Bream on the float Bream have secret place in my heart as an incredible sport either on the river or on a lake. With specimens coming out in the UK to a staggering weight of 22lb 11oz from a lagoon. I have a long way to go before I have anywhere near that grace not only my net but my dreams. Some would say catching bream is easy and they have no fight in them. Although this may be true they provide endless sport for a keen angler. Having a huge passion for fishing I have learnt that the thrill of fishing can be as much as a float dipping under the surface followed by a fish in the net. No matter the size of species. It makes sense for me to target bream as I end up catching lots of species before they show up due to the bait used. Maggots micro pellets and partical mix is my favourite. Bream fishing has accounted for my my biggest roach but we will save that for another day.
Using the stick float
Be sure to pick the right weight.
Use a low diameter line.
Plan your shotting pattern.
Plummet the depth properly.
At first one could expect to just put bait on a hook then cast anywhere expecting to catch right.....?Wrong!
Having the right float would ensure the correct presentation of the bait and using a low diameter line allows the baited hook to fall naturally through the water column.
Before you start fishing you would need to set up your shotting pattern to depth thus using a lead weight we can drop the Line into the water and move the float up or down accordingly.
Once we find the critical depth where the float sits correct on the surface and the lead in on the bottom of the river bed we add another 6 inches to the depth as we will be fishing hard on the bottom for the bream.
The shotting pattern is then distributed down the line with tiny lead stinkers. This makes the line sink evenly through the water with the ability to give registration of bites.
This is a killer tactic for fishing the river for bream or Barbel as they are bottom feeders with a big appetite.
I loose feed pellets continuously for an hour introducing the bait to the swim before running the float down a few times. Slowly you will find that the bites start coming from smaller fish first on the scene but after wading through them for an hour or so and plenty of loose feeding by hand we start to see some bigger stamp of fish interested in the bait.
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