Fry feeding Bream
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Fry feeding Bream
This years fry have hatched at Rutland, with the usual predators feeding on them, however protein, is protein, the last few days we have had reports of the reservoirs Bream are now going round mopping them up.
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Re: Fry feeding Bream
Not just bream Nigel, on our waters carp mop them up too.....
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Re: Fry feeding Bream
Nothing too extraordinary. Carp and bream are seasonal fry feeders - I've got an old fishing book that actually suggests spinning for bream with a fly spoon during the early season!
I've also seen carp regurgitating dozens of carp fry in the landing net. They'll both take a deadbait too.
I've also seen carp regurgitating dozens of carp fry in the landing net. They'll both take a deadbait too.
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Re: Fry feeding Bream
Have heard many reports of bream caught on Mepps etc, never had one myself but my friend hand a nice 4lb specimen a few years back on a lure.
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Re: Fry feeding Bream
I fished a water where you couldn't use sardines because the bream mauled them to bits. I did manage to catch one though!
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Re: Fry feeding Bream
Also witnessed this years perch fry in the harbour at just over an inch or so long long moving in for the slightly smaller roach fry!!
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Re: Fry feeding Bream
Peter Stone wrote about seeing a bleak porpoise across the Thames pursued by a very large bream which caught and ate the prey.
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Re: Fry feeding Bream
Only “silver” fish I’ve caught on dead’s is a chub,but as u say protein is protein and any fish will hoover up the fry,maby the bream think there trout pellets as the buggers hammer them when am carping