All you cold weather bream fishermen...advice needed.

I've always been a warm weather/spawning bream fisherman. Love to chase those rascals with a two wt. fly rod. So here's where I need some help.

I have access to a large (70-75) acre pond with bream, bass, and crappie. It has lots of stumps and cover of all sorts. Lots of brush around the edges. Brush runs out into 5-8 ft with a pretty clear edge. It falls off to about 5-8 ft. pretty quickly and has a large flat area with stumps (mostly below the surface) in 12-14 ft. The creek channel is 15-20 ft at the deepest. In the back of the pond there is thick brush all the way out to the channel then it drops to 6-12 ft in the creek channel. There are some shallow areas where I know where they will be during warm weather. Area near the dam is 20-25 ft. There is no lack of cover in any part of the pond. Surface temp was 56 yesterday (I was bass fishing...they were killing cranks and texas rigged worms).

Question: Where will the bream be as the water cools down for the winter? Thanks for any help.

Bobby

i would think deep or right on the break lines. dont know for sure

On Kentucky Lake they are catching them in 10-14 foot range around brush. I would think they would be pecking at your Texas rigged worm. I've caught a few while crappie fishing. Fat little fellows this time of year.

On the drops and deep along the levy and or the draw down area or spillway. Also being a A plus expert in growing fish a feeder would be an asset to the pond. You can start a test by buying a sack of fish feed at the farm store. Throw a cup full at the same local for 4-5 days till they start coming to it. That will get the fish coming to you to build you conficence and you can flip your fly in amongst the feeding frenzy and thank the ol sharphook later.

Welcome from Alabama. I spent over 55 years in the cold and snow in Ohio. I suspect your 'Gills in that pond will act like those on small reservoirs. Look for channel bends that are reachable from the shore if you are bank fishing. Look for deeper dropouts or stairstep ledges if you have a small boat.

Use a slip float set to 18" off the bottom or a modified drop shot rig. Look on the main Crappie forum for a stickie " knots and rig drawings for beginners." I would use a teardrops jig or 1/64 jig tipped with wax worms.