Tackle for catching sea crucian carp

Fishing Features

Many fishermen go to the resort with their families in the summer and temporarily sheathe their gear. But they don’t realize that the sea is no less the best place to enjoy their favorite hobby of fishing, even on vacation, catching various representatives of ichthyofauna that are not found in freshwater bodies of our latitudes.

For reference! In this material we do not take into account the Baltic Sea due to its low salinity. There they mainly hunt by trolling or vertically for pike perch, salmon, and less often for cod and eel.

The most popular, in terms of using spinning rods, is the Black Sea. There are many interesting underwater inhabitants here that fall for artificial baits:

• goby;
• scorpionfish;
• sea ​​ruff;
• horse mackerel;
• rock bass;
• flounder;
• mullet;
• garfish;
• bluefish

All listed species are divided into two large categories: demersal and pelagic fish. The first one feeds in the lower layers. They are usually sedentary and migrate little across the water area. The latter feed in the middle horizons and near the surface, and move a lot in search of food.

In addition, all fish that are caught at sea can be divided into day and night inhabitants. Naturally, it’s easier to fish during daylight hours, but many promising places are occupied by fellow hobbyists or vacationers. But in the dark the results are higher, but the fishing itself is more difficult and requires some experience and appropriate equipment.

Gear used

For sea fishing, gear must meet a number of requirements:

1. Be strong and durable enough.
2. Easy to cast over long distances.
3. Withstand strong water fluctuations.
4. Be resistant to gusts of wind.

The most popular and effective gear for fishing from the shore on the Black Sea are rightfully considered:

Spinning

Mainly used when sharp cutting is required. It must be at least three meters long and extremely resistant to corrosion.

It is used primarily for catching species such as:

1. Bychkov.
2. Sea bass.
3. Karasei.
4. Tuntsov.
5. Gorbyley.
6. Pelamids.
7. Hamsa.
8. Mackerel.
9. Eel.

Note: croakers weighing five kilograms are often caught.

You can fish with a spinning rod from the pier and in those places that are as far away from the beach as possible, most importantly, where the bottom is rocky or pebbly. In addition, spinning rods are also suitable for fishing from rocks.

Bottom tackle

Ideal for catching relatively small or even small fish. The main thing to remember is that the smaller the specimen, the lighter the rod should be used and, accordingly, vice versa.

As a rule, fishing is done with such gear:

1. Crucian carp.
2. Eel.
3. Flounders.
4. Sea bass.
5. Gorbylya.
6. Red mullets.

Donka can be used everywhere, but it is more effective in a calm place, as well as in shallow water. The gear is especially suitable for non-professional fisherman.

Telescopic rod

Designed for long casting. This type of gear is used to fish:

1. Sea bass.
2. Pelamida.
3. Herring.
4. Beluga.
5. Khamsu.
6. Tuna.

It should be used in remote places, as well as when fishing from rocks.

Float rod

Suitable for medium-sized individuals. Note: the main thing for such tackle is the competent selection of hooks and fishing line.

You can catch:

1. Bull.
2. Eel.
3. Pelamida.
4. Horse mackerel.
5. Crucian carp.
6. Garfish.
7. Perch.

A suitable place for a float rod is considered to be fishing from a pier, as well as a place where the bottom is muddy or sandy, and the average depth reaches up to two meters.

Petty tyrant

It is a fishing rod with a rigid reel; it can be homemade or purchased. It is not used so often for fishing from the shore, however, it can successfully catch some types of fish, especially:

1. Bull.
2. Eel.
3. Herring.
4. Khamsu.
5. Sea crucian carp.

The use of a tyrant is recommended mainly in a remote and quiet place, on a sandy bottom.

Tackle

As it turns out, spinning fishing in the sea is possible with different gear. We can recommend doing rock fishing, using a retractable leash, jig rig, drop shot. Oscillating spinners and wobblers may well shoot.

For reference! The founders of sea spinning fishing are the Japanese. It was they who developed two types of fishing: Rock Fishing - hunting for bottom fish and Ajiing - fishing for horse mackerel.

If you are not planning targeted fishing on the open sea on a boat with an eye on trophy fish, then powerful gear is of no use. A light or medium class kit is quite suitable. It will be enough for fishing at shallow depths in the coastal zone.

Features of fishing in the Sea of ​​Azov

The Sea of ​​Azov is very shallow; you usually have to fish at a depth of 2-5 m. The sea area is rich in fish, but here, in order to remain with a good catch, it is important to know the hunting areas of the predator . Since there is practically no vegetation and stones in the Sea of ​​Azov, there is simply nothing to catch on when searching, and finding fish in such a situation is very difficult.

Goby can be caught in the coastal zone using light and ultralight gear . To hunt for pike perch and flounder, it is better to use a boat .

In general, it is not the sea itself that is more promising for fishing, but the estuaries on its coast - there a spinning angler can usually count on a more decent catch.

Rod selection

For coastal fishing in the sea, rock fishing rods are used. Their distinctive feature is a powerful thick butt and a movable, sensitive tip, which clearly conveys all the movements of the bait and is capable of recording any bite from a predator.

Sea spinning rod for rock fishing has a length of 1.8 to 3.3 meters. The longer the “stick”, the further the angler can send the bait. This must be taken into account and you must choose a tool based on fishing conditions. If you have to fish short, then there is no need for a tall rod.

All rock fishing rods can have either a hollow tip or a solid tip. The first, designated by the letter “T” - tubular, is more universal. It is suitable for various baits, from small silicone to wobblers. The second, marked with the letter “S” - solid, is more specialized, intended for “rubber” and various techniques for its animation.

A rock fishing rod for saltwater fishing should have a test of approximately 3-15 grams. Completely “snotty” spinning rods are not suitable. With them you can go after a bull, but the tool will not cope with more substantial prey.

Rock fishing allows you to catch even small fish using miniature baits

Crucian carp in the sea waves

Today, spinning rods suitable for sea fishing are produced by many manufacturers. Among them are budget brands, premium models, and the so-called popular “rods”. Before choosing a fishing rod, you need to take into account its cost and compare it with your capabilities.

If finances allow, then it is advisable to choose a spinning rod designed and manufactured by the Japanese founders of rock phishing. Professionals highlight the following brands:

• Graphiteleader;
• Daiwa;
• Daiko;
• Varivas;
• Tenryu.

Spinning rods from Major Craft, Yamaga Blanks, Shimano have a more affordable price tag. In the budget class, we can mention products from Kosadaka, Tsuribito, Salmo, Mikado and others.

Advice! In some situations, when fishing at long distances, a light feeder rod is used. Its advantages are sending power, sensitivity and power.

If there is no specialized fishing rod for rock phishing, then we take the usual universal light or medium class tool. With a light “stick” you can successfully fish with micro jig baits, but a more powerful spinning rod will cope better with spaced-out rigs.

Coil

For sea fishing, any spinning reel that balances with the rod is suitable. The choice should be made in favor of specialized models designed for use in salt water. It is made of materials that are resistant to aggressive environments, therefore it is more durable and will not fail after one season.

Balanced tackle is half the success in any fishing

Good reels are made by the companies Daiwa and Shimano, but their prices are impressive and not always affordable for every angler. Any inertia-free machine is suitable as a budget option, but you shouldn’t expect much from it. Most likely, it will start to act up after a dozen full-fledged fishing trips in salt water.

Some anglers like baitcasting reels. Now some Japanese brands specially produce models for light fishing rods. The advantage of multis is their increased strength life, power, reliability and wear resistance. However they are more expensive.

fishing line

For sea fishing, you can use both braided line and monofilament thread. The first is stronger, more sensitive, and abrasion-resistant. Nylon better withstands aggressive environments and is almost invisible in water. However, its extensibility is the main drawback that prevents proper microjig fishing.

Advice! It is better to have a reel with several spare spools on which both cord and monofilament are wound.

If preference is given to the cord, then its optimal thickness will be from #0.4 to #0.8 according to the Japanese classification. These are light and medium class cords with a breaking load of up to 4–7 kg. We pay special attention to the abrasion resistance of the thread, since in most cases you have to fish on a rocky bottom.

If we are talking about monofilament, then we choose a model with a diameter of about 0.20 mm with a tensile strength of up to 5 kg. Depending on the fishing conditions, its color is selected. When fishing among stones, we take a dark color, on sandy soil - yellow, among algae - green. The most universal is white or transparent fishing line.

It doesn’t matter which manufacturer the braided or monofilament line comes from. The product must be of high quality and meet the requirements of sea fishing. Among the famous brands are cords and nylons from:

• Varivas;
• YGK;
• Daiwa;
• Toray;
• Seaguar;
• Yamatoyo.

From the mid-price and budget segments, we can highlight threads from Sunline, Power Pro, Kosadaka, Salmo.

It is recommended to use fluorocarbon fishing line as a leash or when installing spaced rigs. This material, in addition to being inconspicuous, has increased abrasion resistance, which allows you to safely fish among stones, pebbles and shell rock.

Tackle for catching sea crucian carp

Sea crucian carp caught by spearfishing. Crimea

Having visited the Caucasian coast of the Black Sea many times, going fishing and having long conversations with local apologists for marine recreational and commercial fishing, I was repeatedly surprised by their extremely dismissive and skeptical attitude towards sea crucian carp. Local residents intensively cultivate fishing for mullet, red mullet, garfish, horse mackerel, but the nutritional value of fish such as sea crucian carp, so popular and in demand in Mediterranean countries, is subjected to terrible ostracism.

I think that this fact is connected with their incompetence and the practice of effective amateur fishing for schooling fish, such as mullet (pelengas, sharpnose, singil, mullet, bighead ramada), red mullet and horse mackerel, when they can be “pulled” up to 5 kg in an hour. However, the culinary and nutritional value of such species of sea crucian carp as: white spar, mormor, laskir, zuban, zubarik is still higher than mullet and horse mackerel, which means that any costs for their catch are completely justified and reimbursable.

Currently, based on the experience of local amateur fishermen and their colleagues from the Mediterranean region, there are two very effective ways of catching sea crucian carp - on a rod without guides (often called “hard”, according to the method of fastening the line) and on a spinning rod with the installation of a bottom tackle. Let's look at the first method first.

Fishing technique from the shore using a fly rod

Fly rod equipment

On the Black Sea, the method of catching sea fish using a fly rod, which does not have guide rings and is mobile and easy to use (often called “rigid” abroad) is extremely popular and widespread among local amateur fishermen. First of all, this method is used to catch fish weighing up to 1 kg from the shore, piers, breakwaters, piers, etc., which is due to the main disadvantage of a fly rod, the inability to fish for larger trophies without the line breaking or the prey falling off the hook. The name “rigid” rod means that the tackle does not have a reel or guides and that the line is “rigidly” tied (often using a special carabiner) to the tip of the tip, which has a special ring for this. Currently, taking into account the experience of professionals, 4-6 meter telescopic fishing rods with varying degrees of flexibility and workmanship are used. With the help of such essentially primitive rods, you can effectively catch mullet, sea crucian carp, wrasses, scorpionfish, gobies and red mullet from the shore, quickly changing baits, tackle and fishing locations as needed. An excellent advantage of a fly rod is the quick change of equipment, performed using 3-6 pre-prepared reels that have different purposes. In fact, using a fly rod 5-6 meters long and combining equipment from different reels, you can quickly choose the right tactics and fishing strategy at the moment, taking into account weather conditions, current, previously cast bait and depth.

Rod

White sarg caught on the coast in Abkhazia, Psyrtskha village

Any modern fly rod is telescopic in design and is made of polymer material (carbon fiber) with a certain number of sections (from 4 or more, you can look at them here. For sea fishing, as a rule, rods no more than 6 meters long are used, since they very comfortable in strong gusts of wind, quite light, mobile in the cramped space of the breakwater and pier, effective when casting gear with a nozzle and allowing you to reach the required depth at the optimal distance from the shore. It should be noted that currently in stores they sell three types of fishing rods with different indicators of rigidity. The rigidity of a fishing rod is determined by the so-called action, i.e. the shape of the bend of the rod under load. The action of the rod can be soft, medium and hard... For medium action rods, the top of the bend curve is located at a distance of about 1/6 of the total length from the top, for soft - more than 1/6 of the total length, for hard - less than 1/6 of the total length. For sea fishing, where fractions of seconds play a huge role and the hook must be instantaneous, it is necessary to use rods with a rigid action. They are extremely convenient for “fast” (meaning when a school of fish that has approached the shore is caught) fishing for mullet and sea crucian carp, they are flexible, maneuverable, less deformed and fluctuate in strong side gusts of wind. The range of prices for fly rods with a length of 4 to 6 meters varies from 15 to 30 dollars. It is better to purchase two rods at once for fishing from the shore, one 4 meters and the other 5-6 meters, since different fishing places (piers, breakwaters, berths) often dictate their own rules and conditions, allowing you to effectively use both options.

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Reels are available for sale either equipped with standard equipment or without it. Of course, professionals often buy all the necessary equipment components and make the required installation of the equipment in relation to specific sea fishing conditions, and this is considered correct. However, if you are new to this business, then you can buy ready-made equipment on a reel. Sometimes it is useful to modify even ready-made shop equipment a little. To catch sea crucian carp, you will need at least 3 fully equipped reels with different equipment, designed for different weather conditions, namely calm and high waves.

Float

When sea fishing, it is customary to use different floats, with different carrying capacity and design, adapted for use on a rigid fishing rod. It is better to use round-shaped floats in rough seas, when waves constantly move all the equipment, twist the line and sink the body of the float, since they are able to support a heavy load and are clearly visible at a distance of 5-10 meters. Drop-shaped floats have proven themselves well in calm conditions, slight rough seas and fishing at the mouth of a river on the border with the sea; they are also more sensitive to bites. The ideal option for fishing are floats with a carrying capacity of 1 to 3 grams, which have optimal sensitivity when biting mullet, sea crucian carp, red mullet and wrasses, allowing you to control the behavior of the fish by the slightest fluctuations in the body of the float. When installing gear, it is recommended to use floats for blind equipment, which have good sensitivity and have a long antenna, since when sea fishing, especially in the evening, it can be difficult to see the fish biting and visually control the fishing process. Sliding floats are usually effective when fishing from depths of more than 5 meters, but they are absolutely unsuitable when used on a rigid rod that is 5-6 meters long.

fishing line

The best option is to use a special fishing line with a diameter of 0.14-0.20 mm, designed specifically for sea fishing and having increased resistance to the alkaline influence of the aquatic environment. However, local fishermen use absolutely any line of the same diameter, preferably light green in color, well camouflaged in sea water and invisible to fish.

Leash

As experience shows, the optimal leash length is 30-40 cm. Some fishermen increase its length to 1 m or fish without a leash at all, believing that most of the breaks occur near the hook, due to frequent snags on the rocks of the seabed. Without a leash, the strength of the equipment increases, one extra connection is removed. When fishing in places with frequent snags, it is necessary to use leashes, otherwise the entire equipment will break off. It is possible to use leashes made of monofilament with a diameter of 0.10 to 0.14 mm with a main line diameter of 0.15-0.17. The leash is attached to the main line using a carabiner or a standard swivel, which prevents the line from twisting during strong waves.

Hook

The sea has its own, narrow specificity of fishing, due to the more aggressive behavior of fish, striving to quickly take possession of the bait and, as a rule, swallowing the hook deeply along with it. Therefore, it is necessary to use only thin hooks with an elongated shank and with a ring, most suitable for fishing mullet, sea crucian carp, gobies, red mullet, etc., since they are more convenient when baiting bait (sea worms and mussels) and removing fish, they are more hooky . Even more convenient are hooks in which the ring is located in the same plane as the hook. When fishing with a rigid rod, it is advisable to use hooks No. 4, 5, 6 in the domestic numbering or No. 12, 10, 8 in the Western one. Convenient when fishing at sea are thin nickel-plated or anodized (for example, red) hooks with a barb and various forms of bending, Norwegian, French “Competition” and Japanese “Komatsu”, “Maruto”, etc. It is worth noting that when fishing at sea, hooks They become dull more often, so they need to be changed more often or, in extreme cases, sharpened with a special whetstone.

Method of attaching the line to the rod

Method of attaching the line to the rod

It should be noted that the total length of the entire equipment should not exceed the length of the rod and be 20-25 cm shorter than it, for the convenience of landing fish and increasing maneuverability when fishing. The method of attaching a fishing line to a fishing rod can be based on the use of a carabiner mounted together with a swivel, to which the fishing line is tied, and it, in turn, is fastened to the rod ring. In this case, when installing all the equipment on the reel, you will need to first secure the hook on the side with the groove, and then start winding the rest of the line with the float. The end of the line with the carabiner must also be fixed on the side of the reel so that when removing it, it can be fastened to the ring of the rod. Then the most painful issue when fishing is optimally solved - attaching the line to the ring in extremely cramped conditions and not suitable for this. Thus, the standard installation of all equipment will be significantly simplified, and when you arrive at the fishing spot, you simply extend the legs of the telescopic rod, select the required reel, attach the carabiner with a swivel to the rod and in 1-2 minutes you can start fishing.

To choose the right fishing spot, you will have to dive with a mask and look at the bottom topography, study the algae growing on it, and pay attention to the fish swimming past. Favorite places to visit crucian carp are located on piers, breakwaters, underwater ridges of mussel colonies, as well as sea meadows overgrown with zoster, cystoseira and abounding in tricolia, nereis, tilitrids, shrimp and idotea. It is in such places that in the evening (from 5 p.m.) sea crucian carp approach at a depth of 2-4 meters in small schools of 5-8 individuals, formed according to age. Surprisingly, small and medium-sized specimens of sea crucian carp are not at all afraid to feed near places where vacationers swim. For this reason, you can fish for crucian carp directly from the pier, breakwater, pier and jetty, simply by waiting until the bulk of the people go home, and then, having thrown in the bait formulated specifically for this species, you can safely start fishing.

Installation of blind equipment, adapted to fishing in strong waves

To catch sea crucian carp using a rigid rod (without guide rings), you need to use specially made equipment, adapted to constant snagging on stones and thickets of cystoseira. It is better to use fishing line with a diameter of 0.17-0.20 mm, a float with a long antenna with a carrying capacity of 1.5 g (with a blind fastening option), pellets from 0.3 to 1 g, a thin hook No. 5 red (anodized) or nickel-plated with an elongated forend and, most importantly, make a long leash of 1 m from a line with a diameter of 0.14-0.15 mm with a swivel to prevent the line from twisting and tangling in heavy seas. All types of sea crucian carp take bait from nereis and sandfish very well; the bait from a hermit crab is considered especially tasty, on which large kantar, laskir or zuban can peck in the late evening. You can also use mussel meat, but small specimens of crucian carp (50-100 grams) masterfully remove this bait without even causing the float to oscillate, and a novice fisherman will simply be forced to bait the mollusk again and again every minute. Sea crucian carp often self-hook due to their natural habit of chewing the food object with their teeth, and then it becomes a problem to pull the hook out of the mouth of a large individual. Fishing in places where a mountain river flows into the sea is more successful and effective; often after 20 o’clock large specimens of wolffish and weasel come to this area, which can be caught using a large sea worm, sandworm and hermit crab.

So, by throwing ground mussels or bait based on them 5 times a day at the point of the proposed fishing sector (breakwater, pier, mouth of a mountain river on the border with the sea) for 4-5 days, you can be sure that this Small flocks of sea crucians will come to the place to feed in the evening. It is better to start fishing after careful hooking in the morning, from 10 o’clock, when the bulk of small and medium-sized crucian carp begin to feed near the coastal zone at a depth of 2-4 meters until 13 o’clock in the afternoon. To catch small and medium-sized specimens in the daytime from a depth of 2-2.5 meters, a 4-5 meter rigid rod is useful, but in the evening, when individual large specimens of weasels, zubariks and zubans are possible, it is better to use a 5-6 meter rod, since they are more careful and when they see the figure of a person on a pier or breakwater, they go to another place.

Pier and breakwater running perpendicularly. An ideal place to catch all types of sea fish

If you use a breakwater extending perpendicular to the pier into the sea, then you can mark out fishing sectors (2-3) every 10 meters and, having attached schools of crucian carp to these places, move while fishing to a more successful fishing spot. So, for example, you can catch an entire friendly campaign of 5-10 weasels in half an hour and wait another 3 hours in vain for a bite. Therefore, at sea it is always useful to have a backup option in your arsenal in the form of a previously designated place for catching mullet, wrasses and sea crucian carp. Ideal for float fishing for sea crucian carp, the option of fishing on a submerged breakwater, where you stand knee-deep in water without competitors, advisers, alone in the sea, with a jar on your neck full of Nereis, with a bag on your left hand and a five-meter fishing rod rested with the butt of your forearm . The main thing at this “event” is that you do not get washed off the breakwater into the sea. Often when catching large sea crucian carp, whose oral cavity resembles emery and is extremely dense in structure, the fish swallows the hook, which gets tightly stuck in the palatine bone and it can be very difficult to pull it out while standing knee-deep in sea water, overwhelmed by waves. In this case, you need to fix the rod under your forearm, release your right hand, then tightly squeeze the front part of the crucian carp’s body with your left hand and pry the gill cover with the thumb of your right hand to tear it away from the fish’s head as much as possible. This will give you access to the palatine bone and release the hook.

If, after carefully prepared baiting and baiting, you catch 50 gram specimens of sea crucian carp for two hours in a row, then do not despair and release the fish back into the sea. Since this fish belongs to the order Perciformes and has a high content of extractive substances, you can cook excellent fish soup from the catch and eat it with great pleasure, thus fulfilling the ancient sacred fishing law: “Whatever you catch, you eat.”

Catching large sea crucian carp (kantar, zubarik, laskir, zuban, white gar) on a donka

Kantar crucian carp, left, caught in a mussel, Abkhazia

In Mediterranean countries (Italy, Spain, France, Greece), freshly caught large sea crucian carp are considered a first-class trophy, a kind of culinary delicacy (especially cantar and sea bream), which are prepared by virtuosos - chefs specializing in fish and other inhabitants of the sea. Here, in Sochi, during the holiday season, you won’t find sea crucians in any cafe during the day, since the menu only includes rainbow trout from the Adler fish farm. Such a “scarcity” of fish two steps from the sea has always struck me as a purely Russian lack of common sense and the slightest enterprise. However, if you arrive at the end of August, then it is undoubtedly worth trying to catch a large crucian carp using bottom tackle, since everything is available for this: the sea, a pier or breakwater, mussels with worms, a spinning rod, and, finally, your head and hands.

White sarg, place of Pitsunda's capture

The classic places where large sea crucian carp (laskir, kantar, zubarik, zuban, white sarg) are found are submerged huge boulders, semi-submerged rocky ridges and breakwaters made of concrete blocks that go far into the sea, almost undetectable right away. Very often during the day, in good sunny weather, snorkeling near the above-mentioned places, you will see how, when approaching close to a boulder, the characteristic oval shadow of a large sea crucian will sharply separate from it. Large specimens of sea crucian carp (up to 30 cm long and weighing 1 kg) lead a solitary and hidden lifestyle, approaching the shore to a depth of 2-5 meters only after 18:00 in the evening. It is advisable to catch them from the shore only with bottom tackle mounted on a plug-in version of a spinning rod no more than 3 meters long. The reel used is a spinning open type with a main soft line with a diameter of 0.50 mm and a spool capacity of at least 100 meters.

Salpa, on the left, caught during spearfishing. Crimea. Yalta

The installation of the equipment is special, intended only for catching sea crucian carp. Take the main leash from a line with a cross-section of 0.30 mm, a length of 1-1.2 m with a carabiner, 50-60 cm from the sinker (preferably torpedo-shaped), two undergrowths, 10-15 cm long with a line with a cross-section of 0, are mounted on a tee-swivel. 25 mm with red hooks No. 8 (preferably “Mustad” with a bend and a long shank), running from each other at intervals of 30-40 cm. On the side undergrowths you can put 6-7 beads with a diameter of 2 mm of red and black color, in the middle of which there should be insert a tin “petal” (top lid with a ring) from a can of Nestlé coffee to use as bait. A “petal” with beads on a leash oscillates under water and attracts the attention of passing fish.

Installation of bottom gear for catching sea crucian carp

As a bait, you can use 3-4 Nereis, alternately put on hook No. 8, a large sandworm and a hermit crab Clibanaria. Sea crucians should be caught from a pier, pier, boom, jetty, i.e., where you can safely lay out your gear, bait, rod and personal belongings in the evening. In the evening and at night, we can recommend using a flashlight with LEDs, worn on the head and solving the problem of equipping the equipment before fishing, placing the bait on the hook and fishing the caught fish out of the water.

It is excellent to catch large specimens of kantars and white gar the day after a strong storm, when the water is cloudy and food resources in the coastal zone are as depleted as possible. At this time, crucian carp bite greedily and almost always hook themselves. The optimal time for casting bottom tackle is after 18 pm and before 12 midnight. Using a spinning rod, cast the tackle as accurately as possible, for example, 1-2 meters before a boulder or rocky ridge, and then, turning the reel handle two or three times, begin slow retrieving, stopping for about a minute and repeating everything again. It should be noted that if at this time dashing guys 100-200 meters from the fishing sector make sharp turns on a jet ski, then consider that the fishing is irrevocably spoiled. Large crucian carp are extremely cautious and timid, and the slightest noise can make them leave their “home” to another area of ​​the sea. The bite of kantar, zuban, white gar and zubarik weighing 500-1000 g is clearly visible from the behavior of the tip of the spinning rod: it bends two or three times, and then barely noticeably fluctuates, so after a sharp hook, immediately begin careful fishing.

Fishing from a boat using a spinning rod with bottom tackle

Fishing from a boat

Fishing in August-September from an anchored or drifting boat 200-500 meters from the shore at a depth of no more than 6-7 meters can be considered a very convenient and practically the most effective way to catch sea crucian carp. By renting any small vessel, for example a boat from the rescuers from a nearby beach, you can fish all coastal areas in the morning and evening, using a spinning rod with the installation of bottom gear. For use from a boat, 2-2.5 m spinning rods with a medium-hard plug-type action, equipped with inertial (old type, Nevskaya model) or high-speed inertia-free reels with a line with a diameter of no more than 0.50 mm, allowing you to throw a nozzle with sinker 50-60 g for 10-18 meters. In fact, this tackle can be called a light bottom or picker - quivertop, widely used in the Mediterranean Sea when catching bottom fish weighing up to 5 kg.

Installation of bottom gear for fishing from a boat

In this case, you can use two types of bottom mounting, one of which has a torpedo-shaped sinker at the end of the leash, and the second provides for its placement between the last hook and the first undergrowth. The first option often catches sea crucian carp, wrasses, rock bass and sea dragons, and the second option often catches mullet (rarely), small tongues and scorpionfish. Use leashes 1-1.2 meters long from fishing line with a cross-section of 0.25-0.35 mm with 2-3 leaders 10-15 cm long from fishing line with a cross-section of 0.18-0.25 mm and hooks with a bend No. 8 and a long shank (see installation diagram in Fig.). It is advisable to fish with bottom tackle from a drifting or anchored boat in the morning (from 5 to 8 o'clock) and daytime (from 12 to 16 o'clock) from a distance of 300-500 m from the shore, choosing areas with dense thickets of cystoseira. If you have a good lot bought in a store, then it will be extremely useful to measure the section of the bottom that you have prepared for fishing. Areas with a sharp drop in the form of differences of 5 meters or more deserve special attention, since large sea crucian carp, rock perch and mullet, and now very rarely found trigles (sea roosters), like to feed in such step-like places on the seabed. However, an echo sounder also won’t hurt at sea, especially during slow drift.

In my experience, the baits used in this fishing method can be very different, since with a drifting boat a fairly large area of ​​the seabed is fished, which is home to a large number of species of bottom fish. On the shore, before going sea fishing, especially when you have little time, you can run to a nearby store and buy half a kilo of frozen squid to use their fillet meat (the so-called strip) as bait. However, the best baits for fishing will still be large sea sandworms, small Nereis and hermit crabs Clibanaria, carefully placed in plastic jars with sea water and algae. You can also pay attention to small mussels (no more than 3-4 cm long), capturing them in an amount of 1-1.5 kg, since in August-September the biting activity increases sharply. Fishing with a light bottom will be extremely productive in the very thick of cystoseira thickets, or more precisely in the gaps between them, where large (up to 1 kg) sea crucian carp (cantars, wolffish, laskiri and white garfish) live almost 24 hours a day at a depth of 5-7 meters. Approaching in the morning by boat (preferably on oars, since at the sound of an outboard or stationary motor, a frightened fish will not approach this place before an hour later) to a cluster of cystoseira algae, immediately identify the gaps, which are often 3-5 meters wide and 7- 15 meters in length (see diagram in Fig.). It is necessary to throw the bottom tackle (see above the first option for installing the tackle) with a bait of sea worms on one hook, a hermit crab on the other and a strip of squid on the third, precisely at the very beginning of the gap between the seaweed, and in such a way that the free drift of the boat allowed for natural wiring along the entire line of free space. Having thrown the tackle and waiting for the sinker to reach the bottom, reel in the line until it is taut so that you can notice the bite. The line should not be too tight; turn off the reel brake. The bite of a large sea crucian can be noticed when the line becomes taut and begins to slowly come off the spool, then you need to hook quite decisively.

Laskir caught in Tsandrypsha, Abkhazia

You need to catch the crucian carp immediately, otherwise it goes into cover under a large boulder and then either its lip breaks, and the line without a hook is left with you, or the entire leash comes off along with the carabiner. Thus, you can fish all the openings in this area of ​​the sea, and pay attention to the presence of nearby submerged boulders, which will give you the places of the main shelters of sea crucian carp.

Loading and hooks

For sea fishing, it is advisable to use elongated sinkers. The best option would be in the form of a “stick”. Various drops, balls, and lentils will often get stuck among stones, but elongated loads will be able to pass through difficult areas.

If you decide to fish with jig heads, then classic round ones are not recommended for the reason described above. Cone weights are chosen because they can slide between rocks and pebbles, minimizing the number of snags.

The weight of the shipment can range from 1.5 to 15 grams. The higher the weight of the load, the better the bait will be felt and the predator will bite, but such equipment often gets stuck in the stones. Therefore, the most popular are “sticks” and jig heads weighing from 2.5 to 7 grams.

In this fishing, you should use either single or small offset hooks. Choose models specially designed for fishing in salt water. Marine series tees are also installed on wobblers. They are thicker, stronger, and are not afraid of prolonged exposure to aggressive environments.

Lures

When fishing at sea with a light spinning rod, it is better to use wobblers and silicone. These are the two most catchy categories of baits, which are distinguished by their versatility, imply different fishing methods, and allow you to perform various animation techniques, catching fish from the bottom and in the water column.

Standing apart are jigs, which are more often used when fishing vertically at depths. However, they are applicable from shore. For these purposes, you need to choose small models weighing from 3 grams. The most popular and catchy spoons are the well-known Kastmaster and Hopkins.

When choosing a specific bait model, you need to consider many factors:

• type and size of potential prey;
• bottom structure;
• depths at the fishing site;
• presence of current;
• illumination;
• water clarity;
• predator mood.

Any little thing can play a decisive role, from the size and buoyancy of the bait to its color.

Wobblers for fishing from the shore

A wobbler, contrary to popular belief, is an excellent bait for spinning fishing in the sea. They work all season. They can be used in different horizons for hunting any representative of the ichthyofauna. They are distinguished by the variety and variability of models.

All wobblers for sea fishing can be divided into two groups:

• Freshwater models that differ in hooks and colors. Available from many manufacturers.
• Specialized marine baits that have no analogues for fishing in fresh water bodies.

Among the former there may be crankbait, shad, and minnow. The second, sea wobblers, have an elongated body shape, like minnows. Inside such baits there is always a weight system that acts as an increase in casting range, stabilization of the game and an additional noise chamber.

The classic sea wobbler has an oblong body

Many manufacturers produce wobblers for sea fishing from the shore, but the best are the lures of Japanese companies. Among them are products from Yo-Zuri, DUO, Bassday, Deps, Imakatsu, Jackall, Jackson and others. Other brands include:

• Rapala;
• Haddon;
• Halco;
• Halcyon System;
• Nils Master;
• Koppers.

It is better to start mastering sea fishing with wobblers from the shore with floating modifications. They are as simple as possible and forgive errors in wiring. We are gradually switching to sinking baits and suspenders. They are more relevant in the near-bottom horizon and as a passive predator.

Materials used in the production of spinning rods

This is the main characteristic of any gear. It determines in grams the possible weight of the baits that will be used. There are three main classes: light (5-15 g), medium (10-30 g), heavy (20-50 g). In addition to those listed, there are various middle options. The correct choice of this parameter determines how convenient it will be to cast. That is, first you need to decide on the type of fish and bait.

Rings

The lifespan of the fishing line varies depending on the quality of this important element. Rings should be smooth, durable, lightweight and resistant to impacts and scratches. The casting distance depends on the size and number of rings. There are two main options:

• telescopic fishing rods, on which the rings are arranged as technologically possible, that is, the result is a mobile, but rather unreliable design.
• composite two- or three-knee blanks, with them the interval between the rings depends on the force of tension and jerk.

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Pen

Can be cork, rubber or leather. According to the grip, there are one-handed, one-and-a-half and two-handed options. The main requirement for a handle is convenience and light weight.

Build

When attaching a load to the top of the rod, it gives a deflection. The nature of the deflection is called the action, or in simple terms - the rigidity of the rod. For example, with a hard rod, the entire rod bends, and with a slow rod, only the tip, for successful sharp and smooth hooking.

Coil

There are two types of reels: inertia and, widespread, easy to use, inertia-free.

Friction clutch

Responsible for rewinding the fishing line, preventing breakage and fish escape. The main requirement is correct configuration.

For pike and pike perch, a tighter action will be required in order to penetrate their mouths with bait hooks.