Jinhai Lake Fishing Tips Series No. 2 - Mandarin Fish Fishing

Chinese mandarin fish can be said to be the top angling target fish around Beijing, used to be in Houhai when I was small, but with the degradation of the water quality, most of the anglers haven't caught mandarin fish for a long time. In the past two years, Jinhai Lake is flooded with Mandarin fish, face bait red worms have accidentally hooked, so I purposely to Jiangsu and Zhejiang fishing friends, and combined with the situation of the Jinhai Lake to share the skills of Mandarin fish fishing.

The most important thing in Mandarin fish fishing is to choose the terrain, which even exceeds the bait. Mandarin fish generally like to feed in the underwater environment with obstacles, bridge abutments, boulders are good hiding places. In addition a rocky bottom is better than a dirt bottom, and the steeper the slope the better. If you have read our previous article on yellowtail, you will realize that the terrain suitable for yellowtail fishing is basically the terrain suitable for Mandarin fish fishing. And let me tell you a secret, the big Mandarin fish in Lake Jinhai have an egg (stomach) in their stomachs, and when you cut it open, it's a whole yellowtail.

The topography of the lake is the same as that of the last time we fished for yellowtail, because both Mandarin fish and yellowtail like to fish in this kind of terrain with a mixture of rock and soil.

For bait, we prefer small loach around 6-8cm, live shrimp and white strips are also acceptable. It's a good idea to keep the bait alive and well. Although Siniperca chuatsi in Jinhai Lake usually like to eat yellowtail, but because the individual small yellowtail is not good to obtain, and cut pieces of dead Siniperca chuatsi is not interested, so we still preferred loach, because loach is easier to survive. You can use fishing lures to make a nest, because whether it is loach or shrimp, after you throw it into the water, it will quickly dive to the bottom and find a corner to hide and not move, so a few minutes to throw a loach or a couple of shrimp can also play a role in making a nest. However, large Mandarin fish have a certain sense of territory, and it is usually rare to catch multiple large Mandarin fish in a row in the same location.

A few of the fishing methods I would use are as follows

Table fishing method

When your nest suddenly stops and your fishing position belongs to a place where Mandarin fish frequent, you can change to a pair of big hooks and hang loaches, which will often give you an unexpected surprise. Remember to change to a big float and increase the lead to let the lead fall to the bottom, and the lead should not be too light, because the habit of the loach is to hide in the cracks of the stones. There are two problems with this, the Mandarin fish can't see it and you'll often end up on the bottom. So increase the lead to make sure the loach are constantly moving within the nest. If there is no movement for a few minutes you can also pull up the loach and tease it a few times. Also remember to release one and hit two, i.e. let the first bite pass and hit the second bite.

Sea rod tandem hook

This everyone must have seen, I just say a few points. If the hook is between the lead pendant and the rod, it must be a string hook with a longer hook shank, which will facilitate the Mandarin fish to eat the bait. Also the hook spacing should be greater than the length of the subline, otherwise your time will be consumed in picking the line. If the lead is between the hook and the rod, this should not use too many hooks, 1-2 will do. Similarly, you should also remember to put one to hit two, that is, let over the first mouth to hit the second mouth.

Pseudo Roadrunner Fishing Method

The traditional Roadrunner method is based on the Texas jig + soft worms jumping off the bottom. If you are confident in your skills and are patient enough, you will be able to catch Mandarin fish in Jinhai Lake. (Previously, there was an angler who took 2 years to catch his first Mandarin fish in Jinhai Lake, so the difficulty can be imagined. Of course, the density of Mandarin fish this year has increased dramatically compared to last year, so the difficulty should not be so high). Here, we would like to focus on the pseudo-luya fishing method, which has been proven to be very effective. The reason why we call it pseudo-luya fishing is because the fishing principle is based on the traditional method of fishing for Mandarin fish, but with a modified version.

The fishing rods are either L or UL rods, which can be very soft but should not be too hard because the bait is light and not easy to throw. At present, most of the Mandarin fish in Jinhai Lake are three taels to one catty, and occasionally there are three or four catty big things, so you don't need to ask for too much in terms of rods.

For the line set, the main line is about No.2 carbon line, and the subline is 1-1.5, because the Mandarin fish is very frequent in the place where there are a lot of rocks and rocks, so the frequency of hanging on the bottom is very high. So you need to prepare a lot of subline and hooks, and if you can get through the tolerance period, you are not far away from the shore. Since Mandarin fish are territorial, if you want to catch many Mandarin fish in one fishing spot, there must be a lot of boulders under the water for many Mandarin fish to hide. So if you're having trouble getting to the bottom, you might want to motivate yourself by saying, "The more you get to the bottom, the more Mandarin fish you'll get, and the more you don't get to the bottom, the less you'll get to the bottom."

Core matters:

Hanging loach with a single hook, the hook size of about 16 Marusei (long shank sea fishing hook size equivalent to 12 Iseni) is better, the barbless can not be, because the loach is easy to fall off. The loach should be around 8cm, so that it can accommodate a wider range of sizes of Mandarin fish. Of course, it is recommended to release the Mandarin fish under half a catty in order to have more fun in the future. According to the tuning of the rod, pinch a small piece of lead weight at the octagonal ring of the cables, so that it can be thrown out about 10 meters after hanging the loach. Here note, fishing Mandarin fish do not have to throw very far, because Mandarin fish tend to gather in the near shore to feed, throw too far instead of not.

After casting, wait for the loach to sink to the bottom, and wait for a while, if no Mandarin fish bites the hook, then start to slowly reel in a certain range of line, about one meter at a time, and keep on luring the fish. When reeling in the line, gently pick the rod tip to make the loach jump off the bottom and then slowly fall down, and the process of falling down is often the key moment for Mandarin fish to launch a swift attack. At this moment, if you feel a Mandarin fish bite, you can raise the rod to stab the fish! If you are not able to catch the fish, please try to give up a little bit, as the fish may be smaller in size.

The density of the rocky bottom is much better than that of the muddy bottom. The first time I saw this, I was able to get a good look at it, and I was able to get a good look at it. However, the southern anglers prefer about half a catty, which is said to be more delicious. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to get a good deal on a new product, but I'm sure you're going to be able to get a good deal on a new product, and I'm sure you're going to be able to get a good deal on a new product, and I'm sure you're going to be able to get a good deal on a new product.

The Siniperca is a very popular fish, and I only know how to steam it. Of course, my daughter-in-law prefers to eat stinky salmon, reminding you of the old man, must learn to do fish, Mandarin fish is different from the general freshwater fish, spiny less fishy, the whole body is a garlic clove meat. Once your daughter-in-law is obsessed with the flavor of Mandarin fish, you can fish more often.

Steaming Mandarin Fish

Choose a pound or less of Mandarin fish, remove the gills and guts, cut flower knife on the body, and then rub it with salt. Then marinate with cooking wine for 10-15 minutes. Steamer water to do open and then put the plate of fish fish, put before pouring off the cooking wine, top and bottom of the ginger. 8-10 minutes after the removal, pour off the plate of water and ginger, from the new fresh onion and ginger. Finally, boil the soy sauce for steamed fish until boiling, pour it over the Mandarin fish.