Tackle for catching river carp
Since river carp has remarkable strength, tackle must be selected with a certain reserve of power. It's better to buy a carp rod. It is most convenient to use and adapted to the required fishing conditions. You can also use a heavy feeder.
The point here is that fast action is not the best choice, especially when using braided cords. Even if you are fishing for carp on a river, it is better to choose a semi-parabolic feeder. They bend strongly in the current, which negatively affects the sensitivity and visualization of the bite. But the carp bite is often a “locomotive”, so special sensitivity is not required.
To be fair, they are typical when fishing with a blind rig. Savoring boilies or corn, the fish is hooked on its own, and the “locomotive” itself is a consequence of its flight from the scene. When using a sliding rig, you should always be careful when biting, especially if you use a worm, pearl barley or other small bait.
To equip a carp fishing rod, it is better to buy a carp reel with a baitrunner. This will allow you to fish with several rods and not worry that a hooked carp will pull the rod into the water. A baitrunner is also required when a fisherman sets up a tackle for carp in the hope of bycatch, and he himself catches another fish not far away.
If there are no trophy carp in the reservoir, or the angler is always near the rods, then you can save a little and buy an inexpensive carp reel without a baitrunner. But when using such a reel, it is advisable to slightly loosen the clutch after casting.
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Features of carp fishing
Carp bite well in the pre-spawning period, when the water warms up to 10 degrees, and also about a week after spawning. It is best in the morning, with sunrise before 10 o'clock, and at dawn. Loves warm, calm weather. In the morning and evening it comes closer to the shore, where it feeds, and during the day it goes to holes and deep places.
In the spring. When the temperature warms up to 10 degrees, the carp begin to feed before spawning. After spawning, about a week later, carp are also caught well.
In summer. In summer, carp stay in deeper places. In summer, carp fishing is highly dependent on weather conditions, and especially on water temperature and atmospheric pressure. The best time is warm cloudy days.
In autumn. In autumn, the feeding intensity of carp decreases. But it can still be caught in places where it constantly feeds. With the onset of cold weather, carp go into deep places and hibernate throughout the winter.
Where to catch carp:
carp likes to stay near aquatic vegetation, loves quiet places, near reeds, as well as near uruti and pondweed. You can also catch it in snags, near flooded trees, and leeward shores.
Catching carp with float and bottom fishing rods will be equally successful. If you prefer to catch large specimens of this fish, then you will not do without special gear. Buy a baitrunner type reel. Such a reel does not allow the clutch to be tightened too much, and this will ensure skillful hooking of fish. The peculiarity of the carp bite is a surprise and therefore, if the reel is tightly tightened, your tackle can quickly end up in the water. The length of the line on the reel can be 300 meters. The thickness of the fishing line should be such as to withstand the resistance of the fish when fishing. The optimal thickness is no more than 0.3 millimeters.
The methods of catching carp are not very diverse. Strictly speaking, there is only one main method - fishing with a float rod, but there are various modifications.
Before moving on to the general rules of carp fishing, you need to have an idea about the equipment of the float rod used when fishing for carp.
Catch carp:
- on a floating bait near the surface without a sinker or float;
- on a floating bait with a float directly below the surface or in the upper layers of the water;
- for a floating bait with a float and a sinker - at the very bottom;
- on a loaded fishing rod with or without a float.
Fishing rods for carp are good, about four meters long. Spinning rods can also be used.
Bite alarms will also be good helpers. Today, electronic signaling devices equipped with LEDs are very popular. You can also use sound alarms when fishing for carp. When choosing hooks, give preference to quality products produced by Japanese companies Gamakatsu or Hayabusa. For bottom gear, sinkers weighing 50-80 grams are good. Sliding type sinkers have a lighter weight - 30-50 grams.
It’s not for nothing that carp are known as smart and strong. With all his greed for food, it is not easy to wait until he pays attention to the bait. Most often this occurs due to insufficient camouflage. When a carp sees a person and a fishing line near the bait, it becomes alarmed and does not touch the latter. The fishing line “confuses” him less if the person is not in his field of vision. For this reason, it is sometimes better to cast from a distance of several meters from the water to the very shore. In the shallows, but without seeing a person, the carp will bite more quickly than in the depths, from where the fisherman’s movements are clearly visible to it. For this reason, he likes to stay near the shore, densely overgrown with bushes and other vegetation, and not where not only fishermen, but also just passers-by approach the water.
We catch river carp. Selecting a location
When going fishing, experienced carp anglers probably know which places are best to catch carp. Be it a river unknown to them, or vice versa, a body of water that has been studied far and wide. The main thing is that there are carps there. And the secret is simple, it lies in theoretical knowledge of the habits of fish. In our case, we will need knowledge about where carp likes to live.
The fish loves deep places, so it mainly lives in bottom depressions, but in parts of the river where the current is moderate, it is small. It is also important that the water contains the required amount of suspended particles, which is why the water acquires a specific color. Promising places for carp fishing are areas where rivers flow into other bodies of water. And if in such places there is an abundance of aquatic vegetation and coastal thickets, including trees, then perhaps this will become the best fishing area.
In deep river places with little water movement, the bottom is usually flat in its topography and does not contain sand or gravel. Therefore, mud and silt are the main soil covering in such areas. Accordingly, the food supply in the form of crustaceans and mollusks will prevail here in sufficient quantities. And their populations will most likely be similar to lake inhabitants. This attracts carp, and in such places fish can accumulate more than in ordinary areas.
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Carp, as mentioned above, does not like currents, so you rarely see them there. In this regard, experienced fishermen choose quiet areas on rivers, such as bays or bays, places with sunken boats, reed thickets and others. In general, areas of the river where there is an obstruction to the flow, where the fish can hide and feed accordingly. If you find a place that fits this description, then you will not return home without a catch (subject to favorable factors).
You can decide on a place to catch carp and resort to other tricks; for example, on a river, you should carefully study the banks and take a closer look at the areas where local fishermen fish. This information will help you navigate. And you should not give priority to those areas of the water where the fish jump out of it. After all, carp can move at a fairly decent speed, and the place where you saw it and the area where it prefers to feed may not be in the same place.
And in conclusion, it is worth noting that having chosen a section of the river for carp fishing, it would be advisable to examine the bottom and what aquatic plants grow on it. This knowledge will help you decide on the type of fishing and types of bait. Good luck in choosing a fishing location and large carp in the cage!
Features of feeding carp
The main feature of carp fishing is careful feeding of the fishing area. There should not be a lot of bait, but a lot. This is especially true when fishing in the current. Even a small flock of “tusks” can quickly destroy a well-fed table, after which they will lose interest in the point.
Bait for carp is selected according to the season. In summer, sweet and aromatic bait is most effective. You can buy bait for carp in the store, although you can prepare it yourself. The first option is preferable, since store-bought bait for carp is already balanced. The only thing that is required from the fisherman is to add large feed components to it. Usually this is pellets, canned corn or peas. The best baits for carp in the ranking - TOP 7 fishing baits.
Homemade bait for carp is based on flour or coarse breading. Boiled potatoes or porridge are added to it. Of course, the cost of such bait will be lower than store-bought bait, but selecting the required components is difficult, and this can take a lot of time.
Description of carp and its habits
Carp , or carp, is a fish that lives in rivers and ponds where there is no salt water. River carp are extremely rare. Pond, or artificially grown carp, is their main inhabitant. It is considered beautiful because of its large dark gold scales. The dorsal part is dark with a bluish tint and very light on the belly. The carp has two pairs of powerful and short whiskers. Lips – full, yellowish, mobile. The eyes are mustard. The wide gray dorsal fin in front is equipped with a saw-toothed jagged ray, which poses a danger to other fish and humans.
Pond carp has subspecific varieties. Golden with an irregular line of large scales. Naked get their name from their almost complete lack of scales. The Ropshinskaya variety is a cross of Galician and winter-hardy Amur carp.
The main feature of river and pond carp is their large size as a result of their longevity.
Carp have interesting behavior patterns. It feeds on a sunny summer day early in the morning and late in the evening, usually in shallow water. Cloudy weather allows you to eat all day long. Only hunger can force one to leave the pit shelter. Carp gather in schools of different weights and different ages. Their number can vary from ten to a thousand, especially during preparation for wintering. The fish has a low swimming speed at depth and often jumps out, thereby revealing its presence. River reeds and floating islands are the best places for shelter.
How to choose bait for carp?
Of course, a good choice of bait will play a vital role when fishing for carp. Therefore, in addition to new popular methods, it is worth remembering undeservedly forgotten baits, such as worms. In most cases, a regular worm turns out to be the best bait for fish. Various types of worms are used to catch fish.
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The most important thing in using worms is to examine the pond and understand whether carp dominates among other fish species. This bait is also suitable for other white fish.
It is best to use thick white worms, although red ones will also be useful - they can also be used as bait, especially if white ones cannot be found. Worms can be used in any way: as a base, placed directly on the hook, or as an addition to other types of complementary foods.
