As a leisure outdoor sport, fishing has attracted many enthusiasts. During holidays, more and more anglers walk out of the busy and noisy city and throw themselves into the embrace of the vibrant nature. There are more and more people fishing, and “how to catch good fish” and “how to catch more fish” have become topics for many beginners to study. Many new anglers can’t find the north when they first start learning fishing, and they are very anxious. They searched thousands of articles on the Internet, but the practice process is always not completely satisfactory. Therefore, if you want to quickly master the basic skills of fishing, you need to work harder from the following.
- Searching for information and watching videos on the Internet is a process that beginners must go through. If there are many professional terms that are not understood, the information is not clear at all, and there will be problems when communicating with anglers.
- Practice is greater than the absorption of materials. Fishing is originally a technical job. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. Of course, it is also necessary to have a little foundation first. It is best to find the answer when you encounter a problem. This is easier to accept and retains the memory for a long time. If you don’t even understand what fishing is, how can you talk about practice?
- Get to know more fishing friends. The more friends you have, the easier it is to go. If your friends are all high-tech fishing friends, you will soon reach this level.
2. Fishing for beginners:Beginners learn fishing 1. Fishhook tying method diagramBeginners learn fishing 2. Length of sub-line and hook distanceBeginners learn fishing 3. Line group diagramBeginners learn fishing 4. Figure-eight ring tying method and lead skin reeling method
Beginners learn fishing 5. Main line and rod tip connection and casting rod essentials
Beginners learn fishing 6. Rod holding, baiting and fish walking skills
Beginners learn fishing 7. Bait rubbing skills
Beginners learn fishing 8. Float type detailed explanation
Beginners learn fishing 9. Float bottom finding and nesting skills
Beginners learn fishing 10. Casting rod fishing method
Beginners learn fishing 11. Float adjustment diagram
3. Common problems for beginners:
1. Fish don’t eat hooks
After two or three hours of nesting, the float still doesn’t move. This is a common problem for many anglers. There are also cases where, after the nest is laid, fish stars are found in the nest soon. This means that there are definitely fish in the nest, but the fish just won’t bite the hook. There are many reasons why the fish don’t bite the hook, such as climate, season, air pressure, etc., which need to be analyzed and found. As long as the crux of the problem is found and the right remedy is given, everything will be solved. Generally, it can be found from the following aspects.
(1) Is the bait right? Usually, I always catch fish with a certain bait, but this time I still use this bait, but the fish won’t bite the hook. In fact, this is not surprising. The taste of fish will change, just like we humans like to eat vegetarian food in summer and meat in winter. This is related to many factors such as climate, air pressure, water conditions, seasons, etc. As for different types of fish, their feeding habits are different, needless to say. If you are familiar with the conditions of the waters where you are fishing, you can first find the reasons from other aspects such as fishing position and water conditions; if it is a fishing ground for live fish and there are indeed fish, whether the bait is right should be the first consideration, and you can consider changing the bait.
(2) Is the fishing spot suitable? If the fishing spot is not chosen properly, there will be no fish here, and of course no fish will be caught. Or the fishing spot is not in the right place, or it is too shallow or too deep; or there are dark grasses under the water, and the hook bait cannot reach the bottom; or it is a flat area on a large water surface, where fish will not stay, let alone fish paths or fish nests. After fishing for one or two hours, there is no response at the fishing spot, and no fish are caught by the anglers on both sides, then it is necessary to consider choosing another fishing spot.
(3) Whether the air pressure is suitable. The weather determines the level of air pressure, and the level of air pressure determines the feeding attitude of fish. For example, in hot and humid weather, foggy weather, continuous cloudy days, and before a thunderstorm, the air pressure will drop, causing the dissolved oxygen in the water to drop. The fish in the water will float up due to lack of oxygen and will not want to eat at all. They will either stay at the bottom of the water without moving, or float to the surface to absorb oxygen. Even if the best bait is delivered to the fish’s mouth, it will be of no use. If you encounter such weather, and there is strong wind, the fish will lie at the bottom of the water without moving, and will not bite the hook. In such weather, the best way is to “go home.”
(4) Water conditions. When the water level rises and falls frequently, fish gather in the middle of the water and do not bite the hook. Choose a deep water area to catch fish occasionally. When fishing in flowing water, the flow is too fast and fish do not stay there. Only choose a place with a slower flow to cast the hook. When the water is too turbid, the bait is difficult for the fish to find. Use white, yellow or strongly scented bait for better results. When the water is too fertile and the fish do not like to bite the hook, it is difficult to use ordinary bait. Use strongly scented bait to stimulate the fish’s appetite and arouse the fish’s interest.
(5) Whether there is any external influence. Freshwater fish are afraid of interference. The noisy voices of people on the shore, the sound of footsteps walking back and forth, the sound of frequent swinging of the rod, the shaking of the figure and the rod, and the reflection of white clothes, etc., will scare away the fish. In particular, the fishermen who use silk nets or pull nets have the greatest impact on fish. So when the fish have no reason not to bite the hook, you can ask people around you if anyone has been fishing or electrofishing recently. If the above behaviors occur, change the fishing spot in time, otherwise your efforts will be in vain, because frightened fish will not bite the hook.
(6) Whether the fish is “sly” or has become picky. In large ponds that are open to the public all year round, people go fishing every day, which makes the fish accumulate “experience” in resisting fishing and refuse to bite the hook easily, becoming “sly old fish”. Fishing in such waters is difficult, and it is difficult to use ordinary baits and fishing methods. Only by using fishing methods that others do not often use, rarely used baits, or unfamiliar fishing spots and white baits can you occasionally catch something. The characteristic of sly old fish is that they often have tentative behaviors before biting the hook. The best way to fish for “sly old fish” is to adjust the float to fish with a dull setting, and adjust the float state to fish with two eyes and three eyes. If the fish has become picky, you can learn from various sources what special food the pond owner uses to feed the fish, and the fish will not eat except for this kind of bait or bait flavor. Outsiders do not know the details, and you cannot catch any fish no matter how many fish there are, so the key lies in information. You must try to find out the bait recipe of the pond owner, and then follow his recipe, and it will definitely work.
(7) Change the fishing group. Fish are still wary of fishing lines. Among common fish, weed carp, black carp, yellow catfish, catfish and other fish species do not care about the thickness of the line diameter. Crucian carp and carp are said to recognize the line. When you can confirm that there are crucian carp and carp in the fishing spot, you may try to change to a thinner line or a small hook fishing group. Such an attempt can increase your catch. In addition, the distribution of fish in the water cannot be mechanical and uniform. Don’t stick to a place where no fish bites the hook. Changing to another place may bring you a new look. When the fish bites the hook slowly, you can appropriately throw the hook bait farther (past the fishing spot) or closer (within the fishing spot). Perhaps you can get unexpected results.
2. Reasons for unhooking
Many beginner fishing enthusiasts often encounter unhooking when they go out fishing. They catch a fish for half a day and then the hook is unhooked again. They will be very upset when encountering such a situation. Only by finding the cause of the hook being unhooked can we solve the problem.
(1) The fish in the water are tricky: In waters where people often fish, the fish are tricky and very alert when eating bait. If the fisherman does not pay attention and lifts the rod too early, the fish will spit out the bait and swim away. Fishermen do not fully understand the characteristics of fish biting the hook. Sometimes, only when the float tilts or sinks into the water does it mean that the fish has been hooked. Otherwise, if the rod is lifted too early, there will be no fish.
(2) Natural factors affect the appetite of fish: Due to the temperature, dissolved oxygen in the water or air pressure, the fish feel uncomfortable and lose their appetite. Occasionally, they bite the bait, causing the dynamic changes of the float. At this time, the fish is not firmly hooked, and it is easy to cause the fish to be unhooked when the rod is lifted.
(3) The reason for the fishing gear: There is a trick to tying the hook. The connection state between the hook handle and the line is that the line should be on the inside of the hook handle and not on the outside. When it is on the inside, the hook is stable and the fish is easy to be hooked. On the outside, the stability of the fish hook is poor, which weakens the force of piercing the fish and easily causes the fish to be unhooked.
(4) The fishing line is curled and the hook is not in the right position in the water: Nylon line is easy to curl. If the sub-line is curled, the hook is not vertical in the water, but tilted, with an incorrect angle. It is difficult for the fish to bite the hook, so it is not easy to be hooked, and it is easy to get unhooked after being hooked.
(5) The fish is unhooked after being pulled out of the water. The fish is pulled out of the water, but the hook is unhooked in the air. The main reason is that the rod is lifted too early, and the hook only hooks a small part of the fish lip and does not penetrate. Another reason is that the hook is too small or too large, or the hook tip is not sharp, or the hook is not tied firmly. If the fish is large and the line is old, the line may break and the fish may escape. Another reason is that the float is adjusted too sensitively. At this time, the float should be pushed up a little to make its movement a little slower, so that the fish will be hooked firmly when the rod is lifted.
(6) The fish is unhooked and escaped when scooping or loading the fish: Even if the fish is close to the shore, it may get unhooked and escape, usually for larger carp, grass carp, and silver carp. One is that the fish finds people on the shore after reaching the shore, gets frightened, and suddenly struggles. The struggle is too strong, causing the fish to get off the hook and escape. The other is that the fisherman uses the scoop net incorrectly. He chases the fish with the scoop net, but the scoop net does not sink into the water. The fish finds the scoop net, gets frightened, and swims away quickly, causing the fish to get off the hook.
(7) Ways to prevent fish from getting off the hook: In view of the main reasons for fish getting off the hook mentioned above, you should first check the fishing gear, such as the size of the hook and whether the hook tip is sharp. If you catch a big fish, you should first walk the fish until it is exhausted. When you reach the shore and it has no more strength to struggle, you can use the scoop net to scoop the fish. The scoop net should be sunk into the water, with the net mouth facing the fish head, and the fish should be pulled into the net. If there is no problem with the fishing gear, then it is a problem with the fishing skills, such as the problem with the bait method. When hanging an earthworm, the earthworm left outside the hook is too long. When the fish bites the hook, it only bites the part of the earthworm outside the hook and is not pierced by the hook tip. If it is dough bait, the bait ball may be too hard and the fish does not touch the hook tip. When lifting the rod, the force should be moderate, not too strong, otherwise the rod tip may break the fish lip and cause the fish to escape. Fish escape when lifting the rod is a problem that many anglers will encounter. There are many reasons for fish unhooking. Specific problems should be analyzed specifically. Only by constantly improving fishing skills can we reduce fish unhooking and escape.
3. Small fish disturbing the nest
Fishing with small fish is indeed a headache. You can only see the float but not the fish. If you lift the rod, there is no fish. If you don’t lift it, you are afraid that it is a big fish, which makes the angler upset. Talking about this with many anglers, they all feel that there is no special solution. We have also taken some methods to deal with small fish in fishing, and sometimes the effect is acceptable. Now we introduce them for reference by anglers.
(1) After making a nest, attract small fish. If you are in a pond with many big fish, don’t be afraid of attracting small fish. Continue making a nest. Small fish will come first and often attract big fish. Use the small fish as a guide. As long as the big fish come, the small fish will be driven away. Therefore, when fishing in a place where small fish are making noise, if the small fish suddenly stop making noise, it indicates that the big fish have come. In addition, the big and small fish can be roughly distinguished from the fish stars in the nest.
If you are fishing in a pond with few big fish, you cannot use this method of making a nest forcibly, because it will only feed the small fish in vain. Many anglers encounter such waters and do not use the method of making a nest. Instead, they use the mobile fishing method to find the fish stars to cast the hook, which can also avoid excessive interference from small fish. Even when fishing at a fixed point, do not make a nest.
(2) Make the bait harder and larger. This has a significant effect on preventing small fish from attracting. If the bait is large and hard (neither should be too much), small fish will not be able to finish it and will often attract big fish after a while. When fishing in a pond stocked with tilapia in autumn, you should use harder baits because there are many small tilapia in autumn. There are both large and small fish in the pond. Small fish cannot bite hard baits, so big fish are attracted. There are differences in the reaction of the float to the big and small fish biting the hook:
Small fish pull the float lightly and quickly, while big fish sink slowly and steadily. In some cases, abnormal situations may occur. When using valve core pellets as bait, it can also play the above role and is also effective against small fish.
(3) Change the bait. Replace live baits such as earthworms that are particularly popular with small fish, or baits with strong smells with ordinary baits. This can slightly avoid some small fish disturbances. However, since ordinary baits are used, the catch rate may be affected. Some anglers say that they are fine with fewer fish as long as the small fish are not disturbed and they can fish quietly. Small fish are very noisy in the nest, so try to reduce the use of fishy baits.
(4) Set up a separate canteen for small fish. Make a nest more than 2 meters away from the fishing point and feed small fish. Do not make a nest at the place where you cast your rod, and leave less food. Small fish nests may also attract big fish. Big fish have a large range of activities, so they may avoid small fish and wait for big fish.
(5) Change the fishing method. The sub-line should not be too long. If the sub-line is too long, the swing amplitude in the water will increase, which is easy to cause small fish to fight for it. It is better to be about 10 cm. Try to adjust the mark as high as possible to effectively sort out the signals of small fish disturbing the hook. The sub-line should not be too soft. If the sub-line is too soft, the frequency of changing the sub-line will increase. Under special fishing conditions, you can even fish with lead running. Use a float with greater buoyancy to accelerate the sinking speed of the bait, which can effectively see the water layer where small fish are.
(6) Change the fishing time. Daytime is the time when small fish are active. If there are many small fish in the fishing area, you will encounter small fish disturbing the nest throughout the day. At this time, you can change to night fishing. At night, small fish are relatively quiet. If the float moves, it is mostly because big fish are eating at the bottom of the water.
Post time: Jul-12-2024