Abramis Brama, Linnaeus, 1758
The common bream can be easily found in all freshwater rivers and lakes along North America. Anglers commonly find these in abundance in the Paynes Prairie Preserve state park in Florida. The state park lake gets its water from Alachua sink and is surrounded by dense coniferous forests. It is a two-hour drive from Florida and is located 160 miles far away from here.
Types of fish that can be found
Common breams are found in plenty in the Bighorn Lake which is a reservoir located behind Bighorn Canyon in Wyoming. The reservoir is located 40 miles away from Montana and can be reached within an hour when going by car. The rocky terrain and high plains surround it, and the reservoir gets its waters from the Bighorn River. Besides these are stock in good numbers in all the freshwater lakes of Colorado like the gore creek and Chipeta lake. Functional transport connectivity is available from Denver to reach these water bodies.
Type of fishing that can be done at the location
Float fishing is used to catch these from freshwaters. To pick the ones residing in foreshores and beaches, boat fishing would be apt. For freshwater ones shore fishing using rods would be an easy technique to catch. This is one of the fish types that get found easily when ledgering techniques are used in fishing. Smaller common breams are detected by using pan fishing techniques also.
Normally common breams are 30 to 55 cm long, and rarely these grow even up to 75cm. On the average, it weighs between 2-4 kgs whereas a healthy and fully grown fish would weigh around 6-7 Kg. Common breams are slowly growing species, and it takes full 5 years for a young one to mature into an adult. Freshwater breams grow at a faster level when compared with those in brackish sea waters.
Normally, one can find these easily in the fresh waters of Alps, Pyrenees, and Balkans. One can also find them in the sea waters of the Black Sea, Caspian Sea, and Aral sea.
The common bream usually lives in river areas which are in the lower reaches. They also grow in considerable numbers in nutrient-rich lakes and ponds with good algae growth and muddy bottoms. It can also be found in brackish sea waters in few regions of the world in small numbers as they love to live in slow-moving rivers.
This type naturally feeds on Tubifex, bivalves, worms, gastropods and chironomid larvae as it digs the mud with its wide mouth and easily finds these. Besides water planktons and plants also serve as food for common breams. sweetcorns, maggots and boilies are the baits in addition to sandworm, crab, prawns and bass yabbies’. Normally small baits and lures such as crickets, grasshoppers, nightcrawlers and wax worms are used. When the water becomes turbid these filters feed themselves and Daphnia water fleas are the main source of food for them. As this type lives in schools the catch is good when a good bait is used.