3-5 liters of bait.
What does the silver bream bite on?
Like any other carp fish, the silver bream does not refuse larvae of flies, worms, caddis flies, bloodworms, pearl barley, bread, but most often it is caught on maggots. In spring, boiled and swollen barley grains are very effective as bait.
Tackle for silver bream
In winter they catch silver bream on float rod or tackle with a jig; the rest of the time they use float tackle, donks, and even spinning rods.
With continuous biting of white bream, the most effective tackle for high-speed fishing is a fly rod or a plug. Often the fisherman does not have time to fish, and he just has to pull the fish out of the water. Even small silver bream resists quite actively, so you should opt for strong rods (for example, made of glass-carbon composite or high-quality fiberglass), which allow you to quickly pull out a fish weighing 500-800 g. The equipment should also be quite strong, especially since the silver bream is not known for its caution and almost does not notice even rough gear. A 0.12 mm fishing line is quite suitable, but there is a chance to catch specimens heavier than 0.5 kg; you can grab a fishing line with a diameter of 0.16 mm. The float shape is round or drop-shaped.
The hook size, length and diameter of the leash are selected experimentally on each fishing trip. The hooks are single, according to the domestic numbering No. 2.5-5 - the silver bream cannot swallow a larger hook, because This fish has a small mouth.
You can first put a large hook and a half-meter leash of 0.14 mm. If there is no bite, gradually change the length of the leash to 150 cm, while reducing the size of the hook. Before fishing, it is important to determine the depth and set the descent so that the bait only touches the bed of the reservoir.
When catching silver bream on a feeder, the best option there will be a rod with a test weight of 90 g, a length of 3.9 m. A reel with a diameter of 4000, 4 lb braid, a shock leader with abrasion resistance, equipment - paternoster.
Recipes from silver bream
A popular saying states: “a large silver bream is tastier than a small bream.” The meat of the silver bream, although bony, is less dense and fattier than that of the white bream. With a calorie content of about 97 kcal, it consists of 62% valuable protein and 22% fat. Silver bream contains many vitamins and microelements necessary for the body.
Due to its small size and abundance of bones, this fish is not very popular among cooks and housewives. However, when dried, this fish has no equal in taste, and with skillful preparation, many delicious dishes can be prepared from silver bream.
Dried gustera
Gutted white bream carcasses are placed in layers in an enamel container with currant or cherry leaves and filled with brine (a glass of salt per liter of water), covered with a wooden circle and a weight placed on it. After three days, the fish is soaked for 3 hours, and then it is strung on twine and hung in the wind for 10-15 days.
Christmas bream
Gut and wash the fish, make several oblique cuts from the back to the belly, insert garlic cut into slices, salt and sprinkle with black pepper, sprinkle with lemon juice. Place the carcasses on a baking sheet, cover them by 1-2 cm with diced vegetables (carrots, onions, bell peppers, potatoes), pour plenty of olive oil over everything, sprinkle with cheese shavings. The dish is baked for about 30 minutes, after which it is decorated with herbs and lemon slices.
Photos of silver bream
Most often present in catches, it easily fits in the fisherman’s wide palm. But even such a small fish is not so easy to catch. What then can we say about the resistance of a trophy silver bream - this fish easily breaks the leash if the clutch is incorrectly adjusted. When landing a large silver bream, strong emotions are experienced not only by a beginner, but also by an experienced donkey. Experienced fishermen say: “If a big silver bream bites, then you don’t even want to catch bream!”
Catching silver bream, video
Fishing enthusiasts compare the hot summer weather with the dead winter in January, preferring not to go fishing during this time. Very few fishermen know that it is during the sultry heat that the most interesting night hunting for silver bream occurs. To the usual set of gear, you just need to add a headlamp and a silicone firefly, which is attached to the float antenna, and off you go - for significant trophies and new impressions!
White bream is a schooling fish of small size; individuals in the range of 70 - 300 grams are most often found. It is considered bycatch when fishing for bream or roach. But where there are a lot of white bream, they are caught purposefully, using mainly a fly rod or a light feeder.
The silver bream is a lover of currents, clean bottoms and great depths. More often it can be found in lowland rivers with slow or medium flow, next to bream and roach. Also, the silver bream is found in almost all reservoirs, where it prefers not swampy, mainly flowing areas. In ponds, however, silver bream cannot be found often, due to the silted and overgrown bottom.
Where to catch silver bream
To catch a silver bream, it is advisable to throw the gear into a flowing place with a decent depth, on a hard, clean bottom. Bream also like the same thing, so silver bream is often caught together with bream.
The usual catching area for both bream and silver bream is the boundary of the streams, direct and return, which corresponds to the slope into the pool.
Large bream, being a rarer fish, may not be found in such a promising place. But the silver bream and white bream are regulars at the edge of the stream, on the slopes into the pool. This greatly facilitates the search and development of methods for catching this fish. Anglers who constantly fish on rivers catch silver bream very successfully.
An even more promising place, especially in summer, is leaving the pool for a run, where the depth is maximum and the current is usually not fast.
At the reservoir the best places There will be mouths of flowing rivers (however, it’s not bad on the river), steep clay banks, a bottom with shell rock and sand.
For example, perfect place along the silver bream - a channel between the islands to the reservoir. Here, in a small current, at a depth of 3 meters, there are a lot of silver bream, and closer to the overgrown banks there are roaches and rudd.
Schools of large silver bream on large rivers often stand on river-bed dumps, which are 25 - 40 meters from the shore. Under such circumstances, this fish is caught on a feeder together with roach and bream, or on Bolognese tackle, provided that the equipment is carried out into a deep stream.
Fishing times
The best time to catch silver bream is early morning in summer. Then it actively feeds and approaches smaller places; it can also be caught on a large river (reservoir) near the shore with a fishing rod. With the autumn cooling, evening and night become increasingly important, when fattening fish are excellently caught on river irrigation near the depths and in the dark ().
In spring, silver bream is usually caught all day long, with the peak of its activity being at sunny noon, and again, in shallow warm places, but next to pools.
What do they bite on?
White bream is mainly caught on animal food - bloodworms, maggots and small worms. And in this diet, the main difference between silver bream and other fish of its weight category is roach and rudd, which, as you know, are excellently caught on vegetable baits, for example, barley, semolina, and steamed peas. Gustera will rather prefer any living creature on a hook.
The truth is that the silver bream is not so picky when it comes to bait, and is suitable for any bream set. But it is advisable to supplement plant-flavored bait with an animal component, the one that will be on the hook.
Many fishermen note that the silver bream is somewhat picky about bait, akin to crucian carp. She can even ignore bloodworms and worms. But as soon as a sandwich or a bloodworm with a worm appears on the hook, a good bite immediately begins.
More often, the silver bream is caught by living creatures - a worm, maggot, bloodworm... What gear is used to catch silver bream?
The main equipment for catching silver bream is a fly rod. It will be the most productive tool on both the small and large rivers. You can walk along a small river, fishing for promising streams by casting from the shore. On a large river and reservoir, you need to look for catchy coastal places, you need to know them and approach a promising area along the white bream, with depth and a clean bottom near the shore.
The fly fishing rod will give way to the feeder, except if it is not possible to explore the shores over a long distance and you need to fish in relation to some point. for example to a car park.
To fish in a slow river flow, a fly rod 6 - 7 meters long must be equipped with a 0.14 mm fishing line, a 0.11 mm leash, and a 2 - 3.5 gram float, depending on the presence of wind and the strength of the current.
For still water, it is better to equip such a fishing rod with a 0.12 mm fishing line and a 0.09 mm leash, and the load capacity of the float should be 1.0 - 2.5 grams.
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With such gear, catching small silver bream is a pleasure.
Successful fishing will be with a starting feed of 1.0 kg, which is precisely cast along the float (the hook in the center of a small feeding spot). But during the fishing process, constant supplementary feeding must be done, with very small balls of bait with the presence of an animal bait in each portion.
Tempo fishing for silver bream using a float rod - great holiday and training in sports fishing skills.
