Bream Bottom feeders or not

[fishster]

I was fishing my local the other day and had a couple of nice bream at dead depth on pellet and then decided to fish for roach on my roach rig at 3ft as the water is 20ft the roach were only 3 to 4ft under and i was catching a few and cataupaulted a load of red maggots out to my float the next thing my elastic strtched out of my pole as i was only fishing a six laccy.When i finally got it in it was a bream of 7lb caught on red maggot 3ft under in a 20ft swim and this happened twice more.so are Bream bottom feeders or not.Answers please and thoughts on why this happened cheers lads.

[FORDY-1]

Ive had a few big skimmers(2lb) or so on floaters before,some venues u can catch them well ,right up in the water.

[Tarks]

in 20 ft of water would it be a poss to have a thermal layer that the bream patrol up in the water? if so like a carp wouldthey take any food infront of them?

[luke carpstalker]

I've had bream on flaoting crust, albeit in 5ft of water.

[stevelockett]

Most modern thought and experience suggests they most certainly do not live on the bottom.
Apparently they do not graze on the bottom as we all assumed either, but sit well up and dive down to pick up single bits of food. That is courtesy of Steve Ringer whose brother Phil was involved in filming that behaviour on a Dutch lake while feeder fishing.

[scorpio]

we often see bream head and shoulders out the water and cruising around on the top at our lake. like any other fish they are greedy so if it gets put where they can eat it I am sure they will eat it

[Frisky Fish]

My local is 12 feet deep and full of carp tench and bream. Its not uncommon to catch all these fish 2ft deep as we do on most visits. I had 7 tench on the bounce last Saturday fishing 3ft deep in 11ft of water but I only had 1 bream about 3lb and a load of carp up to 8lb.

[fish farmer]

Botom feeding fish will often come up in the water to intercept food items depending on available food items at the time. If there are a lot of bloodworm they will feed from the bottom to get at it. As bloodworm pupate, they migrate through the water column to hatch at the surface and will be intercepted at any depth by feeding fish. It will also depend on algae and oxygen levels coupled with temperature and agae-eating organisms such as daphnia that are poikilothermic (ie they find the level of water where their preferred temperature exists).

[drynetter]

fish the pellet waggler a lot at packington gearys & catch big skimmers & tench at six inches depth, i think fish on commercials adapt to the anglers feeding methods, we feed for cruising carp & skimmers come up for a free meal.

[fish farmer]

fish the pellet waggler a lot at packington gearys & catch big skimmers & tench at six inches depth, i think fish on commercials adapt to the anglers feeding methods, we feed for cruising carp & skimmers come up for a free meal.

'big skimers', lol. Aren't they called bream mate?

Most species of coarse fish in still water are known as bentho-pelagic, which means they feed from the bottom (benthos) and in open water at all depths. Yes they move up in the water to intercept baits / natural foods at higher levels, as they are competing with their fellows for fod.

[david_avfc]

I've caught bream on the bottom, Mid depth, And right up in the water & on the drop. And from floating crust.

I have a skimmer is my aquarium and he spends most of his time mid depth, He comes up for flake and pellets, And will feed on bloodworm when i introduce it, And he grubs about on the bottom with his head down. I've only had him 6 weeks, And im putting alot of concentration into his habbits. Same goes for my roach, barbel and tench i have in there, amoungst my many koi carp.

[phillyfingers]

I was fishing my local the other day and had a couple of nice bream at dead depth on pellet and then decided to fish for roach on my roach rig at 3ft as the water is 20ft the roach were only 3 to 4ft under and i was catching a few and cataupaulted a load of red maggots out to my float the next thing my elastic strtched out of my pole as i was only fishing a six laccy.When i finally got it in it was a bream of 7lb caught on red maggot 3ft under in a 20ft swim and this happened twice more.so are Bream bottom feeders or not.Answers please and thoughts on why this happened cheers lads.

hi fishster, was this the TRAP you were fishing at mate? same thing happended at monks pool johnstown, when i used to fish it, but never caught bream that big there! bream are addapted to feeding on the bottom , but in these huge depths will hang in midwater where they feel most comfortible, so are idealy placed to take advantage of any feeding opportunity that come up! imo!!! tight lines.phil.

[fishster]

phillyfingers
no it wasnt the trap it was the mill in flint which i am a club member.

[fishster]

by the way my avatar is a trap pool carp of 20lb phillyfingers i caught it about 3 yrs ago but am no longer a member of the trap as fishing has declined at the trap.

[jethro]

'big skimers', lol. Aren't they called bream mate?

Most species of coarse fish in still water are known as bentho-pelagic, which means they feed from the bottom (benthos) and in open water at all depths. Yes they move up in the water to intercept baits / natural foods at higher levels, as they are competing with their fellows for fod.

First I not foolish enough to contradict fish farmer & he'll correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought pelagic fish were sea fish IE sail fish & tuna types.