Thread: Bream on the beds..

Grew up bream fishing for bait(flatheads catfish) and to eat.In our area we catch them around the full moon starting in may,june,july and can still catch a few in august some years some of the biggest bream,redear,shellcrackers of the year!!! We catch them on a little 1/48 oz or 1/32 oz rodarunner orange ,chart,crappie tube.Just throw it in the bream bed they will pick it up in the bed and start swimming with it.Don't know if its the spinner they don't like in their bed or the orange,chart tube but it works.Lots of fun!!!!

Originally Posted by deathb4disco

As SYG said, they spawn around the full moon once the water temp hits about 67.




The fish are still there. They're just not on the beds. They bite year round.

So they spawn every month once the water temp is warm enough?

Originally Posted by Southern Young Gun

A few days before and after the full moon have been the best days for myself. The day of the full moon has been tough in my experiences. By the way, I never saw you mention that all of the fish you are catching came from the same spot. Bream can be caught in shallow water, close to the bank almost all the time, that doesn't mean it's a bed or they are spawning. You know it's a bed when you can see the bowl shaped beds (if the water is clear enough), you are catching multiple fish in the exact spot, and the males will piss when you squeeze them.

Yes, I have 6 or 8 holes I fish to catch trotline bait.
Either they all are hot or they all are dead.. No in between...

Originally Posted by wademaster

Going fishing is the best method of determining anything for yourself. That's the best way I form an opinion, and the best way to learn. Good luck.

Ummm.... Yea, not real helpful here buddy..

They do here.We live and fish on the famous White river(Trout).Cold water the bream don't have a natural spawn in the river.But spawn in the feeder creeks depending on the river level.We catch them from the Full moon in may until august somtimes as late as the full moon in Sept.

Originally Posted by JigginPoleJoe

Ummm.... Yea, not real helpful here buddy..

Ok, well get out there on the water and LEARN by DOING. That'll always stick with ya better. Like I said previously, go fishing if you wanna learn about fishing. You can only learn so much from forums. Nothing beats hands on experience.

Originally Posted by JigginPoleJoe

So they spawn every month once the water temp is warm enough?

Yes.

Basically they spawn around the full moon every month once it warms up. There will often be a small spawn in April, but the big one is in May with monthly spawns until August with decreasing numbers each month.

The best time to catch them on the bed is the full moon period in May and again in June.