Methods and types of wiring wobblers

Uniform wiring

A simple and fairly effective uniform casting with a spinning rod is the basis for all other variants of posting spinning baits. Before the mass distribution of wobblers, it was used for oscillating and especially rotating spoons. Articles in fishing magazines of the late 80s and early 90s of the last century recommended uniform wiring of wobblers, regardless of their geometry, as universal. This often gave rise to the opinion that some models, even leading ones.

Uniform wiring is one of the techniques for using wobblers and is not basic, although many people start with it

Today, accumulated experience allows us to conclude that uniform wiring is suitable for models with an active game and is especially effective in catching fish such as asp and chub. Slow, even retrieval of the bait on the verge of failure can attract a passive predator of any type. Also, this wiring has proven itself well in night fishing for pike perch.

In other cases, wiring with changes in speed until the wobbler stops completely works better, since uniform movement is not typical for living organisms, including those that are prey for predatory fish.

Fishing by fish species

Depending on the type of bait and the fishing object, one or another spinning spinner is used in the water column. If there is no bite, you need to change your bait tactics, and if none of the methods work, change the bait itself.

Wiring when catching non-predatory fish

Fishing for peaceful fish is also carried out by fishing. Stepped tactics work well - at a slow and fast pace.

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Twitching and jerking

One of the most effective retrieves is twitching - a jerking retrieve performed with short, sharp movements of the rod. It is its effectiveness that has caused the surge in popularity and the fact that this wiring is now considered one of the basic ones. Twitching wiring is suitable for most wobbler models, but the main baits for it are minnow-type wobblers with a narrow, elongated body and a small blade. Often these baits do not have their own game when being pulled evenly and “come to life” only at the moments of jerks and stops. Twitching is also used when fishing with poppers; in fact, this is practically the only way to fish them.

The word “Jerk”, if translated, means jerk

To correctly implement such wiring, use rods with fast and ultra-fast action. The rod test is selected depending on the mass of the wobbler and especially its drag.

For jerkbaits, large, voluminous lures used for pike fishing, similar wiring is used - jerking. Its main difference is that the jerks are sharper and more aggressive. Considering the size of the baits, only very powerful rigid rods with a test weight of at least 100 g and equipped with multiplier reels are suitable for such fishing. The mechanism of even a powerful inertia-free mechanism will quickly collapse under the influence of shock loads arising during such wiring.

When fishing with jerking or twitching, the wiring technique largely depends on the activity of the fish. The worse the bite, the more often the pauses and the longer their duration, and vice versa.

Wiring rules and methods

To figure out how to fish with a wobbler, it is best to first hone your skills in shallow water. This will be useful for beginners who will be able to see the movement of the bait they previously selected

At first it would be better to carry out it carefully and directly, and then move to a deeper place. The goal of the training is to make the bait look like a sick or injured fish. Fishing is most often based on step-by-step wiring.

Its essence is that when splashing down, the bait is cast into the depths with a sharp movement of the reel. After this, you need to wait a little, and the bait should float to the water surface. Then you should wind and pause. The steps must be repeated. If surface bait is used, the pause should be as short as possible. And if we are talking about shallow water, then it should practically not exist

Fishing is most often based on step-by-step wiring. Its essence is that when splashing down, the bait is cast into the depths with a sharp movement of the reel. After this, you need to wait a little, and the bait should float to the water surface. Then you should wind and pause. The steps must be repeated. If surface bait is used, the pause should be as short as possible. And if we are talking about shallow water, then it should practically not exist.

If diving type bait is used, reeling should be done extremely slowly. The reason is that wobblers of this type sink to the bottom very quickly. Sometimes, instead of a pause, it would be better to use a slow retrieve, in which the wobbler will float up and slowly move towards the fisherman.

But there are other catchy fishing methods. For example, aggressive. In this case, the bait is thrown with a jerk of the rod, after which it is allowed to sink to the bottom of the reservoir, after which it works under water, where the bite should occur.

The third method is called twitching. This method of fishing involves making jerks with a spinning rod at a certain frequency. This allows you to achieve active movement of the bait

Twitching movements make it possible to attract the attention of even the most passive fish. That is, this is the best fishing technique during a period when it is very difficult to wait for special activity from the fish. Another method is called ripping

It is distinguished by vigorous pulling of short tackle down and up. In this case, the pauses should be quite long, which allows the fisherman to reel in slack fishing line.

Another method is called ripping. It is distinguished by vigorous pulling of short tackle down and up. In this case, the pauses should be quite long, which gives the fisherman the opportunity to wind the slack line onto the reel.

The next wiring method is jerking. It is usually used when using deep-sea baits that have a large mass. Another option is jig. This type of fishing involves the use of stepped type fishing. The fisherman lowers the bait to the bottom of the reservoir, after which he winds the line a little and waits for it to return to its place. In this way, you can fish not only different layers of water, but only the bottom.

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Another wiring method is called Stop and Go. Its essence lies in the fact that the fisherman throws the wobbler as far as possible. A long-distance casting system can be effectively used here. After the wobbler is on the surface of the water, you should pull it to the bottom, but not specifically down, but at an angle towards you. That is, the distance should be reduced. After this, the wobbler should float up a little. Then this step is repeated. And as this tactic is applied, the distance to the fisherman who is standing on the shore or boat will decrease.

If we talk about specific rules for fishing with a wobbler, then everything will depend on what equipment is available on a particular spinning rod, as well as what kind of fish will be caught. If we talk about pike, then a special rod is required. Usually this is a medium type stick with a dough of 10-45 grams.

The same pike loves uniform wiring, which is why twitching will be the best solution here. By the way, pike can be caught on a retractable leash, because it likes to be close to the bottom. If you are fishing for pike from the shore, you should take a rod up to 2.4 meters in size. It will be inconvenient to cast with an analogue of greater height due to the fact that various shrubs and trees usually grow on the banks of reservoirs.

If you fish from a boat, then long poles are not required, because you can swim to one point or another. It would be better to take a coil measuring 2-3 thousand units. A spool like this will be enough for long casts and fighting big fish. The cord should also have a greater margin of safety than when fishing with a jig.

Pumping

A mirror version of ripping is pumping, in which the movement of the rod is directed upward. As the name implies, the wiring technique is similar to the actions when landing fish - alternating raising and lowering the rod in combination with a uniform retrieve.

The movements of the bait are smoother than when twitching, since at the moment of acceleration the wobbler tends to go deeper under the influence of water on the blade, and the rod pulls it in the opposite direction. This wiring is especially effective when using sinking wobblers.

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Movements when ripping are carried out from top to bottom

Stop and Go

Retrieving the bait with stops (stop and go) can be done both in the form of pauses of various durations in the movement of the wobbler, and with elements of twitching. This wiring is especially effective when the fish is inactive - in cold water or in extreme heat.

At the moment of pause, the behavior of the wobbler depends on its buoyancy:

sinking models are buried and a classic stepped wiring is obtained;
During a pause, floating wobblers rise to the surface, which forms a mirror-like, stepped retrieve. Also, a pause in the wiring of a floating wobbler allows it to bypass an obstacle under water;
Suspenders (wobblers with buoyancy close to zero) stop in place during a pause, swaying slightly. The bite on them usually occurs at the moment of stopping, or at the moment of starting to move.

A stop and go retrieve is also effective for most surface baits. The exception is proppers, the stop of which leads to the cessation of rotation of the petal.

Types of postings

Experienced fishermen resort to an endless variety of fishing variations:

Pumping;
Stop and go stop and go;
Uniform;
Uneven;
American;
Stepped;
For demolition;
Ripping;
Near;
Dzhigova
Classical

Uniform

Uniform broaching (compared to the stepwise or jerky method) is the simplest. A fisherman does not need to have any special skills or knowledge. After throwing the bait, you need to wait until it goes down to the required depth. Then slowly and steadily rotate the coil.

Take short breaks periodically and rewind after certain intervals. Most often, predatory fish bite precisely at the moment of such a pause.

Uneven

With this method of fishing, the pace of reeling the spinner either speeds up or slows down. The breaks between these phases are also uneven. Any bait can be used.

Stepped

The movements of the spoon are chaotic; it walks along the bottom in a zigzag pattern, sometimes moving away from it, sometimes approaching it. A coil is wound between the wires. When the spinner reaches the bottom, make a couple of turns with the reel, wait again until the spinner reaches the bottom again, make a couple of turns with the reel again, and so on.

The zigzag movement pattern of the bait and its amplitude directly depend on two factors. This is the speed at which the coil is turned and the number of turns between stops.

The step method is universal; it can be carried out simply with a fishing rod. At the moment when the spoon reaches the bottom, you need to raise the spinning rod sharply up. But not too high from the bottom, 15-20 cm will be enough. Then reel in the slack line, let the spoon fall to the surface again, and jerk again.

Sooner or later, the predator begins to become interested in such a game, reminiscent of the behavior of a wounded or weakened fry. When the bait hits the bottom, it creates a noise that provokes large fish to attack. Often the bite begins at this moment.

For demolition

This method is most catchy when the water in the river has not yet warmed up enough. The point is that the wiring is carried out not by the fisherman, but by the current. You need to choose a bait of the right weight. If you take it too heavy, it will either not budge at all or will cling to the bottom.

If the bait is too light, it may not reach the bottom at all. Experimentally, you need to find a balance in which the bait, without burrowing into the bottom sediments, will seem to float above them.

Classical

This method of spinning fishing is considered the most active and fastest type of fishing using a reel. When the bait reaches the bottom, you need to make 3-4 turns, pause, during which the jig bait again lies on the ground.

Wiring for demolition

When fishing in rivers with a noticeable current, you can use the movement of water to increase fishing efficiency. One of the methods is to float a wobbler downstream to places that are inaccessible for casting - for example, under the branches of bushes and trees hanging over the water. You can also float a wobbler downstream when fishing from a boat, hydraulic structures or at a bend in the river. Using this method, you can deliver bait to a distance exceeding the casting range.

Having mastered all the basic techniques for guiding wobblers, a huge potential opens up in terms of hunting predatory fish

The second way to use the current is to slowly retrieve against the current with stops and feed the bait back. This creates the illusion of a sick or weakened fish, especially attractive to predators, which cannot cope with the current. The advantage of this method is the ability to carefully fish a promising place - a snag, a large submerged object or an underwater boulder.

A number of articles by European anglers contain references to successful catching of predatory fish in the current with a bottom line, in which live bait is replaced with a floating wobbler with active play. Composite wobblers with a working depth of up to 1 m are especially effective.

Uniform

This is the basic bait presentation technique with which an angler begins to master wobbler fishing. It is relatively simple, suitable for most classes of bulky solid baits. Uniform wiring of the wobbler is performed as follows:

The fisherman casts the bait to a given point.
After splashdown, the coil arm closes.
Then the wiring is carried out by monotonously rotating the reel handle at a given speed.

Even fishing is often done with cranks and rattles. For these baits, monotonous feeding is the main one. The fisherman can only vary the speed of reeling in the fishing line, choosing the one that best suits the mood of the predator.

Many shad models operate on a uniform retrieve. For certain versions of decoys this may be the basic animation. Not everyone is comfortable with the monotonous presentation of Minnow. This animation is only suitable for those wobblers that have their own game.

Cranks are the best baits for uniform retrieval

From topwaters, uniform wiring is applied to propbaits. Some poppers also allow for monotonous delivery. For example, the famous Malas from Lucky Craft with this method of animation begins to work like a subsurface wobbler, diving 10–20 cm, swinging from side to side and making appetizing medium-amplitude movements.

Chub, trout, dace, grayling, perch, asp, ide, rudd, sabrefish, pike and other representatives of the ichthyofauna love uniform animation. In fact, this method of feeding a wobbler allows you to fish in any body of water, regardless of its size, depth in the fishing zone, strength of the current and other factors.

The important role of pause

In most cases, moving baits with a stop and then a pause is more effective. In this case, the pause should be from one to several seconds. A pause that is too short and unexpressed is more likely to arouse the suspicion of a predatory fish rather than provoke it to bite.

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In addition to the fact that stopping the wobbler diversifies its animation, a pause in the retrieve allows you to control the bait, changing the horizon of the retrieve, and when retrieving across the current, you can draw the wobbler around obstacles.

Correct technique for fishing with a wobbler

To summarize, we can say that the technique of fishing with a wobbler depends on its type, fishing conditions and the activity of the fish. For example, guiding sinking wobblers can be carried out in different layers of water, and pauses in it allow not only to allow the bait to go deeper, but also provoke the fish with a vertical movement like jig baits. At the same time, jerking wobbler wiring is generally more effective than uniform wiring.

Correct placement of a wobbler depends not only on the method of animation, but also on the speed of movement of the bait. In order to quickly fish the water area, they use aggressive high-speed fishing, which allows them to “collect” active fish, and when the bite is bad, they usually use slow fishing with long pauses. Another effective technique is to change the bait - for example, “tease” the fish with several popper strokes, and then use a crankbait with a working depth of more than a meter at an average or slow pace.

Considering the variety of options for wiring wobblers and their combinations, fishing with a wobbler for beginners can begin with the technique of uniform wiring of active models, and later master other methods of wiring wobblers.

Originally posted 2018-05-15 09:24:02.

How to bait a pike correctly

To catch a trophy using a spinning rod, it is not enough to choose the right bait; fishing for pike is no less important. To provoke an attack by an ichthyan, you need to choose the right speed and technique for passing through the water depths. This can only be done experimentally, but still every fisherman should have some general concepts about this.

Types of bait for pike

When fishing for pike using a spinning rod with any of the baits, correct wiring plays one of the most important roles. In the process of passing through the water column, the bait used should maximally imitate a wounded fish that is trying to escape from a predator

Only in this case will the pike pay attention to the offered bait and go on the attack

Experienced fishermen most often use several types of basic wiring, each of which has its own characteristics and is used for certain baits. It is advisable for beginners to get acquainted with the varieties before going to the reservoir, and there it is worth practicing the subtleties in practice.

Uniform

Everyone knows how to do this type of wiring correctly, sometimes without even suspecting it. When fishing for pike, this method is considered the simplest and most accessible even to children. The main role here will be played by the bait itself; the successful outcome of the started business depends on it. The tackle with bait is thrown to a given point and they wait until the bait sinks to the bottom. After this, they begin unhurried work with the reel, the essence of which is to uniformly and unhurriedly wind the warp.

To achieve a better effect, sometimes you can take short pauses and then reel in the line again. Usually it is during the pause that the pike attacks the offered bait.

Stepped

Step-by-step targeting of a predator is carried out in two ways, each of which will be no less effective. The point is that the bait moves in a zigzag pattern in the water column, then rises and then falls to the bottom again. Let's look at each of them in more detail:

Using a reel it is not difficult to make the bait move like this. It is enough to wait until the bait completely sinks to the bottom, then make 2-3 turns with the handle, stop and again wait for the bait to touch the bottom. Then the steps are repeated all the way to the coastline. The speed of lowering directly depends on the speed of rotation of the handle.
With a rod, this wiring for pike is carried out a little differently. Immediately after casting, we wait until the bait is completely lowered to the bottom, then we make a sharp jerk with the blank so that the bait used rises above the bottom by about 15 cm. And at the same moment we reel in the slack of the base with the reel. Next, we again wait for the bait to be completely immersed and again make a jerk. An important point with this method will be maintaining tension in the line, which allows you to fully control the bait.

This wiring is used by many; it is one of the most used for various types of baits

The attention of the predator is attracted not only by the zigzag movements of the bait, but also by the turbidity created by it as it falls to the bottom. In addition, with bait it becomes possible to create a specific sound, which additionally attracts ichthyans

Aggressive

This type is very similar to the previous one, performed using a spinning blank. The difference is that the jerks are performed as hooks, then the bait, sinking to the bottom, will make slight oscillating movements.