Many amateurs and professional fishermen regularly go fishing for this, perhaps, the most “popular fish”. Even the most inveterate spinning and carnivore dreams of falling into a well-stocked place. In reality, finding the perfect body of water for catching crucian carp is not easy: it really has become very rare. Increasingly, they began to catch crucian carp on ponds that were artificially stocked and maintained an oxygen regime throughout the year.
Fishing in the suburbs
Crucian carp is found in some very good reservoirs rich in various fish. Many of them are located quite far from the capital, and some are inhabited only by small specimens. Although there are lakes and ponds from which even large individuals can be pulled out today. Therefore, with the right choice of place, fishing for crucian carp in the suburbs will bring great pleasure, pleased the hunter with a big catch. At the same time, it is easy to reach some water bodies without spending a lot of time on the road.
This is Odintsovo, Lianozovo, the Pekhorka river, located between the railway stations Bykovo and Ilyinskaya. Judging by the reviews, it is famous for its rich livestock of white crucian carp. Moreover, the fishermen say that in Pekhorka you can catch quite large specimens.
Hunting season
Fishing in May is considered the most catchy. At this time a lot of lovers go for crucian carp. This is explained by the fact that when the warm, fine May days come, the water warms up. It was at this time that the fish, "dropping" its numbness, after the hungry winter months, began to actively feed fat.
In May, fishing for crucian carp is the most interesting and successful of the year for a lively and greedy fish bite. The main fish stock has already spawned, and crucian carp is just beginning. The reason for this late activity is that this inhabitant of water bodies is thermophilic and leads a very sedentary and sluggish lifestyle at low temperatures. In order to enjoy great trophies and quick bites, you need to know some secrets of catching crucian carp in May.
May fishing features
Firstly, in the middle of this month, the fish begins to spawn on the shallows, so it is easy to find. Its presence betrays a characteristic chomping, coming from the shore from algae. However, at this time, one thing that is not very pleasant for fishermen may be revealed. It often happens that crucian fish splashes briskly in the water, but does not touch the bait with a hook at all. There are times when a fisherman sits with a fishing rod all day, but does not catch a single bite.
Smoktuha
The carp pacifier is considered the most passive tackle, not only for this fish, but also for all cyprinids. Its main advantage is that the angler does not need to constantly monitor the bite, since the hook immediately appears in the mouth of the fish. And he had no choice but to gently pull the prey out of the water. Using a pacifier for crucian carp, there is no need to globally alter bottom gear. It is quite simple to replace the feeder, as well as leashes with hooks. Actually, the pacifier for crucian can be called a modified feeder.
Why exactly the nipple
This tackle for crucian carp is also called smoktuha in some places. Such names reflect the principle by which it operates. This inhabitant, as you know, has a truly amazing characteristic ability to suck in the mouth of the entire feed object located at the bottom of the reservoir. Fishermen, having noticed such a feature of the fish, created a large arsenal of equipment for bottom fishing, including a pacifier for crucian carp.
For its filling, a thick and viscous mixture is used, while the location of the hooks is formed in the likeness of a female breast. The nipple for catching crucian carp works as follows: the fish, starting to suck in food at points convenient for it, tears off a piece of seductive “treat” and swallows it along with the hook inside it. In this case, as a rule, self-cutting occurs.
Varieties
Today there is a fairly wide variety of such feeders. However, most often in fishermen you can find a carp nipple in the form of spirals or spoons. There are also springs or homemade smoktuhi made from bottle cork.
Fishing rod equipment
A carp nipple can be attached to almost any type of fishing rod. Such tackle is especially good because it costs the fisherman very cheap. Due to the presence of nipples, you can confidently compete with those who prefer to catch on equipped elite fishing rods. Moreover, it is quite possible to make this equipment yourself.
How to make a pacifier for crucian carp
The easiest option is to buy a wire feeder - open or in the form of a spring, on which from two to five hooks are located. They can either be tied to a fishing line, or mounted on a wire nipples. It is best to use the first option, since such equipment will be more sensitive, and the angler will be able to see the bite immediately, only the hooks will be in the mouth of the crucian carp. The disadvantage of this feeder is the greater likelihood of entanglement, and sometimes in a very unpredictable way.
Some as a feeding tipple designed for crucian carp use a cover from a large plastic container. Through the hole made in the bottom, a fishing line is threaded, at the end of it a swivel and hooks should be fixed, which are usually used on such a nipple no more than three pieces. From the outside, a lead plate must be installed on the lid. This is done so that the feeder lays up with hooks.
A little more time-consuming, but at the same time no less effective way, how to make a pacifier for crucian carp, many consider the use of the most ordinary metal spoon. At the same time, it should be so heavy as to be able to simultaneously perform the functions of a sinker. A handle is cut off at a spoon. Then two holes are made on it. One of them, intended for fishing line, should be where the handle used to be. The other is on the opposite end, where there will be leashes with hooks. All roughness must be carefully sanded, otherwise they will damage the fishing line.
Some subtleties
Many use a feeder or spinning rod, some even use the so-called telescope. When fishing in clean coastal areas, short spinning rods are best suited, ranging in length from two hundred to two hundred and seventy centimeters. And if the coastal zone is covered with thickets of plants and shrubs, then it is more efficient to use rods from three to three and a half meters in length.
In general, there are no strict requirements for the type of coil installed on the teat on a crucian carp. You can throw equipment with an inertial model or a so-called meat grinder, although the first option with a friction brake is still more optimal.
The diameter of the main fishing line is most affected by the conditions in which crucian fishing occurs. In clean reservoirs, the reel can be equipped with a two-millimeter fishing line. In the presence of algae, the diameter will increase to 0.35 mm. At the same time, it is necessary to wind up to one hundred meters of monofilament on a coil.
Leashes on the nipple for crucian carp are made from a soft wicker cord. First, a hook of the sixth or tenth size is tied to one of its ends, then a nodal loop is knitted at a distance of up to fifteen centimeters from it. The number of leashes on one nipple usually ranges from two to five pieces. To increase the effectiveness of their tackle, some fishermen attach a foam ball to each hook.
Conclusion
There is nothing difficult or complicated in this form of fishing. The bait for the nipple on the crucian is hammered into the feeder so tightly that the hooks are hidden in it. Finding it, finding it, begins to draw in, while swallowing the hook. As a complementary food, it is better to use a masticor made of yellow peas and semolina so that it has a sufficient density.