Within 1997-1999, studies were carried out in Włocławek Reservoir to determine diet composition, growth rate, and condition of common bream, Abramis brama (L.)-the dominant fish species there. An extraordinary abundance of bottom fauna in this reservoir is the reason that already in the first year, common bream begin to feed intensively on zoobenthos, they grow very rapidly (in length and weight), and are in good condition. Literature reports that at the beginning of the 1980s, when zoobenthos in the reservoir was considerably less abundant, bream growth was slower.