What to use for catching carp in the fall: September, October, November. Tackle

Carp is a large fish that lives in our rivers. It can reach 30 kg, although, of course, such specimens are rare. But individuals weighing 15 kg are not at all uncommon.

Unlike its domesticated counterpart, the carp, the carp is cunning, fast and strong, so catching it is not at all easy. You need dexterity, skill, knowledge of the habits of this river giant, and the appropriate gear.

And an inexperienced fisherman may be left not only without prey, but also without a hook, fishing line, or even without a rod. There are stories among fishermen that large twenty-kilogram carp easily break even the most reliable gear.

Carp in September

Catching carp in September is the most promising compared to other autumn months. In September, large carp, fattening up, constantly moves above the bottom surface through areas where aquatic insects, bottom larvae and worms are concentrated. On warm September days, carp can go into shallow water. In the coastal zone, it appears more often at dusk and throughout the night.

When choosing a place to catch carp in September, you need to pay attention to the existing cliffs and dumps in the coastal zone. Good signs of the presence of fish are areas with changes in depth, trees fallen into the water and the presence of bottom snags.

When determining a place for fishing on the river, it should be taken into account that carp avoids fast channel currents and is not found in areas of river rapids. The likelihood of biting increases in river bays, whirlpools and places near reed islands, behind which there is a slow or counter current.

In September, active carp responds well to the proposed bait. You should not skimp on complementary feeding, as it is difficult to overfeed this fish. You also need to add portions of complementary food during the fishing process. Intense biting can begin, or stop unexpectedly, at any time of the day.

Until the water temperature drops steadily, preference should be given to plant-based fishing baits. From the second half of September, it is advisable to put “sandwiches” of bait and bait on the hook.

Where and when to catch carp?

On the Don, fishermen try their hand at fishing both on a boat and from the shore. In autumn, it is preferable to fish by boat; it is much easier and more effective. In addition, this allows you to more carefully track the bottom in the fishing area. Also, catching large and strong fish is much easier. Bottom gear is used for fishing.

For fishing from the shore, preference is given to carp feeders, which are much stronger than usual. For fishing from a boat, you need to use shorter models, with rods no more than 2.5 meters.

You can also catch it using a float rod on the shore. The place chosen is deep enough, with a sharp cliff almost right next to the shore. You need to choose a fast action rod with a fairly high test.

Experienced fishermen use carp rods, which are additionally equipped with a reel. When you need to fish from afar, a donka is ideal for this. You can use a feeder with a feeder.

Fishing with bottom tackle is done in this way: smooth casting and securing the rod to a special stand. If there is a bite, then there is no need to rush to hook, the carp will do it himself. To pull it out you need to use all your skills and strength to perform a forced retrieval.

The easiest way to find this fish is in a place with a slow current that turns back. This place should also be deep, at least several meters. To be sure to find him, you need to look for flooded snags or branches where he likes to hide.

In autumn, you need to look for this fish in deep holes, near bank cliffs.

It also happens: How crucian carp bite in August

The best places on the Don where you can almost always find carp are:

Zhirovskaya pit
Krivoborskaya pit
Gremyachenskaya breakthrough

It is in these places, as local fishermen say, that you can always catch the desired trophy with 100% success.

How to catch more fish?

I have been active fishing for quite some time and have found many ways to improve the bite. And here are the most effective:

Bite activator. Attracts fish in cold and warm water with the help of pheromones included in the composition and stimulates its appetite. It’s a pity that Rosprirodnadzor wants to impose a ban on its sale.
More sensitive gear. Reviews and instructions for other types of gear can be found on the pages of my website.
Lures using pheromones.

You can get the rest of the secrets of successful fishing for free by reading my other materials on the site.

If the weather is normal for August and there are no noticeable temperature changes, the carp feeds around the clock. For a good bite, the location of the reservoir in which the carp lives and the time of day at which you go fishing are important. If you fish at night, we recommend doing it in shallow water - carp most often visits it in the dark.

It is impossible to say for sure which hours are best for night fishing, but experienced fishermen know that it is useless to catch this fish from one to three in the morning. In the evening or early morning (at 4-5 o’clock) the carp often appears at the edge of the reservoir to feed on small animals that come from the shore. Carp carefully avoids places where pike, pike perch and catfish are found.

After sunrise, when the reservoir begins to warm up, the carp gradually swims to the depths. At 9-10 o'clock in the morning you can catch a very good bite if you move to the northwestern sections of the coastline - to places that have already been warmed up by the sun and which carp usually visits in the morning.

During the day, only small carp bite, and not always, but closer to 6 pm this fish can be caught if you fish from a boat in calm, well-warmed places. Catching carp in August has a number of features, one of them is its dependence on the weather. If there is extreme heat, despite all its heat-loving nature, the carp will not bite.

Catching carp in October

Carp is still quite active in October. On sunny days it can be found in the bottom layer of water throughout the entire water area. Drizzling rain is not a problem. Fishing for carp in October becomes easier on small lakes and quarries where work has stopped. On large and medium rivers it is more difficult to catch carp.

During October, you can “train” the carp to visit the selected area using bait. Steamed cereals and crushed cake are used, which are placed in a piece of nylon stocking or a piece of gauze. New portions are added within a few days.

All bottom gear is suitable for catching carp in October. The hook is baited with bait of animal origin: worms, maggots and other available larvae. You shouldn’t completely abandon plant baits. In October, carp are often tempted by carp boilies, as well as peas and corn prepared for fishing.

Features of catching carp on the Don

To catch carp on the Don you need to use some tricks that will help simplify the fishing process and guarantee a good result.
Local fishermen, when choosing a place to catch carp, mark it with a buoy so as not to lose the place. Usually they catch it on boats, because it is almost impossible to get to the places where this fish lives in any other way. To lure fish you need quite a lot of bait, about several buckets.

Carp are caught using boilies, which have proven themselves very good when fishing for this fish.

Among the best ingredients are:

Corn flour;
Soy flour;
Sunflower seeds;
Powdered milk;
Eggs;
Vanillin.

Feeder equipment for carp

When selecting elements of gear, you need to take into account that you will have to fight with large and strong fish. Each piece of equipment plays an important role. To equip a feeder for carp you need:

Choose a feeder rod. For catching carp, a high-quality rod with a length of 3.8 m, medium or heavy class with a medium action is suitable.
Choose a powerful reel. It is necessary to pay attention to the capacity of the spool. It should ensure that the fishing line is laid to the required length. Considering that fishing for carp on a feeder is designed for self-hooking fish, it is advisable to choose a model equipped with a baitrunner.
Install a fishing line (cord) with a load capacity of at least 10 kg.
Choose a feeder for the feeder. Large items are suitable. The size of the cells should ensure slow leaching (spraying) of the bait. The larger the fractions in complementary foods, the larger the cells.
Use durable types of fishing hooks, size No. 8-10 according to domestic numbering. The leashes are 10% thinner than the main line.
Each angler decides how to equip the feeder (the method of attaching the feeder) at his own discretion. It is better to prepare several different equipment in advance.

Bells or bells serve as bite alarms. They are attached to the rod tip or directly to the fishing line. You can use other alarms, but sound ones are more practical.

Equipment for a float rod for carp

The length of the rod should ensure casting to the required distance when fishing from the shore or boat. Bolognese rods and fly rods are suitable. Powerful match rods are also applicable.

If there is a need to cast long distances, the fishing rod is equipped with a sliding float.

The fishing line, leashes and hooks are the same as on the feeder equipment.

Donka for carp

After the advent of high-quality feeder rods with reels, there are fewer adherents of a simple rod with a reel. But the inconvenience of casting is compensated by the catchability of the gear.

To rig a donkey, a flat sinker is attached to the end of the fishing line. Above the load there are hooks on leashes. 4 pieces are enough. A cake briquette is secured under a flat sinker, with hooks placed at the corners. As the carp dissolves the cake, it usually cuts itself. To fish for large fish by selecting a fishing line with your hands, you need to provide gloves.

Fishing for carp is also possible using circles. It is carried out in the same way as carp fishing with mugs.

Does the carp bite or not?

It is usually quite simple to determine that a carp is biting. The float begins to move away at high speed, almost without plunging into the water. Sometimes, although rarely, it happens that a carp immediately drags the float to the depth immediately. If you come across a large and experienced fish, then the line may be broken: the carp takes the bait at high speed.

If you see that your float is quickly sinking into the water, immediately grab it and pull the rod up with a sharp movement. If there is a significant tilt of the float to the left or right, pull in the opposite direction. After hooking, the carp will most likely quickly rush to swim to the side. This is the most dangerous moment of fishing; it is extremely easy to lose prey.

By a sharp and strong turn of the rod you need to force it to go in the direction you want, dragging the fish head first. It is best to hold the fishing rod with both hands, then even a large fish will not be able to snatch it from you. At this stage, the line should not be passed through or pulled towards you. Having rushed in different directions, the carp begins to describe regular, uniform arcs, rising more and more to the surface.

It is very important to let him exhaust himself and calm down. If the fish appeared on the surface or began to quickly dive into the depths, then come into the visibility zone, this indicates that the carp is not yet tired enough. When, gradually pulling the carp towards you, you see that it describes arcs less and less intensely and no longer makes impetuous movements, hold the fishing rod in this position for some more time.

As soon as you notice that the carp spent several seconds immobilized, this is a sure sign that he is tired and the time has come to hook him. Then you should pull the fish towards you so that it is within the reach of your net and catch the carp in the net. In this case, the net should not be removed, gradually and carefully pulling it towards you directly through the water.

Make sure your equipment is ready for both small and large catches. The net must have a long and strong handle, the fishing rod is selected according to the reservoir in which fishing is carried out (bottom in wide rivers, at depth - with a short rod, and so on). You need to use a running line, attach the sinker separately on a leash of at least one meter, or you can also put a sliding weight.

The habitats preferred by carp, as well as the specifics of the bait, dictate their conditions for choosing places with a weak current or without it at all. Therefore, it is better to catch carp without long casting - if the line is only slightly extended with the current, the bait does not fly off, the bite becomes much more noticeable, and it is much more convenient to catch carp.

Bait for carp

As bait, you can use ready-made mixtures intended for feeding fish of the carp family. But many fishermen prefer to prepare complementary foods according to practice-tested recipes. Here is one recipe for making your own bait. “Working” bait for carp is prepared from the following components:

Steamed wheat – 30% volume;
Boiled hemp grains – 30%;
Ready-made purchased mixture for carp fish – 30%;
Boiled corn – 5-7%;
Fishing glue or other bulk adhesive substances – 2-3%;
Flavorings – 2-3 drops;
Sugar;
Salt.

The sequence of mixing bait for carp on a pond:

Steamed wheat is placed at the bottom of a suitable bowl. Sprinkle with sugar and add salt. Sugar can be replaced with 1-2 tablespoons of honey.
The prepared hemp is poured in.
Store-bought mixture is added.
Everything is thoroughly mixed, and then boiled corn is added.
Water from the reservoir is poured in in small portions.
Using fishing glue, the desired viscosity is achieved and flavors are added.

After infusing for 10-15 minutes, the bait is ready for delivery to a promising location or filling feeder feeders.

What does carp bite on in the fall?

Carp is omnivorous. On the one hand, this simplifies the task of selecting bait, but on the other hand, it complicates it, since you cannot predict what the fish will like on the day of fishing. Therefore, it is impossible to unequivocally answer the question of what carp bites in the fall. You need to stock up on different baits and plant baits.

Baits for carp

The following baits are used for fishing for carp:

Crawls. After the rains they appear even within cities;
Dung red worms;
Maggots;
Caddisfly larvae;
Shellfish meat, peeled;
Bloodworms.

Nozzles for carp

The following is used as a bait for carp:

Flavored dough;
Boiled potatoes;
Specially prepared peas;
Corn for fishing;
Hominy;
Steamed wheat.

A special delicacy for carp are carp boilies. They can be purchased at the store or made by yourself.

Baits and baits can be attached to the hook separately or combined. Combinations of bait and plant baits can be very different. To determine what the carp bites on on the day of fishing, you should attach different baits and attachments to each hook. After several bites in a row on the same bait, preference is given to it. After the bite stops, you need to continue experimenting with all the baits and attachments for carp in your arsenal.

So, catching carp in the fall will be successful if you take into account the behavioral characteristics, properly prepare your gear and stock up on different baits. You need to be prepared for a long wait for a bite. The crown of patience will be an exciting fight with a strong fish.

Groundbait place

It is in August that the opportunity arises to catch a very large, well-fed carp. Before this, small individuals are usually caught, and in mid-late September the food disappears completely. In order to lure fish, it is best to use a mixture of wheat and millet porridge, boiling them well. Steamed rye and buckwheat, rice, pearl barley or millet cooked in milk, any bread, cottage cheese or beans are also suitable.

To attract large fish, tightly rolled balls of a mixture of hemp grain, steamed grain crops and clay are thrown. Under no circumstances should you consume grain that is already beginning to sour; fish will not go to such a place. The bait is thrown right at the place where they are going to fish, as well as little by little into the corners of the sector and into the depths.

If you cook millet porridge so cool that it can be cut into pieces, then you can easily put it on a hook. Rolled tight balls from a mixture of steamed wheat grains, earthworms and bread are suitable. A real delicacy for carp is boiled crayfish necks, bread and legumes. All this can be combined with wheat flour dumplings.

Photo 3. A bunch of maggots is an excellent bait for carp.

As winter approaches, plant bait becomes less popular with fish. If the angler knows where to look for the concentration of carp, then corn can bring a positive result, but a worm would be preferable. When everyone comes fishing, they will want to catch a trophy as quickly as possible. To speed up the wait for a bite, you can use dips with strong odors to treat the baited hook. The following scents are suitable for this purpose:

garlic;
crab;
pepper;
shrimps;
dill, etc.

A good result can be obtained by combining baits. To do this, you should put a sandwich of several types on one hook. You can combine plant and animal baits together. It is recommended not to stop at one thing for a long time and periodically try something new, especially if the bite subsides.