Pike with live bait: fishing with a float rod

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Faced with bites from pike perch and breaks of thin leashes of bream tackle, it was decided to start catching the predator purposefully, and with a feeder. No reasons were found that would prevent this: the fish attacks the bait *predator*, but it doesn’t really care about the rod. The thin tip reflects all movements, including the movement of the fry and its restlessness during an attack by a predator. A higher bite/hook performance was also observed compared to conventional telescopic and spinning rods.

Catching predatory fish on a feeder

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Many anglers know very well what a feeder is and how to use it. Fishing with feeder gear is mainly aimed at white fish. This gear involves targeted frequent feeding of one point, which has the goal of keeping the fish in the zone of influence of the bait.

Many feeder lovers have probably encountered a situation where a predator, pike perch or pike, came across the feeder while fishing for white fish. Most often this happens in cases where a lot of small fish, bleak, silver bream or roach come to the bait. It is quite natural that it attracts predatory fish, which follow the small things. But if perch and pike perch that grab the bait can almost always be caught, then with pike the situation is different; usually it simply cuts the lead and calmly swims away.

Therefore, some fishermen began to adapt the feeder for catching predators

. For this, a combined leash is made. So, approximately the first 30 cm of the equipment is left standard, but the fishing line is used thicker than usual 0.25-0.27 mm, and at the very end of the equipment a “soft” tungsten leash is mounted, the length of which can be 25-30 cm. The leash is equipped with a double or tee, less often with a single hook. The main bait is quite naturally live bait.

Predatory feeder

has a significant advantage over a float rod designed for live bait fishing. This advantage lies in the fact that it is possible to attach bait with live bait at any time and anywhere in the reservoir.

In the bottom layer of a reservoir, it is quite possible to catch even a trophy-sized pike using a feeder. A feeder with bait attracts small fish, which soon attracts pike. And in most cases, pike choose live bait to attack. After all, live bait does not move like an ordinary fish, especially only within the limits that the leash allows it. Some fishermen believe that it will not be possible to purposefully catch pike using a predatory feeder. However, this is not at all true. If for some reason the peaceful fish do not bite or small things interfere greatly, it is quite easy to change the equipment and thus make a feeder for catching predatory fish

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However, you can use two feeders at once, one to catch predators, the other to catch peaceful fish. At the same time, there is no need to move long distances along the shore in search of a predator; sooner or later it will approach. However, if you assume that your prey could be a trophy-sized pike, which means a large and strong predator that cannot be taken so easily without a fight. You need a reliable rod and equipment that can withstand the jerks of a pike when fishing.

If there is little pike in the reservoir and perch predominates there, it would be advisable to prepare feeder gear for catching perch. That is, change the leashes to thinner ones and the hooks to smaller ones. As you know, perch is very voracious, it fattens all year round and often grabs feeder baits. And if instead of a worm, bloodworm or maggot you use small gudgeon or bleak. Then there is a high probability that you will hook a real trophy humpback whale. For this reason, the predatory feeder

A very effective means of catching perch.

Typically, schools of perch always hang around in places where a variety of white fish feed, so the feeder is a great attractor for striped predators. To catch perch, the feeder is usually equipped with a leash 45-50 cm long, a sliding sinker and a float. If fishing for perch on a feeder

It is assumed at sufficiently large depths, then it is more practical to use a sliding float. If you intend to cast over a short distance, where the depth is shallow, then it is better to equip the tackle with a blind float.

The setting of the float itself also depends on the depth of fishing; besides, the place where it is attached is largely determined by the presence and strength of the current. It is recommended that before tying the float to a place, you should first make a test cast without bait and watch the float for a while. Usually a perch caught on a hook behaves very actively, it resists and, depending on its size, can offer very stubborn resistance. When catching a predator, the fishing line should not be fixed, as in this case there is a high probability of breakage. If perch is caught using animal bait (worms, insect larvae, bloodworms), some fishermen use small feeders, which are filled with the same bait that is mixed with river soil on the hook.

Catching a predator on a feeder

, has its own characteristics. The rod should be sensitive to even weak bites, and it is very important that it be equipped with a thin tip. Or you simply risk not noticing light perch bites. You can also use a device such as a “helicopter” to catch perch. This equipment is used if you need to play along with bait when the feeder is stationary.

Even in the darkest times, you can catch small perches using feeder gear; this is an omnipresent and always hungry predator, actively looking for something to profit from. In addition, fishing for even small perches is a great pleasure. After all, a small perch also exhibits significant resistance when fishing. Large perches are mainly caught when fishing with live bait, although there are times when they bite on other bait.

When do you need a feeder for perch fishing

? In cases where, for example, a perch can stand at a depth, and spinning baits cannot be cast far. A feeder will also be needed for fishing in places that are heavily overgrown with grass. In addition, perch loves to hunt from ambush and it is in such thickets that its favorite hunting grounds are found.

Using feeder gear, bait or live bait can always be sent to the place the fisherman needs. Moreover, a striped predator does not necessarily need heavy equipment; therefore, as a rule, light weights are used.

For successful perch fishing using a feeder, you can also use bait. However, perch requires special bait, which must contain animal components. These are, first of all, chopped worms, bloodworms and maggots. However, some fishermen add chopped pieces of barley meat there. However, a lot of animal feed is unnecessary. The bait is produced in small portions. Lures are often thrown using a slingshot.

Simply put, catching perch and pike, as well as pike perch, on a feeder is quite possible and often successful, however, this is a different kind of fishing, which differs from fishing for white fish.

Published: 06/17/2015

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Equipment

On the main line we knit a loop for the sinker in a figure-eight knot. The load is heavy: 50-80 grams for standing water and up to 150 for large rivers. We install the sinker using the “loop-to-loop” method. It is advisable that the load has a swivel. It is most convenient to fish with one live bait, but sometimes 2 or 3 live baits are used in the rig. To do this, 30-40 cm from the load, small loops for leashes are knitted on the main line.