Top dressing is an essential component of productive fishing when fishing for any kind of fish. Properly choosing the main components of this mixture, you can focus the fish schools in the most suitable place for yourself, thereby increasing the fishing efficiency several times. This feature is also true when breeding bream, and which mixture is better to prepare in this or that case, and from which required ingredients it should consist - this will be discussed later.

Varieties of bait

Bream is almost an omnivorous fish, therefore, both vegetable and animal components with the addition of various flavoring substances can be used to prepare the feeding mixture. From plant foods, she likes legumes, cereals, as well as various types of cereals, but from animal wines, it is better to give preference to worms, maggots, bloodworms and larvae of various insects. Sometimes chopped chicken liver is added to the mixture, but in the summer it is unlikely to attract bream.You can divide bait into groups based on their origin: whether they were purchased ready-made or whether the fisherman prepared them on their own, which not only saves money, but also expands the space for creative experiments with ingredients. Everyone decides which option to choose, independently, but it is important to feed the fish, observing the general rules of this process.

The composition of bait on bream

The constituent components of any bait are always approximately the same, although with independent production, it is possible to add ingredients that are not characteristic for bream fishing. In any case, one of the main tasks is to achieve the maximum flavor of the prepared mixture, for which the flavors present in it are responsible. However, using such additives is extremely careful so as not to overdo it with them.

Important! Whatever products you decide to use, they must be mixed into the basic structure in crushed form, since a large number of large fractions will quickly saturate the fish, and it will lose interest in the main bait.

Too high concentration - on the contrary, it will scare away the fish, especially if the smells do not match the aromas of her favorite food (crushed seeds of sharply smelling plants, extracts and oils based on them are considered to be suitable components).

Specific “suitable” ingredients for bream fishing are:

• high-quality sunflower, rapeseed, hemp or pumpkin cake (the selected product must be fresh, without unpleasant extraneous odors);
• breadcrumbs (dark rye bread crumbs are better suited for reservoirs with a muddy bottom, and light wheat crumbs are better for sandy or clay surfaces of a reservoir);
• clay binder, wheat flour, chopped oatmeal or dried ground peas;
• branperforming the function of baking powder in the overall composition.

The top dressing used should not stand out against the background of underwater space, otherwise a suspicious bream may ignore it by swimming past. For this reason, it is not recommended to include bright food colors in the composition.

Main ingredients

To prepare any effective top dressing, it is necessary to clearly know which components to include in it, taking into account the constituent parts of the finished mixture. The main ones include the base, flavorings, fillers and binders, thanks to which the finished top dressing will acquire the most attractive appearance for the bream.

The basis

The basis is called the mixture, which some anglers take for a full-fledged bait that does not require any additional components. However, without animal and herbal supplements, this composition will be unattractive for catching bream, so it is always better to combine a ready-made bait base (for example, purchased feeder mixes “Sensas Feeder”, “Traper” or “Top Secret”) and chopped worm, maggot, larvae any types of insects.If you wish, you can prepare the basis for bait in an independent manner, using ready-made porridge for this or by harvesting a certain amount, consisting of different cereals. It is important to cook the cereal mixture only right before entering the reservoir, but to mix in it other, mainly animal components, you can already in place, in the same way as flavoring substances.

To prepare a suitable home-made mixture, you should purchase the following ingredients:

• feed composition for poultry (feed in an amount of 40% of the total amount of the base);
• breadcrumbs or the remains of ground bread, loaf, other bakery products (up to 40%);
• sunflower meal or roasted seeds of finely ground (up to 20%);
• barley, wheat, oat groats (in a different ratio, but always ground in a coffee grinder).

Did you know? According to historical data, the title of the largest bream in the world belongs to fish caught by Finnish fishermen back in 1912. Her weight was a little more than 11.5 kg, with average values ​​for representatives of the species 4-6 kg.

If the mixture turned out to be very sticky when moistened, it’s worth adding a little more bran, and if it is very loose - more ground Hercules, semolina or flour. If individual cereals are pre-fried in a pan, then before the main grinding they will already have a sufficient amount of adhesive properties.Specific components for preparing the base for feeding on bream are always selected taking into account the characteristics of a particular fishing place and time of year, therefore, understanding the eating habits of this type of fish, you can prepare a nutritious mixture from almost any available products.

Flavoring

High-quality flavoring - a component by which the bream will pay attention to the bait abandoned by the fisherman.

Among the most effective and frequently used ingredients of this group are:

• chopped coriander with a sharp, but at the same time pleasant odor (to achieve the most positive result, grind the spice immediately before adding it to the bait mixture);
• caraway seeds or dill seedscrushed in a coffee grinder and added to the main batch at the rate of 2-3 teaspoons of the smelling component per 1 kg of bait;
• liquid aromatics with apricot, vanilla or peach odor, which is easy to find in any fishing store (before mixing with bait they are bred in water).

Experiments in the process of preparing the bait mixture for bream are only welcome, but it is better to introduce odorous components into the mixture in small doses, since there is a risk of spoiling the whole mixture.

Fillers

Fillers are the most nutritious part of the bait, which may include various cereals (in particular, wheat, barley, pearl barley, etc.), peas, canned corn, pasta, ready-made boilies, peeled seeds, and compound feed.

Before direct use, all these ingredients are boiled or steamed, and then introduced into the mixture in an amount of 30-40% of the total weight of the prepared composition. Fillers help to keep the bream in the right place, and not to oversaturate it during the whole fishing process.

Binding Ingredients

Such components are especially relevant when fishing for bream in the course and, only occasionally, in the stagnant water of ponds, when the bait must have a certain level of viscosity. Most often, the goal is achieved through flour, corn and semolina, crushed into a powder of oatmeal and clay.It is not necessary to use all of the listed ingredients together, because only one of them, which is chosen at the personal discretion of the fisherman, can increase the viscosity of the nutrient mixture.

DIY recipes

Most fishers, based on personal experience, determine the composition of the bait that is most suitable for fishing, but at first you can use ready-made recipes, gradually changing them to fit your needs.

Among the most popular and popular options today, there is a universal way of cooking top dressing, a recipe for a bream mix in stagnant water, stream fishing, fishing in the spring and autumn. In addition, bait of the bream in winter has its own characteristics, in particular, with the use of peas.

Video: bait for bream

Universal option

To prepare a universal bait for bream, use it anytime, anywhere, the fisherman will need the following ingredients:

• 300 g of oatmeal (pre-chopped in a coffee grinder and fried in a pan);
• 600 g of boiled millet (it should not burn during heat treatment);
• 600 g breadcrumbs made of bread or loaf;
• 250 g of fried and chopped sunflower seeds;
• 200 g of roasted and ground hemp seeds;
• ½ tsp vanillin;
• 150 g of maggot and chopped worm.

In the case when fishing is planned in the morning, all the ingredients are cooked in the evening, although it is better to mix them in the morning. Directly ashore, it is useful to add some river sand or clay to the batch from the place of fishing, and if it is necessary to make feeding more liquid, then the water is taken from the reservoir chosen for fishing.

For fishing in still water

In this case, you can feed the fish before fishing with a mixture of the following main components:

• 300 g breadcrumbs;
• 200 g of heat-treated and chopped sunflower seeds;
• 300 g bran;
• 300 g of boiled millet;
• 2/3 hours ground coriander;
• crushed clay for better viscosity (usually 1-2 tablespoons are enough, but it all depends on the desired consistency of the finished mixture).

As in the previous case, the components are prepared in the evening, and the components are combined in the morning, before being directly thrown into the water.

Did you know? Breams can be called long-livers of the fish world, but their lifespan largely depends on the specific habitat. So, in rivers and lakes with running water, individuals are often found older than ten years, while in reservoirs with standing water you can catch 23-year-old specimens.

For fishing during

With a strong current at the fishing site, poorly connected components of the feeding composition can well be washed off from the desired point, therefore, a sufficient level of bait viscosity plays a primary role in this situation.

A suitable recipe in this case involves the use of the following ingredients:

• 100 g breadcrumbs (preferably wheat);
• 40-60 g of unsalted fat (the desired size of the pieces should correspond to 5 × 5 mm);
• 100 g of sunflower meal;
• 100 g of boiled rice;
• 100 g rye bran;
• 2 matchboxes of bloodworms or maggots;
• 1 teaspoon chopped coriander;
• 1 teaspoon of clay.

Based on the fishing conditions, a large concentration of one or another component may be necessary, but in any case, their addition should be carried out already at the fishing site. Usually experiments with a privet begin immediately, as soon as the initial recipe did not suit the fish to taste.

For catching in the spring

In the early spring and in the middle of the season, the bream is not particularly capricious, and pecks almost any bait. Toward the end of spring, spawning begins, which is usually associated with a change in the taste preferences of underwater inhabitants.

As a universal bait mixture for any period, a composition using the following important components can be used:

• 400 g breadcrumbs;
• 200 g of ground meal;
• 100 g of semi-finished dry cakes;
• 100 g of milk powder;
• 100 g of small, unwashed bloodworms (its quantity varies depending on the activity at the place of fishing of small fish: the higher it is, the less animal bait needs to be used).

The total amount prepared according to the recipe, the mixture will be enough to feed the bream before one fishing.

For fishing in the fall

In the spring, it is advisable to use the most dense and fairly viscous top dressing, in particular, with the addition of oatmeal (in early autumn) or clay (near the end of the season).

Important! In the south of Russia, water bodies cool much more slowly than in the north or in the center of the country; therefore, even in the middle of autumn, top dressing from the “classic” components can work here in the form of millet, oilcake, ground seeds with the addition of oatmeal.

Good top dressing in this case will consist of equal parts:

• sunflower meal;
• breadcrumbs;
• animal components.

In addition, it is worth using a small amount of clay and flavorings to enhance the smell. Of the animal components for 3-5 kg ​​of the finished base, it is worth taking one glass of bloodworm or shredded worms and one glass of maggot.Alternatively, you can make a bake of milletclay and the same animal components, and as soon as the water in the late autumn has cooled even more, you just need to throw chopped worms mixed with clay into the pond.

Winter bait

The bait for successful winter fishing will not differ much from the spring or summer composition. As always, boiled peas, corn, pearl barley or millet are taken as the basis, and the main distinguishing ingredient is a special flavoring agent intended for use in cold water (“bloodworms” and “worms” always act as actual aromas), which can be purchased in any fishing store.

When adding ingredients of plant origin, a certain proportion must be observed: approximately 25-50 g bloodworms or mormyshka for every 0.5 kg of highly ground plant components. Soil is added only if it contains bloodworms or other living microorganisms that may be of interest to the bream. Binding components in most of such privads are completely absent, which, in fact, is one of the main distinguishing characteristics of winter bridles.

Video: winter bait for bream

Pea bait

For proper preparation of pea dressing, 300 g of grains need to be pre-filled with 800 g of water and left to swell for 6 hours. After the specified time, pour a little more water, pour 2 tablespoons of sugar and a third of the same volume of salt to the beans. All ingredients are boiled over low heat for 30 minutes, stirring regularly and removing foam from the surface. The readiness criterion is the ability to squeeze the pea with your fingers.

The boiled and cooled peas are ground through a sieve, and then used as top dressing. It will be good to add any food colors, cake and a little store dressing to the prepared mixture that are at home. The resulting mixture will not adhere strongly, and if it enters the water, it will decompose into nutrient particles optimal for the fish. This recipe for feeding is successfully used when fishing for bream by any means, including on the ring.

Purchased bait

The easiest option is to stock up on a suitable bait train - to buy it ready-made in the store, but from a material point of view, it will be a much more profitable decision to independently produce complementary foods, taking into account the specifics of the season and place of fishing, because a train intended for catching bream on the course may to be completely useless in still water. However, many anglers do not bother with additional worries and just try to choose the most suitable ready-made bait.

Important! Almost all Traper bait series have products specifically for bream.For the most part, they are intended for fishing on a feeder, but you can find options for fishing with a fishing rod, a Bologna or a plug type of gear.

Of the purchased products, the following series from the Traper line are most relevant:

1. Gold (great solution for sport fishing).
2. Leczsz - It is effective when fishing for bream in different types of reservoirs, but depending on the type of gear, you can also purchase products from the Fider series (a more profitable option for feeder fishing).
3. "Traper" - A budget option, available in large, three-kilogram bags or even plastic buckets, but I’m brewing such a mixture is far from always to taste.
4. "Secret" - bait in the form of a multi-colored mixture for fishing, which can be used in a variety of conditions. For successful bream fishing, light mixtures are suitable, and for active biting roaches - dark ones (bright yellow and red particles are relevant when fishing in muddy water).
5. Karpiowate - The basic mixture for the independent manufacture of bait with the addition of animal and vegetable feed.
6. Zimowe - The best solution for fishing in cold water, applicable for spring fishing, immediately after ice melting.
7. "Giant" - large fraction mixtures used to attract bream and other fish to the place of survival.

Dunaev products are deservedly considered a more budgetary version of top dressing mixtures for bream. In this case, the manufacturer also offers its customers different composition options, and the fisherman needs to choose the most suitable option - taking into account the fishing method and location, weather conditions and other individual requirements of the fisherman.

Seasonal feeding rules

The season of the year directly affects the taste preferences of bream, which, first of all, is explained by a change in the temperature regime in water bodies (lowering temperatures slows down the vital activity of fish). In warm water, the bream eats much more actively, but because of the large amount of natural food for bait, it is much more demanding. Since mid-autumn and the entire cold season, one cannot hope for his good appetite, because the bream lies in wintering pits, not moving long distances from them.

Given these nuances, it is advisable to determine in advance what the fish loves and dislikes in each individual period of the year.

1. In the spring, almost immediately after the ice melts, the bream shows increased activity in the search for food, requiring mainly high-calorie food. It is able to restore the mass of fish and contributes to the accumulation of energy before the upcoming spawning. Given this fact, it is possible to catch a bream for almost any feeding mixture, the main thing is that there should be a sufficient amount of the animal component in it. Overfeeding the bream at this time is unrealistic, so you do not need to save on cooked bait. It is best to keep a flock of small bloodworms and worms on the fed spot, and boiled barley and millet porridge actively attract fish with their sweet aromas.
2. In summerwhen the water gets much warmer and there is no shortage of natural food, the tastes of the underwater inhabitants change, and the emphasis is already on plant foods. At this time, ground cereals can be used as a basis for bait, with the addition of oilcake and sunflower seeds. In warm water, bait includes inedible diluents of food ingredients - sand, sifted soil and clay, collected near the selected fishing location. No less effective will be the inclusion of algae in bait mixtures, which simultaneously play the role of a natural flavoring, familiar to fish. In some cases, the use of cinnamon, anise, coriander, aromatic extracts from strawberries and pears is productive. Any strongly smelling ingredient is used dosed, with a decrease in the intensity of its manifestation closer to the cold season (in autumn and, especially, in winter, fish are less and less interested in too aromatic baits).
3. Fall and in winter, the relevance of adding animal components to bells and whistles increases again, and the emphasis is on worms, insect larvae and even lard, which emits no less strong flavor than natural fish food. Small-sized feed mixtures keep fish in the selected fishing places much more efficiently than baits with large particles, and food dyes (possibly unnatural colors) can be used to even attract the attention of the bream. At the heart of baits are usually dusty products, in particular semolina and milk powder.

On the basis of what to prepare bait - each fisherman decides on his own, but if you want to bring a plentiful catch home, then the eating habits of the bream at different times of the year can not be ignored. Only a responsible approach to the selection of ingredients for the feed mixture will guarantee the most positive result of future fishing.