how to stop catching bream

[egbert]

i got a membership at woking district angling assosiation and i went with ma mates a couple of days ago and all we ever caught was bream can any one tell me how i might be able to start catching carp instead of bream

[poledark]

Big boilies..it's what they were invented for

 

 

Den

[chesters1]

they suck down 22mm to a mouth size at my local carp venue

thats if the cats leave them alone

[noodle996]

have caught bream on baits as big as 32 mm it didnt get the hook in its mouth just the boilie

best bet to avoid bream when carp fishing is fish floaters or dont go

[Peter Sharpe]

It is very nearly impossible to stop catching bream, no matter how big a bait you use. Take comfort in the fact that if you are catching bream you will eventually catch carp. I know they can be a blasted nuisance, but please treat them with the respect you would give to any other fish.

[Newt]

A question for you all. If carp start moving in to your swim, will they drive the bream away?

 

If so that would mean that catching only bream meant you hadn't attracted any carp yet.

[trevor2003]

A question for you all. If carp start moving in to your swim, will they drive the bream away?

 

If so that would mean that catching only bream meant you hadn't attracted any carp yet.

 

Carp won't drive bream away or any other fish, like tench or perch etc, they are quite happy to feed together. a lot of people, including myself, used to think the carp would muscle in and drive the smaller fish away, but the Korda underwater films proved this not to be the case, they were all happy feeding together. Can't stop the bream either, they will and as mentioned you will catch them on large baits, or they nibble them down to size.

Edited July 30, 2007 by trevor2003

[RobStubbs]

I've watched carp, bream and tench all feeding together happily. That said that was only a small group of fish rather than a large schoal of carp. The only thing I'd advise is to steer clear from groundbait if there are lots of bream about. Fishing just boilies helps keep their attentions to a minimum and you may even find a type of boilie they don't like.

 

Rob.

[poledark]

Right then, don't bother with the boilies then

 

Den

[Dick Dastardly]

but the Korda underwater films proved this not to be the case

 

 

Dont take the Korda vidios as the be all and end all! Ive been diving for a lot longer than they have been out and logged considerably more hours underwater than it took to make those!

 

They have given many (un thinking!) anglers an insight into what happens under water but as said they are not the definitive answer!

 

I should imagine it varies from water to water /year to year etc depending on conditions,size/amount of carp/bream and a million and one other factors/variables but I have often found (on the waters I fish) that Carp wont push bream off beds of bait.Mainly because they tend to move around solitary or in much smaller groups. Ive never found carp to move over beds of bream groundbait that regularly.Bream will quickly move over beds of carp bait though.Normally before the carp.This may give the impression that they have moved the carp on but in fact its simply because the carp were never there in the first place.

 

Some waters Ive fished if you are catching bream (whilst carping) it pays to just move/fish another area.Sometimes because these are simply areas frequented by the bream and not the carp.

 

Once again generalising but Ive found carp rarely feed if there are eels over your bait.Why I dont know.

 

As Peter says though if your targeting carp and you are catching bream (even though I know this can prove frustrating at times) please remember its not their fault you are catching them and treat them with the same respect you would carp or any other.If you just cant bear catching them then simply dont fish where they are present.