Catching Silver Bream

2024 Author: Sebastian Paterson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:47

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Guster is a fish of the carp family, few people know, as they say "in person". She looks very much like a bastard. And they live practically together.

Our great fisherman LP Sabaneev testifies to this: “… Gustera is a sluggish, lazy fish and, like a bream, loves calm, deep, rather warm water, with a silty or clay bottom, which is why it is often found together with bream. In the spring and autumn, the silver bream is found in extremely dense flocks, from which, of course, its common name originated."

And they feed on bream and silver bream on the same food, both plant and animal (different water animals). They also eat someone else's caviar. They are also united by the fact that they are exclusively bony fish. But, in addition to the obvious similarities, there are some differences between silver bream and bream. The main one is the pectoral and abdominal (paired) fins. In the silver bream, they are red at the base, and gray at the apex. In bream, they are entirely dark gray. But the body, on the contrary, is darker in the silver bream: the back is bluish-gray, the sides are bluish-silver. Its scales are also larger.

The snout of the silver bream is small, the nose is blunt, the eyes are large silvery, the mouth is small, slightly turned downward. In terms of size, the silver bream can be attributed to our average fish: it rarely reaches a length of 30-35 centimeters and a weight of 400-500 grams. Although some anglers claim that there are individuals with a kilogram or even more.

Guster is caught with a fishing rod in different ways: with a simple float rod, with donks in the wiring, a running donkey, a running jig, an active donkey. Catch for silver bream: bloodworms, dung worms, maggots, caddis flies, grandma (mayfly larva), mormysh, crab meat, bread (preferably rye), grains, porridge and other nozzles. This has always been the case. Recently, however, there have been more and more messages from fishermen that silver bream takes on small spoons, as well as fry. It actively bites on bleak fry, less actively on roach fry. I even saw a photo of live bait sticking out of the mouth of the silver bream.

Since the mouth is small, the nozzle should be small, for example, the bread crumb is crushed to the size of the smallest pea. Like all other fish, silver bream is more likely to take that bait that smells appetizing (for fish), or moves. The attachment should be used very differently, since in one place the silver bream bites better on one "treat", in another - on another.

If, when fishing for gusters, annoying ruffs and minnows are taken on animal baits, go to cereal baits: bread, dough, rolled oats, oatmeal, semolina. Reinforced biting usually occurs before spawning (a week and a half), which coincides with the end of flowering orchards. And also after spawning, which occurs in early summer.

There is no consensus about what time of day the silver bream is best caught. LP Sabaneev asserts: "… It is noticed that she takes the best at night." However, in modern publications the opposite is true. For example, this: “In general, this fish is not too suspicious and bites better or worse at any daytime. But before sunset and before dusk, they take bait with great pleasure.

As can be seen from these extracts, it is difficult to draw an unambiguous conclusion at what time the silver bream bites best. Most likely, the activity of the fish directly depends on the specific conditions, in a particular body of water and when using certain gear and baits. When fishing for silver bream with float rods on bodies of water where there is no current, the nozzle should lie on the bottom or almost touch the bottom. The hook is tied not to the fishing line, but to a thinner leash, otherwise, when hooked, you can lose not only the entire fishing line, but also the float. The leash length should be 15-20 centimeters. The hook is # 4-6.

It is very successful to catch silver bream from a boat, at least in a small current, with bait (see figure). It will fit especially well where the bottom is rocky: a pile of stones, large boulders (this is where the fish keep). Bait spread by handfuls does not always bring success. Therefore, it is safer to mix the groundbait into clay balls the size of a fist, place it in a feeder and lower it into water. The cord of the feeder should lie on the bottom to avoid snagging. To do this, it is immersed, securing some weight on it (see Fig. 1, position 4). The bait washed out of the trough attracts fish.

The bite of the silver bream is detected in different ways: the float slightly raised, went to the side, dived - in any case, you must immediately hook it. When the fishing depth is much greater than the length of the rod, you can use a running bottom. But again, it is most effective on the current. With this method of fishing, the hook with a nozzle seems to "walk" along the bottom downstream. The angler raises the rod - the stream carries the bait; the angler lowers the rod - the movement of the bait stops. Submerged in the water, she lies at the bottom until the next rise.

The line gradually escapes from the reel, and the hook with the attachment moves down the river until the lead hits the bottom. Then they select the etched line, check whether the nozzle is intact, and the casting is repeated. The success of fishing with a running bottom largely depends on the drift of the lead when lifting the rod, in other words, on the successful selection of the size of the lead, the thickness of the line, the speed of the current and the depth of the river. That is, from the harmonious combination of all these elements. And the sinker is especially important. Therefore, it is desirable to have a set of sinkers of different sizes, made of materials of different specific gravity - lead, copper, brass, tin and other materials.

The rate of such a posting: the number of steps or strokes of the rod per minute, is determined empirically. Sometimes good luck is brought by significant pauses between steps - ups, sometimes it is useful to move the attachment with possibly short stops. In a word, to be with the catch, you have to experiment and experiment …