In the summer, fishing for live bait is considered one of the most productive varieties of fishing. It can continue throughout the warm season, before the ice begins to be frozen. In this type of fishing, you need to take into account both time and conditions, and the fishing method and the choice of bait are selected depending on how fishing will be carried out: at half-water, above or from the bottom.
Catching predatory fish on live bait is not difficult, but still for this you need to know certain subtleties.
Among fishermen, it is generally accepted that a predator having more or less large sizes prefers fish approximately seven to eight centimeters long.
As a rule, fishing for live bait is carried out with the fish that is most common in this reservoir. The width of the bait also matters, so it’s better to take narrow fish into bait fish - ruff, bleak, verkhovka, loach, gudgeon, etc. However, such fish as a pike are of little interest in the size of live bait, so roach and crucian carp are also suitable for pike, and catfish will “go” to a loach quite well. Catching perch on live bait is very effective with the top, ruff and even very small perches.
Live bait should be caught by a float fishing rod or a turtler - a special device, and you need to save the mined bait in a cage, placed in a shady place in the water. In order not to damage the mucous layer on the fish, it is better to take this bait with wet hands or a damp cloth. So she will stay alive longer.
Zhivtsov is transported in special buckets of galvanized metal or in glass jars. At the same time, water is often changed to keep them alive for several hours. You need to choose a brisk fish, since the predator will take a fallen asleep bait only on a spinning rod or on a tackle.
The success of this type of fishing, like fishing for live bait, depends on how the fish is planted, how natural its position looks. Therefore, it is better to try to plant it as horizontally as possible.
The most successful fishing tackle is float. Equipment in this case is calculated on a long cast. The little fish is carefully threaded under the fin, and then descends into the water, where it expects a predator. At the end of the fishing line, a sliding sinker with a hook is installed.
In general, for each fishing tackle its own types of fish heads are invented. Fishing for live bait involves the use of threes, twins and single hooks of various sizes. You just need to adhere to one very simple rule: you can never put the bait on a very large hook and use thick leashes.
And although the tackle should be strong enough, it should never interfere with the movements of live bait.
Large and medium-sized fish are put on a snap from a pair of single hooks that are tied to a single leash.
In stagnant water, fishing for bait fish is carried out with the upper hook of a smaller size than the lower one, and vice versa, during the course, the size of the lower hook should be less than that of the upper one.
A small fish is mounted on a single hook, introducing it through the mouth and leading through the base of the gills.
Fishing for live bait, which is as interesting and dynamic as spinning fishing, is carried out in two ways: from a boat and from the shore.
When coastal fishing is most often used float fishing rod or gum. The latter has its advantages: firstly, it is the ability to fish at long distances, and secondly, the ease of playing tackle, which, as a rule, attracts a predator.
In a mild course, you can move along the shore, however, not dragging out the bait, but as if giving live bait to move independently. If in the pits he tries to hide in the vegetation, this means that the predator is nearby. It is worth at this moment a little play up the bait, and the predator will be on your hook.