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Experienced anglers know how to catch carp in the summer, but beginners in this business often have a hard time in water bodies. How to get a trophy and what is the most preferable to use for this, we will analyze further together.
Carp habits
With the onset of summer and uniform warming of the water in all reservoirs, the carp becomes active after spawning, it seeks food more often, it reacts more readily to the skillful supply of bait and bait from fishermen. However, this does not always happen, there are many secondary factors that can often play a key role in catching this representative of the ichthyofauna.
At the beginning of summer, at moderate temperatures, up to +25 Celsius, the carp will actively feed and catch up with the lost body weight during spawning. Takes the fish during this period, almost everything. Further, with an increase in the thermometer, the capricious carp will go into the pits, and will go out for feeding in the morning and at night. The August night coolness again activates the fish, more and more often it will be possible to meet him for feeding during the daytime, but even at night he will not mind eating something tasty at all.
Based on this, it is worth noting that fishing in each of the summer months has its own characteristics and differences. It is worth studying the weather conditions in advance and only after that choose the time for fishing for a successful outcome.
Search for a place
Places for finding and harvesting carp in the summer are quite diverse, it all depends mainly on the temperature regime.
The heat provokes the fish to hide in cooler places, during this period the search is carried out in muddy pits or under natural canopies with residual depths. The capture will be most successful before noon or at night.
A cool summer will make its own adjustments to the places of residence of fish, carp in particular. Under such weather conditions, the trophy should be counted on at depths of up to 2,5 m; on sunny days, the capture is often made in the shallows, where the fish inhabitants of the selected reservoir bask.
There are also universal places to search for carp; there, often in different weather conditions, carp can almost always be found. His favorites are:
- snags and fallen trees;
- shoals with algae;
- reed beds;
- cattail and reeds near the coastline.
With skillful casting of gear, it is from here that it will be possible to bring out real trophies for both a novice and an experienced angler.
Features of fishing by months
It is preferable to catch carp in the summer, and the weather accompanies this, and the pleasure from such a holiday is more substantial. However, it is worth knowing that each summer month has its own characteristics, which we will consider further.
June
In the first month, there is an increase in activity, the fish are biting more and more often, and they don’t particularly go over the baits. Excellent options for fishing will be:
- makushatnik;
- feeder;
- donks.
The capture is carried out mostly during daylight hours, twilight will bring carp to the shallows and shallow waters of the reservoir. Use more vegetable types of baits or combine them with animals.
July
The second month is characterized by high thermometer readings, such weather conditions will drive cyprinids into pits and pools with silt in search of coolness. Fishing on bottom gear will be successful, it is worth doing it from early morning until lunch, and then only with the onset of twilight and night. Plant options on the hook work great.
August
From mid-August, the air and water temperatures begin to gradually drop, for carp this serves as a call sign for the beginning of the zhora. This period will last until the end of September, during this period it is easiest to fish out a worthy trophy. During this period, the carp switches to animal types of bait.
Bait
Carp is considered one of the most voracious fish; it eats its bulk just in the summer. To catch him, you need a lot of bait, the main thing is to choose the right flavor.
Bait from the store
There are a lot of ready-made bait mixtures on the shelves of stores, it is very convenient. I stopped by before fishing, bought the right amount and do not bother. But even here you need to know when and which one will work best.
Of the purchased ones, preference should be given to well-known brands, they must necessarily contain confectionery waste and cake. These two components will be the key to the success of fishing. Pay attention to weather conditions too.
- the first month of summer, bait with a pronounced smell will work perfectly, preference should be given to makuha, corn, peas, biscuit, baked milk;
- the second and hottest month is not very suitable for carp fishing, but anise, fennel, dill, hemp will help increase the likelihood;
- from mid-August to the end of September, strawberries, plums, and garlic will work great.
Hemp is considered a universal flavor for carp, it can be used at any time of the year. And when the water gets cool enough, halibut and krill baits are more suitable.
Feeding with your own hands
Shops, of course, are great helpers, but real carp anglers claim that only bait prepared by their own hands will help to catch a trophy. It is prepared, as a rule, before leaving for the reservoir, and it can consist of many ingredients. The main components are:
- oat flakes;
- sunflower cake;
- boiled millet;
- corn or flour from this product.
Often the recipe will contain canned peas or corn, they are needed for a large fraction.
What does it bite
There are a lot of subtleties of catching a cunning and often capricious carp, and you won’t be able to study everything at once. Everything will come with experience, the more trips to the reservoirs, the more tricks the fisherman will learn. However, we will consider the main ones below.
Bait
In the summer, plant options will work better, among which are:
- corn, fermented and canned;
- steamed peas;
- dough;
- steamed barley;
- tall;
- boiled potatoes;
- White bread.
In the complete absence of a bite, it is worth trying combinations with animal options.
Animal baits will work best in cool water, from the end of August to the end of September it is better to use as bait:
- worm;
- maidservant;
- toothless meat.
At the very beginning of summer, an excellent option for bait for carp is the larva of the cockchafer.
Feeder
Feeder fishing will bring success in almost any weather in open water, in particular in summer. The method is suitable for catching from the coastline, with the help of a powerful rod they immediately cast the bait, and then they form a fishing tackle with different types of bait. On the hook can be both plant species and animals. The feeder proved to be excellent when caught in the summer from muddy pits and depths with decent performance.
Makushatnik
A distinctive feature lies in catching on a compressed briquette of cake, sunflower cake after the oil mill. Briquettes can have a natural taste, or they can be flavored.
The advantage of the fishing method is that from 2 to 4 hooks are usually used at once, this increases the catchability.
Zherlitsy
Some people think that only a predator is caught on vents, others call this tackle not quite fishing, but with its help you can often get a decent fish. The tackle will differ from the version on the predator with a heavier sinker, the hook will be carp, and the appropriate bait will be used.
You can use vents only if you have a boat, but the absence of overlaps and a minimum of sounds will help you get a real trophy.
Fishing on paysites
Paid reservoirs are engaged in the cultivation of different types of fish for further capture, carp are bred most often. As a rule, they go on such fishing for a couple of days, but the best effect can be achieved with a week of fishing from one place.
For successful capture on the pay site, you should know the following features:
- Circle fishing is generally prohibited;
- using a boat and tackle with a side nod is also unlikely to be allowed;
- when feeding, it is worth using less bait, here they are fed regularly anyway.
Usually, to get carp on a paysite is obtained with a hair rig, a feeder and a topper work well.
Fishing methods
There are several ways to catch carp. Everyone will work most successfully under certain conditions.
Floating rod
The float is used for catching quite often in the summer, it will bring the greatest success on small ponds when fishing from the coastline in reed and cattail thickets, as well as from a boat.
The tackle consists of:
- form from 5 m to 8 m long;
- coils, better inertialess;
- base, monofilament fishing line from 0,35 mm thick or cord from 0,18 mm in diameter;
- float from 8 g or more, it is advisable to choose sliding options;
- a leash made of thinner fishing line;
- hook, which is selected for the bait used.
The float tackle comes in two shipments, the first sinker is attached under the float, and the second one is sunk a leash with a hook. Such a rig will allow you to use pop-ups and other floating baits.
Side nod
Tackle will allow you to see the bite of smaller fish, but the trophy will be detected better. It is assembled from the following components:
- form from 4 m and more;
- coil, better inertialess;
- base, monofilament line from 0 mm and thicker;
- as a bait, a mormyshka is knitted with hooks No. 6-10 according to the international classification.
The bite signaling device is a side nod, it is also called summer. Usually it is attached to the tip of the rod. Fishing will be more successful if carried out from a boat.
Donka
The use of bottom gear is especially important, they will work best at night in the summer. For capture use:
- classic feeder with different feeders and gear;
- scumbag
For the first option, you need bait, while the second is enough to fix it on a reliable form and wait.
For both options use:
- forms from 2,4 m long of good quality;
- inertialess with good traction performance;
- base, preferably a cord from 0,22 mm thick or a monk from 0,4 mm in diameter;
- leashes are made of monks, thickness up to 0,22 mm;
- hooks of excellent quality from trusted manufacturers.
There are several ways to form tackle for a feeder, deaf or sliding, everyone chooses on their own.
How to catch carp
When using any of the above methods, fishing is carried out only in a fed place, feeding is carried out for 2-3 days in a row strictly at one point. But even this is not a 100% guarantee of a catch in the summer, there are still some subtleties and secrets.
Fishing in the heat
On hot days of summer, when the thermometer rises above 28 Celsius, you should not particularly hope for a catch. under such weather conditions, cyprinids try to find a cooler place and go to the depths, into muddy pits and wait out the heat there.
You can try to interest the carp exactly at the parking lot, having previously fed the point. usually, float tackle with corn or a sandwich of corn and worm is thrown from the boat, and they wait.
It is also effective to use a feeder, only the feed should be loose and light. On the hook, vegetable bait options.
The notch when biting is carried out sharply, but carefully, so as not to break the tender lip of the fish dweller.
Capture at night
For night fishing, catching from the coastline is more effective, but it is also possible from a boat. They mainly use feeder options, and bite beacons are attached to the stands or the ends of the blanks.
On summer nights, the probability of catching a trophy carp increases significantly.
How to catch carp in the summer figured out. among the many methods and methods, everyone will find the most suitable and successful for themselves.