How to catch silver carp

Silver carp, bighead carp and silver carp, also known as silver carp. Bighead carp, also known as chubby fish. They are all large freshwater fish, and their main food is aquatic plankton. Because the food and life characteristics of silver carp and bighead carp are basically the same, and the fishing methods are basically the same, so the following only studies and discusses silver carp fishing. Silver carp grows rapidly and has high economic value, which is one of the important species in polyculture fish ponds. It likes to swim in groups in the middle and upper waters, especially in the open waters with rich water quality (no weeds, etc.). ) Silver carp is very timid. When they are disturbed or touch the fishing line, they often jump out of the water, panic and flee, or sneak into the crevices to hide. At the same time, I like swimming against the current, especially in the upper reaches of the river in late spring and early summer. In the north of China, it is difficult for silver carp to reproduce naturally, and they are usually raised artificially. Silver carp has neither the smell of carp nor the cholesterol contained in swordfish. As long as it is cooked properly, it tastes delicious. It is also one of the best supplements to treat puerperal hypogalactia and calcium deficiency. (1) Fishing tackle According to the habits of silver carp, the floating fishing method is usually used for fishing. 1. throwing method. On the basis of bottom hook fishing tackle, a large float made of hard foam plastic is added to replace the original lead weight with a heavy block with a big hole (such as M5 nut or thick lead pipe on lead cable), so that it can slide freely along the main line without getting stuck in the middle, which is a floating fishing tackle with weight throwing method. The hook line of bait must be more than 5 cm longer than the big drift line, otherwise the hook will hang on the big drift and cannot be separated when thrown into the water, resulting in the failure of throwing weight. If the hook line is left short, it must be lengthened. The total length of the two lines drifting to the bait hook is generally 40 ~ 120 cm. If it is too short, the visibility of silver carp will be reduced, and if it is too long, it will be difficult to throw it. 2. Sea pole method. It is the same as the throwing method, except that the former is thrown with a sea pole and the latter is thrown by hand. Throwing the sea pole is much farther than throwing it by hand, and it is easy to catch big fish, and it is convenient and flexible to walk the fish. When large-hole lead pipes or nuts are used, their weight should be determined according to the strength or bearing capacity of the sea pole. Generally speaking, it's better to be gentle, and don't be too heavy to break the rod. 3. Sailing for fishing. It is to build a ship with sails with wooden boards (such as poplar and white pine). ) that frivolous and powerful, by the wind to the bait hook to the predetermined waters. This ship looks like Type A, but it can be big or small. It can use one beam or two beams, double masts, single masts, line hooks and hook groups, depending on the website and the species to be caught. Sail fishing is influenced by wind, wind direction and shore topography. The fishing position should be selected under the dam with a water depth of 1.5 meters or in the deep water area at the steep slope. Only in this water area can the boat be put down and the hook not be hung on the bottom of the water. When fishing in a large reservoir, you can wrap the line with a line hook with a crank, which can put the boat hundreds of meters away and make the operation more convenient. If live shrimp and earthworms are dipped in essence to install hooks, they can also be used for fishing. If you use fermented corn meal bait to catch the bait, you can not only catch a lot of silver carp and bighead carp, but also catch grass carp. For such a long main line, live meat bait and sour corn meal bait can be used, bait can be hung at intervals, and single hook and group hook can be mixed (that is, single hook can hold live meat bait and group hook can hold sour food). Tie a coupler every 1 ~ 1.2 meters on the main line, and hang a bait hook on the coupler while paying out. After flying for a certain distance, the fish hook in front may have caught the fish, but don't put the fish in as soon as you catch it, wait until all the bait hooks are hung, and after about 1 ~ 1.5 hours, most of the sauerkraut melts, and then put the fish in. Don't worry that the hooked fish will spit out the hook, because every 1.2 ~ 1.5 meters on the main line, there is a big hard foam float tied, and its buoyancy can firmly hold the hooked fish, and when the fish wants to line, it can sink the big float and even pull the main line into a big bend, but it can't get rid of the buoyancy of the big float. No matter throwing heavy objects or floating silver carp on the sea pole, it is the same big float, and its buoyancy can automatically move the fish, so that the fish can't spit the hook, so there is no question of the timing of lifting the pole, and it doesn't matter whether it is lifted in the morning or evening. The main line of releasing the ship should not be less than 0.8 mm, and the spacing between hook groups or single hooks is consistent with the spacing between hook heads tied on the main line, which is generally1~1.2m. The large drift spacing is slightly wider than the bait hook spacing, and 1.2 ~ 1.5m is appropriate ... No matter what fish bites any hook. Don't tie the hook on the main line within 2 meters behind the ship, the fish will be afraid when they see the ship. Even if they took the bait, no fish took the bait. In order to reduce the resistance when taking in the line, especially when the wind is strong, the double-mast sail should be removed and replaced with a single-mast automatic shedding sail before releasing the ship. That is, drill a round hole near the trailing edge in the center of the A-type hull transverse plate, install a single mast and pull up the sail. The end of the rope is not tied and fixed, but wrapped with a small piece of cloth with salt or sugar, which is beneficial to the tightness of the rope after lifting the sail and tied and fixed with cloth. Pull the end of the rope from the small gap at the rear edge of the mast hole and fix the sail. When salt or sugar meets water, it melts after a certain time, so that the cloth can pass through the round hole and the sail will fall by itself. At this time, the take-up resistance is weakened and the operation is convenient. If the wind is oblique, the bait hook can't be sent to the predetermined waters. In addition to changing the fishing position, you can also adjust the connection point between the main line and the stern line of the ship, thus changing the direction of the ship. If the wind comes from the left, move the main line a few centimeters to the right; If the wind comes from the right, move the main line a few centimeters to the left. Adjust the connection point between the main line and the stern line of the ship according to the wind direction and wind force. It is best to make a homemade coupler with bicycle spokes. A spool about 5 cm long is inserted into the tail line, which is convenient and flexible to move and can ensure the boat to sail to the scheduled waters. How to build a ship? Can be made into different specifications according to different uses. For example, the freshwater fish in the upper water area, which mainly catches silver carp, is in the shape of "A", with the length of two longitudinal plates being 100 cm and the length of the horizontal plate being 80 cm. The plate is 2.5 ~ 3cm thick and 8 ~10cm wide. Saw an equilateral triangle in front of the two longitudinal plates, that is, at the top of the letter "A". After closing, add a hinge and fix it with wooden screws, which is firm, foldable and easy to carry. The intersection of the "A"-shaped transverse plate and the longitudinal plate is 5 cm away from the front of the bolt tail hole. The two plates are overlapped and drilled, and fixed with handle screws, which is convenient for loading, unloading and handling. Insert two chopsticks (or wooden sticks with appropriate thickness, the same below) into the small holes at both ends of the cross board, cut a piece of light blue or white cloth with appropriate size between the two erected chopsticks, sew a sleeve on both sides into which the chopsticks can be inserted, and cover the two chopsticks to form the sail. At this point, a small fishing boat with two masts and fixed sails was made. Manufacturing method of single mast automatic shedding sail. Pull out the fixed sail from two chopsticks, and tie a wooden stick or bamboo stick slightly longer than its horizontal distance at the top of chopsticks to form "?" Shape, or directly pressed into "?"with No.8 wire. Take off chopsticks and insert "?" V-shaped line Select a wooden stick with a length of 40 cm and a diameter of 1.5 cm, screw a small metal ring of a window hook on the top of the wooden stick, and connect the wooden stick with the inserted "?" The center of the connection is fixed, and the lower end is fixed in the center of the A-shaped transverse plate with a rope. After the single mast stands firmly, two chopsticks will still be put into the pulled sail and spread horizontally up and down. Then tie and straighten the four corners of the canvas with four strings, and fix them at the corresponding positions of the longitudinal plate with small nails. Fix one end of a long rope at the hinge of the A-shaped tip with a small nail, pull up the sail, straighten the rope, tie the rope in the middle of the last chopstick, and then put the other end of the rope through the metal ring hole at the top of the mast to tighten the rope, so that the sail can rise to the highest position. After the sail rises to the highest position, tie the sail rope with a bag wrapped with sugar or salt, then pull the rope tied to the bag into the fixed sail from the hole in the middle of the A-shaped transverse plate, and the single mast will automatically fall off from the sail fishing boat. After autumn, the sea is surging, and the fishing boats of the above specifications are still fishing in the sea. Nine times out of ten, they will be overturned by the waves. At this time, the vertical plates on both sides of "A" should be lengthened to 150 ~ 180 cm, the transverse plates to 120 ~ 150 cm, and the single mast to 60 ~ 70 cm. V-shaped supports should also be moderately widened and heightened to form an appropriate proportion with the whole ship. Such a big ship won't turn over when it encounters a strong wind of level 5 at sea. In order to make a breakthrough in silver carp fishing, the author made some explorations on the combination of bait and hook, and used various hook combinations, such as bottle cap type, straw hat type, bomb type, net bag type and match rod type, and achieved certain results. 1. Hat hook. This kind of hook is very suitable for sea poles and throwing heavy objects, especially for sail fishing. If you can't find the steep slope or deep water area under the dam, hang a bottle cap hook on the shoal without affecting the boat release. Because the hooks are inserted at the top of the bait bottle cap, the smooth bottle cap can be easily pulled away by the boat without hooks. At the same time, the bait in the bottle cap can't be used up when collecting the rod, so it is not necessary to lift the rod to change the bait halfway, saving time, keeping the fishing ground quiet and improving the bait yield. The specific manufacturing method is: select a green plastic bottle cap with a diameter of 2.5-3 cm, and iron 6-8 small holes with a red-hot sewing needle at equal distance along the periphery of the turnbuckle. Use a nylon thread with a thickness of 0.3mm and a length of 10cm as the brain thread. First, tie a round-bottomed short-handled hook of No.6 ~ No.8 Yi Shi at one end, pass through the outer hole of the bottle cap, pass through the corresponding inner hole, and then tie another fish hook, both of which are outside the bottle cap and can twitch freely. Both ends of the brain thread are blocked by fishhooks, and the hooked fish can't get out of the bottle cap no matter how hard it is pulled. According to this method, 6 ~ 8 fishhooks are tied with 3 ~ 4 brain wires. The total length of the hook back line is 5 ~ 6 cm. At the bottom of the inner side of the bottle cap, a lead sheet is lined with the weight of the rod, and two small holes are punched at the center of gravity of the lead sheet with small nails at equal distances. Finally, use a nylon thread with a length of 20 cm and a thickness of 0.4 mm, one end of which passes through the small hole outside the bottle cap, and then it is folded back and fixed in the lid. At the other end of the line, a set of buckles can be connected with the main line through couplers or rotary joints. This kind of combined hook can be directly put into the bottle cap with a small spoon to dig acid bait, which does not pollute the hands and is irreplaceable by other combined hooks. This set of hooks can also hold slightly acidic corn meal bait and can also catch grass carp. If the bait is loaded and the big drift is removed for bottom fishing, carp and crucian carp can be hooked. There are different ways to install the hook. To fish silver carp, whether it is bottom fishing or floating fishing, just insert the hook handle into the bait, let the hook tip face up and arrange it along the bottle cap. When fishing at the bottom, the hook must be wrapped in bait and pinched into the shape of an orange petal, so that the hook tip is upward. 2. Board hook. Essentially, it is an enlarged bottle cap hook, which has the characteristics of more bait, large volume and fast bait. It is an effective hook for bottom fishing of various fishes including silver carp. It is suitable for the water area with a lot of silver carp in the backwater bay of the reservoir. With the automatic socket of the three-purpose sea pole, you can often catch larger fish. . 3. Cluster bomb hook without decoy frame. This kind of hook has multiple functions. It can catch many kinds of fish with waste food, and can also catch silver carp with acid bait or fragrant bait. Because there are many hooks, 1 ~ 2 hooks are often hung on the fish during the struggle of the hooked fish, which has the advantage of firm hanging fish. Hooking method: Take the egg-sized and hard corn meal acid bait, knead it into a ball, break it, bury the straightened brain silk, close it again, knead it into an oval shape, and insert the hook handle of the 12 hook around the dough so that the front of the hook is completely exposed. You can also pull the brain thread around the dough alone, leaving the brain thread 1.5 ~ 2 cm long and floating around the bait group. This bait should not only be hard, but also sticky to resist blisters. In this regard, while cooking, another small bowl of glutinous rice can be steamed, mashed and kneaded with acidic bait to form bait ball hooks, which can reduce the number of bait changes and improve the bait rate. Please refer to the relevant chapters of this book for the method of making this set of hooks. 4. Cluster bomb hook with bait rack. This kind of hook is available in fishing gear shops, and it is very easy to use whether it is imported or made in China. Even if it is copied, it will be served as usual. Hook it with hard acid bait, pinch it on the tower bait holder, insert five hooks one by one at equal distance along the bottom of the tower to expose the front of the hook bottom, and put green grasshoppers or green worms on the long-line hooks, or catch grass carp at the same time. The above four kinds of hooks all need sharp hook tips to effectively stab the fish, so as to achieve the purpose of running less or not. (3) The bait to catch silver carp has a wide hunting range. It seems that something with a little taste can attract it. I have fished many times in many ponds and used baits with different smells. To sum up, there are three types: fragrant type, strange taste type and sour smell type. 1. Fragrant type. There are many additives in this kind of bait, such as essence, distiller's yeast, toilet water, fried bean powder, fried peanut powder, sesame paste, sesame oil and so on. , can be used as additives. Choose one of them to mix with the basic bait and then use it. In order to make the bait resistant to blisters, a proper amount of sticky cakes, zongzi and glutinous rice can be mixed into the basic bait. There is also a yeast fermentation bait, which can be used by adding some flour to enhance its hardness. Oily additives can be brushed with feathers after the bait is hooked, but they should not be mixed into the basic bait to prevent the bait from slagging and shorten the foam resistance time. Water additives should be mixed in an appropriate amount, too much will easily lead to too soft basic bait. When applying water additives, add proper amount of dry flour and knead until the hardness is moderate, so as to prolong the anti-foaming time. This delicious food can not only float silver carp, but also catch all kinds of bottom fish, with good results. It's just that its hardness should be adjusted, the floating fishing should be harder and the bottom fishing should be softer, especially in late autumn and early spring, when the fish slightly bites the hook, the bait must be softer. 2. Smell type. Ferula Ferula powder, fermented water of leek and green onion, fresh milk, milk powder and chicken blood water can all be used as strange taste bait additives. Mix one of them with the basic bait and knead it evenly, then use it. There is also buckwheat flour with the same amount of fine wheat bran, boiled in boiling water, steamed and kneaded into hard dough, which can be hooked directly. 3. It's sour and smelly. Fermented basic bait is a simple, economical and effective bait for silver carp fishing. With the extension of storage time, its acidity and smell will increase accordingly, and it will turn black in the second year. It can be used as an additive to knead with basic bait and be used all the year round. Chicken bone fermented water is also good. Stinky tofu milk is mixed with 50% aged vinegar to make mixed solution, which can be mixed with basic bait, or hooked with basic bait and soaked in mixed solution before being put into fishing area. However, this vinegar-containing additive is easy to corrode the hook. Every time you come back from fishing, soak the hook with clear water, rinse it thoroughly, put it away after drying, and pay attention to replacing or eliminating the corroded hook in time. In the process of making acid bait, it is best to wear thin rubber gloves to prevent hands from being polluted. The above baits with different smells are all liked by silver carp and chubby fish, and there is no problem of not biting the hook. However, the biting rate is different. Take acid bait as an example. The longer the time, the greater the sour smell and the better the effect. The storage of sour and smelly bait can be canned for 1 year until it turns black, which is the only way to catch bighead carp. You can also wrap the basic bait with 2 ~ 3 layers of plastic bags, seal it and put it in strong light for 3 ~ 5 days. You can use it after it turns sour, and you can catch grass carp at the same time, without corroding the hook, and installing the hook will not pollute your hands. Ferula Ferula or leek and green onion fermented water has quite good effect. Ferula Ferula is hard to buy and expensive. Therefore, Ferula Ferula can be replaced by fermented water of leek and scallion, which is easy to process, low in cost and good in effect. However, it should be noted that because of its bad smell, it must be prevented from overflowing, so as not to cause resentment to others. Compared with the above three kinds of bait, the flavor type is easy to make and can catch many kinds of fish at the same time, but its bait biting rate is slightly lower than that of the strange flavor type and sour taste type. No matter what kind of bait is used, you can dip or pinch a layer of sesame oil mixed with small rice bran (or other vegetable oil) and attach it to the top of the bait ball or bottle cap hook after installing the hook. After entering the water, most of them fall off and float around the bait hook, which looks like phytoplankton or other small creatures, and has a fragrant smell, which can attract groups of silver carp to grab food. This is not only an effective measure to improve the feed rate, but also an extremely important measure in silver carp fishing. Silver carp can be caught even if the quality of bait is slightly poor, or if the bait is hooked with soda ash. Especially in windless weather, if the chaff does not shift or sink to the bottom, it will form a fish nest, and the more you fish, the more you fish. In windy weather, the effectiveness of this move is greatly reduced, or even ineffective, and it cannot be adopted. When choosing additives, no matter what type, we should first consider whether it will change its adhesion after mixing with the basic bait. Otherwise, due to the soft bait, slag dropping or poor blister resistance, changing the bait for a while and throwing the rod frequently for a while will not only waste time, but also drive the fish away from the fishing area, especially in large reservoirs, and frightened fish rarely come back. Therefore, fishing for silver carp should be taboo to constantly throw rods and hooks. In addition, the seasonality of silver carp fishing is also strong. When the weather is hot and the water temperature is high, the fishing rate is higher. Cold weather and low water temperature will significantly reduce the catch. In Northeast China, silver carp can be caught from June to September, and the fishing peak is more than 30 days after lodging. After the autumnal equinox, you can hardly catch silver carp. Different seasons, different regions, different fishing tackle and different bait all directly affect the hook rate. In a word, the following tips should be followed in silver carp fishing: season is precious, there should be no shortage of drifting tools, the hook tip should be sharp, the bait should be hard and foam-resistant, rice bran mixed with sesame oil is a good trick to lure silver carp, sail fishing can be productive, and fishing position is very important.