Porridge for spring fishing: how to cook, best recipes

A spring and nipple are a type of gear for catching fish from the bottom. A spring is two in one: a feeder and a sinker, although it is possible to use an additional sinker. If you take a pacifier, then it is both a feeder and a sinker at the same time. Springs are used in many rigs for catching crucian carp, carp, bream and other peaceful fish. The pacifier has the same functions. The design of the spring is so simple that it can be easily made at home. The design of the nipple is even simpler, since it is made by fishermen from scrap materials. As a rule, the basis for making a pacifier is a regular cap from a plastic bottle. Despite its simplicity, both types of feeders have enviable catchability.

How to prepare porridge for a spring

There are many options for preparing porridge for feeders such as spring feeders. At the same time, there are recipes that deserve attention. Cooking porridges should be accompanied by a number of recommendations, taking into account the specifics of the equipment. For example:

You can add all kinds of flavors to the porridge. At the same time, you should not get too carried away, especially with artificial components, so as not to scare away the fish.
It is very important to achieve the right consistency: it should not be too viscous or too crumbly. If the porridge is too viscous, it will not dissolve well in water, and if it is too loose, it will fly out of the spring when it hits the water. Therefore, cooking porridge, although simple, is a crucial moment.
It is permissible to add sunflower cake to any porridge, which will serve not only as a flavoring agent, but also as a leavening agent. You can use it to adjust the thickness of the porridge.
During the cooking process, you should ensure that the porridge does not burn, therefore, it is better to cook it over low heat, stirring constantly.

Recipes for the best porridges for spring

Millet porridge for fishing on a nipple

Millet porridge is considered one of the most popular because it is considered the most universal bait. It is used when it is necessary to attract fish with small fractions. Most types of peaceful fish, such as tench, carp, roach, crucian carp, etc., are caught using millet porridge.

The recipe is simple:

A glass of water is poured into the container and brought to a boil.
Pour two glasses of cereal into boiling water.
The porridge is cooked for about 15 minutes, with constant stirring.
After this time, the porridge is removed from the heat and left for some time (until it cools).
You can add a little feed to the porridge, which will increase its viscosity.

Millet porridge consists of small fragments that are quickly washed out of the spring. This factor must be taken into account and the porridge carefully compacted into the spring. Millet is also added to other cereals to obtain combined baits. Since millet is washed out much faster than other ingredients, it can create a food cloud to attract fish. Millet is added to corn or pea porridge, and also combined with wheat flour.

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Pea porridge for spring fishing

Cooking pea porridge does not require much effort, but its preparation is more expensive. As a result, you will get a catchable bait that will be of interest to many species of fish, especially bream. Every fisherman knows that bream is partial to peas.

It is prepared as follows:

1 liter of water is poured into the container and one glass of peas is added. The container is placed on the stove, and the fire is reduced to a minimum.
After the water boils, you need to make sure that the peas do not burn. To do this, it is constantly stirred.
As the peas cook, you need to constantly remove any foam that has formed. So the peas should cook for about 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, the heat increases and the porridge is covered with a lid.
After 5 minutes, half a teaspoon of soda is added to the porridge, followed by stirring the component. Baking soda allows the product to cook faster.
As a result of cooking, the peas turn into a liquid mass (they are digested). 100 grams of millet are also added here.
After 10 minutes, sugar and salt are added to the porridge, one teaspoon at a time. The result will be a more catchable bait.
Finally, a small amount of flour is added to the porridge.

This porridge, due to its consistency, is perfect for catching fish with a spring.

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Mamalyga (corn porridge) for fishing with a spring

Mamalyga is a porridge made from corn. It is distinguished by its catchability and ease of preparation. Some types of fish like corn porridge, such as crucian carp, carp, carp, etc.

How to prepare mamaliga:

First you need to take 300 grams of corn flour and fry it in a frying pan. At the same time, you need to control it so that it does not burn.
About 100 grams of wheat flour is added here, after which the corn and wheat flour are further fried together.
After an attractive smell appears, the flour mixture is filled with water. In this case, the fire must be turned off and water added in small portions.
After 10 minutes, the porridge will turn into a thick viscous mass. If desired, you can add a little flour to the porridge.
The porridge is removed from the stove and must cool before further use. Then it is divided into 2 parts and placed in sealed plastic bags.
The bags are placed in a container and filled with water, after which they are boiled for about half an hour.
The mamalyga is removed from the heat and left overnight. After this, the water is drained, the porridge is freed from plastic bags and cut into cubes or balls are formed from it, with which the spring is filled.

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Porridge from mixed feed for spring fishing

Compound feed is a mixture of waste obtained from processing various grain crops. The cooking process is also not complicated, but it needs to be controlled. The main thing is to get the porridge of the required thickness.

To prepare porridge according to this recipe, you need:

First of all, you need to boil the potatoes in their skins.
Pour 2 liters of water into a container, put it on the fire and bring to a boil.
In the same container, add half a kilo of feed and cook for 10 minutes, with constant stirring.
The crumb of rye bread is taken and added to the porridge.
Take a couple of the largest potatoes and knead them to a puree, after which they are also added to the porridge.
Add a tablespoon of sunflower oil to the porridge and mix thoroughly.
The porridge will turn out more attractive if you add just a little vanillin to its composition.

If the porridge is prepared correctly, you should get a thick, viscous mass from which you can roll into balls and fill the feeder (spring) with them.

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Semolina porridge with rolled oats on a spring

Semolina is added to many bait recipes; in addition, crucian carp and other fish of the carp family are actively caught using ordinary semolina. If you prepare semolina porridge with rolled oats, you can get a universal bait.

The preparation is not complicated and consists of the following steps:

Take two glasses and pour semolina into one of them, about halfway, and pour water into the other, a little more than half a glass.
The water is sent to a container that is placed on fire. The water should boil.
After the water has boiled, oatmeal is poured into the water, in the proportion: a teaspoon to half a glass of water.
Add a teaspoon of sugar here and mix.
After white foam appears on the surface, the prepared semolina is poured into the container, not in large portions, with stirring.
After all the water has been absorbed, the porridge should be gently pressed down on top, and the container itself is placed in a towel and left in this state for 15 minutes.
Then the whole mass is thoroughly kneaded so that there are no hard lumps.
You can add a couple of drops of anise oil as a flavoring.

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Pea porridge

Pea porridge for fishing is prepared in various ways. Some fishermen simply steam a couple of tablespoons of peas in a thermos, add a small amount of sunflower oil when ready and drain in a colander.

But the most effective are boiled peas, which must be sorted out and the poor quality ones rejected. After which the grains are soaked overnight with soda, at the rate of 1 teaspoon of peas per 1 liter of water. Then the peas are placed in a fabric bag, which is secured in the pan so that it does not touch the bottom. In the morning, the peas are poured with the water in which they stood overnight and boiled. Every fifteen minutes the peas must be checked for doneness. The finished peas are drained into a colander and poured onto a hard surface to dry.

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To attract fish, milk or sunflower oil is used as flavoring agents.

For more successful fishing, shelled peas are used. Rinse approximately 200 grams of cereal and add water for about three hours. After which the mastyrka is prepared. Boil the peas in the same water in which they were infused. Water covers the grains by about three centimeters. When the peas boil, cover with a lid, reduce heat and cook until tender. The foam that forms during cooking should not be removed - it will disappear on its own. The porridge must be stirred periodically, otherwise the grains may burn. If the grains are already easily crushed, then the lid should be removed and the liquid should be allowed to evaporate. As soon as the water disappears from the surface of the porridge, you should get a homogeneous mass, which is crushed until you get a puree.

For greater attractiveness, add a spoonful of honey or granulated sugar to the mastyrka. Remove the pan from the heat when the porridge begins to squish and release air. Then add about half a glass of semolina, a quarter glass of flour and mix thoroughly. Then add a little more flour and semolina and mix thoroughly, then pour in a small amount of sunflower oil and start making balls, the size of which should correspond to the gear that will be used to catch fish. While sculpting, grease the ball with sunflower oil and place it on the fabric in a special container. The balls must be turned over periodically until they cool completely, otherwise they may become soggy from condensation.

Spring porridge recipes for various types of fish

Porridge for crucian carp

Crucian carp is a fish that can be found in almost any body of water. There is even such a category of fishermen as “crucian fishermen”. Crucian carp, like all cyprinids, may prefer corn porridge. It is prepared as follows:

Take a pan and pour water into it and add corn grains, adding a teaspoon of sugar.
The corn is cooked for at least 2 hours, with occasional stirring.
Once ready, let it cool to room temperature. It is then passed through a meat grinder and mixed with animal feed.
To make the porridge have an attractive aroma, you can add drops of anise, vanillin or chopped garlic to it.

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Porridge for carp

A feeder like a spring is also used for carp fishing. Catch porridge can be prepared according to this recipe:

800 grams of peas are poured into a saucepan with water and cooked until smooth.
While the porridge is cooling, take a bag of fried seeds and pass it through a meat grinder.
400 grams of semolina are gradually added to the cooled porridge with constant stirring.
The porridge is stirred until it acquires the consistency of hard dough. After this, the crushed seeds are poured here.
Finally, the whole mass is thoroughly mixed again.

The resulting porridge can be divided into several parts and placed in plastic bags. The porridge is stored for no more than 24 hours, after which it loses its attractive properties. In this regard, such porridge should not be prepared for long-term storage. It is suitable for one-time use.

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Porridge for bream

Cooking porridge for bream does not have any special features, it just uses pearl barley, and it is prepared like this:

Pour 3 glasses of water into the container and put on fire.
When the water boils, pour several glasses of pearl barley into it. The pearl barley is cooked until it has absorbed almost all the moisture.
Millet cereal, a tablespoon of vegetable oil and a little vanillin are also added here.
The porridge is cooked until the remaining moisture disappears and small bubbling holes appear on the surface.
The fire is turned off, and the porridge is removed from the stove and covered with a lid. The porridge should sit for half an hour.
After the porridge has brewed and cooled, semolina, barley grits and corn grits are added to it, about one glass each, depending on the consistency.
The porridge is thoroughly mixed.

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Porridge for fishing on a feeder

Porridge is not a bait, but a kind of bait, which, with the help of a sinker, is delivered to the required place of fall. The feeder is used in various bottom gear and with different attachments such as stars.

Porridge for fishing on a feeder is used by every fisherman. A good bait is a mixture of millet and oatmeal. For one fisherman, take a glass of oatmeal and 1/3 cup of millet cereal, which is poured into boiling water in a ratio of 1:2. After a few minutes, pieces of macadamia (its dust is excellent) and crushed fried sunflower seeds are added to the future porridge. When the porridge is cooked, cover it with a lid and leave for an hour. Before transferring the porridge into a bowl, it must be greased with vegetable oil. The porridge is trampled down and under no circumstances is it salted.
In closed reservoirs, millet porridge cooked according to the above recipe is excellent, but before cooking you need to brew one tablespoon of semolina.
Pearl barley is an excellent bait. To prepare it, pour a glass of pearl barley into a thermos and pour boiling water over it for four hours. The finished pearl barley is passed through a meat grinder, mixed with maca dust and crushed fried sunflower seeds.
Cheap porridge for sinker feeders is prepared from a mixture of oatmeal and bread crumb. To do this, take two handfuls of rolled oats and crumbs, mix with a small amount of water and knead to a thick dough. After that, the finished dough is placed in a feeder and a little millet porridge with flavorings is added on top. This bait is enough for about eight casts. Ideal for hookless and spiral feeders.

Well, you already know how to prepare porridge for fishing! Have a nice catch!

Features of spring fishing

Spring equipment

For effective fishing, it is necessary not only to have porridge that is tasty for fish, but also to properly equip the spring. At the same time, one should take into account the fact that the size of the spring is selected for a specific type of fish. For catching crucian carp, smaller springs are suitable, but for catching bream, and especially carp, you need to choose more massive products. Universal equipment looks like this:

The main additional element of each rig is a leash with a hook. There can be several of them in this equipment, from 2 to 6 pieces, about 5 cm long. The leashes must be strong and flexible. The main material is braided or nylon thread.
The size of the hooks is also selected depending on the size of the expected prey. As a rule, these are sizes No. 4-9.
Sometimes additional weight is used, so the leashes are attached directly to the spring.
Additional sinkers can weigh from 30 to 50 grams. As a rule, sinkers are attached to the end of the fishing line, and after it several springs are attached with leads attached to them.
The length of the rod can be about 3.5 meters, with a dough of at least 40 grams.
The reel must have at least 100 meters of fishing line wound on it, with a thickness of 0.25 to 0.3 mm.
The moment of a bite can be caught by the tip of the rod, but it is better to use a bite alarm, either simple or electronic.
The reel is a spinning reel, size 3000-4000, with a baitrunner function.

Types of springs

There are 3 main types of springs, differing in shape, size and installation features. These include:

The first type is a “donut”, which represents a long spring coiled into a ring (donut shape). As a result of folding, a ring with a diameter of up to 50 mm is obtained, while the spring has a diameter of about 15 mm. One common leash is attached to such a spring, and additional leashes are attached to it.
The second type is a “harvester”, which has the shape of a conical spring. The leads are attached to the top of the cone. This type of equipment is compact in size and easy to use, so it can be recommended for beginner fishermen.
The third type is the “crucian carp killer,” which differs in the method of installation. To eliminate the additional weight, 3 springs are attached one after another. Each spring has its own leash with a hook. The distance between them is 12 cm. In some cases, especially when fishing in the current, it is still impossible to do without an additional sinker. It is attached to the very end of the main fishing line.

Spring fishing tips

Baits are selected taking into account many factors, such as the time of year, the preferences of the fish, as well as its type.

You can get good results if you use the following attachments:

Fresh or canned green peas.
Fresh or canned corn.
Maggots.
Bread crumb.
Dung or earthworms.
Insect larvae.
Regular foam.

Spring with foam

Quite often, fishermen use foam, or rather foam balls mounted on hooks. This especially works when the reservoir has a very muddy bottom. A regular bait will sink into the mud before the fish even discovers it. As for the foam, it will be in the water column due to its buoyancy. Why fish bite on polystyrene foam is not known here; there are so many fishermen, so many opinions. The technique for fishing with foam is as follows:

To begin with, the fishing point must be fed with porridge.
A foam ball is placed on each hook, and the tip must be open.
After this, the tackle is thrown into the desired place.

Fish can accidentally swallow polystyrene foam. There is one more assumption about this. The fish still knows that polystyrene foam is an inedible bait. If so, then it is garbage that needs to be removed. She puts the foam in her mouth and gets hooked. The fact is that the foam ball is always in the fish’s field of vision. Since it is not in one place, but moves to the sides under the influence of the current, this greatly irritates the fish, and it tries to get rid of this irritant. At this moment she gets hooked.