Fishing for bream in spring with a feeder often begins quite early, but the real run of large bream is possible only in relatively warm water. As in any other spring fishing, success in catching bream depends on many factors, which include objective reasons: weather, wind strength, and on rivers regulated by hydroelectric dams – also the current. The latter factor is often the most important for the effectiveness of fishing on a river with a regulated current. In the morning, as a rule, there is no current, and in the absence of a current or with a very weak current, you can not expect a bite.
Another important criterion and measure of success is the choice of a place for catching bream. In later spring, when the water warms up to a temperature of at least 15 degrees, large fish, including bream, leave the coastal shallows for deeper edges and slopes in the pits. And before you start feeding the fishing spot and the fishing itself, you need to carefully examine the bottom relief in the intended area of feeder fishing. For this, the so-called marker sinker is used. It must be tested in advance for the speed of its immersion to the bottom in a certain time. This can be seconds or a free improvised countdown such as: one-two and so on. Considering that the bream most likely stays far from the shore, first a long cast is made about thirty to forty meters, if the feeder equipment allows.
After casting, the sinker is pulled to the shore and along the way it moves along the bottom, it is quite noticeably felt by the jolts and resistance of the sinker, where there is a flat sandy or clay bottom, and where areas of shell rock or grass begin to appear. Usually in these areas with grass and shells there is a rise in shallow water. The catch point may well be the border of this rise. Here you can try to “feed up” and start fishing. For fishing, you can use the average Foton Pro 300 Light / Medium rod, but in places with a strong current, rods of a more powerful heavy class are better suited.
