How do you know what fish you are fishing in the wild? What size line and hook is suitable for fishing in the wild?

When you go fishing in an unfamiliar water area, if you want to know what kind of fish there are, you must ask a local fisherman. Just like when Teacher Damao filmed fishing, he also went to a place and first learned about the situation from local anglers before baiting the fish. The next step is to understand the habits of various fish, such as crucian carp, sunny places with water plants, convex and concave places in lakes, ponds, reservoirs, and water confluences, etc.

How to know what fish are there when fishing in the wild

The first and simplest way is to ask nearby anglers what kind of fish are more abundant in this area.

Second, look at the resources near the water area. If there are patches of reeds in the water area, you can walk to the reeds and see if there are any reeds close to the water that have been pulled into the water or bent into the water. If there are and there are signs that the leaves have been bitten, then there must be grass carp in this water area.

Third, make more nests. As the saying goes: If you don’t make nests when fishing, you won’t catch much. Since we don’t know what kind of fish there are in the water, we can make nests separately. First, use corn to make a nest in one place, and then find a place with some rice wine that crucian carp likes to eat to make a nest. After the nests are made, look at the fish bubbles in the nests. The small ones are basically crucian carp. The big ones are basically carp and grass carp. Then start fishing with the corresponding bait.

Fourth, try fishing without making a nest. Choose a bait that can catch all kinds of fish, such as 918 or Huashi's broad-spectrum bait, or the classic blue crucian carp. These baits can catch all kinds of fish. Try fishing directly with bait to see what kind of fish bite the hook. If there are many crucian carp, change to a bait for crucian carp. If there are many carp, change to a carp bait, and so on.

What size hook is suitable for wild fishing?

It is really difficult to set a standard for this, because the tangent line running fish is related to many factors. In addition to the quality of the line group, it is also related to the size of the fish's momentum, the fishing technique, the length of the fishing rod and the tone.

Line quality

If you buy low-quality fishing lines online or use a machine-tied finished line set, then if you want to take both big and small fish into account, you have to increase the line number to catch big fish. But in winter, when crucian carp are not very aggressive, a large line number is not suitable for catching small fish. It is difficult to take both big and small fish into account.

Fish momentum

Fish from late autumn to early spring, regardless of size, have low activity and low momentum, so the line size can be lower. However, in other seasons, fish are more active and have greater momentum, so a larger line size is needed. In the same wild fishing, fish from large rivers have greater momentum than reservoir fish, and reservoir fish have greater momentum than pond fish. In addition, some fish species, such as yellowtail, dace, and carp, are very aggressive fish, so they require a higher line size.

Fish walking technique

This is a key factor in the loss of fish. Every angler has a different mentality and operation method after catching a fish. Usually, when a novice encounters a big fish, he will be nervous or eager to land the fish, which often leads to the loss of fish. However, after catching a fish, the veteran can be more stable in mentality and can deal with the fish calmly, experiencing the fun of using a small hook and thin line to catch a big fish.

Fishing rod length and tone

This is a physical phenomenon, and many anglers know that long rods and soft rods protect the line. However, short rods and hard rods put a lot of pressure on the line once they encounter a big fish.

Considering all the above factors, if you want a line group that can catch both small fish and big fish, I will give an example of a condition and standard that I can accept, and then anglers can make adjustments based on their actual situations. Take the current late autumn season as an example: a 4.5-meter 28-tone comprehensive rod, mainly fishing crucian carp, and also fishing 4-5 kg ​​carp, can use 2.0+1.0+3 Izu hooks. If you add a hand rope, the line number can be reduced by two levels.

How to Catch Wild Big Carp

Set up a nest at a fixed location and time to catch big fish.

Corn kernels for nesting

Two pounds of cooked corn kernels or fresh corn kernels can be used. Sprinkle the corn kernels at the selected nests at regular intervals. It is best to choose two or three nests that are not too close to each other, so that you can rotate fishing. Throw half a pound of corn kernels into each nest every day for at least five consecutive days. On the sixth day, you can go fishing at the time when the nests are scattered.

Fishing method

When fishing in one of the nests, do not make a nest, but continue to throw a small amount of corn kernels to other fixed nests. Use corn kernels to feed the nest and use corn kernels to fish. When attaching the hook, pierce the fishhook into the navel of the corn kernel, and make sure the hook tip is exposed. You can often catch fish when you cast the rod for the first time in a well-preserved nest. When you catch a big fish in one nest and there are no more fish bites, you should immediately move to another nest to fish, and repeat this process.