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A wobbler is a device in the form of a fish bait, made of solid material, wood, iron or plastic. It is used to lure various types of fish and white and predatory fish, and therefore its size ranges from 2 to 25 cm. By design, it can be from one or several parts connected to each other. Catchable wobblers should consist of a high-quality assembly.
The design consists of the filler itself for the cargo in the form of a fish. Tungsten balls are also loaded into the cavity to create sound. In the front, the tongue often protrudes from the lower lip, for better immersion and work afloat. On the bottom, depending on the size, two or more hooks are attached. A ring is attached to the upper part of the mouth for attaching to the fishing line. The name of the wobbler means movement, oscillation. In shape, it resembles a small fish, has eyes, fins and coloring corresponding to fry. Also, the baits are different in terms of buoyancy: there are species that sink, that float on the surface of the water, and those that do not move, as if the fish is frozen. The shape of the bait depends on the type of fish you are fishing for.
Choice for trophy fishing
The most catchy wobblers are sinking. They sink to a sufficient depth, if there is sufficient cargo. They are bitten by large fish that live at the bottom. It sinks to the bottom because the internal filling is heavy, it is made up of magnetic weight and additional balls to create sound. They may lack fins, only the shape and color, similar to fry, attract fish.
The wobbler works without movement with the help of spinning – when the rod is pulled, it bounces, which attracts fish. The colors are bright, the movements resemble a wounded fish, which lures a predator.
There are two types of floating wobblers: those that float on the surface and those that dive. You can work with such wobblers both on the surface and at a depth of up to 6 m. Spinning works up and down, while the bait at this time smoothly rises behind the fishing line, and, having outlined an arc, again smoothly descends to its depth. By coloring, wobblers are chosen: for winter, cold tones, for summer, warm.
Pike fishing
For fishing for different types of fish, a wobbler is selected according to size and structure. For pike, you need to choose a wobbler carefully, knowing about the habits and nature of this species. When choosing a wobbler for trolling for pike, you need to consider:
- The size should be large, up to 20 cm long – and the fish will bite large.
- Since the pike lives at the bottom in the pits, you need to choose a wobbler that is weighty for diving to the bottom.
- In terms of color, the bait should be bright green with red hues, such colors attract pike.
- The presence of noise vibrations will greatly help in attracting fish.
- In shape, it should resemble the fry of the fish that the pike hunts.
For fishing in spring and autumn, large lures are used to dive into the depths. Pike after spawning in the spring goes to deep places to saturate, and in the fall, before wintering, it gains weight and grabs any bait.
In summer and winter, the most catchy wobblers for pike will be floating species that work on the surface of the reservoir. In summer, the fish hides in coastal thickets, where there are many types of fry in shallow water, and in winter, young pikes swim to the surface to breathe. In summer, the catch may be smaller in size, but in winter, at a depth, you can catch a large pike.
Based on this, the most catchy for trolling for pike are a copy of the Minnow company. There are three types of buoyancy, but they resemble fry in shape. For pike, you need to choose large wobblers up to 14 cm long and 3 cm high, filled for immersion.
Description of wobblers by brand
The Minnow brand was not previously used due to the inability to fish with them. Few people knew that fishing on wobblers of this company has secrets of use. At depth, the wobbler lies motionless and not everyone knows what is needed for its successful move. And you need very little – to make the movement spinning and the work will begin. A jump is a rest, it seems to a predator that a sick fish is resting before a new jump and attacks. Sharp hooks will not allow the predator to break loose and leave.
“Orbit 80” are floating on the surface or at shallow depths. They have a long body with a built-in tungsten weight, and a small blade on the front, lower lip. It serves to ensure that the wobbler does not catch on when sliding through the water. The ring for tying to the fishing line is located on the upper part of the mouth, which is good when guiding through the water.
Salmo are as popular as Minnow. They are the same in terms of buoyancy and weight. They also have a front sail on the lower lip and are different in color. The most important feature of Salmo wobblers is their buoyancy diversity.
“Tsuribito minnow130” are designed for fishing in places where predatory fish hunt – in grass thickets. The built-in magnet makes it possible to cast it over a long distance and helps with buoyancy.
The Japanese company Kosadaka produces wobblers at factories in China in a very large assortment, but they are expensive in cost. Despite the cost, “Kosadaka” is bought because of the high quality workmanship and sharp hooks.
For trolling from a boat, lures from a Finnish company, the Rapala model, are used. The model is over 15cm long and weighs 70 grams. When fishing from a moving boat or boat, the wobbler plunges to a depth of 9 meters. For this model, a strong twisted fishing line and a powerful reel are used. The bait is intended for catching large species of fish, such as zander, catfish, pike.
On the domestic market 3 years ago, the production of Ponton21 wobblers began. It works in the shallow waters of the rivers with the current. The wobbler is small in size, but the advantage in it is the ringing of balls inside the bait. With its small stature, it is used for fishing various types of fish by jerking (twitching, jumping). This model has Owner’s sharp hooks, which does not allow those who pecked at the hook to break off it. In terms of budget, wobblers are inferior to branded ones, but in terms of quality and reliability they are not inferior.
Chinese production from ZipBaits Orbit110. Each lure contains a tungsten weight and an additional brass weight, which allows it to attract fish in deep places. With such a load, it seems to the predator that a small fish leans to the bottom in search of food. The colors on wobblers are used in different shades for each type of fish.
Minnow Fishing Lure produces a type of wobbler in which this lure floats on the surface or at shallow depths. The wiring, in which the fish will not leave, is twitching (the wobbler goes in jerks, like a real fry). This type of wobbler is used when catching perch or other types of predatory fish in the summer months, when the fish gain weight after spawning.
Bait for chub
The chub is a relative of pike perch, a fish that keeps in schools. In shape, an elongated body with silvery sides and pinkish fins. It grows up to 1 meter in length and weighs up to 80 kg.
- When fishing for chub in the spring, it should be taken into account that after spawning, it lives at the bottom, goes for simple baits such as: pickled corn, boiled peas, maggot, worm. To catch him, the wobbler should be small with immersion up to 2 meters.
- In summer, the chub preys on bugs and flies that have fallen into the water, so you need to use baits similar to this food and swim on the surface.
- When autumn comes, the fish feeds on fry closer to the bottom. The wobbler should be exactly like a fish fry and nod off. The Minnow company provides such catchy types of wobblers for chub. Immersion in water, respectively, to the very bottom.
Perch fishing
Perch is a striped fish, promiscuous in the choice of food. In summer, perch are very active on the surface of the reservoir. The most catchy wobbler for perch will be the Minnow bait with lures floating on the surface. It is caught on any spinning wiring, you just need to apply different ones alternately. Preference is given to Japanese models for their reliability. By coloring in muddy waters, bright wobblers are chosen, and in transparent ones – closer to natural ones. Perch are caught at different depths in different seasons, but in winter the most successful fishing. There is not enough base under the ice to feed such a voracious fish as perch, and it comes to the surface and grabs everything.
Fishing for zander
Pike perch in its diet includes small species of fish, a wobbler for pike perch should look like a fish. It makes sense to pay attention to the firm “Orbit110”. Diving depth and additional load, which shows how the fry nods at the bottom, the most catchy wobbler for zander. There is an analogue of a wobbler from another company – this is a Daiwa model. The bait is large in weight and size, designed for large zander. For such a bait, you need a braided fishing line and a hard spinning rod, since the fish will need to be pulled from great depths and with a large weight.
Chinese wobblers
Lures of well-known branded specimens are expensive at a price, and Chinese companies are always trying to release a similar model, but according to their developments and at a low price. They have magnetic inserts for flight range, but they have one flaw – they fall sideways. They are used for fishing for small specimens of fish. There is a drawback in the Chinese Aliexpress wobblers: they do not have large rings and hooks in size, they have to be replaced with smaller wobblers. When buying, you need to pay attention to the choice of the company – the catch and, of course, the mood of the fisherman depend on it.
Wobblers for deep sea fishing
All fishermen know that big fish always stay in holes near the bottom and you need to catch it by trolling from a motor boat. Wobblers for deep fishing of large fish are suitable for this. You can fish not on a motor boat, but on a simple boat, and throw spinning into holes under a steep coast (large individuals live there). But mostly it is trolling from a motor boat. It is easy to distinguish wobblers for deep-sea fishing – they have a large blade on the lower lip, which is used for deep diving. The mounting ring may be in this language. The tongue is attached at an acute angle for quick immersion.
When buying a wobbler, look at the characteristics on the instructions. The depth of immersion should be indicated there because there are different wobblers for different depths. There are wobblers with immersion up to 3 meters, and there are 8 meters. The average depth of immersion up to 2 meters is the wobbler of the company «Smith Ching Rong». According to the depth of diving, a Salmo wobbler follows him, he plunges to 3-5 meters. Deep-water, when diving 6 meters, is a wobbler from Halco Sorcerer. Wobblers from Rapala outperform wobblers from other companies and sink to a depth of 8 meters. There are many more types and models, but if these are available, you can safely go fishing.
Trolling
Which way to fish is up to you, but deep sea fishing is better than other trolling. Trolling can be from a motor boat, or maybe from a boat on oars – the main thing is movement. Two (at the moment this is allowed) trolling rods with lures are installed on a special device. More rods are considered poaching. Outriggers (devices outside the boat) and downriggers (a device for immersing a wobbler to a certain depth) are used to operate the baits. To work the bait on the side of the boat, an additional device is used – a glider. It runs on water and is attached to a fishing line. Baits are used more often artificial.
In sea trolling, very powerful rods and reels are used because fish such as tuna or marlin can bite on a deep-sea wobbler. Their weight can reach up to 600 kg. When trolling on a freshwater reservoir or lake, the line may not be as powerful, but it can still bite catfish or large salmon.