Dai's bream double tops 30lb
Two bream for a total weight of 30lb topped another great week for the species.
Some famous names in big-fish angling are out there targeting big bream at the moment, including former Drennan Cup champion Dai Gribble, captor of the memorable pair.
The fish weighed 15lb 13oz and 14lb 3oz, came from a Midlands stillwater and were taken by the Korum-backed specialist when he fished a combination of boilies and artificial maggots over a bed of pellets at 60 yards.
“There aren’t many bream in this water but I just had a hunch that I’d be in with a chance,” Dai told Angling Times.
“The bigger of the two fish fought like an absolute demon and it took me four attempts to get it in the net. To be honest it gave a much better account of itself than any of the tench I’ve caught so far this season.”
Rob Creswell has also been getting among the big bream. His latest specimen was this 15lb 3oz fish from a tough stillwater in the south.It follows his recent capture of another bream of 16lb 2oz.
For his latest fish the specimen hunter from Bedfordshire baited an area at 50 yards with pellets, casters, chopped worms and hempseed, then cast flavoured hair-rigged imitation casters mounted on a fluorocarbon hooklink over the spot.
“Big old bream are really tricky to fool most of the time, and this fish came after a few blanks on the trot,” said Rob.
“A cluster of tench arrived on the scene too, with the biggest couple weighing 9lb 9oz and 8lb 1oz.”
