Fishing with a garland: catching perch in summer, bleak, sabrefish in winter, video, making it yourself

Perch can be easily caught using a variety of gear, which includes traditional float rods, donks, and spinning rods. This fish is not picky, so it bites on different baits. One of the most popular gear designed for catching perch is the so-called garland.

It has proven itself well in catching predatory fish that hunt in schools. These include not only perch, but also rudd.

It shows its positive qualities best in bodies of water with stagnant water or with a very weak current. The bottom of the reservoir should be smooth and free from a large amount of grass . It is these open areas that are most popular among schools of perch. This is where the garland shines best.

This gear consists of several hooks or baits made of silicone. Thanks to this approach, you can pull out several fish at once in one cast. The tackle is well suited for both winter and summer fishing.

Basics

For such tackle, the following jigs are most often used: uralki, devils and ants. Perch swallow best bait that is colored black, green, solid or with a yellow belly.

Experienced fishermen make a garland for each specific place. Jigs equipped with a hook number 13-18 are considered universal baits .

When it was possible to decide on the number of baits on the gear, they begin to choose a nod. In this case, it is best to take a flat product made of metal. A jig is attached to its end and checked that with a working length of about 10-15 cm, the nod begins to bend by approximately 15 degrees.

A nod that is too hard or too soft does not contribute to the high-quality play of the tackle and will make its sensitivity rather weak. Almost any fishing rod is suitable for such gear - the fisherman selects this part individually, strictly for himself. It is best if he has a whip, the length of which will be in the range of 10-20 cm.

As a rule, the so-called white fish, whose weight does not exceed 1 kg, bite on the garland, so there is no point in taking a fishing line whose diameter will be more than 0.15 mm. If it is known that there are larger fish in the reservoir, it is better to take a thicker fishing line.

In this case, you will need to take into account that an overly thick fishing line will scare away the fish, it will be more susceptible to the influence of the current, and the bait will play much worse.

If the depth of the reservoir is about 8 meters, then you can wind about 20 meters of fishing line on the reel. For depths greater than 10 meters, take at least 50 meters. By the way, pike perch and pike bite quite well on the garland, which follow the perch, eating the fish that lag behind the school.

It’s quite easy to pull out pike perch, but pike can cut off the tackle, so it’s best to have a spare one with you.

About the garland gear - in detail

"Ants"

"Uralki"

"Devils"

The colors usually used are black, greenish, with a yellow belly or plain. Also, in some cases, fishermen knit a garland from other jigs, adapting to a specific fishing location. Despite this, the most versatile for catching silver bream, roach, blue bream and undergrowth will be medium-sized “ants” and “Uralkas” with a 16-18 hook.

After you have already decided on the number of jigs in your tackle, you need to select a nod. The best option would be a metal flat nod with adjustment. (I already talked about how to choose a nod in a separate article) In short: we attach our jigs to the tip of the nod and achieve a result in which, with an average working length of 15 centimeters, the nod goes 10 - 20 degrees down.

By choosing a harder nod or, on the contrary, a soft nod, you will not be able to provide a simultaneous combination of sensitivity and play of the tackle at the proper level.

We take a fishing rod of any design with a whip of about 10-20 centimeters.

How to knit a garland?

Tying one jig to the tackle is not difficult: just pass the fishing line through the appropriate hole, make a loop on the hook and carefully tighten the knot.

Many fishermen also make a garland using this technology, but for the upper jigs they add one important point: the free end of the fishing line on these baits is passed one more time through the hole of the jig and tied again.

The main disadvantages of this method are the presence of a large number of knots and pieces of fishing line that will scare away fish. This problem can be solved quite simply: the upper jigs are attached to the tackle without any knots at all.

Installation of a fishing garland (how to knit)

What is a garland used for and why is it so popular among fishermen.
Its advantage is that schools of roach

, blue or

undergrowth

migrate in the water column. They can stay either at the very bottom or almost at the ice crust, and, having chosen a certain layer of water, they remain there almost throughout the day. If the fisherman manages to discover at what depth the fish is standing, then he will no longer be left without a catch. Garland allows you to solve this problem much more efficiently than other equipment.

It is noteworthy that in large holes of depth, which sometimes reach 20 meters, fish gather in decent schools and, as if moving in a common heap, are still divided into levels. So in one large school, the average roach swims at a level of 6-7 meters, the undergrowth is at 7-9 meters, and the large roach is located at 10 meters. I think you have to agree that it’s almost impossible to probe all these levels with one jig, but it’s troublesome with a couple or even three jigs.

The most tiring thing about long tackle is chasing a school that is constantly moving, and we follow it from hole to hole. For this reason, to start fishing with a garland, a tackle of 4-5 jigs and 2 meters long is quite suitable. This kind of tackle can be easily carried on a rod raised above your head, without reeling in every time.

It is convenient to fish with such gear at depths of 4 to 10 meters and you can absolutely calmly find the desired level of movement of a school of fish and even more - move behind the school without any problems, spending a minimum of effort on rolling up the gear.

I'm pretty sure you can tie one jig to the line.

We pulled the line through the eye of the jig, then we made a loop on the hook, 3-4 skeins around the loop with the hook, pulled the free end into the loop, tightened it and “voila” - done!

Quite a lot of fishermen also knit a garland in this way, adding, however, one more action for the upper jigs. Pass the free end of the fishing line into the eye of the jig from top to bottom, and at the remaining end the next bait is tied, and so on until we have tied all the jigs.

This method is not without its drawbacks, namely the presence of knots and sections of fishing line that repel cautious fish (from the eye to the knot and back). Solving this problem is very simple, like everything ingenious in this world.

Every single jig except the bottom one is knitted without knots...

To do this, we unwind a little more than three meters of fishing line from the fishing rod, pass the free end into the eye of the “devil” and thread the entire free length of the fishing line.

After that, we wrap the free end around the fishing line three times between the fishing rod and the bait, again pass the free end into the eye of the “devil,” pulling the very place of the winding into it (into the eye). After this, we wind it again three times around the main line (between the fishing rod and the bait) and, threading it through the eye, tighten it. Congratulations, your jig is tied without knots, holds securely on the fishing line and can withstand heavy loads perfectly.

The next “devil” should be tied 50 cm below the previous one, and we knit the outer jig as usual.

This method is equally suitable for fishing with baitless jigs (naked) and with a bloodworm on a hook.

As a rule, fishermen knit jigs of the same type and equal in weight into one “garland”, while simultaneously taking with them a couple of different tackles for testing. For example, “devils” and “uralki”.

For beginners, it is good to arrange the tackle using weighted jigs, moving from top to bottom from light to heavy. This makes it easier to feel the bottom and will reduce the chance of getting those nasty clumps of line that occur when you drop multiple jigs to the bottom at the same time. The best distance between jigs is considered to be 40-60 centimeters.

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Fish with a garland where there is sufficient depth and white fish are found. Even here in the Desna (with a good current), by tying a heavier jig in the lower part, they quite successfully catch fish that do not want to be caught at the bottom, and even more so in the Dnieper bays.

It is best to gain experience in fishing with a “garland” in a familiar place, where the fish are definitely biting, and the fish are being caught there at the moment. Ask your colleagues at what depth the fish begins to take, or modestly calculate the approximate fishing depth (finding a school) of a lucky neighbor by the strokes when pulling the fishing line out of the water.

If these methods fail, look for the “fish layer” yourself.

We drill a hole and unwind the garland. If desired, we can put one bloodworm larva on the hook, or we can leave it like that. We lower the tackle to the expected depth. We monitor the tip of the nod and its signal when it hits the bottom of the lower jig. Wind up the excess fishing line and, to begin with, simply play back 50-60 centimeters of lifting of the tackle. "Play" smoothly.

If 4-6 lifts have already passed, and there is no bite, rewind the fishing line to the length of the garland and again 4-6 lifts. I was taught that the main criterion is wiring without sudden jerks.

Garland equipment

As mentioned earlier, jigs such as uralochka, devil or ant are used as bait. However, experienced fishermen also hang other models depending on the reservoir. A universal bait is considered to be a small bait, the diameter of which should be 2 mm , it should have a hook number 16.

The ideal nod would be a metal product that can be adjusted in length if necessary. It is desirable that with the help of this gear the game and sensitivity of the entire system will be most noticeable. A nod that is too soft or too hard does not allow you to achieve this effect.

Almost any fishing rod is suitable for a garland, and its length should be no more than 20 cm. As a rule, quite large fish are not caught with such tackle, so it is enough to take a fishing line whose diameter will not exceed 0.15 mm.

Due to the fact that pike often bite on such gear, in most cases it breaks off the hook and often leaves along with the bait. To prevent this from happening, it is advisable to have a fairly large supply of fishing line on the reel - about 50 meters. This allows you to bring the fish into shallow water and prevent a cliff.

Features of fishing with a garland in winter

In a pond, fish never stands still, even in the cold season. Moreover, it can change its depth relative to the surface. At the same time, predatory individuals will also come after peaceful fish, but they do this in most cases out of habit, since in the cold season their appetite is significantly reduced .

It is with the help of a garland that you can catch the entire thickness of the water at once, which can significantly reduce the time of searching for your catch. Externally, this tackle is very similar to the corresponding Christmas tree decoration, since the attachments are attached to it at regular intervals.

As a rule, you can catch bream, silver bream, roach, saberfish, white bream, bleak, and in some cases even perch using a garland.

The advantages of fishing with a garland

Experienced “trophy hunters” most often choose this kind of gear, because it allows you to easily feel the depth in any place. In addition, the tackle works at several depths at once, because the hooks are placed at different levels.

Remember, even with such a primitive device there are a number of nuances that are worth considering. According to many fishermen, the best bait for catching fish with a garland is bloodworms. If your choice is fishing in the winter, then you should choose a thinner leash than when fishing in summer, since the water during this period becomes much clearer and underwater inhabitants are more vigilant.

Jigs, or as they are also called “goosebumps”, it is recommended to use green or black (plain or with a yellow belly) of medium size, and a hook number 16-18, this will provide greater versatility in use. What you manage to catch with this tackle, as a rule, does not exceed a weight of one kilogram, and therefore even a fishing line with a diameter of 0.15 millimeters is perfect. Below is a more precise description of how to make a winter garland. By trial and error, focusing on the fishing spot, you can change the parameters of the device. Let's say, if you are fishing where there is something that can bite, weighing more than one kilogram, then accordingly it is worth choosing a fishing line with a larger diameter.

Making your own tackle

It is advisable to use a special winter fishing rod to assemble the garland, but experienced fishermen have learned to do without it. It can be a standard winter-type fishing rod, equipped with a nod and an inexpensive inertial reel. About 20-30 meters of fishing line wound on a reel will be quite enough.

A weight is attached to the end of the fishing line, then jigs or hooks are tied every half meter. Three to seven pieces are enough. Usually they don’t put baits on jigs, but if there’s no bite at all, you can try putting on bloodworms.

Fishing technique

In principle, you can fish with this tackle in any body of water where white fish are found and there is an acceptable depth. If an angler is just starting to master the garland, then it is best to go to well-known places where there is definitely a bite. You can ask other fishermen at what depth the fish begins to swallow the bait.

If this is not possible, then you will need to look for the layer where the fish are found on your own.

After the hole is made, the tackle is lowered to the depth; immediately by the play of the nod you can determine how deep the reservoir is. They immediately remove the excess line and begin to play with the bait . If, after about five lifts have been made, not a single bite has occurred, the fishing line is removed to the length of the tackle.

All movements should be smooth; sudden jerks should not be made. When you manage to find a fishing horizon, you will need to stick to this depth when fishing. After removing the first fish from the water, they look at what bait it pecked at.

Chekhoni on a garland in winter

It is worth considering that in winter the saber fish almost does not feed, but the garland allows you to fish almost the entire depth of the reservoir, which will ultimately lead to a positive result.

Common maggot or dung worm should be used as bait in winter. They are hung on a hook several at a time. If this bait does not work, you can try bloodworms or lard . It is not at all necessary to play with bait, since saberfish bite best on a stationary bait.

Roach, bream, silver bream on a garland

Often, these breeds are very actively taken on stationary tackle, but in order to arouse their interest and provoke a bite, you will have to tug the bait a little. They also pull quite smoothly, so as not to make sudden movements that could scare away the fish . In this case, the tackle is placed on the bottom so that the lower weight or jig touches it. Then the rod is carefully lifted up a maximum of a meter.

As a rule, during such movements a bite occurs.

Using a garland for catching bream, silver bream and other herbivorous fish does not require haste. If all movements are measured and smooth, then you will probably be able to leave the fishing trip with a significant catch.

Roach, bream, sabrefish, silver bream on a garland

Although many people say that this tackle can be used without bait, it works much better with bloodworms or maggots. Especially when fishing for bream, roach and sabrefish with a garland. It is recommended to alternate the bait through one hook.

Often these types of fish will bite on stationary tackle, but twitching may be required to attract them effectively. This must be done smoothly so as not to scare away. Lowers the tackle to the bottom until the bottom weight or jig touches it. After this, we smoothly raise the rod up about 0.5-1 meter. At this moment, the bite most often occurs.

When catching this fish, you don’t need to rush or make sudden movements; it also takes on stationary jigs. The main thing is to gain experience in this matter and then you will understand how to use the rod correctly.

For more information about the technique of fishing with a garland, watch our video.

Perch fishing

It is the perch that most actively takes on the garland. The fact is that this fish moves throughout the entire thickness of the reservoir, so it can be caught without any problems. Perch is a predatory fish, which is why it actively moves in the water in search of prey.

Unlike bream fishing, it is very important to use the correct tackle here. If you leave it alone, then you can’t count on a bite, since a stationary bait is not of the slightest interest to the perch .

They play as follows: the bait is lowered to the very bottom, after which, with short and sharp jerks, it is raised to a height of about one and a half meters, it is held at this height for some time, after which it is returned to the bottom again. All these movements are repeated in a circle until a bite occurs.

In most cases, the perch will bite on the rise of the bait.

Catching perch in summer with a garland

Summer fishing with a garland is best suited for beginner anglers. It is most convenient to do this from a boat, since this tackle is perfect for significant depths. Perch bites even more actively in the summer than in the winter months , so you don’t have to take a special approach to catching it.

In principle, bait for perch can be the same as in winter - this fish usually actively swallows any bait, starting with a worm and ending with various artificial baits that imitate the game of real fish.

Catching perch with a garland

Date: January 29, 2021 | 702

You can catch perch with different tackles. These are fishing rods, donks, spinning rods with a wide variety of baits and equipment. There is such equipment, installation, as a garland. This equipment, as I see it, is especially relevant when catching schooling fish with predatory tendencies. In our reservoirs it is perch, and partly rudd. So, in this review I want to talk in more detail about such gear as a garland, and express a number of thoughts on the features of catching perch with its help.

So, let's imagine. A body of water, as a rule, has little current, or even standing water. In front of us is a vast area with a flat, uneven, but with a bottom clear of grass and snags. This could be a sandbar, a beach, or maybe a large window among the surrounding aquatic vegetation. And now, in this open space, a school of perch is causing mischief. You can catch perch with a regular jig, one by one. But sometimes they resort to such equipment as a garland. It involves several hooks, several silicone baits. This means you can catch several perches at once in one trip. Even with all the hooks for perch, if you're lucky.

It is clear that this is not sporting. The interest from such fishing may be the opportunity to catch more than a kilogram of fish... But, I know that many fans of edible fishing, microjig, are supporters of releasing the catch altogether. So, they don't need it.

Also, many are overcome by excitement. And they can be understood. It's fun to catch several perches.

Another point is that with the help of a garland you can quickly determine the preferences of local fish by the color and shape of the silicone. And to do this somewhat faster than simply going through and changing baits on a microjig.

An important advantage is the ability to throw and deliver very small silicone baits far, which, as a rule, are used with the lightest weights in microjig.

So, perhaps, I described the advantages, all sorts of advantages from fishing with a garland. Now, about the cons.

Actually, not sportiness. The tackle is more difficult to tie. Often confused. Although the number of hooks has been increased, the fishing rate has been reduced. While you remove the trash from the hook, while you remove the fish, while you untangle it, if anything. Little things, but the pace of fishing with a light jig with one bait is noticeably higher. Also, one of the disadvantages of this equipment is that you rarely find suitable conditions for this equipment.

So, we talked about the pros and cons. The possibilities of application in perch fishing were indicated. Now - materiel.

The garland is built on the basis of a spinning rod. An insert of thinner fishing line is tied to the main fishing line or cord, on which the garland is knitted. At the end of this piece of fishing line, a rather substantial weight is tied. Throughout the segment, 3-4 leashes are tied (I don’t recommend any more) with single hooks, onto which various silicone baits are put. Here is the scheme. Now, in more detail.

The spinning rod for the garland is taken quickly in order to better feel the wiring, bites, and guide the tackle more consciously. The spinning test should be considerable, because... Very light weights are not used in garlands. Usually, this is from 8-10g and above. The rod is taken quite long to make it more convenient to manipulate the tackle.

The coil is taken of medium size 2000-3000. The main fishing line, or better yet the cord, is not very thick. The place is clean, perch over 1.5 kg is extremely rare. So, there is no reason to fish with ropes.

An insert made of fishing line or fluorocarbon may not be very thin. Here we need to find a balance between invisibility and some rigidity. If you make an insert from a very thin fishing line, there will be a lot of confusion and overlaps. So, as a stiffer, 100% fluorocarbon, say in the 0.18-0.25mm range, would be a normal choice.

The sinker when fishing with a garland can be of any shape. You can at least tie a piece of lead. But, it is better to use something streamlined or flat. For example, a sinker from a donkey, or something like that. But the presence of an anti-twist will be a good addition if you are planning to do a lot of fishing with a garland.

You can use different baits for fishing with a garland Silicones can be edible or regular. Most often, small twisters are used, from 1” to 2.5”. You can also use other types of silicone, either passive slugs, or worms planted using the weck method, or in the usual way, by the edges. But, if you use passive fishing, you will have to give more twitches and pulsations to the gear than when fishing with small vibrotails or twisters. The trick of the garland is to use several different colors at the same time, and compare the result, change, experiment, and select the best solutions at that particular moment.

In addition to small silicone, I have come across that perch was caught on a garland using streamers made of goat hair. So, experiments in this gear can be carried out beyond the scope of application of silicone baits.

There are several options for tying a garland, tying leashes, hooks. Here are some of them.

The simplest option, without any additional leader material at all. Knitted directly from the insert line. The principle is the same as when making tyrants, which are used to catch smelt at sea, etc. A double knot is tied on the ring of the hook. This is how we fix the hook. And, then, we grab the fishing line on both sides. We form a double leash. And tie another double knot. The result is a leash made from double fishing line. It is important that during the knitting process the parts of the leash come out identical, without distortion. And the leash itself should not be very long. No more than 10cm. Usually twice as long.

You can use a slightly thinner fishing line or fluorocarbon than the insert material. We knit a loop on the fishing line, securing it with the same double knot. And we form the same loop at the end of the leash. We fasten the leash using the “loop to loop” or “noose loop” method. And at the other end of the leash we tie a hook with bait.

Another option is to tightly tie the leash to the insert line. There are quite a lot of options for nodes that can be used to implement this. I won’t describe it now. Somehow I’ll publish a separate article on how to tie a lead leash to the main fishing line.

Also, this method can be diversified by tying the hook not tightly, but in a loop, so that the bait has more freedom. Usually they resort to this if they use passive silicones.

And, another original method to form a garland. Just tie loops on which hooks with bait will move freely.

Here are the ways to tie a garland.

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Catching bleak

In winter, bleak prefers to walk in the upper or middle layers of the reservoir, so it will be much easier to deal with it than with bream or perch, which prefer to stand in the bottom area. In this case, bloodworms or maggots are suitable as bait.

When hunting for bleak, you should remember that it also does not tolerate too strong and sudden movements, and its bite is very sharp and accurate, and therefore it will not be possible to adapt to such a bite right away.

Adviсe

You should master the technique of fishing with garlands in both the summer and winter months only on familiar bodies of water. They should have fairly deep areas. If for a certain time you cannot find the location of a school of fish, then you can use a certain trick: watch how another fisherman is fishing, and try to determine the approximate depth where the fish stands today by waving his hands;
The heaviest jig is tied to the very beginning , and then lighter and lighter attachments are installed. Using this method, it is much easier to determine the depth of the reservoir, make the game easier and prevent the gear from getting tangled;
It is not advisable to tie the nozzles too close to each other , as they will often get tangled, and it will take quite a lot of time to untangle them.

Features of finding fish when fishing with a garland

Naturally, it is very difficult to look for fish alone and without an echo sounder. Even having found a hole with fish, after several successful retrieves the school can move away. In which? It is unknown in which direction the fish moved.

Of course, there are times when the flock stands still, but they are very rare. And the likelihood of being alone on the ice, and even with fish, is also extremely small.

In general, it is very convenient to look for fish for a garland when there is a company of several fishermen, or better yet 5-6. Everyone is looking along the horizons in different places, one found - others surrounded him. Therefore, when fishing with a garland, it may seem that many fishermen are a minus. But on the other hand, in the absence of an echo sounder, from their actions, with little experience, it is clear where the fish are concentrated, what kind of fish and where it is moving.

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