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Fishing is considered the most interesting type of outdoor activity, and there are quite a few types of it. Fishing for carp is designed for those who know how to wait and will endure even several trips without a catch. After all, this type of fish is not as easy to catch as it seems at first glance, and you still need to be able to catch a decent option.
Where to look for carp
Carp is nothing more than a domesticated carp. You can find it in almost every pond or lake, the size of which allows individuals to feed and breed without problems. In Bryansk and other regions, there are three main types of carp:
- mirror;
- naked or white carp;
- can be solved.
Each of them will differ among themselves in the presence or absence of scales in an adult. The scaly one will have the largest amount, the mirror one has it a little less, but the naked one does not have it at all.
Wild carp or carp left all their habits to their “tamed” relatives, so their behavior is absolutely identical. Before you catch a carp in any reservoir, you need to know its habits, they will change depending on the season and weather conditions in a given season.
Spring period
During this period, carp will bite episodically, but it is during the pre-spawning period that trophy specimens are most often found. Fishing is carried out more on the shallows, where the carp goes out to bask after wintering in the pits.
Summer fishing
During this period, after spawning, real fishing for carp and carp begins. Moreover, the entire period can be divided into several stages depending on the temperature regime:
- the beginning of summer is characterized by sluggish bites on any of the proposed baits and baits;
- hot days in the middle will also not live up to expectations, but the night period can please more, it is in the dark that carps go out to feed;
- fishing for carp in August on the pond will be the most productive, but much will depend on weather conditions.
In the summer, as practice shows, it is better not to catch carp from the shore on a regular float. Worthy options are fished out by a feeder on a crown, nipple, or caught on tackle using boilies.
Capture in autumn
A decrease in the water temperature in the pond activates the carp, individuals will begin to feed more actively, while the search for food will be carried out in different thicknesses of the water. It is after a cold snap in the autumn that the active biting of carp begins, baits are more suitable for animal nature.
Fishing for carp in winter
It is possible to catch a worthy specimen in winter, however, for this you need to have a certain skill and correctly play with “pyramid” and “cone” spinners in winter pits.
Features of catching
For novice fishermen, the important information will be that catching carp without bait is practically impossible. If you managed to catch a worthy specimen, then consider yourself a real lucky one, not everyone succeeds.
In order to be with the catch, experienced carp anglers know the unwritten rule that the fishing place must be pre-fed. Paid fishing for carp sometimes allows you to do without this moment, but in most cases, food is necessary on paid sites.
It is necessary to start fishing a couple of days before arrival or casting gear. Feeding the place will be the first step in the difficult task of catching carp. Feeding is carried out with different products, because carp is omnivorous, it is not for nothing that anglers among themselves call it a lake pig. Most often for feeding use:
- purchased bait, mostly basic;
- boiled corn, peas, barley;
- soaked bread;
- boiled potatoes.
Feeding mixtures can be flavored, chopped bait can be added, which will be used for fishing.
Tackle for fishing
There are several methods for catching carp, you can catch it with almost all gear. Anglers with experience highlight some of the most effective ones that will help you catch carps at any time of the year.
On a float
The classic float tackle is more suitable for fishing for crucian carp, carp can easily break thin and sensitive equipment. That is why the usual lap dog and fly rod for fishing are not used. For lovers of floats, the match will be the most suitable option, strong and light rods with high-quality reels will allow you to cast over long distances, and properly selected fishing lines and hooks will not miss the caught individual.
Donkey
It is better to catch carp on the lake in autumn with bottom tackle, while you can use all varieties. The capture will be successful with:
- on the top, this type of fishing involves the use of pressed top, cut into briquettes. They attach it to a metal plate, which acts as a load for casting and sinking gear. Hooks are placed in the briquette itself or left free, while each one is planted with natural animal or vegetable bait. Less often, an artificial nozzle made of foam or other materials is used.
- No less popular is the nipple, often made for fishing with their own hands. Tackle is formed from a container-nipples into which bait is stuffed. Hooks are placed in the feed, no additional bait is needed. Gradually washed out, the bait will attract carp and large carp. Individuals absorb food into themselves, gradually draw the hook into themselves, and this is how the notch occurs.
- Catching on a spring occurs according to the same principle, however, you can additionally plant vegetable baits or animals on hooks, fish and large-colored foam will attract the attention of fish well.
- Winter fishing for carp is carried out with a high-quality fishing rod, up to 1m long. Large mormyshki or spinners are used as bait.
Artificial baits are being modernized more and more every season, a good option for catching larger individuals with a feeder will be puffy dough of a large fraction, round amino acid bait, foam in protein dough, self-rolled balls from protein dough of the right size.
Catching carp on the bottom from the shore is the dream of every carp angler, so you should be patient. The main thing is to collect strong gear that can withstand strong jerks even of a relatively small individual.
The subtleties of collecting gear
Regardless of whether carp fishing is carried out on a float rod or on a feeder, special attention is paid to the strength of the equipment. It makes no sense to use thin lines for light, sensitive rigs, the carp will break them easily as soon as they feel something is wrong. In order not to lose a spotted fish, you need to know some of the secrets of the formation of gear and choose the right components for them. For fishing for large carp and carp, the equipment must be made stronger:
- Depending on the method of fishing, fishing lines and cords of thicker sections are used. For float gear, a monk is used no thinner than 0,25 mm, a braided cord for such gear is set at least 0,16 mm. For fishing on boilies and feeders, cords are more often used, for such purposes a product with a thickness of up to 0,25 mm is suitable. You should not be afraid that the tackle will turn out to be rough, in muddy water the carp will not notice it, but when playing a trophy specimen, such a thickness will help to bring the catch to a catch without any problems.
- The blanks of the rods are chosen stronger, a rod with a sensitive tip is not suitable for catching carp. Carp rods are most often used for fishing on top or boilies, such rods are perfect for fishing both trophy specimens and more modest specimens. Rods of this type differ from other feeders in larger inlet rings, which are attached to the blank with two paws.
- The reel must match the rod, for the match they choose a powerful inertialess reel that can hold carp. Feeder rods and carp rods are equipped with much higher reels, experienced anglers recommend using spinning rods with a baitrunner, such a model will help to kill a strong carp and fight it out later.
- The choice of hooks is also important, because it depends on its quality whether the cunning carp will run away. This element of equipment is selected depending on the bait used, one will go under the foam plastic and maggot, for corn, peas, potatoes a little larger.
- The leash is best knitted from carp leash material, it is perfect for equipping feeders. For float gear, it is better to use high-quality fishing line.
These are the main components of equipment for fishing for carp from the shore. But there are also auxiliary elements, they should also be bought of good quality, pay special attention to breaking loads, usually manufacturers prescribe them on the packaging.
Feed and bait
Lure in fishing for carp is not the last thing, according to anglers with experience, it is impossible to catch carp in an unbaited place. To attract fish to the place of fishing, they use various feeds:
- Purchased bait is often used, the most effective today is considered to be “Golden Carp” and “Big Carp”. These options are perfect for feeding future metal fishing, and are also used in the feeder.
- As a complementary food, you can steam chickpeas for fishing. The main thing is to do it right and add a little attractant to the finished bait mixture to enhance the smell.
- Peas for fishing for carp will also be a good bait option. There are a lot of cooking recipes, but most often they use pea butter.
- As complementary foods, cereals, pearl barley and millet are also used. Some anglers prepare pasta according to a special recipe.
Groundbaits are made from one ingredient or several are mixed, while the viscosity must be adjusted with dry ingredients. Most often, breadcrumbs or dry semolina are used.
Bait
Depending on the season, various elements of both animal and vegetable origin act as bait on the hook for carp. To catch carp use:
- boiled and canned corn;
- steamed peas;
- steamed pearl barley;
- semolina dough;
- worm;
- maggots;
- bloodworms;
- tall;
- polystyrene and other artificial bait options.
Ice fishing for carp is carried out on naked large jigs, ordinary balls and droplets of white and copper color work best. It’s not bad to catch carp on a lure in the winter, you don’t need to plant a bloodworm on it either.
Now it is especially fashionable to make boilies and use boilies to catch carp. It should be understood that this bait has several varieties, you can buy it in the store, or you can make it yourself at home.
Fishing for carp these days has acquired a commercial bias, more and more ponds are artificially stocked, then for a fee they are allowed to catch. Such methods are practiced by fish farms and private entrepreneurs in many regions, the most famous are:
- Butovo;
- Arkhangelsk;
- Volokamsk;
- Krasnogorsk;
- Maclino;
- Voronezh region;
- Perm Territory.
Elkhoviki are famous for their fish farms, they successfully catch carp in the Moscow region.
Fishing for carp is exciting, many varieties of rigs allow you to fish in different water bodies, regardless of the time of year. Properly assembled tackle will definitely not leave anyone without a catch, but patience will be required.