Bream fishing is about as basic as the sport can get. Though relatively diminutive in size, the fish are notoriously ferocious, and will hit just about anything when they're on their beds and hungrier ...

Bream often get a bad reputation as nuisance fish, especially among carp anglers, but speak to seasoned match or pleasure anglers, and you'll hear a different story. Big bream, often called "bin lids" ...