Only the leader could remain below the surface to resist the wear and tear of the unseen snags and barnacles. This effort is a must, for the fish knows its territory well. Finally, a five minute struggle came to an end and a kilo of gleaming silver bream lay beside the boat. A beautiful sight and a great fight from a very worthy opponent. For me, spinning for bream, holds a very special place amongst the challenges with lure fishing.
Bream are by nature wary creatures.
Their habits of picking up baits and dropping them, are well recorded. The way they attack lures is also different to a lot of other species. This is because bream have very small mouths. By watching their normal feeding habits, you will soon see a pattern to their attack. Bream prefer to chase their quarry into a predetermined area, usually a shallow, where their prey has little chance of escape.