There are many different types of fish in our ponds. Their variety is amazing. Each aquatic inhabitant has its own behavior. Small fish bream often falls on the bait, prepared for bream. The features of this resident of rivers and lakes, its character and behavior will be considered later.
What kind of fish is this?
If you are going to go fishing with an eye on the bream, be prepared for the fact that you will get your nerves patted by a small fish that looks like an undergrowth - a bream. She pecks on the same baits as the bream, and does it much more often and more willingly than the last. But if you set out to catch this particular fish of the cyprinid family, fishing can become a very interesting and fascinating entertainment. And at the same time by chance, you can catch a bream if you are lucky.
The bream fish is not very large. Most often, fishermen catch up to two hundred grams. Well, the largest of the known individuals weighed a little more than a kilogram, reaching a length of up to 35 cm. You can catch such a humpback only on large rivers and reservoirs.
Gustera is similar to a scammer, and only upon closer examination can we notice the differences. On the dorsal fin, the bream has nine rays, and the bream has eight. The abdominal and pectoral fins of the bream are colored reddish-pink, in the bream they are gray. In addition, the bream has significantly larger eyes and scales, and the caudal fin is not as pointed as the bream.
The nutritional value
As you know, there are no comrades for the taste and color. Some fishermen consider catching husters a very useful activity, since this fish is not inferior in taste to the scavenger. Others see it as an annoying hindrance during fishing of more valuable specimens and claim that the bream has more bones than meat, and even this is not suitable for the fish soup.
Well, both statements have a right to exist. The meat of the bream, like roach or rudd, is slightly bitter, especially in the summer, which makes it unsuitable for the fish soup. However, the dried jerky is a tasty fish that is in no way inferior to the scavenger.
Habitat
Since you have decided that such a fish is suitable for you, the question arises: where to fish for a bream? You can meet it in almost any body of water, whether it be a river, lake or reservoir. In the rivers, the bream chooses places deeper, with a calm flow.
Therefore, fishing on the river will be successful in bays, backwaters, in depressions with silty-sandy or clay bottom. Likes fish to gather in large schools in pits, on steep steep banks, under the hanging branches of trees. Actually, that’s why it’s called so - Huster.
In winter, after freezing, the bream leaves in the deepest places, remaining there until spring. With the onset of heat comes back.
Fish food preferences
How to catch a booster? This fish does not sort out food, so it bites on a variety of baits, usually the same as bream and roach. Among fishermen, maggots are considered to be the best baits for huster. She pecks well at dung and earthworms, bloodworms, as well as dough and barley.
Gustatory taste preferences depend on the time of year. In the spring, after a long hungry winter, the fish needs protein, so it goes perfectly for maggots, worms and bloodworms. In early summer, when the water warms up and there will be a lot of protein feed, you can use dough and barley as bait. In addition to all of the above, in the summer, grasshoppers and butterflies can be used as nozzles.
In the fall, the bream feeds on weight before hibernation, and therefore prefers food of animal origin. But if the autumn is warm, it also bites plant bait.
The food preferences of the brewers can be different in different bodies of water. To improve the bite, they use complementary foods. It is prepared from steamed grains of cereal plants mixed with bloodworms, maggots or worms. You can add milk powder or breadcrumbs to the mixture. I like husters and bait made from wheat grains with bread and makukha.
When to catch?
It is possible to catch the bream all year round, of course, excluding the spawning period. In spring, the fish activates as soon as the ice melts. Biting continues until spawning, then stops during the spawning season and is restored a couple of weeks after it, somewhere in late spring or early summer.
After spawning, the fish feeds intensely, an active zhor occurs. Gradually, it subsides, but a constant bite lasts until the water bodies freeze. From this moment begins the period of winter fishing. At this time, the fish is in the bottom pits. Winter in winter is less active. However, she is caught at this time of year.
During the day, the buster also pecks regularly. Large fish are better at night and in the morning, while smaller specimens are caught in the afternoon and evening. Gustera can stop pecking only in the middle of a particularly hot summer day, then you can catch it only after sunset.
What to catch?
The choice of gear for catching husters depends on weather conditions and the place of fishing. If fishing is supposed to be from a steep bank, it is better to use a fishing rod, if from a gentle slope - a donka. Effective fishing on the river with a weak current in the wiring. In places with a strong current, it is better to use a nodding fishing rod with a reel.
The hustler itself is small, and not too thick fishing line is suitable for it. However, in the process of fishing, there is a high probability of catching a bream, for which you need tackle harder. And since it is possible to catch a huster with coarser tackle, it is better to play it safe and choose a fishing line with a good margin of safety 0.25-0.3 mm thick. The optimal hook size is No. 5.
A larger hook does not make sense. The mouth of the bream is small. A larger hook will not fit in it, and the nerves of the fisherman will be pretty frayed by false bites due to the fact that the fish will not be able to swallow the bait.
Fishing features
How to catch this little fish? Yes, very easy! Gustera is an impudent fish. She is not afraid of anything that can scare away another white fish - neither the silhouette of a fisherman, nor loud noises, nor voices or foot stamping. To catch small individuals near the shore, a short enough float fishing rod is enough. Larger specimens stay away from the coast. A couple of days before the start of fishing, you need to start feeding the place where you plan to fish.
Throw bait in the water should also be before fishing. There is no need to be afraid to overfeed the booster - this is impossible. It is recommended to throw bait into the water every half an hour, this will not scare away, but only attract fish.
Gustera swallows the bait immediately, so no need to hook it. She hooks herself. After hooking, the fish begins to walk in circles, so you need to quickly raise it above the water so that the fishing line does not get tangled.
Winter fishing
In winter, fish can stay near the shore, but more often it is still found in deep places. If those places of the reservoir where there are springs are known, go fishing to them.
Some of the fishermen believe that for winter fishing on the hustler only a nod fishing rod with a soft nod, which can feel a slight bite of a sluggish fish, is suitable. Other fishermen disagree with them and argue that for winter fishing, you can use the floaters with a fishing rod with a small float that is of sufficient weight to be below the surface of the water.
Only one thing does not cause disagreement: in winter, this fish is caught exclusively on mormyshka. This is a catchy and versatile tackle at this time of the year. Mormyshki on huster are nozzle and non-nozzle. The main requirement is that they must be brightly colored in different colors. On the hooks of non-mounted mormyshek should be placed small colored beads, preferably a few pieces. Bloodworms need to be baited on nozzles, because in winter this fish simply will not bite on another bait.
In order to attract the attention of the fish, you need to play jigsaw at the very bottom, sometimes raising the bait. Usually a bite begins just during such climbs. The fish catches up with the bait from below, so the nod rises up during the bite. Its rise is usually weak, and it is difficult to notice it. As soon as you notice - hook up. The bite can be recognized by the position of the fishing line. If she moved from a tense position to a weakened one, do a sweep.
Knowing the peculiarities of the behavior of boosters, you can go fishing at any time of the year.