Fishing for crucian carp, carp, bream with a nipple in the video

What is a pacifier?

The nipple is a bottom tackle. It is suitable for catching large specimens and is a direct competitor to the feeder. The essence of the work of this gear is to fill a special feeder with complementary foods and the presence of several hooks fixed on leashes. You can make a pacifier yourself or purchase a ready-made model in a specialized store.

Types of nipples

The most popular among fishermen are two types of nipples:

Spring type. This option is a regular spring of various sizes. The method of attaching a nipple to a fishing line with a spring has two variations. Blind fastening is tying the main fishing line and leads directly to the spring. To ensure sliding of a spring-type teat, a small tube is attached along the central axis of the feeder. On the working line, the spring stroke is stabilized with the help of beads or rubber stoppers. To make a spring, it is preferable to use wire made of non-ferrous metal. This will simplify the work process and avoid rust on the spring.
Pacifier plug. A popular option for cork is to make it from a bottle cap. Making such a system will require some modification to the plastic bottle cap. The bottom should be weighted with lead filler, which will ensure uniform lowering of the equipment and prevent it from moving downstream. You should also drill several holes on the sides of the plug to fix the main fishing line and leads. The popularity of cork nipples is due to the features of the shape, which is optimally suitable for filling with complementary foods.

Fishing process

The designed nipple structure, filled with aromatic bait, must be attached to the main flood and thrown into a place chosen and prepared for catching bream. The fact that your bait “has pleased the bream” can be signaled by a guard or a bell - this is what you are used to, so equip your gear with such a signal. As soon as the signal appears, you need to prepare the landing net - the bream with bait has already sucked in the hooks, so it’s time to get it out of the water.

Today, specialized stores sell modern fishing rods - feeders, but they cost money. Or you can not be lazy and make a replacement for the feeder with your own hands - a pacifier. This design provides a similar principle of operation and allows you to catch bream no worse than modern fishing rods. It is only important to correctly design the nipple for the bream, immerse it correctly in the right place, and fishing success is guaranteed.

The essence of the nipple fishing method

As a rule, carp, crucian carp and representatives of these species are caught using the nipple. It is also quite possible to catch rudd, carp, grass carp, and roach.

The essence of fishing using a nipple is to choose the right place and secure the bait well. Its manufacture and fixation require knowledge of certain tricks.

For example, the bait should be soaked until it reaches the consistency of a viscous dough. This will allow the food to be securely secured in the body of the plug. First, you need to select a place for fishing, install stands and alarms. After filling the nipple with complementary foods, throw the bait into the pond and wait for a bite.

Additional equipment of hooks with foam balls or worms in combination with aromatic bait will attract fish. Fishing using the gear in question can take place both on a lake, an artificial reservoir, and on rivers. But, in the latter case, the speed of the current should be taken into account, which may require additional weighting of the gear.

Baits and nipple attachments

The selection of bait for cork fishing is best done based on the components from which the complementary food porridge is made. If there is corn, then choose corn accordingly, if there are peas, then peas, etc.

You can also use worms, bloodworms, and maggots when fishing for crucian carp.

But fishermen note a greater effect when light artificial bait (foam or rubber bands) is attached to the hook. When the complementary food is dissolved in water, the hooks with foam float above the cork.

Gear selection

The success of fishing using a nipple depends on the correct equipment. To ensure that the fish swallows the hooks and hooks itself, special attention should be paid to the correct installation of equipment, selection of hooks, rods and leashes.

The best option would be to use the following arsenal:

Use sharp and strong hooks . As we know from experience, numbers 6-8 are optimal.
For leashes it is necessary to use braided fishing line . An important role is played by its softness when pulling the leash, which will not additionally scare away the fish when it comes into contact with the fishing line. Leashes are made 4-5 cm long.
The fishing rod is usually a standard donka with a medium rod and a traditional reel or spinning rod with a rotating head.

It is worth paying attention that the braided line should be weaker than the main line. In this case, with a dead hook, only the hook will be lost, and all the equipment will remain on the working line. To prevent the line from twisting and speed up the assembly of the equipment, it is advisable to use a swivel with a carabiner when installing the nipple on the working line.

Making a “nipple” for carp with your own hands

If a fisherman decides to test himself in the skill of independently making gear for carp fishing, then this work should begin after all the necessary materials and tools have been prepared.

For the “pacifier” you may need:

Cork from a plastic bottle.
A flat lead sinker with an eye, weighing 10 g.
Drill and metal drill bit with a diameter of 2 mm.
Hooks number 6-8 and braided line with a diameter of 0.15 mm.
Self-tapping screw for metal, with a wide head, 3 mm in diameter and up to 15 mm in length.

Installation process:

The plastic plug is installed on a flat sinker so that the center of the plug is aligned with the center of the sinker.
Using a 2 mm drill, a through hole is made exactly in the center of the plug and sinker.
A self-tapping screw is screwed into the hole on the side of the plug.
Along the side circumference of the cork, 4 holes with a diameter of 2 mm are drilled, equidistant from each other, into which leashes 5-6 cm long are inserted, so that the hooks are inside the cork. The free ends of the leashes are tied to the eye of the sinker. The tackle is ready!

When installing a “nipple”, if the length of the screw is greater than the total thickness of the bottom of the plug and the sinker, the part of the screw coming out of the sinker should be sawed off.

Hooks should be equipped with foam balls so that the fish, when sucking the bait, do not feel the prick from the sharp sting of the hook.

“Nipple” from a spoon

You can make this tackle from a tablespoon.
The advantage of this design is that the “nipple” does not need to be additionally equipped with a sinker; the metal of the spoon copes well with the function of weighing the bait. To make such gear you will need the following materials and tools:

Stainless steel tablespoon.
Copper wire with a diameter of 2 mm.
Hooks numbers 6-8 and braided fishing line with a diameter of 0.15 mm.
Drill and drill bit for metal with a diameter of 2 and 4 mm.
Hacksaw for metal.
File.

Using a hacksaw for metal, the handle of the spoon is sawed off at the point where it attaches to the scooping part of this cutlery. The place where the metal was separated should therefore be carefully processed with a file so that there are no sharp edges that could damage the fishing line.

At the sawing site, moving 2-3 mm from the edge, it is necessary to drill a hole with a diameter of 2 mm to attach the fishing line to this tackle. The hole must be chamfered on both sides using a larger diameter drill.

Two-millimeter holes should be drilled on each side of the spoon in the amount of 4 pieces, 2 holes on each side. When drilling these holes, you should also step back slightly from the edge.

2 pieces 4-5 cm long are separated from the copper wire. Each piece is bent in an arc and installed in opposite holes of the spoon and fixed in the hole by crimping the metal on both sides.

Leashes, in the amount of 4 pieces, with hooks are tied to the main hole for attaching the main fishing line, and are placed inside the tackle after the bait is placed inside this structure.

“Nipple” made from a spring

You can make a spring for the tackle yourself.
Copper wire with a diameter of 3 mm is successfully used for this purpose. The wire is wound onto a tube or rod with a diameter of 15-20 mm. The number of turns and the step between them are selected individually, but too large a distance between turns is undesirable due to unsatisfactory retention of the bait in such gear.

The fastening of the “nipple” of this design is blind; the main line is tied directly to the coils of such a spring. Leashes with hooks are also attached to the spring.

Groundbait and bait for nipple fishing

Bait for the tackle in question can be purchased at a specialized store. There are also several homemade recipes that are in no way inferior in quality to store-bought food.

Recipe No. 1

Preparation of complementary foods from millet cereals is carried out as follows:

Pour 3 cups of water into a small saucepan and add 2 cups of millet.
The first pan is placed in a large container of water to create a water bath effect.
The water should be boiling in a large container, and the small pan should be closed.
The cereal is considered ready when it becomes swollen and kneads easily in the hands. Cooking in a water bath prevents the porridge from burning.
Using available means, the finished porridge is brought to a dough-like consistency.
Half a glass of semolina and 100 grams of ground cake are added to complementary foods.

Recipe No. 2

The filling for complementary feeding from potatoes and bread has the following recipe:

Brown bread and potatoes are ground in equal proportions through a meat grinder.
Add bait for crucian carp or other flavor enhancers.
The prepared mixture is kneaded well, bringing it to a dough state.

Recipe No. 3

semolina bait looks like this:

An equal ratio of semolina and water is taken.
After the water boils, pour the semolina into the pan and cook the mixture with constant stirring.
Once the porridge becomes completely homogeneous, it is removed from the heat and stirred until the entire mixture is completely moistened.
The porridge is wrapped and infused for 20-30 minutes.
Then the mass is kneaded to a plasticine state and divided into several parts.
A flavor enhancer is added to each serving.

You can use dill, garlic, vanilla, cinnamon, and anise as flavorings.

It is better to store the finished bait in an airtight cellophane package in the refrigerator or prepare it immediately before fishing. The remaining mixture can be used to attract fish to your chosen place by pouring it into the water.

To further attract potential catch, you can attach foam balls or worms to the hooks.

Bait for nipples fishing for mastyrka

The effectiveness of nipple fishing depends on the quality of bait and its composition. The whole principle of this bottom tackle is based on the fact that the fish comes to the feeder and sucks on it, and the hooks with the nozzle provoke it. There are several popular recipes, let's look at three of them.

Pea and semolina porridge

Peas for nipple fishing are used not only as bait, but also as bait. This recipe has a second name - mastyrka, and it is not difficult to prepare.

the peas are thoroughly washed and poured into the pan; to speed up cooking, it is advisable to soak them in water for 4-5 hours before doing this;
You need to pour three parts of water into the pan and cook until the peas are boiled to a pulp;
the resulting porridge is mixed with semolina to a viscous, dough-like consistency.

Directly on the shore, you can add semolina to the porridge to increase the viscosity, or dilute it with water from the pond if the bait is too thick. This is one of the most effective recipes, especially considering that porridge can not only be placed in a feeder, but also used as a bait.

Millet porridge

It just so happens that some fishermen prefer peas for fishing, others pearl barley, and still others prefer millet. But how to prepare such porridge so that it is able to keep fish near it for a long time? The technology is simple; you need to take eight liters of water per kilogram of millet. The cereal is poured into the pan after boiling water and cooked for fifteen minutes.

The product is considered cooked if the millet begins to open. The fire turns off immediately. A glass of sunflower seeds is twisted in a meat grinder and mixed with porridge. You can also add flavorings.

Wheat-corn porridge

The question of how to catch fish on a nipple will immediately disappear if you use another fairly common recipe. Any peaceful fish is very favorable towards hominy, or corn porridge. To increase its plasticity, corn flour is mixed with wheat flour.

Having mixed two flours, the resulting composition must be fried in a frying pan until it has a pleasant aroma;
then knead the dough in water until it becomes creamy thick;
Place the dough in a sealed bag and cook for 30-40 minutes over medium heat.

Store the porridge in the same bag. The resulting porridge can also be used as a bait. For an attractive smell, honey, vanillin or fruit extract are added to hominy.

Techniques and tactics of fishing with a nipple: tips and tricks

The process of fishing with a nipple consists of following the following steps:

Choosing promising location , in a depression, in an area with coastal vegetation or on a small hill.
Arranging rod stands , unpacking landing nets, alarms and other equipment.
Fill the feeder with food tightly enough to prevent it from being quickly washed out.
The hooks are fixed inside the food with the point down and the curved part up.
After casting the tackle, you should adjust the line tension and install a signaling device.
You can throw the tackle in question in places with dense vegetation without fear of an accidental snag, since there are no open hooks on the fishing line.
Then all you have to do is wait for a bite.

Some tips that will be useful for novice anglers:

The bait in the nipple should be of such a consistency that it is firmly held in the feeder and is accessible to the fish for sucking.
When catching crucian carp, you should be patient. This fish is very careful and sniffs the food for a long time.
Some fishing experts believe that bottom fishing with a nipple at night is more effective.
Feeding from bread and boiled potatoes is well fixed in the feeder and is an ideal complementary food for carp and crucian carp. The fish sucks on the treat, swallows the hook, and tries to swim away, getting hooked more and more.

A simple design, combined with the possibility of good fishing, are the main reasons for this feeder among the fishing fraternity.

Places for catching bream on a nipple

Even novice fishermen know how important it is to choose the right place for fishing. The choice of such a place should be treated especially carefully if you plan to catch bream.

Many people know that bream love deep-sea secluded places, so you should choose calmer areas on the river for fishing. Give preference to those parts of the river where it forms a pocket or semi-bay. In such places, as a rule, there is a decent depth and a calmer flow, all this leads to the water stagnating, becoming more cloudy and the bottom silting over time, becoming viscous. It is in such places that bream like to burrow.

Catching bream with an elastic band

It is also worth looking for the deepest places on the river. Many fishermen are confident that to catch bream it is enough to find holes with a depth of up to 6-7 meters. In fact, deeper holes are preferable - up to 12-20 meters. In such places, the bream will certainly go to its secluded places, so a bite here is guaranteed in the morning and evening.

If, for catching bream on a nipple, you choose a not too deep-water pocket on the river, then you can additionally “equip” a small bay with your own hands: near the fallen tree you need to clear the very silty bottom and start baiting the bream.

Note to the fisherman! Despite the apparent simplicity of the design of the pacifier, it is not always possible to equip it correctly - everything comes with practice. Each angler improves his equipment, complementing it with other elements. So, you can even use a stronger braided fishing line as a bait for bream. When bent, such a fishing line is very soft and elastic, so when it comes into contact with bream, it will not alarm it too much. To prevent the main line from twisting, you can install a swivel with a carabiner.

Sports version of the pacifier

This gear option is not very suitable for sport fishing. However, by applying some changes to the nipple, this type of fishing can be organized.

To do this you will need to perform the following manipulations:

Reduce the weight of the feeder , which will reduce the effectiveness of independent hooking and you will have to switch all your attention to the tip of the rod.
Use bait instead of foam . To do this, you can take special food, which swells at the bottom in the water and forms a kind of slide, on the top of which a boilie is attached.

Disadvantages of pacifiers

The main disadvantage of the nipple is its low sensitivity to bites. If small fish predominate in a reservoir, then they can suck on food with impunity without getting hooked. In this case, the angler may not detect any signs of a bite at the tip of the rod.

Due to the large number of leads and hooks, the equipment will often get tangled. For this reason, anglers prefer to use short, thick and strong leaders.

A fishing jig is a heavy piece of equipment that is difficult to cast over a long distance. When fishing in strong currents, you have to use heavy springs or plugs with a large amount of food. For making a fishing nipple, a simple hard spinning rod or a feeder with a long and powerful blank is most suitable.

Technology for manufacturing cork pacifiers

One way to make a cork pacifier looks like this:

Holes are drilled or pierced on four sides of the bottle cap.
Leashes made of braided fishing line are attached to three holes.
The fourth hole is intended for attaching the swivel by soldering or fixing with a clasp.
The sinker is attached to the bottom of the lid using wire. The weighting material is made of lead.
Each hook is equipped with a small foam ball.

The feeder in the form of a plug nipple is ready.

Dough for nipples for carp

Each fisherman has his own version of the test for catching carp on a nipple. However, there are the most popular of them: This recipe is easy to prepare and all the ingredients are quite affordable.

You should take:

sunflower oil
loaf of black bread
seven medium-sized potatoes, pre-boil them in their skins
corn porridge – 0.5 cups.

The porridge should be boiled and the potatoes and bread should be ground in a meat grinder. Mix potatoes, bread and porridge and grind everything again in a meat grinder. Add 3-4 tablespoons of sunflower oil and knead the dough.

It should not stick to your hands too much; this can be achieved by adding a little more sunflower oil. An all-time classic - carp bait.

You will need the following ingredients:

We take peas in a 1:2 ratio with water
breadcrumbs
raw egg.

Before starting cooking, it is recommended to leave the peas to soak overnight, then set to cook without changing the water. When the peas are ready, let them cool, then mix them with the egg, breadcrumbs and flour to the consistency we need.

Making pacifiers from other available materials

Alternatively, instead of a lid or cork, to make the tackle in question, you can use an ordinary spoon with a broken or sawn-off handle .
Preferably, the material from which the product is made should be cupronickel or stainless steel. Thanks to the unique shape of the spoon, the possibility of snagging is minimized, and the aerodynamic properties of the nipple during casting are also increased, without the need for additional weighting.

The leashes for the presented tackle are attached to holes made in the spoon at a distance of 4 mm from its edge. To prevent damage to the fishing line, the sharp edges of the product should be pre-treated and cleaned.

The clamp for the main fishing line is attached to the remainder of the spoon handle. To improve the retention of complementary foods, pieces of wire should be passed through the holes on the inside, and small loops should be formed on the reverse side.

Unlike a cork, this tackle falls to the bottom in different positions and is reminiscent of fishing with a feeder with a spring-type feeder.

Tips and tricks

For catching crucian carp using a device such as a nipple, there are a number of recommendations that are useful for all fishermen to know:

It is advisable to make the leash braided, and the braid is made from forest fiber. This is necessary so that the crucian carp does not become wary when contacting the leash, and the softness of the fishing line allows this.
It is recommended to use swivels with a carabiner mechanism, as this eliminates the main line from twisting and also speeds up the installation and dismantling processes with the feeder.
The magnitude of the breaking force of braids and leashes should be less than that of the main fishing line fiber; this is required so that in case of dead hooks the hook is lost, and the equipment remains on the main fiber.
Plate nipple
Each hook that is used in the design of the tackle must be sharp and durable.
To make it easier to attach leashes to plastic plugs, winding rings are used.
For the pacifier-spring, brass or copper wire is used, since with this material the work is more convenient, and in addition, there is no rust.
To make and use a nipple, in the absence of a complete set of materials, a simple fishing rod with a fishing line, at the end of which there is a nipple device, can be used.
The best option for fishing is the killer nipple, as this type of nipple is the most effective.
To increase the effectiveness of biting, you can use commercial bait with a pheromone base.
Any dough that is made as bait or bait must contain a worm, maggot, or bloodworm, since the presence of these ingredients greatly increases the likelihood of a bite.
Before you start making a homemade nipple, you need to look at the features of the reservoir in which crucian carp will be caught. This is due to the fact that each body of water has different depths, current strength, and the presence of vegetation.
If there is a current in the reservoir, then it is advisable to increase the mass of the sinker, but with the condition that the nipple device does not sink deep into the silt. This is required for the bait to work, and the silt will block the smell of the contents of the feeder.
The best time for fishing with a nipple is the end of May, when the crucian carp has a post-spawning feast, and also in September-October before the onset of cold weather.
Although the method of bottom fishing for crucian carp is considered effective at any time of the year, with the exception of spawning and icing of the reservoir, during which crucian carp lead a sedentary lifestyle.
For fishing, each angler must have with him several types of baits, which are created from different test consistencies. This requirement is determined by the fact that crucian carp will not bite on some type of bait, while any bait in the nipple can be replaced.

Helpful information

The cork type nipple is equipped with fewer hooks than the spring, therefore, the possibility of tangling the fishing line is reduced.
It is reasonable to use the gear in question in ponds and reservoirs with standing water . This is due to the fact that a decent current washes out even the most securely attached bait, which requires frequent checking of the feeder.
Some fishermen use a pacifier without hiding the hooks in the bait, and they attach foam balls or worms to them.
When quietly hunting for carp or carp, you should activate the baitrunner . This will prevent the fishing rod from falling into the water during a sudden bite. If this function is not available on the fishing rod, the friction type brake should be loosened.
to fix the leashes on the cap of a plastic bottle using winding rings.

The name of the feeder in question comes from the fishing characteristics. The fish, sensing the aroma of bait at the bottom of the reservoir, swims up to it to try it out. Carried away, she sucks the food, swallowing the hook. Trying to swim away, with every movement, the hook only becomes stronger.

How to make a nipple tackle for bream

A nipple for catching bream is made from a bottle cap, spoon or spring. However, you can make a smoktukha from completely unexpected objects. For example, from a shaving bottle, gas cans and other similar containers. In principle, they differ in the same diameter - 6.5 cm.

For smoktuha, the bottom part is cut off about 4 centimeters high. The cut area must be carefully rolled with the edges inward. All these cans have a concave bottom. We make two or three paired holes in it, pass copper wire through and twist it from the outside. It serves to better secure the load.

To load the resulting cups, they are turned upside down and lead is poured into the cup-shaped concavities. After the load has hardened, a small hole is pierced in the wall of the can, the size of a ballpoint pen refill. The hole is carefully rolled.

The edges of the inserted segment of the rod are melted, resulting in a kind of plastic sleeve that will protect the line from rubbing against the sharp edges of the can. We take a piece of scaffolding with a cross section of 4-5 mm and a length of 20 centimeters. On one side we knit a winding ring to it, to which we attach the required number of leashes with hooks.

We take the free end of the scaffold out through the bushing and attach a swivel and a carabiner to it, to which the central scaffold will cling. Based on the large diameter of the glass, the number of leashes can be increased to ten pieces, their length is 10-12 cm. Hooks are suitable with a short shank, from number four and above.

There are other options for making smoktukhs, which we wrote about in the article “Fishing with a nipple: from small things to a trophy.” For example, you can use a cap from a plastic 5-liter bottle. The sinker is attached to the outside using a screw or wire. Holes are punched at equidistant distances on the sides of the lid.

A swivel with a carabiner is attached through one of the holes, due to which the feeder is held on the central forest; leashes with hooks are attached to other holes. The weight of the lead round should be 35-45 g. The rod test should correspond to these parameters.

Another simple option is a spring nipple. The spring can be purchased at the store, but it is not difficult to make it yourself from any stainless wire. The installation of leashes is carried out in a variety of ways, some knit them directly to the spring, however, they get confused much more often than in the above-mentioned equipment.