When talking about gold, they mean a high price and impeccable beauty. Golden crucian fully meets these qualities. Unlike his silver brother, he makes a strong impression on the fisherman who caught him, especially if the fish has a more or less large size. This handsome man with a rounded, oblong body, covered with large golden scales, with cast red fins will not leave a single fisherman indifferent.
Where to catch?
Goldfish loves quiet shallow water. Like any fish from the cyprinid family, it needs to be caught in coastal areas overgrown with reeds and reeds with a muddy bottom and algae. On the river, these are usually bays and floodplain lakes located nearby.
What to catch?
As mentioned above, goldfish is usually kept in shallow water off the coast, but this rule applies to individuals of small and medium size. A large fish loves depth, and you can catch it from there with the help of a feeder or an inexpensive "far". An ordinary long telescopic fishing rod is sufficient for fishing off the coast .
When to catch?
Late in the evening at dusk or on a morning dawn, usually the most effective fishing is possible. Large-sized goldfish are most often pecked during these periods. Smaller individuals are not so picky by lunch time and peck throughout the day. This begs the simple solution: on the morning and evening dawns, you need to use bottom gear (a “zakidushka” or feeder), and the rest of the time you should catch with a fishing rod. Of course, ideally, it's good to catch both tackles at the same time.
Bait composition
Goldfish require expensive bait. Its delicacy includes: ground fried sunflower seeds, breadcrumbs, vanilla powder and milk powder. All this must be added to cooked or simply steamed pearl barley. In extreme cases, you can use one pearl barley, but previously boned in breadcrumbs so that its grains do not stick together and a small cloudy cloud is kept around each.
Used bait
No special tricks are needed here. Goldfish pecks at bloodworms and worms. However, such a bait is liked not only by crucian carp, but perch or, worst of all, ruff, can bite it. In this case, the bait will have to be changed to dough, pearl barley or maggot. Golden crucian carp has one secret: it respects the aroma of honey very much and therefore it makes sense to cook barley, adding a little honey to the water. You can also add it to a container where the cereal is steamed. The dough is prepared in milk from premium wheat flour. It is good to add vanilla sugar and unrefined vegetable oil to it. And below you can see what goldfish looks like. The photo conveys the brilliance of his “precious” scales well.
For those involved in fish farming
Goldfish is an extremely picky fish that easily tolerates adverse environmental conditions. It can live in acidic waters and with a minimum oxygen content. Often remains the only representative of the ichthyofauna in the "dirty" pond. This fish is an object of decorative breeding and is very popular in Japan. In total, more than a hundred varieties of goldfish are distinguished, differing in the length and shape of the body, as well as all kinds of outgrowths, sizes of fins and colors. In general, goldfish has more breeds than any pets on the planet.