CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Tips for fishing for bighead carp with a sea rod

Bait

6 parts of peanut bran, 3 parts of silver carp and bighead carp feed, 1 part of fermented acid malt flavor, put them in two small bowls, add appropriate amount of head flavoring and white powder, add water to make a thick paste. This bait can stay suspended in the upper layer of water for a long time, and fish will gather in groups when they see it and smell it, and will be hooked quickly. Use this bait to lure fish directly with a hand rod, and cast it to the fishing point with a sea rod by pinching the bait and supporting the bait ring without burying the hook. As soon as it touches the water surface, pull the hook group hard to make the bait spread out, and retract the hook line. Cast about 5-6 (you can see that the upper layer of water is milky white and gradually atomizes, almost spreading to the nest area), and the fish luring effect is very good.

Fishing for bighead carp depends on the temperature: if the weather is too cold, the fish will not bite. When the temperature rises to about 20℃, bighead carp can be caught, but the harvest is rare. When the temperature rises to 25℃, the situation improves, and the harvest is more. When the temperature rises to around 30℃, the fish appetite is better, and the catch is more. Therefore, it is best to choose a higher temperature for spring fishing. It is best to have 2-3 winds to cooperate. Whether it is cloudy or sunny, fish love to feed. It should be noted that when fishing, you should choose a constant temperature day. If the temperature suddenly rises in too cold weather, it is not suitable to fish on that day. Because the temperature has risen but the water temperature has not risen (although the surface temperature of floating fishing rises faster, it is still not ideal), the fish will not bite. It will have to wait until the next day for the water temperature to rise. It is suitable to fish when the water temperature rises. In addition, when the temperature is low, it is advisable to go fishing at noon because the temperature is relatively high at noon.

After all, it is early spring, and the temperature is still low. It is advisable to choose sunny waters as the fishing spot, preferably places facing the sun and rich in food. If you choose such a place to cast the hook, you will catch fish quickly and catch fish continuously! If the temperature is above 30℃, you don’t have to choose a sunny place or a cover, just find a place with rich food to fish. Usually, you can choose the head or tail of the reservoir, the mouth of the reservoir, the outside of the floating debris, etc., where there is more food. In addition, you can also fish by tracking. Bighead carp mostly moves in the upper layer of the water. When the water temperature is suitable, the fish is more active. You can see them swimming in groups on the water surface, with their dorsal fins or tail fins exposed above the water surface, appearing and disappearing from time to time, moving slowly, or stirring up bright and dark waves, one after another, and not dispersing for a long time. When you see this situation, it must be a school of fish. Throw bait with a sea rod, and the fish will quickly take the bait and take the hook.

Adjust the float to about 80 cm from the bait. Make a nest first, then throw the bait. Bait: The bait can be egg-shaped or explosive hook-shaped. The hooks are evenly placed under the bait, and the hook tips can be exposed. The hook with a longer brain line is inserted into the bottom of the bait (half of the hook can be exposed). As mentioned above, when the temperature is low, the fish move slowly. When the fish is hooked, the float will sink slowly like other big fish (unlike in summer and autumn, when the float sinks suddenly once the fish is hooked). Then you can lift the rod.

When the temperature rises, the fish become active and bite the hook with a large amplitude. The float moves steadily at first, and sinks immediately after the hook is hooked. Then you can lift the rod, but you still need to quickly pull the hooked fish away from the nest. After catching the fish, throw the bait back to the nest as soon as possible. Be accurate and don't deviate too far, otherwise it will be slow to catch the fish.

Sea fishing rods and flying hooks are the best choice for floating fishing for silver carp and bighead carp. However, there are great differences in the assembly of the fishing group. The key is to determine the length of the water line according to the depth of the swimming layer of silver carp and bighead carp while casting far and accurately. The length of the water line must be constantly changed according to different factors such as water conditions, water temperature, fish conditions and weather, which poses a difficult task for the fishing group. If the traditional adjustment method is used, the water line length will be more than 1 meter, and the reserved line outside the rod tip will be too long, which will affect the casting or make it impossible to cast. The method of tying a "secondary line" to the Chang Fanhe sea fishing rod can better solve this problem.

1. Composition of fishing gear

1. "Secondary line". It is made of a fishing line about 1.5-2 meters long folded in half, with a knot tied at the fold to connect it to the main line (the one connected to the float is the secondary line, and the one connected to the fly hook is the secondary line, which is slightly shorter than the main line).

2. Space bean. A slightly larger space bean is used so that the double strands of "sub-line" can pass through the middle. It can slide up and down to adjust the length of the waterline. Sliding up will lengthen the waterline, and sliding down will shorten the waterline. It is a very critical component. If necessary, two space beans can be installed in a row to prevent misalignment.

Silver carp and bighead carp are timid by nature and usually do not move near the shore. They mostly swim in the deep water area in the center of the reservoir, especially the larger silver carp and bighead carp. This may be one of their "unique" characteristics. Therefore, it is difficult to catch silver carp and bighead carp near the shore, and the fishing spot should be selected in the deep water in the center of the reservoir. When the density of silver carp and bighead carp is very high, fish can also be caught near the shore, but the fish caught are all small silver carp and bighead carp. Therefore, "fishing for silver carp far away" is very important. At the same time, every time you cast the hook and bait, you should pay attention to accurately cast it on the same "spot" so as to form a relatively concentrated "atomized bait area" and make the fishing spot a real "nest". If you "hammer here and there" and throw it randomly, it is difficult to form a "nest" and the effect of attracting fish will be much worse. Many people fail to catch fish. The main reason is that they choose the wrong fishing spot and the fishing spot cannot form a "nest".

2. About bait

Since silver carp and bighead carp have a unique way of feeding, the bait used for fishing silver carp and bighead carp also has its own particularity and pertinence, which is the key to fishing silver carp and bighead carp. The bait must have two key points at the same time: one is the sour smell, and the other is the dissolution and atomization. Although there has been a trend of "diversification" in the smell of silver carp and bighead carp bait in the past two years, the author believes that the basic habits of silver carp liking acid and bighead carp liking odor have never changed, and it is essential to use fermented sour smell bait for fishing silver carp and bighead carp. The bait must also have good atomization performance; this is determined by the fact that silver carp and bighead carp feed by "drinking the world's first sucking" floating matter in the water. The main function of "atomization" is to "facilitate" the silver carp and bighead carp to suck, and the "floating matter" covers the bomb hook (naked hook), and the naked hook is sucked in when sucking the "floating matter", so as to achieve the purpose of fishing. Among these two key points, the main function of "smell" is to attract fish, and the main function of "atomization" is to fish. Atomization is more important than smell. A bait ball that does not dissolve after entering the water may attract fish with its smell, but it is difficult to really catch silver carp and bighead carp. It is possible to catch one occasionally, but that is not "fishing". In addition, the finer the bait ball, the better, because practice has shown that the atomized "floating matter" is much more effective in powder form than in flake form.

When fishing for silver carp and bighead carp with a sea pole, the "big float without sinker fishing method" is generally used. Its combination: first put a space bean on the fishing line (mainly to control the big fish float, the purpose is to adjust the depth of the fishing float), then put on the big fish float that can slide on the fishing line, then tie a dead knot (for hook bait) at the front end of the fishing line, and finally hang the hook bait. Before casting, the reel reels in the line, and the big fish drifts to the "dead knot", which is quite close to the hook bait, making it very convenient to cast the hook bait. The advantage of this combination is that it is easy and fast to operate, and it is easy to fish deep or shallow; the disadvantage is that the floating hook bait is easy to deviate from the nest when the wind is strong. Therefore, when there is a strong wind, you can put on a large-hole sinker that can slide freely on the fishing line before putting on the big fish float, changing "floating fishing" to "fixed-point fishing". In the fishing group, special attention should be paid to the hook. First, the hook should be sharp. It is best to use a new hook to facilitate piercing the fish's mouth. Second, a larger hook should be used because the mouth of silver carp and bighead carp is large, so there is no need to worry about not being able to "swallow" the hook. The main consideration is that the lips of silver carp and bighead carp are tender and the lips are brittle. Small hooks are easy to slip out, while large hooks are firmly attached. According to practice, under normal circumstances, the tail hook of the bomb hook is what enters the fish's mouth. Therefore, some people tie a "tail hook" of a long sub-line on the bomb hook, or make a "silver carp hook" with 2 to 4 long sub-line hooks by themselves, and the effect is very good.

IV. About Drifting Elephant

After silver carp and bighead carp are hooked, the float is usually black. But sometimes the float also has different performances: silver carp is hooked, the float sometimes sinks and sometimes floats or moves horizontally; bighead carp is hooked, the float sometimes spins in place or shakes slightly. These float phenomena all indicate that the silver carp and bighead carp caught are not very big, generally around 1 kg. If the float shakes up and down quickly, it must be a small fish disturbing the hook. You can ignore it until the float lies on the water surface and the float no longer shakes (there is no bait on the hook), then retract the rod and change the bait. When a small fish disturbs the hook and the float suddenly stops, but the float does not lie on the water surface (indicating that there is bait on the hook), it means that the big silver carp and bighead carp have entered the "nest".

After casting the rod, if it is "no-sinking fishing method", after the float stands up, you should then lift the rod and pull the line, so that the fishing line is completely in the water, and then pull back the reel lock. The purpose of this is to prevent the fishing line from floating on the water surface and pulling the float, hook and bait out of the "nest" when there is wind. If it is "fixed-point fishing method" with a sinker, after casting the rod, immediately lift the rod and pull the line, so that the heavy sinker falls to the bottom smoothly, and then insert the rod and tighten the line after the float stands up; if the float does not float to the surface of the water, it means that the sinker is entangled with the fishing line, or the sinker is entangled on the hook, or the sinker, hook, float and line are entangled with each other, and the sinker cannot fall to the bottom. At this time, you can only reel in the line, hook the bait and cast again. Since the "fixed-point fishing method" is most likely to cause the hook, sinker and line to be entangled, it is best to adopt the "no-sinking fishing method".

After the fish is hooked, you generally do not need to lift the rod, just straighten the fishing line and slowly reel in the line. This is because the tender bones in the lips of silver carp and bighead carp are brittle, and lifting the rod vigorously and reeling in quickly can easily cause the fish to escape. After being hooked, the silver carp's struggling and escaping power is much greater than that of the bighead carp. The bighead carp generally just follows the reeling line and appears to be more docile. Regardless of the size of silver carp and bighead carp, they must be scooped up with a scoop net to land, because the meat and bones in their lips are too brittle and tender, and the fish must never be lifted ashore.

"Traditional fishing" with a sinking hook and tangible food as bait rarely catches silver carp and bighead carp. This is because silver carp and bighead carp are plankton-eating fish. They feed on plankton all their lives and do not eat tangible food. Although they can occasionally be caught with a sinking hook, they are always hooked. The hook is not in the mouth, but pierces the lower jaw, abdomen, tail or gets caught on the fins. After "Taiwan fishing", there are more chances to catch silver carp and bighead carp. Although there are also cases of piercing the lip and hanging the fish body, bighead carp is most likely to hold the hook in its mouth.

In meteorology, autumn is when the average temperature is below 22℃ for 5 consecutive days, and winter is when the temperature is below 8℃. In the south of the Yangtze River, the daily average temperature in November is mostly between 9 and 15℃, which is called late autumn. At this time, the number of plankton drifting with the water is not as large as in summer, and the silver carp and bighead carp that feed in the middle water or on the upper layer sink to the bottom.

From early summer to mid-autumn, silver carp and bighead carp are mostly caught with "flying hooks" and "basket heads". For example, the tower spring bait holder of the bomb hook is changed into a bait cage, in which the sour and smelly dregs are stored, and 5 to 7 fish hooks are hung around it. Then, the group of hooks is suspended in the middle or upper layer of the water with a super-large float, and the dregs are atomized to attract fish to gather. The fish accidentally inhale and touch the empty hooks, causing the float to shake and sink as a fish signal. However, this method hurts fish, so many waters where silver carp and bighead carp are raised do not allow the use of "flying hooks" and "basket heads". For example, 8 years ago, Xinjing Community in Yangcheng Lake Town had a dispute over "basket heads" for silver carp fishing. In the stocking bay with a daily fee of 40 yuan, because the bottom bite is light, there are many small white minnows near the bottom, so someone used "basket heads" to fish for silver carp and bighead carp gathered in the middle of the water. In less than 4 hours, more than 40 silver carp and bighead carp weighing 1-1.5 kg were caught. Seeing that the loss was too great, the fish farmer offered to release the fish and return the money, but the angler refused and even got violent during the argument, which alarmed the police station. Since then, fish farmers have refused to use "flying hooks" or "basket heads". However, "Taiwan fishing" has become popular, and it is difficult to avoid silver carp and bighead carp being hooked in the waters where silver carp and bighead carp are farmed. Fish farmers have no choice but to accept this. As long as they are not specifically fishing for silver carp, it is okay to keep one or two if they catch too many.

Although "flying hooks" and "basket heads" are banned due to the risk of hurting fish, hand rod fishing for silver carp and bighead carp is still popular, especially in late autumn when silver carp and bighead carp can no longer be seen on the water surface. Sniping silver carp in mid-water and fishing for bighead carp at the bottom have become the preferences of many people.

Bighead carp, also known as silver carp, bighead carp, fathead fish, yellow carp, black carp, etc., are farmed all over the country and are large warm-water fish. Individuals weighing more than 5 kg are common in natural water bodies. Due to their fast growth, the weight of a one-year-old fish is 0.27 kg, a two-year-old fish is 2.3-2.6 kg, and a three-year-old fish is 5-7.4 kg. In reservoirs, lakes or waters that charge by the day, it is common to catch 10 2-3 year-old bighead carps on the first day.

Silver carp and bighead carp are both upper and middle layer fish, but bighead carp has a smaller activity space than silver carp, dives deeper, and generally does not float to the surface. For example, if the water depth is 3 meters, silver carp is above half water, and bighead carp is below half water to the bottom of the water. Although both are filter-feeding fish, silver carp prefers acid, while bighead carp prefers odor. For example, if you use fermented and smelly rapeseed cakes to make a nest, bighead carps will compete to sink to the bottom, and there will be intermittent and dense bubbles as fine as rapeseed within a diameter of 1 meter; silver carp gathering nests cannot be seen, and can only be inferred by the shaking of the float and one or two large bubbles with mucus. If you use sour and mist-like bean dregs to make nests continuously, the first to enter the nest will definitely be silver carp, and they will not sink to the bottom, and there will be no dense patches of fish stars. However, the fact that silver carp prefers acid and bighead carp prefers stench is not absolute. In many cases, anglers can only distinguish silver carp from bighead carp by the depth of water and whether they fish at the bottom, near the bottom or in the middle of the water. This is also the reason why the line group for silver carp and bighead carp is the same. However, in waters with a depth of 2 to 4 meters where silver carp, bighead carp, crucian carp, carp and bream are mixed, in late autumn, bait is used to fish at the bottom, thus avoiding silver carp.

In fact, bottom fishing for bighead carp is not a special technique. It is just that the silver carp is on the top and the bighead carp is on the bottom in the waters where silver carp and bighead carp are raised. From fishing for silver carp, a technique that focuses on bighead carp and takes other fishing into consideration has gradually been formed. In summary:

1. When fishing for bighead carp, you must make a heavy nest. The bait is slightly sour and smelly. It will be in the form of crumbs after sinking to the bottom. Rapeseed cake, bean cake, peanut bran, distiller's grains, soy sauce dregs, etc. that have been fermented for 3 to 4 days are often used. The area of ​​the nest is about 1 square meter. If there is no ready-made bait, you can also make your own. The method is to crush the raw materials such as rapeseed cake and bean cake into coarse particles and soak them in 70-degree hot water for two hours. After the material absorbs enough water, squeeze out the excess water, put it into a plastic bag and tie the bag tightly. To prevent the material from continuing to expand and the gas produced after fermentation from bursting the bag, the plastic bag should be a little bigger. You can also use the granular feed for feeding fish in the fishery to do the same. Bighead carp often move in groups. If the nest is made, bottom fog will be formed as long as two fish stir it. The bait is a flake bran bait diluted with water at a ratio of 1:0.9. The state requires that the outer layer slowly dissolves after entering the water, and the inner core is still as big as rice grains after sinking to the bottom for 3 minutes.

2. When bighead carp bites the hook, they drink the bait and water together. Although the mouth of the fish is big, the bait cannot be too big or too heavy. Rub the bait the size of peanuts, and it will become as big as soybeans or red beans after dissolving, which is easy to swallow. There is no special requirement for the float, as long as it can reflect the change of bait weight, any shape is fine. The key is to adjust the float. Generally, long and medium-long streamlined floats with two hooks without bait are adjusted to 1/4-1/3 of the number of meshes at the tip of the float, such as 13 meshes adjusted to 3 or 5 meshes, 11 meshes adjusted to 3 or 4 meshes, 6 meshes adjusted to 2 meshes, etc. The fishing method is to adjust high and fish low, requiring that half of the weight of the upper hook after rubbing the bait is borne by the bottom of the water. As the bait dissolves, when the upper bait dissolves and the tip of the float rises 1 or 2 meshes, the lower hook changes from lying on the bottom to touching the bottom. At this time, the two sub-lines are upright, which is the best state for fishing bighead carp. The reason is that bighead carp drink water, and although it is convenient to leave the bait off the bottom, it is easy to pull out the hook in its mouth when it sees the signal. Only when the bait is half-weight and 2/3 of the remaining weight is hung by the float, the action will appear real. This is also the reason why bighead carp do not catch the first signal and give more bites. When bighead carp bites the hook, the float will rise and fall repeatedly, but the rhythm is not fast. For example, after falling 1 eye, there is no further reaction, but after four or five seconds, it rises 2 eyes and then does not move. Only when the float slowly moves after falling, or slowly moves diagonally after lifting, the fish has bitten the hook firmly, which is very similar to a crab biting the hook.

3. Bottom fishing for bighead carp only appeared after "Taiwan fishing". Since silver carp and bighead carp look similar, have similar habits and feeding habits, white powder is used to enhance atomization within a water depth of 3 meters. Light bait can be used to catch both silver carp and bighead carp. Therefore, anglers who have mastered the "28 fishing" technique do not distinguish between silver carp and bighead carp, even commercial baits are the same. However, bottom fishing for bighead carp is different. First of all, the line group is different. The sub-line for bottom fishing for bighead carp can be thinner and shorter than the line group for silver carp. For example, the main line for silver carp is 1.2~1.5, and the main line for bighead carp is 1-1.2; for silver carp, use 0.8~1 sub-line, and for bighead carp, use 0.6~0.8. When fishing for silver carp, both hooks are off the bottom, and the sub-line is folded in half at 50~60 cm, and for bottom fishing for bighead carp, it is folded in half at 30~40 cm. Secondly, the reason why silver carp is caught with a 28-adjustment super-hard rod is because it has strong explosive power, fast collision and long distance. Bighead carp has a large head and a short body, and moves slowly. After being hooked, it often tumbles on the spot, and the struggle lasts for a long time without enough impact force. Generally, a 37-adjustment fishing rod is used. In addition, half of the silver carp are caught in the body when fishing, especially when the hook is caught on the fins, abdomen and tail, the struggle is particularly intense. When fishing bighead carp, the possibility of the hook piercing the body of the fish is much lower than that of silver carp. Even if the hook is outside the lip, it will pierce the lower jaw and hang on the head, so the struggle is not as good as that of silver carp. The operation is stable, and even thin lines and small hooks can be handled calmly.

The fittest survive, and fish are better at sensing temperature changes than humans. In late autumn, when most fish dive to deep water, bighead carp is no exception, but it rarely joins other fish. However, some plankton still accumulates in the leeward areas of reservoirs, inner bays of lakes, stocking bays, and ponds affected by wind direction. If this is used as a basis for choosing fishing spots, bighead carp, whose appetite has obviously decreased, will also bite like crazy.

Hello everyone, in the cognition of many anglers, they all think that fishing for bighead carp, that is, silver carp and bighead carp, must be mainly float fishing. In fact, silver carp and bighead carp can also be fished at the bottom of the water with a sea rod. Floating fishing is just a more mainstream fishing method. In past practice, sometimes the explosive bait is over-fermented and the atomization is too good, and there are many examples of silver carp and bighead carp being caught by bottom fishing. My personal experience is that in addition to floating fishing, silver carp and bighead carp can also be bottom fished, and anti-bottom fishing can also be used to catch silver carp and bighead carp.

Although floating fishing for silver carp and bighead carp is the mainstream fishing method, bottom fishing for silver carp and bighead carp is feasible.

Silver carp and bighead carp are filter-feeding fish in the middle and upper layers. In conventional fishing methods, floating fishing is generally the main method. You can use a hand pole to float or a sea pole to float. This is related to the living habits of silver carp and bighead carp. In most cases, silver carp and bighead carp will not sink to the bottom of the water. At most, they will move in the semi-water layer. Therefore, floating fishing is the mainstream fishing method for silver carp and bighead carp.

However, in the past, when we used explosive bait to fish for carp in summer, we often caught silver carp and bighead carp when we fished at the bottom because the explosive bait was over-fermented and atomized. When we used hand-held bait to fish for crucian carp, the atomization state of the bait was too good, and we could sometimes catch silver carp and bighead carp when we fished at the bottom. These facts prove that you don’t have to float fish to fish for silver carp and bighead carp, and bottom fishing is also feasible.

Bottom fishing for silver carp and bighead carp with explosive bait (flip hook)

In Sichuan, many waters are forbidden to fish for silver carp and bighead carp. This has led many anglers to use bottom fishing to fish for silver carp and bighead carp. In the early days, explosive hooks were used for bottom fishing. However, when fishing for silver carp and bighead carp with explosive hooks, sometimes the bait sinks into the mud because the mud at the bottom of the water is too thick, and the effect is not very good.

Later, based on the principle of the flip hook in the Hunan area, bottom fishing for silver carp and bighead carp was adopted. It can be said that it is an upgraded version of the traditional explosive hook for fishing silver carp and bighead carp.

The flip hook fishing method uses a compressed square or round hard bait with a hole in the middle as the bait. After sinking into the water, the bait will automatically flip due to the gravity of the lead weight and the buoyancy of the water. After reaching the bottom, the lead weight is always below the bait. The fishhook is facing upwards, hence the name flip hook. In many places in Sichuan, flip hooks are gradually being used to fish for silver carp and bighead carp. The effect of flip hook bottom fishing for silver carp and bighead carp is much stronger than that of simple explosive hook bottom fishing, and the bottom hanging is much less than that of explosive hooks.

Whether it is the early use of explosive hook bottom fishing or the current flip hook mode bottom fishing, it is very different from floating fishing for silver carp and bighead carp. When fishing for silver carp and bighead carp at the bottom, you only need to look at the tip of the rod or listen to the alarm sound of the bell. However, floating fishing is mainly based on watching the float. In comparison, floating fishing is mainly about attacking, while bottom fishing is about waiting.

The idea of ​​floating fishing to reverse bottom fishing for silver carp and bighead carp

The explosive hook is easy to get stuck on the bottom and sink into the mud. The upgrade of the flap hook solves the problem of getting stuck on the bottom and sinking into the mud. However, it is a pure bottom fishing method after all. Many anglers have studied the living habits of silver carp and bighead carp, and the characteristics of sinking to the bottom (half water). Combining the European carp fishing method, the anti-bottom-off method of bottom fishing for silver carp and bighead carp was created. Let the hook bait float directly in the half-water position for fishing.

This anti-bottom fishing method uses a lotus hook, which is somewhat similar to the old leprosy hook, and is a combination of homemade foam and lotus hook. After being thrown into the water, the lead pendant only serves to fix the height, while the foam and hook bait can be suspended at the bottom of the water. It is more suitable for bottom fishing for silver carp and bighead carp in the winter.

Hello everyone, in the cognition of many anglers, they all think that fishing for bighead carp, that is, silver carp and bighead carp, must be mainly float fishing. In fact, silver carp and bighead carp can also be fished at the bottom of the water with a sea rod. Floating fishing is just a more mainstream fishing method. In past practice, sometimes the explosive bait is over-fermented and the atomization is too good, and there are many examples of silver carp and bighead carp being caught by bottom fishing. My personal experience is that in addition to floating fishing, silver carp and bighead carp can also be bottom fished, and anti-bottom fishing can also be used to catch silver carp and bighead carp.

Although floating fishing for silver carp and bighead carp is the mainstream fishing method, bottom fishing for silver carp and bighead carp is feasible.

Silver carp and bighead carp are filter-feeding fish in the middle and upper layers. In conventional fishing methods, floating fishing is generally the main method. You can use a hand pole to float or a sea pole to float. This is related to the living habits of silver carp and bighead carp. In most cases, silver carp and bighead carp will not sink to the bottom of the water, and at most they will move in the semi-water layer. Therefore, floating fishing is the mainstream fishing method for silver carp and bighead carp.

However, in the past, when we used explosive bait to fish for carp in summer, we often caught silver carp and bighead carp when we fished at the bottom because the explosive bait was over-fermented and atomized. When we used hand-held bait to fish for crucian carp, the atomization state of the bait was too good, and we could sometimes catch silver carp and bighead carp when we fished at the bottom. These facts prove that you don’t have to float fish to fish for silver carp and bighead carp, and bottom fishing is also feasible.

Bottom fishing for silver carp and bighead carp with explosive bait (flip hook)

In Sichuan, many waters are forbidden to fish for silver carp and bighead carp. This has led many anglers to use bottom fishing to fish for silver carp and bighead carp. In the early days, explosive hooks were used for bottom fishing. However, when fishing for silver carp and bighead carp with explosive hooks, sometimes the bait sinks into the mud because the mud at the bottom of the water is too thick, and the effect is not very good.

Later, based on the principle of the flip hook in the Hunan area, bottom fishing for silver carp and bighead carp was adopted. It can be said that it is an upgraded version of the traditional explosive hook for fishing silver carp and bighead carp.

The flip hook fishing method uses a compressed square or round hard bait with a hole in the middle as the bait. After sinking into the water, the bait will automatically flip due to the gravity of the lead weight and the buoyancy of the water. After reaching the bottom, the lead weight is always below the bait. The fishhook is facing upwards, hence the name flip hook. In many places in Sichuan, flip hooks are gradually being used to fish for silver carp and bighead carp. The effect of flip hook bottom fishing for silver carp and bighead carp is much stronger than that of simple explosive hook bottom fishing, and the bottom hanging is much less than that of explosive hooks.

Whether it is the early bottom fishing with explosive hooks or the current bottom fishing with flip hooks, it is very different from floating fishing for silver carp and bighead carp. When fishing for silver carp and bighead carp at the bottom, you only need to look at the tip of the rod or listen to the alarm sound of the bell. However, floating fishing is mainly based on watching the float. In comparison, floating fishing is mainly about attacking, while bottom fishing is about waiting.

The idea of ​​floating fishing to reverse bottom fishing for silver carp and bighead carp

The explosive hook is easy to get stuck on the bottom and sink into the mud. The upgrade of the flap hook solves the problem of getting stuck on the bottom and sinking into the mud. However, it is a pure bottom fishing method after all. Many anglers have studied the living habits of silver carp and bighead carp, and the characteristics of sinking to the bottom (half water). Combining the European carp fishing method, the anti-bottom-off method of bottom fishing for silver carp and bighead carp was created. Let the hook bait float directly in the half-water position for fishing.

This anti-bottom fishing method uses a lotus hook, which is somewhat similar to the old leprosy hook, and is a combination of homemade foam and lotus hook. After being thrown into the water, the lead sinker only serves to fix the height, while the foam and hook bait can be suspended at the bottom of the water, which is more suitable for bottom fishing for silver carp and bighead carp in winter. As a mid-upper layer fish, silver carp and bighead carp sometimes sink to the bottom of the water according to the temperature, but they only move in the semi-water close to the bottom of the water. This water layer is exactly the most stable and warmest in winter. Anti-bottom fishing for silver carp and bighead carp is based on this factor, and it also completely solves the impact of underwater muddy bottom and sauce bottom on bottom fishing for silver carp and bighead carp.

Whether it is bottom fishing with explosive hooks, bottom fishing with flip hooks, or even the anti-bottom fishing method invented by anglers, they are all to avoid sinking into the mud or sauce layer after reaching the bottom, which will affect the fishing effect.

Summary of the problem

In summary, bottom fishing for bighead carp (silver carp and bighead carp) is feasible, and floating fishing is only the mainstream fishing method for silver carp and bighead carp. In addition to using explosive hooks, flip hooks can also be used for bottom fishing for silver carp and bighead carp. Regardless of the bottom fishing method, the biggest problem is to solve the problem of getting stuck in the mud and sauce layer. However, fishing for silver carp and bighead carp from the bottom can completely solve this problem. Therefore, there are many methods for bottom fishing for silver carp and bighead carp, which can be selected according to local conditions.