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Silver Bream| Fish Species Guide | Angling Direct
Silver Bream
aka Blicca bjoerkna
Occasionally mistaken for the silvery juvenile of the common bream, silver bream can be distinguished by its lack of slime. Usually found in shallow lakes, slow rivers and canals across Europe, the silver bream tend to feed in mid-water. Relatively deep-bodied, the silver bream has a high dorsal fin and a unique, V-shaped pattern on its underbelly formed by its scales. Although silvery in colour, its back is darker with a light brown to grey-brown colouration.
Silver Bream can be identified for its lack of a slime cover which the common bream is known for. While they may be smaller, these fish can use their gills to filter feed for microorganisms, like plankton, if food is scarce. As they grow larger, the space between the gills becomes too big.
Stats
Status
Habitat
Turbid waters, boated canals or rivers and brackish waters.
Bait
Small particles, chopped or whole maggots.
Fishing Tackle
Native or Invasive
Native
Where
Europe, north of the Alps and Pyrenees, as well as the Balkans. They are found as far as east as the Caspian Sea.
Catch Experience
Silver bream are not shy feeders and with bream also being a shoaling fish, once you find one bream, you usually find plenty of others. A bream bite will pull the end of your rod round, and put up an initial fight for the first few second of the engagement, once you get a bream to the surface the fight is definetely in the anglers hands, as bream wont put up much of a fight past this point, and are very easy to reel in from this point. Hence why so many match anglers bag up on bream, its also a great species to target as a junior angler. To make the session more enjoyable, try taking lighter gear, a rod with a lighter test curve, lighter line and corresponding terminal tackle, this will make it really interesting if you land a tobstone bream.
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