Karasi biography

This fisherman came to the lake at different times of the day, caught no more than two or three hours and always at the same place in some distance from it, I watched with envy how his black cellular rod was bent under the weight of the weighty trophy. Sometimes I settled in his treasured place, but the float did not show any signs of biting. Once, squatting next to me, Rybolov asked: - Well, he doesn’t take it?

And he began to enlighten me. I learned from him when, what and how to catch large crucians. He chose his place on a narrow high cape not by chance. In the western wind, air turbulence was created here, in which the raiding waves were extinguished.

What do you need to know in order to successfully catch crucian carp? It is known that in our waters they live gold and silver crucian carp. Golden lives predominantly in hollow lakes, prefers areas overgrown with aquatic plants, especially with roster sometimes found in ponds and quarries. Silver crucian carp is more widespread by the reservoirs, and in old men and river bays.

Golden crucian carp has a high body, his back is usually dark brown with a greenish tint, sides are dark gold, sometimes with a copper-red tint. It lives in the reservoirs of the European part of the country and in Siberia, up to the Lena River. Silver crucian carp is smaller, more evaporated. It differs from gold with a large number of gill stamens, silver coloring sides and abdomen.

The pools of the Danube, the Dnieper, the Pruta, the Volga are inhabited by the lower reaches of the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya, the floodplain lakes of the Siberian rivers, to the Kolyma inclusive, in the Amur basin, the Primorye rivers, and the lakes of Sakhalin. Depending on the living conditions, the presence of feed, the density of the population, the shape of the body of crucian carp can change.

In Siberia, for example, silver crucition turns out to be a higher -bodied one. In addition, there are many hybrid forms of both silver and golden crucian carp. Despite the fact that silver crucian carp is growing faster, it rarely reaches a weight of more than one kilogram. In contrast, under favorable conditions, it can grow up to 45 centimeters of length and three kilograms of weight.

In general, the growth of crucians is largely determined by the habitat. In vast and deep reservoirs with a hard bottom, you can find large, rapidly growing crucians that feed mainly with bottom organisms - mollusks, crustaceans, larvae, etc. In overgrown shallow lakes and ponds with a weed bottom, fiery small crucians most often live, feeding plankton. The low -growing, large -headed, slowly growing and early ripening dwarf shape forms the crucian carp, usually in reservoirs with a weak food base and a large fishing load.

Crucian carp is unpretentious fish. In this regard, only Retan can compete with him. The crucian carp survives in such an oxygen regime in which other fish die. It is able to live in overwhelming ponds with an abundance of aquatic vegetation, oxygen deficiency and a relatively high level of pollution. In the winter, crucians, as a rule, are buried in silt and survive even when small stagnant ponds freeze to the bottom of the cold winter winters to the bottom.

Karasi also behave into a strong summer drought, when shallow water reservoirs completely dry out. In extreme conditions, crucian carp can be buried in silt to a depth of 70 centimeters. In some reservoirs, especially in the southern regions where the winter is soft, crucian carp continues to lead an active lifestyle - it is looking for food and willingly take Moths. It begins to spawn at the age of three to four years.

Group spawning, quite noisy. Young at first eats exclusively plankton. Her fate is unenviable in those reservoirs where there are a lot of pike and perch. Hihtiologists studying the life of crucian carp have long noticed that only one females of silver crucian carp live in some reservoirs. During the period of spawning, they mix with other carp fish carp, tench, carp, golden crucian carp, etc.

adult crucian carp, crustaceans, worms, bloodworms, larvae of other insects feeds. A significant place in the diet is occupied by young shoots of algae. However, the main components of the power of crucians of all age groups are soft aquatic vegetation and algae, mainly diatomic. Then there are zooplankton, larvae. Before spawning, there is a good bite of crucian carp. At this time, he is usually caught on a small dung worm.

It is better to plant a whole worm, but pieces. And the more the piece is "soaked", the more effective fishing. Worms must be pre -kept in wet moss or clean sand. And shake herbal nozzles with hemp or sunflower oil. In some reservoirs, the crucian carp takes into small boiled potato balls. The crucian carp is caught all summer, sometimes in the fall, and in individual reservoirs - on the first and last ice.

In summer, the most active bite falls in the morning hours, weakening or completely stopping by noon. On hot calm days, it is difficult to catch crucian carp, but as soon as a light breeze pulls and small ripples appear on the surface of the water, the bite will come to life again.In cloudy weather with a warm rain, crucian carp is sometimes caught all day. As a rule, to the coastal zone goes to feeding.

Experienced fishermen know well how moody carp is. Sometimes a few days before the cooling of his bite stops sharply; Then he does not take in quiet weather, then, on the contrary, he stops pecking as soon as he smaches a light breeze. They usually catch crucian carp on shallow, well -warmed places, in the "windows" among the vegetation, near the horsetail and roster, as well as reeds and sedges.

In small reservoirs with a strongly stained bottom, where crucian carp is the only representative of the ichthyofauna and its population is small, it very rarely pecks. The abundance of feed makes him indifferent even to the most seemingly seductive bait. And it happens that another pond or ozerko, where there are no predators and where the crucian carp is therefore propagated freely, literally teeming with small fiery fish, which lack feed.

Nibble in such reservoirs, as a rule, is excellently good. The most successful fishing for crucians at the edge of the grass. He takes from the bottom and half a half, but it is better to place the bait centimeters from the bottom. The bite of crucian carp can be called both cautious and capricious. He does not take the bait into his mouth right away.

Sometimes he lips her lips for a long time, which is clearly visible from the float. It is necessary to wait for some time. The float will go aside or go under water - it's time to cut. Since crucian carp usually lives in the coastal zone. As a rule, he takes the bait at a small depth. Sometimes you can notice how the reeds are hesitated slightly- this crucian carp rubs against the stems.

To this place and you need to throw a bait. Large crucian carp comes across before morning or night. He is very careful, shy. Where the soil allows, large crucians are caught at night with Donks in pure gaps among algae. The most common brought in a float fishing rod with a length of a meter, with a fairly flexible and strong peak and fishing line from 0, 15 to 0, 25 millimeters.

Lands are best stained with algae in brownish green. The float is needed light and sensitive, it is better - from a goose feather long centimeters. To take a nozzle from the bottom, crucian carp takes upside down. At the same time, the float slightly comes out of the water or goes to the water flat, then begins to move to the side, gradually or sharply buried. At this time, it is necessary to briefly and relatively softly hook.

Usually crucian carp is detected by the upper lip. Therefore, it is necessary to get large crucian carp very carefully so that it does not leave, leaving a piece of the lips on the hook. Quite often I came across a crucian with such a injury - a torn lip. After the cutting, crucian carp goes tightly on the fishing line. No need to strive to bring him to the shore as soon as possible: it will only strengthen his panic state, he can break and break the leash.

It is better to try to bring crucian carp on the surface of the water and let it swallow the air, after which he lies on his side and behaves the same way as bream. With proper crawling, the crucian carp, even very large, allows you to extend yourself to the shore without much difficulty. In short, it must always be displayed slowly, without making sharp jerks.

It happens that large crucian carp rushes under the boat, and then we will inevit the gathering. In the case of leaning from the shore, there is a danger that the fish will lead a fishing line for driftwood or algae. In warm weather, usually in the morning, crucians rise to the surface and begin to "play". Swords diverge on the water, and sometimes the dorsal fins are also visible.

Noisy bursts are heard from time to time, fish jump out of the water. If Karasy splashed in deep places, I swam to them carefully on a boat and threw a bait, using a rather long rod and a small float without a sinker. During the bite, the float did not deepen, but simply went to the side. But in shallow water, you will not approach the Karas either in return or in the boat. In this case, the spinning with equipment can help out exactly the same as for catching any riding fish.