{"id":2290,"date":"2022-08-23T21:37:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T21:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsniagara.com\/?p=2290"},"modified":"2022-09-01T19:16:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T19:16:50","slug":"can-you-fish-with-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsniagara.com\/can-you-fish-with-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Fish with Bread?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Can you catch fish with bread? Absolutely you can. In fact, we anglers refer to them as bread balls.<\/p>\n
Not only will we teach you how to fish with bread balls, but we’ll also show you another method called dough balls.<\/p>\n
In addition, we’ll provide more information that you think you might find helpful in fishing with bread.<\/p>\n
Contents<\/p>
Here’s what you do:<\/p>\n
Take a small piece of bread – most kinds will do fine – white is a good choice. The piece shouldn’t be more than 1″x1″.<\/p>\n
Form the Bread Ball – Take a hook and place the bread around the bend. Press the bread with your fingers until it becomes firm and fully attached to the hook.<\/p>\n
That is all you need to make a bread ball.<\/p>\n
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Another variation of the bread ball is a dough ball.<\/p>\n
It is a little more complicated to make a dough ball but not by much.<\/p>\n
Here’s How:<\/p>\n
In a one+ cup, container add equal parts flour and chunks of bread. White bread works well for the base.<\/p>\n
Add to your flour and bread mixture about 1\/4 cup of water two tablespoons at a time.<\/p>\n
In conjunction with step 2 -mix your water, flour, and bread mixture. Continue to add water until it makes a thick paste.<\/p>\n
Add the dough to the hook – Take a glob of dough and form it around the hook. The dough should be firm so that it will hold onto the hook while you cast or swing your bait out.<\/p>\n
Tip:<\/strong> for both bread balls and dough balls, if you find that you lose your bait quickly, you can wrap the dough mix in netting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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What Type of Fishing Is This Good For?<\/span><\/h2>\n
Top three species you can target with bread…<\/p>\n
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- Catfish<\/li>\n
- Carp<\/li>\n
- Suckerfish<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Bluegill and crappie are two additional options<\/p>\n
In saltwater, you can target baitfish such as bream with bread balls.<\/p>\n
You can also target Saltwater perch and many of the species you find inshore.<\/p>\n
Wild trout and bass may or may not eat bread balls.<\/p>\n
Those that are stocked and fed commercial food will almost always go after a bread ball.<\/p>\n
Their food is made from grains, and they have become used to eating it.<\/p>\n
Anywhere where people feed bread to ducks is a good place to try a bread ball as bait.<\/p>\n
Those fish in those ponds are used to bread and they will oftentimes strike your hook.<\/p>\n