What bait do crucian carp like to eat? Recommended common baits for fishing crucian carp

The crucian carp is a common fish in everyday life, and therefore also a fish that anglers like to catch, and if you want to catch crucian carp, you must choose the right bait, so what bait do crucian carp eat?

1. What bait do crucian carp eat?

What bait crucian carp eat is related to the water body and the variety. Generally, crucian carp in rivers like grain-based baits, crucian carp in lakes like fishy baits, and those in still ponds like both. White crucian carp like plant-based baits, silver crucian carp like grain-based baits as well as soft-bodied animal baits such as earthworms and maggots, and native crucian carp like grains of cooked rice.

2. How to fish for crucian carp?

1. Traditional standing-float sinker-bottom fishing method: this is a fairly common fishing method, and quite a few people across our country use it. That is, using a standing float or scattered floats, with the lead sinker resting on the bottom, and the hook about 25 mm from the lead sinker on the leader line. When fishing, adjust the float so that it stands upright and shows part of itself, so that you can judge the fish signal (with scattered floats, two or three beads sink into the water and three or four beads float on the surface). The advantage of this method is that it is easy to adjust, the matching ratio of hook, sinker and float is not strict, and it is easy to master. But it is not very sensitive, and experienced fish often nudge the bait, feel that it is rather heavy, and immediately become alert and flee. At the same time, when fishing, the bait lies still on the bottom, and if you do not move the rod frequently, it is often not noticed by crucian carp.

2. Casting to the far bank: where there are reeds along the banks of rivers and ditches, fish like to dwell and feed, so if the river is not very wide and your fishing spot is rather noisy, you can use a long rod, long line, or a sea rod with a string of hooks and cast to the reeds and aquatic plants on the opposite bank; you can cast four or five rods, set them in place and wait; for a hand rod you can use a float, while for a sea rod you pull the wind line straight and watch the rod tip for movement, which often works very well.

3. Poking the arch: this is a traditional fishing method. It is often used in the hot summer in waters with duckweed or clumps of aquatic grass. Generally a long rod, a hard action, a short line and no sinker are used. In summer the water is short of oxygen, and fish often come to the surface under the duckweed to breathe air, root for food and cool off, thus making a sound as they bite the grass or pushing the duckweed into a small mound. Therefore you should use listening and watching to find the fish. Listening is mainly to hear the swish-swish sound of fish feeding; watching is to watch the swaying of the aquatic grass and the bulging of the duckweed to judge the fish situation. When you notice a fish, point straight at that spot and lower the hook into it. Generally, gently place the hook at the “arched” spot, and when you see the surface line pulled into the water, or the line moving the rod tip, you know a fish has taken the bait, and you should shake the rod at the right moment to lift the fish out. For arch poking, generally choose a quiet spot, move gently, and when the fish comes out of the water try to avoid disturbing the other fish; if they are disturbed, the fish will no longer “arch”, and you can imitate with your mouth the swish-swish sound of fish biting the grass, which helps urge the fish to rise and arch.

4. Poking the hole: generally used in waters with a lot of aquatic grass and many reed stubble. Observe the fish bubbles at the gaps in the aquatic grass and between the reed stubble, and the swaying of lotus leaves and reeds, to judge the fish situation. The tools generally used are a hard-action long rod, a fishing line shorter than the rod, and a small sinker. First observe the fish situation, and after finding a spot with fish activity, lower the rod and hook so that the hook sinks to the bottom, while constantly gently lifting the rod to attract the fish to bite the bait, sensing the fish biting by feel in the hand, and lifting the rod at the right moment. Hole poking generally adopts roving fishing, actively seeking out fish to lower the hook.

5. Float fishing method: crucian carp are bottom-dwelling fish, and are generally fished on the bottom, but in weather with low air pressure, when the fish float to the surface and swim about taking in oxygen and feeding, you can adopt the float fishing method, that is, reducing the lead sinker so that the hook suspends about 0.3 to 0.5 m below the surface, and moving gently so as not to scatter the school of fish. Some people also often use float fishing in response to the characteristics of the crucian carp spawning period. Float fishing does not require groundbaiting.

In short, when fishing for crucian carp, you should choose a suitable bait according to the water body and the variety; if you do not know what bait to bring, just bring one of each.