Today, carp fishing using a variety of gear with a spring-shaped feeder is very popular. The reason for this is that the bait is placed in the feeder, beginning to actively lure the fish, and sometimes even increase its appetite. It is interesting that carp porridge is used as bait, which is prepared in a special way. If you do something wrong, the chances of catching will be less, or you may even be left without fish.
What should porridge be like?
Carp is a fairly smart fish, so it won’t bite at anything it doesn’t like. Without knowing what the fish prefers, there is no point in preparing large quantities of porridge or any other delicacy that may not be useful at all. If you have decided to cook and do it specifically to please the carp, then you need to take care of all the ingredients used in order not only to attract the fish, but also to do everything possible so that it returns to this bait next time.
As for the ingredients, the best ones are:
- Pearl barley.
- Potato.
- Compound feed.
- Peas.
- Corn.
- Roasted sunflower seeds.
- Flour.
You need to understand that any porridge must be cooked over low heat. It is also important not to forget to stir the delicacy from time to time so that it does not accidentally burn, because the burning smell will be heard from afar and not only will the carp not swim up to the feeder, even the greenery will not be nailed in its direction. This, of course, is all figurative, but the point is that the porridge must be tasty and aromatic if the fisherman really wants to return home with his catch.
An equally important condition is the consistency of the product. Porridge cannot be rare . It’s better to let it be thicker than normal, but just so that it doesn’t flow, because it will simply be smeared across the feeder.
Important! During cooking, you do not need to pour a lot of water into the pan; it is better to add it as needed.
At the same time, you should make sure that the porridge is not overcooked.
If you want the resulting treat to be more flavorful, you can use natural products or special purchased flavors for this purpose. Experienced fishermen, of course, advise taking something natural, and not any chemicals. To give the porridge a rich taste, you can easily use sunflower oil, halva, jam, vanillin and the like.
Read more about cooking peas and catching carp with them.
Methods for preparing porridge for spring fishing
It is not difficult to prepare delicious porridge at home. There are several recipes, using which you will be able to implement your plans. Of course, if you don’t want to, you can purchase ready-made mixtures, although opinions differ regarding their effectiveness. Of course, everyone decides for themselves what to do in this case. Next we will talk directly about preparing porridge with your own hands.
To begin with, it is worth saying that although carp is a fish, it will not eat porridge made from old cereal. Therefore, when choosing products, you need to ensure that they are all fresh and of high quality. You need to start with one of the most popular and simplest feedings, which is hominy.
Hominy
Many avid fishermen probably know that the diet of carp is always different. Although, there is something that this type of fish will almost always eat. We are talking about corn. That is why, when thinking about bait for the feeder, hominy immediately comes to mind - corn porridge, which smells good and also has a yellow color, which is doubly pleasant, since the fish react well to it, swimming up on their own and “calling” their relatives.
Mamaliga is easy to prepare. However, there are still points that are worth paying special attention to.
Among these:
- It is important to thoroughly wash your hands and dishes before starting the manipulation, because corn absorbs all foreign odors well.
- You need to take no more than 200 grams of cereal. If someone has corn, they can grind it and use it to make porridge.
- Take a deep frying pan into which sunflower oil is poured. And after that, corn grits are fried on it for a couple of minutes. Throughout this time, it should be stirred so that it does not burn. A small amount of wheat flour is added to the frying pan and fried a little more.
- After this, you will need to take another frying pan and pour clean water into it. There are no recommendations regarding the quantity, but in this case you should measure it solely by eye. You will need to add the already fried cereal to this container, wait until it boils, and then turn off the heat and stir the “fish delicacy” all the time.
When the porridge is almost ready, you can add flavoring to it. If food for fish already looks appetizing, then you can do without it.
After cooling, the hominy will need to be divided into two equal parts, each of which should be placed in a separate bag. Next, you need to pour water into two containers and send one bag of porridge into each, which will need to be boiled for about another half hour.
Important! Sometimes hominy turns out to be crumbly and it is difficult to make bait from it. In this case, gelatin should be added during cooking.
There are fishermen who use ordinary cotton wool, but those experienced in this matter do not spare good products for delicacy.
Millet porridge with potatoes
In the case when fishing is planned and a spring feeder will be used, you can make excellent bait from potatoes and millet.
To prepare you will need to stock up on the following ingredients:
- Millet cereal – 200-300 grams.
- Potatoes – 700-800 grams.
- Egg – 1 pc.
- A handful of finely chopped dill.
- A glass of cake or ground seeds.
First, the fisherman will need to boil the potatoes and mash them. At the same time, it is possible to steam or cook the millet. If it was decided to steam it, then the saucepan will need to be well wrapped and placed in a warm place. After this, you will need to mix the cereal and potatoes, and then add the egg and steamed cake, and mix it all well. When the mixture has cooled, add dill to it. You can store porridge of this type in the refrigerator or on the balcony (during the cold season). The good thing about this porridge is that it can be prepared even on the day you go fishing.
Some anglers add worms or bloodworms to the mixture. If possible, this can also be done, which will only improve the overall taste of the bait.
How to cook peas for crucian carp?
This recipe for pea porridge is held in high esteem among crucian carp. Use rolled small balls as hook bait.
Ingredients
- A glass of peas.
- A little semolina.
Recipe
- Pour the smaller one into a large pan of boiling water so that its bottom does not touch the bottom of the larger one.
- The smaller one is filled with peas.
- Waiting for the peas to steam.
- Rub the peas through a colander or mash them into puree.
- Add semolina to achieve the required consistency.
- Roll into balls and place in the refrigerator.
Pea porridge
Fish like peas in the same way as the delicacies described above. Therefore, you can easily go fishing for carp, taking pea porridge with you. There are a great many ways to prepare it. This often confuses fishermen who don’t know which one to choose.
People experienced in this matter give one good recipe, which, in their opinion, is ideal.
It is as follows:
- The cereal must be soaked in advance. It is advisable to leave it overnight in water, and the latter should be five times more.
- After this, in the same water you will need to put the container with peas on the fire and cook, stirring. If foam forms, it must be removed.
- After 10 minutes, add 1 teaspoon of soda to the mixture and stir the porridge again. At this stage, the peas are already a thick mixture. Having noticed this, you should reduce the heat to the very minimum and pour half a glass of semolina or millet into the same delicacy - the cereal will absorb unnecessary liquid. If this is not done, then the required viscosity will not be achieved.
- Next, the porridge is wrapped in several towels and set aside.
After cooling, the same flavors are added to the mixture. Although, considering that carps have a sweet tooth, you can add sugar or honey to the porridge, if you don’t mind, of course.
At the last stage, the finished porridge must be kneaded well until smooth.
Final Tips
- Canned green peas are also used to prepare porridge. In this case, it is simply pounded and the rest of the ingredients are added.
- Semolina is used as a thickener for pea porridge.
- Honey serves as an excellent flavoring agent. At the rate of one tablespoon per two glasses of peas from which it is planned to cook porridge.
- If you need to cook pea porridge urgently, you can do without soaking.
In this case, do it this way:
- buy peas in briquettes.
- Grind the peas in a coffee grinder or food mill.
- try to find pea powder on sale. This option is the fastest to cook and, by the way, this powder is part of the officer's dry rations.
- cook porridge from split peas.
An express option for preparing porridge for fishing from peas
In a blender, mix regular pea porridge with crumbs. Then add water to achieve the required consistency.
Instead of shelling the peas right away and then boiling them, proceed as follows:
- Place the picked pods in a saucepan with cold water.
- Add salt at the rate of one tablespoon of salt per liter of water.
- Also add soda: half a teaspoon per liter of water.
- Boil water and let it simmer for 20 minutes.
- Drain and let the pods cool.
- Next, the pods will be easy to peel and the peas can only be crushed with a masher.
And in conclusion, we advise you not to be afraid to experiment with preparing pea porridge.
Baiting carp: what other options are there?
Experienced fishermen have already somehow become accustomed to certain baits; they know well what to use and when. So, there is one recipe and this is not porridge for carp fishing, but a slightly different delicacy that is good to use in the warm season.
To prepare the mixture you will need to take the following dry ingredients:
- 1 glass of milk powder;
- 150 grams of ground crackers;
- 1 cup of ground sunflower seeds or cake; a few tablespoons of egg powder;
- 200 grams of flour;
- salt;
- sugar.
All these ingredients need to be poured into one bowl, and then mixed thoroughly. We can assume that at this point the bait, which is prepared at home in just a couple of minutes, is ready. All the fisherman needs to do is add a little water on the spot.
Every angler should remember that simple fish treats are a good catch for him. Therefore, if the porridge or other bait is prepared tastelessly, then you should not count on any special trophies.
Bream aromatics
Depending on the time of year, you need to carefully add aromatics to the millet for bream. In cold water these are more peppery-spicy odors, in warm water they are sweeter. Bream reacts well to various animal aromas - bloodworms, krill, so you can add the appropriate pellets to the bait as a feed fraction. Bream does not tolerate strong unnatural odors. This is not a crucian carp that can take on WD-40 or kerosene. If the bite is weak, it is better not to use excess aromatics at all, using as an additive live bloodworms, maggots or chopped worms, which have their own weak, but at the same time the most attractive aroma for bream.
Sometimes, like on crucian carp, garlic works on bream - but only in weak concentrations and mainly in cold water, in spring or autumn. Under normal conditions, when there are few fishermen on the shore (there are not many different aromas poured into the water), you can cook millet for bream fishing without adding any special aromatics at all. The own smell of boiled millet and added dry ingredients - cake, crackers - are enough. Bream has a very sensitive sense of smell, it will smell it anyway.
