Whats peoples opinion on baiting with nuisance fish such as bream and roach in the lake. I had decided to go on an all out boilie approach fishing snowman rigs over the top but keep getting picked up by bream.
I'm thinking they are attrached to the the popup on the snowman. Its generally white, yellow or pink. I'm toying with putting a spod mix together with smaller items it keep the smaller fish more occupied hoping the hookbait will be left alone.
Views?
I'm thinking they are attrached to the the popup on the snowman. Its generally white, yellow or pink. I'm toying with putting a spod mix together with smaller items it keep the smaller fish more occupied hoping the hookbait will be left alone.
Views?
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I've had bream on double 18mm, 18mm with 15mm toppers, i even had one that took line last week
I've had bream on double 18mm, 18mm with 15mm toppers, i even had one that took line last week
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That may work if the swim next to you is empty and you put it in there. Seriously though." If you build it they will come".
That may work if the swim next to you is empty and you put it in there. Seriously though." If you build it they will come".
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I would of said Tigers but had a bream on one last week, mind you I wasn't feeding them just one on the rig
I would of said Tigers but had a bream on one last week, mind you I wasn't feeding them just one on the rig
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Encouraging feeding fish into your swim is never a bad thing as it will invariably attract the all other fish into the area. Just because you are baiting an area doesnt mean you have to fish on it, especially if there are lots of shoal fish round..
Encouraging feeding fish into your swim is never a bad thing as it will invariably attract the all other fish into the area. Just because you are baiting an area doesnt mean you have to fish on it, especially if there are lots of shoal fish round..
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I tried everything to avoid bream in my local lake, they are ravenous, I've actually found on there that the more you try to avoid the bream, the more you avoid the carp too, so went back to fishing my usual 14mm boilies mixed with tigers and had the biggest fish in the lake, another old original that doesn't get caught often and lost one in my last 4 trips, I've had 5 bream in them 4 sessions so can live with that. There are only 14-15 carp in the lake.
I tried everything to avoid bream in my local lake, they are ravenous, I've actually found on there that the more you try to avoid the bream, the more you avoid the carp too, so went back to fishing my usual 14mm boilies mixed with tigers and had the biggest fish in the lake, another old original that doesn't get caught often and lost one in my last 4 trips, I've had 5 bream in them 4 sessions so can live with that. There are only 14-15 carp in the lake.
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Small bits will attract the bream, there's nothing those little buggers won't eat. Stick to boilies, big ones, and stick a couple on the hair with a decent gap between hook and bait. It won't stop them, but it will reduce the numbers you catch
Small bits will attract the bream, there's nothing those little buggers won't eat. Stick to boilies, big ones, and stick a couple on the hair with a decent gap between hook and bait. It won't stop them, but it will reduce the numbers you catch
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I haven't given up all hope of the boilie only approach, yeah I must admit I made the gap between hook and bait a bit more its about 15mm at the min, it has reduced the number of bream for sure
I haven't given up all hope of the boilie only approach, yeah I must admit I made the gap between hook and bait a bit more its about 15mm at the min, it has reduced the number of bream for sure
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I had a water a fair few years ago where it was a nightmare with lots of big bream.
Only way I go through it was with 20-22mm boilie only when baiting and then I fished chod's with 15 or 18mm pop ups. As people have said doesn't stop them but it had a massive difference.
I also found spombing the baits out helped a lot, but I didn't do due to bream at the time it was more to do with gulls hammering me when I got the stick out... but did notice the bream captures and liners dropped off when I started spombing.
I had a water a fair few years ago where it was a nightmare with lots of big bream.
Only way I go through it was with 20-22mm boilie only when baiting and then I fished chod's with 15 or 18mm pop ups. As people have said doesn't stop them but it had a massive difference.
I also found spombing the baits out helped a lot, but I didn't do due to bream at the time it was more to do with gulls hammering me when I got the stick out... but did notice the bream captures and liners dropped off when I started spombing.
I would rather prebait as much as possible and then just fish singles bags and stringers off the area when you are actually fishing...