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Bream
Bream fishing is some of the most inexpensive fishing
you can do. You don’t need expensive rods, reels, or baits.
You can even bream fish with a cane pole. The trick to bream fishing
is discovering where they are and what they are biting.
The bait you use will differ depending on whether you are fishing
in a creek or fishing from the bank of a river or lake. Creek fish
prefer artificial baits, and rooster tails are the best baits to use.
They come in a variety of sizes and colors. Since creek bream are
usually smaller than river or lake bream, you need to use smaller
baits, preferably 1/8oz. or 1/16oz. The color that you choose really
depends on the time of day and the type of water you are fishing in,
so bring several different baits along.
The only other supplies you need to creek fish for bream are some
small pliers for removing hooks and a fish basket with a rope attached
to tie around your waist. You can wade the middle of the creek and
cast in front and to the sides, or you can fish from the bank.
If you are going to fish for bream in a river or lake, you should
not use artificial baits. Instead, you can use crickets, worms, or
chicken or turkey liver. You also need to use a really small hook.
Once you find one bream, there are usually many more. The trick is
finding that first bream.
Bream tend to favor the same area. Once you have caught bream in a
particular spot, chances are you can continue to go back to that spot
and catch more bream. The easiest way to bream fish is with a bobber.
You also need a weight attached to your line not far above your hook.
You may have to play with the depth of your hook before you find the
fish. Sometimes bream like to stay close to the bottom, and other
times they feed so close to the top that you can see them chasing
and hitting your hook.
What you really want to pay attention to is your bobber. As the bream
hit at your bait, your bobber will move and maybe even sink for a
second, but you must learn patience. If you pull too quickly, you
will probably miss your fish. You also need to check how well your
bait is attached to your hook.
You want to cover up as much of the hook as possible and try not to
leave pieces of bait dangling. As the fish tug on the excess bait,
they’ll pull more of it down. Instead of getting the hook in
their mouth, they are just nibbling on the excess bait and causing
your bobber to dip and move.
When your bobber goes under and stays under for more than a couple
of seconds, your fish may have taken the hook into his mouth. You
don’t want to jerk too hard or too quickly because you could
jerk the hook right out of the fish’s mouth. Instead, lift up
firmly and steadily. You want to get the fish out of the water and
onto the bank as quickly as possible, however, in case he is able
to free himself from the hook.
If you catch several bream and then they stop biting, change the depth
of your hook by moving your bobber up or down. You can also move a
few yards away from your original spot. Sometimes bream change areas
without moving too far away.
