Artificial hookbait fools huge bream

After a chance recent encounter with a 15lb 3oz bream while carp angling, all-rounder David Jones went one better and landed this immense 17lb 6oz bream by design.

Initially arriving at the lake to target the resident carp, David noticed lots of bream rolling just as darkness descended, among which he could see some very big fish.

“I swapped a few of my rods over for bream after seeing the size of the fish that were rolling and I’m certainly pleased about making the switch,” David tells Angling Times.
“There were so many fish rolling through the night that I was amazed not to catch one during darkness, but come daybreak I finally had a bite. When I saw this fish in the net I was totally gobsmacked. They’re such impressive creatures, and it baffles me when I hear that some people don’t like them.”

David baited an area with halibut pellets and corn and used an artificial grain of the latter as his hookbait.