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Common Bream

Common Bream

Abramis brama

  • 5lakes
  • 140logged catches
  • 5.85 kg heaviest logged

Common Bream (Abramis Brama) is a species of freshwater gamefish belonging to the Carp family that is commonly spread throughout Europe, generally inhabiting lakes, ponds and slow-moving rivers with plenty of vegetation and muddy bottoms. Distinguished by their flat and high-backed bodies, Bream are usually silvery grey or bronze in color with dark grey fins. Common Bream usually grows to 30-55 cm in length, weighing on average 1 to 3 kg, but it’s quite possible to catch a unique specimen of up to 5 kg. These fish live in schools near the bottom, and tend to come closer to shore at night time to feed on larvae, worms, insects and plankton.

What actually catches it ranked by real logged catches

Baits

Caster Maggots 27 Bloodworms 16 Night Crawlers 9 Red Worms 9 Maggots 8 Peas 7 Sweet Peas 2 Yellow Maggots 1 Wax Worms 1

Best setups by lake 5 lakes with data

Ghent-Terneuzen Canal — 58 catches , best 2.93 kg

  • Maggots Hook #4 Feeder bottom Shore 8×
  • Caster Maggots Hook #4 Feeder bottom 6×
  • Sweet Peas Hook #2 Feeder bottom 2×
  • Bloodworms Hook #4 Feeder bottom 2×

Sander Baggersee Lake — 46 catches , best 4.43 kg

  • Caster Maggots Hook #2 Feeder bottom Shore 4×
  • Bloodworms Hook #1 Feeder bottom 4×
  • Caster Maggots Hook #4 Feeder bottom Shore 4×
  • Night Crawlers Hook #1/0 Feeder bottom 4×

Weeping Willow Fisheries — 18 catches , best 1.95 kg

  • Caster Maggots Hook #4 Feeder bottom 4×
  • Bloodworms Hook #1 Feeder bottom 3×
  • Peas Hook #4 Feeder bottom 2×
  • Caster Maggots Hook #4 Feeder bottom Shore 2×

Dnipro River — 12 catches , best 5.85 kg

  • Bloodworms Hook #8 Feeder bottom 2×
  • Caster Maggots Hook #4/0 Feeder bottom 1×
  • Bloodworms Hook #6 Feeder bottom Shore 1×
  • Bloodworms Hook #4 Feeder bottom Shore 1×

Ghent-Terneuzen Canal (reworked) — 6 catches , best 2.78 kg

  • Caster Maggots Hook #6 Feeder bottom Shore 1×
  • Caster Maggots Hook #4 Feeder bottom Shore 1×
  • Bloodworms Hook #6 Feeder bottom Shore 1×
  • Peas Hook #4 Feeder bottom Shore 1×

How to catch

How to catch a unique Common Bream?

When it comes to float, feeder, or bottom fishing, the best way to catch Common Bream would be to use Bloodworms on a size #4 hook.

Where to find it

Weeping Willow Fisheries United Kingdom Dnipro River Ukraine Sander Baggersee Lake Germany Ghent-Terneuzen Canal Netherlands Ghent-Terneuzen Canal (reworked) Netherlands

Also listed as effective documented, but not seen in the catch log

Semolina Balls

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