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Ice fishing

Ice fishing first need to choose a suitable weather, and then choose and prepare fishing tackle bait, chiseled ice in accordance with the skills of fishing can be.

One, choose the right weather

Winter fishing should be selected in the middle of the day, that is, every day 9-15 hours, early in the morning and night temperature is too low, people do not feel good, the fish do not love to bite. It's a good idea to arrive at the fishing grounds around 9:00 a.m., when the temperature rises, and it's a good time to go fishing.

Weather selection wind and sunshine, cloudless weather is the best, fishing position selection leeward sunrise, water depth of about 2 meters to 3 meters of fishing, the temperature rise in fish activity will also be accompanied by strong, will swim to the shallow end of the warmth of the ingestion, and then is to choose the ice on the surface of the obvious air bubbles, or the bottom of the water grass, roots of the fishing position.

Two, choose and prepare fishing tackle

In the choice of fishing tackle, to be practical. You can choose 70-100 cm wheel, 500 spinning wheel or no wire gauge raft wheel line, try to use 0.8/1.5 specifications of the subline, hooks can choose the size of 5 or less, floating can be used with a short rod and thin tail floating, you can also use a split drift.

Ice fishing generally use a single hook, if you use a double hook is likely to be a hook on the fish, the other hook hanging in the hole in the ice embarrassing scene. The most important thing to remember is that you should be able to use your own personalized ice fishing equipment to help you get the most out of your ice fishing trip.

Lastly, there must be an icebreaker to break the ice, which is not limited to the style and weight, so that the hand is good.

Three, ready to bait

"Spring and fall earthworms summer noodles, winter fishing only with red worms". Red full male and female two kinds, the price difference is very big, usually about five times difference, the biggest difference can be ten times, male worms are picked out by hand one by one, so the price is more expensive. Male worms are much stronger than female worms, so they are mostly used as bait when fishing.

When using red worms, most of them should be bundled and hooked, first use soft paper to absorb the water on the red worms, then according to the size of the fishing class, choose 5 to 8 strips to organize, use red cotton thread to tie the waist into a handle, leaving the thread, and then the red worms bolted to the hook, so that it is not easy to fall off.

Four, ice fishing specific techniques

To be chiseled ice, fishing, rod tip and drift between the line do not leave too long, to the tip of the rod placed in the ice after the mouth does not affect the action of the drift shall prevail. Thereafter, the line on the rod should be tightened, and the wheel should be tightened on the trolling force.

Every three to five minutes to put them in order to gently lift a few, lifting the fish drift tilt, this process is called "let", the purpose is to let the bait in the water gently activity, in order to attract the attention of the fish, so that the fish find the target. This is another way to prevent the float from freezing in the ice.

When the surface of the water is covered with tiny ice, to use the tip of the rod to stir a few times, so that it mixes with the water, disrupting the order of its arrangement, and melting in the water some, if the ice is too much, or has formed a crust, you have to use a strainer to fish out the clean.