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Fishing For Bream
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Bream are a common
species that can be
easily found when fishing in South Africa. Bream or Tilapia is also
called Kurper. Bream live in large shoals and mature specimens can
provide a good fight. As with most animals in nature, the male bream
have splendid colours with bands and bright colours. Bream can tolerate
a wide range of water qualities, but they cannot survive in very cold
water. Bream can be found near river mouth can a observant angler will
be able to spot small shoals of fry near logs and other floating
objects.
Most
bream will appear to disappear during colder months and this is due to
them going to hibernate. During this time the bream will not take lures
or bait and so other species should be targeted.
Bream are
omnivores and so they will eat a wide variety of food items. During
breeding the bream will build nests and the parents will protect the
fry by keeping them in their mouths. This type of breeding is called
mouth brooding and they fry will retreat into the mothers mouth when
dangers appears.
Bream are a valued species in the freshwater community.
Bream
Profiles
For more information on bream species such as length, weight,
pictures, descriptions, and fishing strategy click on the species name
below:
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