Silver carp is a large representative of peaceful fish, which is distinguished by a rather capricious character; during fishing, it exerts powerful resistance. That is why catching a silver carp is considered one of the most interesting and unpredictable.
Initially, this fish lived in the Amur River basin, but today, as a result of acclimatization, it can be found in almost all water bodies in the European part of our country, even in small ponds, wherever there is enough food supply and warmth.
As a rule, fishing for a silver carp is carried out from late May to September. The peak of a good catch occurs in mid-June and late July, although if the reservoir in which this fish lives is rich in natural food, then it will ignore any complementary foods and will be interested in it when natural food is reduced.
This fish rarely bites at night, although bites are not excluded.
The fishing of the silver carp is best done on relatively small, rocky ponds, where it is easier to find a flock, with sharp deep drops and shallows. The most important thing is that there are few crucians in it, which all the time peck and interfere with catching a particular large prey.
Fishing spots should be selected based on the following characteristics:
- the bottom of the pond should be sandy or rocky;
- optimal depth - two to three meters;
- headwind;
- lack of calm, because silver carp does not bite at this time;
Usually they catch him on a spinning rod or bottom tackle, however, in the opinion of avid anglers, the most working spring is a spring - something in between a feeder with a spring feeder and a stick.
The silver carp is caught by the spring as follows: this kind of bottom tackle is clogged with a viscous bait, and foam balls are put on the hooks so that hooks with leashes have good buoyancy. The number of leashes ranges from two to three pieces, and their length is from 5 to 7 centimeters.
The most important thing is that the spring bait is perfectly matched, the leash and hook are thin and durable.
Catching a silver carp will be most successful in the case of using vegetable baits, in particular, young boiled or canned peas. It is good if you can mask the hooks with filamentous algae.
This fish usually takes a nozzle and eagerly swallows it, and if the hook is not sharp enough, then, having felt an injection, it will spit it out immediately, and the flock will immediately swim away to another place.
If the silver carp swallowed the bait, then the fishing line is pulled, and then, weakening for a second, jerks again sharply. Cut in the very first moment of tension, otherwise the further success of the fight will be on the side of the fish.
The next nozzle, which works well, is a kind of “sandwich”: a few grains of corn are threaded onto the hook, which are pulled out onto the leash, then “sausage” from the top of the clay and clay is sent there, then three more corn in front of the hook and three already on it. Convenience lies in the fact that there is no need for a sinker, and the “sausage” also serves as complementary foods.
However, the most "respected" among fishers is considered to be fishing for a silver carp on technoplankton, which looks like powder pressed into small barrels. When a tablet of such bait falls into the water, then, having dissolved, it forms a cloud very similar to natural plankton.
The number of tablets needed for each hook is two or three things that, when put on it, do not allow to go to the bottom. The aroma of soaked technoplankton beckons a silver carp, which greedily sucks it along with polystyrene and hook.
Do not forget that the resistance of this fish is quite extraordinary, it is very different, therefore, no matter how tired the silver carp is tired, it is not recommended to take it with your bare hands, so as not to injure them with sudden movements of the caught prey. It is best to use a hook.
In winter, silver carp usually goes into deep holes in a state of hibernation, although in some relatively warm reservoirs it retains a certain activity, and at this time it can be caught from ice.