Silver carp, being a school of fish, has taken root well in many Russian reservoirs. Its population in some of them reaches such volumes that, as the fishermen joke, you just have to throw a fishing rod, and the treasured trophy will be on the hook. In terms of gastronomic qualities, silver carp is no worse than its brethren, and in size and power it even significantly exceeds it.
General information
Gradually catching silver carp is becoming more popular. Many seek to catch this strong and adroit inhabitant of water bodies.
With the aim of fishing, net fishing is especially common. The silver carp can be caught with a net, but experienced fishermen believe that this can not be compared with single-combat martial arts with silver carp. Moreover, the silver carp, as this fish is also called, is the only among freshwater ones that contains the same fat as its sea brethren.
Fishing in the fall
Carp fishing in the fall has its own characteristics. Cloudy and cool weather does not please this heat-loving fish. In addition, by the beginning of October, all vegetation almost completely disappears in the reservoir. Therefore, for food, silver carp often has to go down closer and closer to the bottom, moving further away from the coast. And when the water temperature drops to eight degrees, he completely stops feeding, sailing to the wintering pits.
The best weather conditions for catching a silver carp in the fall to be successful are considered to be the lack of wind and light drizzle. At this time, you can find the location of large fish by observing a flock of roaches, which also sail in shallow water in the hope of finding the last plant food.
Features of autumn fishing
Catching a silver carp in September or October requires camouflage and silence. Suspicion is a characteristic feature of silver carp. If he suspects something is amiss, he will immediately sail away to a depth or to cover. Hearing any extraneous sounds, the silver carp begins to get nervous and make "acrobatic" jumps, jumping out of the water and flopping back with a huge noise. At this time, he is not at all up to the bait.
The best time to catch the desired prey is to catch silver carp in the fall, especially in the last two months of this time of year, when already small fish already accumulate substantial reserves for wintering.
The nutritional features allow the silver carp to filter the water, taking food residues from it. Therefore, the likelihood that he will swallow a hook is very high. However, catching a silver carp in the fall requires certain knowledge from the fisherman.
September toastman
Catching this representative of cyprinids in the first autumn month is almost unpredictable. Therefore, experienced fishermen prefer to combine it with hunting for other fish. To do this, use a dummy, feeder or carp stick with a good load capacity.
Since catching a silver carp in September may involve long casts, the main element in the equipment should be a shipped feeder weighing from forty to seventy grams. The fishing line should have a diameter of 0.25 mm.
At this time, peas cooked until complete boiling - the consistency of mashed potatoes are ideal as a food for silver carp. To fix the peas in the feeder, it must be strengthened with breadcrumbs. A styrofoam ball with a diameter of up to eight centimeters can become bait. In this case, tackle must always come down to a clean bottom when casting.
The optimal time for catching silver carp in September is the period when the flock "walks" at the surface. As a rule, this is the morning hours when the fish basks in the rays of the rising sun at the shallows. Having cast in the found place, you do not have to wait a long time for a bite. Often, after half an hour, the signaling device - an ordinary bell or its electronic version - works.
September fishing technique
In early autumn, during the day, silver carp often holds open water. At this time, it can be easily found in areas with weak currents or on sandbanks, especially near thickets of aquatic vegetation and rifts. Sometimes, before sunset, he swims to the shore, adhering to the depths and boundaries of the shallows.
The secrets of catching a silver carp in the first autumn month are to hold the fish when playing, since it is distinguished by powerful strength and desperate resistance, it can jump sharply out of the water to a height of one and a half meters. The fight of silver carp is extraordinary and differs from the behavior of other inhabitants of water bodies. No matter how tired he is, one should not take it with his bare hands, as sharp and strong twitches can injure the angler. And in order to get it, it is better to use a hook.
Choosing a place for fishing
When choosing a place for fishing, you need to know: if there is a lot of natural food in the pond, then there is practically no chance of catching a silver carp. This circumstance can be determined visually - by color: the water should not be greenish. But in reservoirs where there is a lack of food supply, you can catch more than one large specimen.
It is better to catch silver carp on relatively small rocky rivers with sharp differences in depths. A place for fishing should be chosen according to the following criteria:
- with a rocky, clay or sandy bottom;
- with a depth of not more than four meters.
What to catch
Until recently, it was believed that any equipment for fishing for silver carp could be chosen. But it is not so. There are certain requirements for it. But most importantly, it should be distinguished by increased strength, since we are talking about fishing very strong in resistance fish, capable of making quite powerful throws. That is why the equipment for catching silver carp should be reliable, not tearing and not breaking after the first survival.
For this purpose, you can use a feeder, a dummy, as well as any cyprinid “sticks”, preferably having a good load capacity. Large specimens are rather timid and very rarely swim closer to the shore closer than eight or ten meters. Therefore, fishing a silver carp for fishing is very rare, because the latter should have an impressive length and the possibility of the most accurate casting, which is not typical for this tackle. However, often when fishing for carp, he himself comes across it.
Bottom tackle
Experienced anglers most often use spinning rods with a reel, although some use float gear at shallow depths. However, silver carp often feeds in the bottom layer, where plankton quietly eats. Therefore, fishing for silver carp on the bottom tackle is especially relevant. Moreover, with the cooling of water, when plant food begins to gradually die, this type of fishing becomes the only catchy one.
In this case, fishing for silver carp on the bottom tackle takes into account the special characteristics of the structure of the mouth of this large inhabitant of water bodies. He is not able to collect food directly at the bottom, so the hooks need to be placed at some elevation from the underwater soil, at a distance of at least ten centimeters.
Many use such tackle as a "thick-wand's wand." The principle of its work takes into account not only the structural features of the mouth of the silver carp, but also the nuances of its nutrition. Technoplankton, specially developed for catching this fish, serves as bait, bait and bait. This product looks like a barrel with lure pressed inside, along the axis of which a hole has been made for attaching it to the "silver carp stick".
Float
To catch this fish, a transparent kind of float is used, since ordinary ones can scare silver carp. In this case, the descent must be selected taking into account the fact that this fish feeds deep from the surface.
If reeds or different sticks swim in a pond on a water surface, then you can use a float to catch silver carp from balsa. At the same time, this equipment should not be located vertically, since the fish is alarming and frightening when all the reeds or small twigs swim horizontally on the surface of the reservoir, while the position of the foreign bite indicator is different. The float must be fixed so that it is in the same plane.
Most often, when fishing for silver carp, two varieties of this component of the snap are used. The first is a spindle-shaped oblong foam float, surrounded by several pellets. Its upper part is painted in some noticeable color at a fair distance, and the lower one, which is in water, is necessarily a protective shade. The second option is the usual floats having a not very noticeable antenna. The line in them is passed through Cambric. They are loaded in such a way that they lie on the surface of the water of the reservoir.
Fishing on top
In this case, the silverhead needs to be fed in such a way that it floats directly on the surface of the water. To do this, use a water-filling ball or floats with an oval body made of foam, plastic or balsa wood, through the central axis of which a plastic hollow tube passes. The fishing line should be inconspicuous with a diameter of 0.25-0.3 mm and a length of one and a half meters.
Sometimes pieces of cucumbers and cabbage, peas (canned or boiled), seaweed, soft parts of mushrooms, melon, berries, etc. are used as nozzles. The silver carp can grab the bait very quickly, but if the hook is not sharp enough, it will spit it out just as quickly and sail away. Often, when choosing a nozzle, experienced anglers come from the fauna of the reservoir in which the silver carp is caught.
Lure
In reservoirs where there is a lot of food, it is quite difficult to seduce this fish with something original. Bait for silver carp is necessary, but its amount should be within reason. Fish can today ignore one bait, and after a few days only catch it. Many lovers of this type of hunting know that in the choice of feeding, silver carp is quite original, although maggots or bloodworms must be a mandatory element in it.
Anglers sometimes use grassy bait, such as nettle leaves or clover. But most often, as a bait, a crust of bread or canned corn is used. To this end, it is better to use a soft French bun. Putting bread on the hook, you need to pierce the crust twice on both sides. Then deploy in such a way as to pierce the hump again with a sting. So the crust will be better kept on the hook and not fall when casting. At the same time, its size should not be too small, because as long as the fish that should fall onto the hook swims up to it, such a trifle as roach, rudd, ruddfish or crucian carp can eat it.