Catching a chub on spinning: the choice of spinning, bait and fishing technique

The chub belongs to the family of carp fish species, and is found in freshwater reservoirs. As a rule, these are rivers with a fast or moderate current. It cannot be found in ponds or lakes where there is no current. Therefore, his way of life differs from many of his relatives, including carp.

The chub has a serious appetite, while he does not particularly sort out baits, regardless of their origin. The chub is considered an omnivorous fish.

When hit on the hook, it resists very worthily, like most carp fish species. This article is aimed at helping anglers in choosing gear for fishing, as well as in choosing a fishing spot.

The best time to catch chub

The chub is a greedy and voracious fish. This feature of it allows you to organize a “hunt” for him throughout the season, with a spinning rod in your hands. Although this does not mean at all that his bite is stable and active throughout the season. Among other things, it is necessary to select baits, depending on the season. How to do it?

Each period of fishing is characterized by its own characteristics. With the process of the beginning of the melting of ice, the process of catching chub begins. Despite the fact that the chub has already moved away from wintering, you should not count on a serious catch during this period, since its biting can be unpredictable.

By this time, the water had not warmed up yet. The faster the water warms up, the more likely it is to resume the active biting of the chub. In natural rivers and lakes, this process is quite long, compared with reservoirs, where an influx of warm water is possible. Therefore, when going fishing, you should have information about where the water warms up at a faster rate. As a rule, during this period, the water begins to warm up by lunchtime, therefore, it does not make sense to go fishing early.

Somewhere around mid-April month, the situation begins to improve, and the chub is more active. From now on, even night fishing can bring tangible results. Somewhere in the second half of May, bleak spawns, which he simply adores and feeds on regularly. During this period, he also willingly takes artificial baits.

With the advent of summer, when the water level drops noticeably, it is not difficult to calculate the chub parking, especially for an experienced spinner.

With the end of the summer, spinners leave the chub alone, as its preference changes dramatically. Although this does not stop experienced anglers, and with the right choice of bait, you can always be with a catch. Somewhere in the middle of autumn, the zhor chub begins. If you get on the zhor, you can catch a few decent specimens.

In winter, you can catch chub in ice-free areas. At the same time, it must be borne in mind that the chub has moved to a depth and can only be reached using deep-sea baits.

Where to catch? Choosing a place to fish

The chub, especially the larger one, behaves very carefully, and it is not so easy to find it. Despite this, there are characteristic external signs indicating the presence of a chub. Every spinner should be aware of these signs. The chub chooses very characteristic places for its parking, such as blockages, bushes and stones, which provide shelter in the summer. In addition, the vegetation has all kinds of living creatures, which from time to time falls into the water. Places of water areas where there are significant differences in depths, where the current changes from slow to fast, various underwater barriers, in the form of dams and dikes, islands of various origins, deep pockets located next to the shallows – these are ideal habitats for the chub.

In other words, habitats are characterized by conditions that provide the opportunity to hide and hunt. As a rule, predators such as chub and zander practically live side by side, only zander occupies deeper places, and chub are shallower.

The technique for catching chub may vary, depending on the nature of the place chosen for fishing.

The choice of spinning on a chub

The chub requires the choice of special equipment. In this case, there are many contradictions, which are as follows: firstly, the chub is a rather cautious and shy fish, and secondly, it lives in places that are not easily accessible. As a rule, ultralight spinning is chosen for catching chub, with a test of 7 to 10 grams.

The use of more powerful fishing gear is not recommended, since chub fishing involves the use of small baits. In addition, such tackle will allow for more accurate casting, especially since you will have to throw in difficult places.

If fishing is carried out from a dam or from a bridge, then the rod can be quite long – 3,5-4 meters. The long rod is very handy because there is no need to cast the bait to the place where the flock is located. The chub is a shy fish and will immediately react to casting. Therefore, the bait should be delivered a few meters further. After that, the bait is held next to the chub flock, which gives a better chance of success. In any case, a spinning length of 2,1 meters is quite enough, especially when fishing from a boat.

The action of the rod should be closer to the average, but the fast action (Fast or Extra-Fast) is not good. This is due to the fact that light baits are used and they need to be thrown far and accurately. In addition, a medium action rod will cope with the load when playing.

Based on this approach, you should pay attention to some spinning models that meet these requirements. For experienced spinners, the Graphiteleader GNFPTS-762UL-LT model, which has a Regular-Fast action, is suitable. This spinning takes the first place in the rating for catching chub. Not only that, it is durable and lightweight.

For a beginner, the universal, budget version of Aiko Dixi is more suitable.

You should not pass by models such as the Major Craft from the AIRock series, which are very sensitive to bites.

Spinning tackle for successful fishing

You should seriously approach the choice of equipment when catching chub. As a rule, experienced anglers choose not braided, but monofilament fishing line. He does not notice the monofilament line, but the braided line is alarming. And this, despite the fact that braided fishing line has better characteristics.

The diameter of a monofilament line can be 0,14-0,16 mm, with a breaking force of 2 kg or more, which is quite enough for this type of fishing. It can be both budget Stroft fishing lines and branded ones, Salmo class, which have low residual memory and excellent wear resistance. Unfortunately, these lines are expensive.

Considering the fact that the fishing line does not have a large diameter, then reels of size 2500 will do, no more. The main condition is that the reel should have a smooth ride and evenly wind the line. The ShimanoCatana FB reel satisfies similar requirements. Coils with similar characteristics are manufactured by Daiwa. The TeamS inertialess reel, which has a rear drag and is designed for using thin lines, works well.

Bait selection

Unfortunately, the traditional jig fishing technique is not suitable for catching chub, even if it is closer to the bottom. In cold periods, when the chub goes to the depths, deep-sea wobblers work well, having no great length, 6-7 cm.

On the market of fishing lures you can find a large number of models designed for chub fishing. Despite his caution, the right bait can provoke a chub to attack, awakening his appetite.

With the advent of heat, the behavior of the chub also changes. It begins to rise into the upper layers of the water, feeding on various bugs and worms that have fallen into the water. During this period, it is better to switch to surface wobblers, with a pronounced game. In shallow water, floating wobblers are more suitable, but they do not create noise, since the chub does not like this.

When fishing along the coast, as well as in areas with a moderate current, it is possible to use spinners. The main condition is the exact casting of the bait, which will certainly interest the predator.

Cicada chub are not bad at attracting, but they are very often objects of hooks.

Summer chub fishing involves the use of other baits, such as flies (streamers). This approach is especially effective during periods when there is an abundance of insects and the chub can completely switch to feeding on insects. Lures such as poppers do not particularly entice chub, so it is best to limit their use. Although they are good at catching such a predator as perch.

The influence of weather on the biting chub

Changeable spring weather makes its own adjustments to spinning fishing. With stable warm May weather, a chub can go for any bait, but if the weather changes even a little, the bite of the chub becomes unpredictable.

The chub is a schooling fish, although small individuals are kept separately, and larger ones also separately. If you find a flock of a large chub, you can catch several weighty specimens.

The chub is not afraid of dirty water, but prefers to be in clean water and always warm. When the summer heat sets in, it can go deep or stay in the shade of trees. The most catchy period is post-spawning zhor, when the water temperature reaches +18-20°C.

Technique for catching chub on spinning

Spinning fishing is fishing when a spinning player travels along the river for many kilometers in search of fish and the chub is no exception. To catch him on spinning, you first need to find him. You always need to be prepared for the fact that you will often have to change baits in order to pick up a more catchy one. The chub bites quite neatly, so sensitive tackle will not hurt.

Shore or boat, which option is the most effective?

Naturally, the boat is an indispensable assistant to the angler, regardless of the conditions under which fishing is carried out. With the help of a boat, it is possible to catch places that are simply impossible to reach from the shore. At the same time, long spinning is not required, as well as distant casts.

Although when fishing from a boat there is a certain disadvantage – this is work on oars, especially in the presence of a strong current. Therefore, the ideal option is a boat with a motor.

Features of catching chub on a small river

Good results are shown by such a method as wading fishing. With this method, the chub is not afraid of the angler and boldly goes to attack the bait. It is very important to choose the right equipment that could protect the spinner from water and insects. The bait is picked up smaller, but otherwise the fishing technique, habitats, bites are the same as on large rivers.