Whilst not every angler's cup of tea, bream are a species that can provide some incredible fishing sport should you be lucky enough to land on a shoal. Provided you don't spook them, these fish will devour kilos of bait, with nets of over 100lb of slabs regularly reported in the Angling Times pages. Here then are 10 great venues that are worth a closer look if you're after a big net of bream...
Baden Hall Fishery, Eccleshall, Staffs
Doughnut Pool had a stocking in winter, and 3lb-5lb bream are common. Fish halfway to three-quarters of the way across to the island with double red maggot.
Contact: 01785 851495
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Lakeside Fishery, York, North Yorkshire
Cage or Method feeder tactics will keep the bream coming. Cast 30m out every few minutes, rotating between dead maggots, corn and pieces of worm.
Contact: 01759 318100
Hallcroft Fishery, Retford, Notts
Have a crack at Moat Lake for bream to 4lb on the Method or long pole. Fish in areas where carp refuse to settle.
Contact: 01777 719911
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McCallums Fishery, Doncaster, S Yorkshire
Fish the pole at 12m and you’ll find 7ft-10ft of water. Lace several balls of groundbait with casters and dead maggots at the start, topping up with nuggets.
Contact: 01302 770224
Barston Lakes, Solihull West Mids
Despite this being a giant sheet of water, the skimmers come in close. Feed a small pot of corn after every fish at 6m, pushing out if the shoal disappears.
Contact: 01675 444890
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Mousecroft Pool, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Despite being only a couple of acres and very shallow, it’s home to bream over 6lb. Fish corn or an expander pellet.
Contact: 01743 462699
Wold Farm, Podington, Northants
The Oaks offers 100lb-plus netfuls of bream. Fish the pole at 5m, regularly loosefeeding corn.
Contact: 07410 705882
White Springs Fishery, Swansea
The Pleasure Lake is renowned for its bream, with big nets on the pole. Try dead maggots over groundbait or a 4mm expander over nuggets of micros.
Contact: 01792 885699
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Alders Farm, Milton Keynes, Bucks
Target Pines with long pole tactics. Fish at 13m, feeding 4mm pellets with the same size of expander on a size 18 hook.
Contact: 01525 261713
Monk Lakes, Marden, Kent
Bridges Lake is mainly a specimen water, but it’s also capable of 50lb bream nets. Fish corn on the pole at 13m over groundbait.
Contact: 01622 833332
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