It is difficult to overestimate the popularity of this fish, which is schooling, freshwater and can reach very large sizes. Any feeder wants a trophy carp to appear in his collection, don’t you agree? It’s good that you can catch it in a huge number of reservoirs: on a small paid pond, on a large lake, and even on a wide-spreading river.
Carp is essentially a domesticated “version” of carp, and theoretically it can live up to 25-30 years. True, it is actively caught using sports and even industrial methods, so in practice its lifespan hardly exceeds 10 years. Although the older the carp, the heavier it is, the more weight it gains - up to 30, 40 or even 50 kg. True, older individuals are already much more careful than young animals and it is more difficult to catch them.
When a fish reaches approximately 3 years (males) or 5 years (females), it becomes sexually mature. By this time, it is already from 29 to 45 cm in length.
Carp spawning
The mating season lasts from 3 weeks to a month and usually begins when the water warms up to 18 degrees. The temperature becomes so stable in May and lasts until mid-June (then it gets even warmer).
During spawning, a group of carp is formed - a female and 3-5 males. These individuals spend their mating games in the dark, starting at sunset and ending in the morning, at 8:00-10:00.
At the spawning ground, adult individuals go into the thickets, forming groups there, after which they head to shallow water. Females lay eggs on the leaves of flooded vegetation, no deeper than 0.4-0.7 m.
Fish biting forecast in the Krasnodar region, Krasnodar
| Weather forecast and fish bite | Krasnodar, from 09/26/2021 to 09/29/2021 | |||||||||||||
| VS | Mon | VT | SR | |||||||||||
| Times of Day | Morning | Day | Evening | Night | Morning | Day | Evening | Night | Morning | Day | Evening | Night | ||
| Cloudiness, precipitation | Partly cloudy | Partly cloudy | Mainly cloudy | Small rain | Small rain | Partly cloudy | Clear | Partly cloudy | Clear | Clear | Partly cloudy | Partly cloudy | ||
| Temperature °C | 13 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 15 | ||
| Pressure, mm. | 765 | 765 | 764 | 763 | 762 | 762 | 762 | 763 | 763 | 765 | 764 | 766 | ||
| Direction, | Wind southwest | Wind southwest | Wind southwest | Wind southwest | Wind southwest | Wind northwest | Wind northwest | North wind | Wind northeast | Wind northeast | Wind northeast | Wind northeast | ||
| wind speed | 4 m/s | 6 m/s | 7 m/s | 6 m/s | 5 m/s | 3 m/s | 5 m/s | 2 m/s | 2 m/s | 3 m/s | 4 m/s | 5 m/s | ||
| According to the forecast, they will bite on: oparish, mastyrka, worm, pearl barley crucian carp | 80% | 70% | 65% | 65% | 75% | 70% | 70% | 55% | 65% | 55% | 55% | 55% | ||
| According to the forecast, the fish will bite on: makha (cake), peas, corn, boilies Carp | 70% | 60% | 65% | 65% | 75% | 60% | 60% | 45% | 55% | 45% | 45% | 45% | ||
| According to the forecast, they bite on: corn, boilies White amur | 75% | 65% | 50% | 40% | 70% | 65% | 55% | 30% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 30% | ||
| According to the forecast, they will bite on: boiled peas, technoplankton, greens Silver carp | 70% | 65% | 50% | 20% | 65% | 65% | 55% | 10% | 55% | 50% | 40% | 10% | ||
| According to the forecast, they will bite on: boilies, corn, potatoes, makukha, crayfish Carp | 75% | 65% | 50% | 50% | 70% | 65% | 55% | 40% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 40% | ||
| According to the forecast, the fish will bite on: live bait, spinners, wobblers, and silicone baits Pike | 85% | 60% | 80% | 30% | 100% | 60% | 65% | 0% | 70% | 45% | 50% | 0% | ||
| According to the forecast, the fish will bite on: worms, small baitfish, spoons, wobblers, silicone Perch | 95% | 75% | 70% | 0% | 85% | 75% | 80% | 0% | 80% | 60% | 65% | 0% | ||
| According to the forecast, they bite on: live bait, wobblers, silicone, foam rubber Zander | 95% | 65% | 70% | 70% | 85% | 65% | 80% | 65% | 80% | 50% | 65% | 65% | ||
| According to the forecast, the fish will bite on: bloodworms, grasshoppers, maggots, flies, small spoons Chekhon | 80% | 90% | 70% | 0% | 70% | 90% | 80% | 0% | 65% | 75% | 65% | 0% | ||
| According to the forecast, they will bite on: maggot, fly, grasshopper, worm Dace | 80% | 75% | 80% | 45% | 70% | 75% | 90% | 40% | 65% | 60% | 75% | 40% | ||
| According to the forecast, they will bite on: maggot, worm Ruff | 80% | 70% | 60% | 45% | 70% | 70% | 70% | 40% | 65% | 55% | 55% | 40% | ||
| According to the forecast, the fish will bite on: spinners, wobblers, live bait, grasshoppers, frogs, crayfish Chub | 90% | 80% | 80% | 45% | 75% | 80% | 95% | 40% | 70% | 60% | 75% | 40% | ||
| According to the forecast, the fish will bite on: spinners, wobblers, silicone, grasshoppers, streamers Asp | 85% | 60% | 65% | 15% | 75% | 60% | 75% | 5% | 65% | 40% | 55% | 5% | ||
| Bait: sponge, fly, bread, worm, small spoon Rudd | 85% | 65% | 60% | 0% | 75% | 65% | 70% | 0% | 65% | 45% | 50% | 0% | ||
| Bait: oparysh, peas, wheat, pearl barley, worm Bream | 85% | 55% | 75% | 65% | 75% | 55% | 85% | 55% | 65% | 35% | 65% | 55% | ||
| Bait: sponge, dough, worm Tench | 75% | 55% | 55% | 0% | 65% | 55% | 65% | 0% | 55% | 35% | 45% | 0% | ||
| Bait: no Burbot | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | ||
| Bait: parish, dough, mastyrka, pearl barley, wheat Roach | 75% | 55% | 60% | 0% | 75% | 55% | 60% | 0% | 60% | 40% | 45% | 0% | ||
| Bait: oparysh, mastyrka, worm, corn, pearl barley Bleak | 90% | 80% | 70% | 0% | 75% | 80% | 85% | 0% | 80% | 70% | 75% | 0% | ||
| Bait: maggot, crayfish, leech, worm, spoon, wobbler Ide | 90% | 60% | 60% | 45% | 75% | 60% | 75% | 40% | 70% | 40% | 55% | 40% | ||
| Bait: worm, live bait, wobbler, silicone, frog Som | 55% | 35% | 45% | 55% | 40% | 35% | 60% | 90% | 75% | 55% | 80% | 90% | ||
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Carp habitats
There is a big difference between “wild” and “domesticated” fish. If your future trophy has been swimming all its life, for example, in an artificial pond, especially with a muddy or clayey bottom, look for it in the depths. Your potential prey will be most active in stagnant and well-warmed water.
If the fish grew up in a natural environment, it has fewer whims - it is ready to swim everywhere, and in serious currents too. Of course, it will more often visit areas with relatively weak water flow, giving priority to wide and deep places - that’s where you need to look for it first.
Carp and carp: a brief description of where, when and what to catch
Carp
Carp is a fish of the carp family and is the ancestor of many breeds of cultivated carp. As a rule, carp live in flowing rivers.
- Maximum length (cm): 100
- Maximum weight of carp (kg): 32
- How long does he live: up to 30 years
- Where to catch carp: deep holes in calm water or with a weak current, near grasses.
- The beginning of an intense bite: rose hips are blooming, for the third climatic zone - rye is blooming, for zone 4 - apricots are ripening.
- Best time to catch: at dawn.
Carp
Carp is a cultivated form of carp, that is, it is a domesticated fish that is bred in ponds. The following breeds of carp are distinguished: scaly carp, naked carp, mirror carp.
The best places for carp fishing: in ponds with a muddy bottom, in algae thickets.
Carp fishing spots
Before you go fishing, it is worth considering the nutritional characteristics of the intended prey. And they are very attractive because the carp is voracious: it does not hesitate to go down to the bottom for food and rummage in the ground, or to pick it up in the middle layers of water or directly from the surface. There are also no pauses in feeding, with the exception of periods of spawning and wintering. This is how the fish gains up to 40-50 kg, so don’t be shy about feeding it!
- In late spring, in the first half of May, count on the shallows - carp come out to bask. Small lakes and ponds at this time are the most promising water areas for catching it.
- In summer, fish according to the weather - during hot weeks it makes sense to cast the feeder exclusively at night, since during the day potential prey will be extremely passive. If the days are cloudy or even cool, you can fish during daylight hours - in shady areas and at natural shelter points.
- As the autumn weather gets colder, you need to get closer to the wintering pits - following the fish. Her activity decreases, she swims less in the pond, so it is important to literally deliver food to her.
- In winter, the bite will only be at the end, at the junction of February and March, when the thaw is already in full swing. The fish comes out of hibernation and begins to check the water area, simultaneously waking up and gaining strength.
Carp biting calendar
- Be aware that in the first weeks of spring, capture will be more likely to be accidental. Before spawning, it’s a different matter: the junction between May and April promises to be cool, since this is the time of the pre-spawning feast. Cast into shallow water, where the carp will swim to warm up and gather in mating groups.
- Summer is a time of real freedom for the feeder who wisely takes into account the weather and chooses the right bait. Stick to original plant baits, cast at night if it's been hot for weeks, and during the day if it's raining or cool, and you'll be successful.
- As autumn approaches winter, the water temperature drops, and along with it, the chances of catching a trophy fish decrease. Although at this time you can successfully catch carp, especially in September and October, if you use animal baits as much as possible. In November, success will be mainly situational.
- In early winter you shouldn’t hope for good catch, but in late winter and when fishing under ice you can, although everything is also quite random. In any case, you can cast in February, but only using non-vegetable baits.
Chub fishing calendar
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Fishing for chub
in any season is a gambling business that requires certain skills and a serious approach. To catch this cunning and cautious river beauty, you need good knowledge of the reservoir, the chub’s habitats, and knowledge of its habits.
Chub catching
in spring, summer or autumn you can use various tackles, spinning rods, float or fly fishing rods, donka.
The chub is a member of the carp fish family and leads a semi-predatory lifestyle. Young chub feed on larvae, small worms or insects that have fallen into the water. At this time, the chub lives in small schools. Having reached full maturity, it weighs 1.5-3 kg, and becomes a loner, hunting for small fish, frogs, tadpoles, dragonflies and large beetles. The chub has an elongated muscular body, a massive forehead and a wide back. The body is covered with large silvery scales with a golden tint, has a large upper mouth, a dark back and bright red fins.
Habitats
The habitat of the chub in our country is extensive; it is found in almost most rivers in the south and central zone of Russia. Small chub gather in small flocks and love places under the branches of trees or bushes, where they feed on insects falling into the water. Medium and large individuals prefer to hunt in the current, at the mouth of flowing rivers or on rifts, where the chub prey is bleak and other small fish. The chub does not like reservoirs with standing water or large rivers with weak currents and a muddy bottom.
Chub fishing in spring
Chub fishing
in some rivers of the south it begins in early April, in others in the second half of April, but the most intense chub bite begins in May and continues until the second half of June, then weakens slightly.
Before spawning and during spawning, chub can be caught
throughout the day, but at dawn and at sunset it is better. Prefers to stay near the bottom, less often in half the water. At this time, flocks go to feed in those places where there is generally an average current and a depth of 2-3 meters, below or above the riffles at the exits of the pits; in the morning the chub bites well on the riffles themselves.
Experts who know the habits and preferences of this cautious fish well recommend catching
chub in the spring
using a donkey and a feeder rod. The nozzle should be located almost at the very bottom, and this will require heavy sinkers; you can equip the tackle with both blind and sliding sinkers, and feeders with heavy feeders. The recommended thickness of the fishing line is 0.3 mm and the presence of no more than 1 leash of 0.20-0.25 mm.
Bait
Until chafers appear in abundance, chub can be caught using worms, barley or crayfish meat, dung beetle larvae, and chafers, but they also catch well on vegetable baits, semolina, dough, bread crust or crumb.
Chub fishing at this time
It is also carried out on the rifts.
Where it is preferable to catch it with a fishing rod without a sinker and a float, equipped with a jig; maggot is used as a bait. Worm, chafer larva, or bread crumb. The jig with the nozzle is set with the flow and periodically slowly pulled up. With this method of catching chub
, it is necessary to hold the bait at the bottom or in the floor of the water by tilting the fishing rod in order to avoid it rising to the surface.
A chub bite
will be felt as a sharp push in the hand.
With the massive emergence of the cockchafer, it becomes the best bait for chub fishing. You can collect the beetle early in the morning at the edge of a birch grove while it is in a torpor; during the day, the May beetle begins its active phase and collecting it will be much more difficult. Catching chub
For May beetles, you can use a float rod, fly fishing or a feeder rod. In this case, after baiting the cockchafer, it is advisable that the hook tip be exposed.
Towards the end of spring and early summer, the chub increasingly rises to the upper layers of the water and at this time it is excellent to catch it with a regular float rod with a long cast, so that you can easily float the bait with the cockchafer over a long distance. It is better to use fishing line 0.20-0.22 mm. The descent at this time should not exceed 1 meter.
Chub fishing in summer
The summer months of July-August are characterized by the appearance of a large number of insects and the chub prefers to stay in the upper layers of water in order to feast on its favorite dish. And at this time you can start catching chub
on a grasshopper.
The advantage of summer fishing for chub
using a grasshopper is that the grasshopper holds perfectly on the hook, which allows you to make excellent long casts.
Where the fish prefers to stay in deeper places in the area of slow current, it is preferable to catch chub on the bottom. As bait you can use barley meat, small bleak or gudgeon, chicken intestines, pieces of sausage, lard and bread crumb.
An elastic, rigid rod equipped with a reel is ideal for fishing, which should always be put on the brake after casting. To rig the fishing line, it is best to use tees or doubles No. 5 or No. 6. To catch large and medium-sized chub, larger baits are used because the fish has a large mouth, and small baits increase the number of escapes and empty bites.
After the bite, it is recommended to slightly loosen the line for 4-5 seconds, and then smoothly hook. When fishing for a chub, you should lead it into the water floor, and not immediately lift it to the surface.
If fishing for chub
occurs in the summer at night on small baitfish or frogs, the tackle is best installed on a pebble shallow, not far from the location of the fish. In this case, the bait must be cast close to the shore; this technique often pays off. You just need to make sure that the line doesn’t sag too much.
Chub biting is much more effective when there is a small wave on the water surface or it is covered with ripples. In quiet times, the bite in calm water is much weaker. But it resumes again with a weak wave.
When is summer chub fishing
carried out on a spinning rod, it is a good idea to equip it with medium-sized “Universal” or “Spinner” type spinners, and the spinners should be slightly tarnished and made of red copper. They bring the best results. It is better to cast the spoon across the current, and then give it the opportunity to float to the bottom layers and slowly reel in the line. Usually the bite occurs at the beginning of the reverse movement of the spinner, the nature of such bites is sharp and strong, you don’t even need to hook, the main thing is to firmly hold the reel drum with your hand. In late summer, the best time for chub fishing starts from 9 am to 11 am, and then from 4 pm to 6 pm.
Fishing for chub in autumn
By the end of summer, beginning of autumn, the water temperature begins to decrease and the chub moves from the shallows to deeper parts of the reservoir in places of the middle current. Before the onset of winter, the chub begins to actively feed, at the same time there are already fewer insects and the most optimal bait at this time for catching chub is
becomes a caddisfly larva. At the same time, large individuals can be caught using small fish, bleak, char, and gudgeon.
Fishing for chub in autumn
The time shifts slightly and the best time for biting is from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on fine, warm days.
At this time, you should look for fish in areas of the reservoir where there are steep banks in places with great depth and weak currents. to catch chub
in such places with a float rod; the bait should be placed about 0.5 meters from the bottom.
At the very end of September and beginning of October, depending on the climate zone, the chub moves to depths where it is problematic to catch it with a float rod. And more effective gear for fishing for chub in the fall
becomes spinning.
Chub fishing in autumn
with spinning it takes on a completely different quality. At this moment, everything connected with the chub begins to change, the nature of its behavior, the places where it lived before, and its daily routine. This means that the tactics of catching it must also radically change.
This is primarily due to the absence of insects, which made up a significant part of its diet in the summer months. And the small fish, which the chub mostly switches to almost completely, also go deeper and rarely stay near the surface of the water.
To catch chub from the lower layers of water, deep-diving wobblers, medium spinners and front-loaded spinners are used. In autumn, it is more effective to catch chub not from the shore, but from a boat. Casting bait should be done under steep steep banks, into snags, or onto a coastal dump.
Since autumn fishing has moved to the lower deep-sea layers, very often not only chub, but also other fish will bite, which is rarely observed in the summer when chub is caught in the upper layers of water.
Of course, catching chub in the fall
You can use it not only with a spinning rod, but most chub fishing enthusiasts still prefer it. But if you prefer other tackle, you can also catch chub on a donk in the fall.
But many people prefer to fish in the fall in a different climate, load the plane with gear and go sea fishing, there are quite a lot of options, you can go to the Caribbean, you can go to the Mediterranean Sea, or you can choose sea fishing in Sri Lanka, this place has not yet been explored much by Russians fishermen, but in vain - Sri Lanka has very interesting trophy fishing.
Published: September 29, 2013
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Carp groundbaits and baits
It is difficult to oversatiate the owner of such a brutal appetite, and this is convenient. You can feed carp with bait containing large animal fractions at any time of the year (except winter). Use porridge as a base (boiled peas or mashed potatoes are also good alternatives) and breadcrumbs to create a cloud of turbidity. Chopped worms, maggots, bloodworms (spring and autumn) and boilies (summer) are perfect for large fractions.
There should also be no problems with delivering bait to the bait zone - use “rockets” for this. Such feeders are super-convenient because they turn over on their own when falling into the water and accurately release their contents.
The list of catchable carp baits is very wide: corn is a great choice of vegetable baits - it can generally be used in any form. Canned sweet peas will also be good, because they have a persistent taste and aroma. Even bread and potatoes will attract voracious fish.
Well, animal baits for carp - they are effective almost all year round. Make a choice in favor of a worm and you won’t go wrong; you can also give preference to bloodworms or maggots. You can put it on the hook in any way you like, up to bunches and “sandwiches”, and this is a very effective option. It’s also stupid to discount boilies - throw them away, take advantage of their attractiveness. The main thing is that the fish can swallow such bait.
