Bream is a dream fish for an angler or a net fisherman. Bream is flat and it grows big. Especially big fish are excellent food.
Bream fishing facts in Finland
| Finnish Bream facts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spawning season | May | |
| Spawning place | Shallow and rushy bays | |
| Spawning depth | 0,5-2 | |
| Source of nutriment | Benthic animals. | |
| Migrations | Spawn migration and nutrition migrations to the shores. | |
| Habitat | Near the shores in spring and in deep water in summer and winter. | |
| Activity | ||
| Use as food | Light-coloured. Excellent when smoked or as baked fish. | |
Bream Angling in Finland
It is excitting to angle for bream.
Bream use demersal animals as nutriment. You should sink your bait to the bottom when you are angling for bream. It is effective to use allurement baits after spawning. Bream bites very lightly and therefore it's not as easy to notice the biting as with other fish.
You can find bream in front of spawning bays in a depth of 2- 3 metres before and after spawning. At other times bream are often on the windy side of shores and islands. Muddy water can be a sign of a bream swarm looking for food.
Angling season begins early in spring and ends when lakes freeze. The best seasons to angle bream are before and after spawning. Mornings and evenings are the best bream angling times.
You only need a primitive hook and some line as well as a rod for angling. You can find these from nearly on all cottages. You have a better chance of catching fish with competition angling tackles if fish aren't biting very well.Angling Bream
It is possible to catch a lot of bream during the spawning season.
Bream spawns in shallow and rushy bays. At other times bream are often on the windy side of shores and islands.
Spawning time in spring is the best season to fish bream with nets but you can also catch bream at other times.
You should use nets of big mesh size for bream.Net fishing Bream
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Bream Angling on Lakes: © Pohjois-Savon vapaa-ajankalastajapiiri ry
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Bream Net fishing in Finland
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Bream Net Fishing on Lakes: Lake Hauhonselkä ©
Fishing licence alternatives for fishing Bream in Finland
You must always pay National fisheries management fee 2024 if you are aged 18-64 years and get permission of the owner of the water areas is always required independent of the age of the fisher. You can ask licences for example from your cottage owner or local gasstations or shops.
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