Crucian mormyshka: the rules of successful fishing

Catching carp can be quite an active and exciting activity. Especially when it comes to summer mormyshka fishing. Here the angler is not just bored and waiting for the next bite, but takes many actions to provoke the activity of the fish. Therefore, before you start catching crucian mormyshka, you will have to learn a lot of new things.

Fishing for mormyshka requires some skill

The choice of mormyshka for catching crucian carp

First of all, you need to understand which mormyshkas are suitable for catching this fish. After all, those that show themselves well in winter fishing can be absolutely useless in summer. This is explained by many reasons - a different water temperature, a different food base, better light transmission, and more. others

Let's start with color. In winter, it is good to catch on bright ones - golden, red, silver, yellow, purple, etc. However, summer fishing requires other baits that will stand out less at the bottom of the reservoir. Therefore, dark-colored mormyshkas (brown, swamp, gray, etc.), up to black, are best suited.

Why does crucian bite better on them? It's just that they are as close as possible in color to those food objects that this fish eats in summer. In addition, in most reservoirs where crucian live, a rather silty bottom and a dark mormyshka do not scare away its unusual color.

The effectiveness of the mormyshka depends on its color.

As for the size, for fishing in the summer, the mormyshka for crucian carp should be small and slightly elongated. In length, somewhere up to 0.5 cm, in width - a maximum of 4 mm. There are no special requirements for the form. It could be:

• drop;
• ant;
• disk;
• pellet;
• oatmeal, etc.

The weight of the mormyshka should not exceed 5 grams. Constantly try to fish with both heavier and lighter lures. Focus on the presence or absence of current, depth, water clarity, weather and fish activity. With a bad bite, it is best to put a mormyshka no heavier than 0.5-1 gr. If fishing takes place in deep water areas, then you can fish with heavy bait so that it sinks faster and reaches the bottom. In clear water and at high air temperature, small and light mormyshkas are more effective.

When catching crucian carp, mormyshkas of various shapes can be used.

Tackle for summer mormyshka fishing

Catching crucian mormyshka is impossible without properly assembled gear. You will need a light rod so that it is comfortable to hold in your hands for a long time. Best of all carbon fiber and telescopic with throughput rings. The length of the rod is selected taking into account the characteristics of fishing. If fishing will take place from the shore, then tackle up to 5-8 m in length will do. To catch crucian on a jig from a boat, choose a shorter rod - about 4 m.

The coil can also be an ordinary inertial one. The stock of fishing line on it should be about 30 m. If you plan to catch small carp weighing up to 0.5 kg, then you can do without a reel, and attach the equipment to the tip of the fishing rod using a connector. True, if there is a possibility of catching a trophy individual or carp, then it is worth equipping the tackle with an inertialess reel.

Also, it is necessary to install a bright and noticeable nod on the bait. Usually it is 2-2.5 times longer than that of winter gear. In this case, the nod must be made of flexible material. For example, lavsan.

For tackle with mormyshka, you should choose the right rod

Fishing in the summer in strong winds is possible only with the use of harder nods, so make sure that they are in your fishing arsenal in advance.

The thickness of the fishing line for tackle with a mormyshka should not exceed 0.18 mm. Therefore, anglers often install a braided line with a cross section of 0.1-0.12 mm. The advantage of braided line is not only greater reliability, but also that it is not so noticeable to fish. And lastly, mormyshka hooks should be in sizes from No. 12 to No. 16 according to the international classification.

How to catch crucian mormyshka in summer

First you need to throw the bait into the water. You can let the mormyshka immediately sink to the bottom, but it is better to do it smoothly due to the rod raised above the water. Many experienced anglers believe that the gradual immersion of such a bait in the water attracts crucian more.

As soon as the mormyshka has reached the bottom, it is best to take a short pause. A few seconds long. Then start playing mormyshka. Remember that in the summer, crucian carp respond the least to the horizontal movements of the bait.

Some practice is required for effective mormyshka fishing.

Therefore, try to lift the rod up so that the mormyshka breaks off the bottom by 5-7 cm and falls back on it. In this case, the lifting speed should be very low. Approximately 1-2 cm per second. You also need to make stops so that the bait lies on the bottom for some time without moving.

The most efficient wiring in autumn and spring is horizontal. It is she who consistently attracts crucian carp at this time. The bait rises slightly above the bottom and moves slowly from side to side. In summer, in addition to the vertical movements of the mormyshka, the fish responds well to the diagonal lifts of the bait up and slight fluctuations of the nod.

True, sometimes in the summer crucian is caught on the "perch" version of the game with bait. Why he suddenly begins to be attracted to sharp rises with high amplitude is a real mystery.

Only here the big fish rarely responds to the active game of the mormyshka. Keep this in mind if you go to catch trophy specimens. In addition, summer fishing for crucian mormyshka may include the use of different nozzles. This allows you to interest the fish and provoke its bite. Especially if fishing takes place in a silted reservoir or in areas with dense vegetation.

When fishing with a mormyshka, bloodworms can be used as bait.

Animal, vegetable and artificial baits are used to catch carp in the summer on mormyshka. It could be:

• pearl barley;
• bloodworm;
• maggot;
• insects;
• piece of worm;
• foam ball;
• foam rubber, etc.

How to make your own mormyshka

Making a summer mormyshka for crucian carp with your own hands is not so difficult. The easiest option is to connect a hook and a lead shot, crimping it with pliers and painting it in the desired color. You can make mormyshki with your own hands and with a blowtorch. To do this, a little tin is soldered on the ear of the hook and a little lower. Someone wraps the forearm with wire before soldering, which makes it more voluminous and heavy.

Another easy way to make a mormyshka with your own hands is to simply cut it out of a piece of non-ferrous metal (copper, brass, stainless steel). Then clean with a file and sandpaper. After that, we take the hook of the right size and solder it to the resulting plate.

Mormyshka can be made independently in various ways

However, if you have a great desire and a lot of free time, then it is best to use the following scheme when making a jig with your own hands:

• You will need hooks No. 12-16, a soldering iron, acid, a piece of fluoroplastic (you can also use something else that can withstand high temperatures), rubber, oil and a pin. Naturally, some components are not easy to find at home. But in the course of the description, you can decide how, for example, to replace the fluoroplast or a pin.
• Once we have everything we need, we get to work. First of all, you need to tin the fore-end and ears of the hooks. To do this, use a blowtorch and acid.
• Next, we pierce a piece of rubber with hooks and fix them in such a way that the tinned part is free.
• We make holes along the edge of the fluoroplastic plate, the shape of which will determine future mormyshki. Therefore, they should not be very deep and large.
• Now we install the hook so that its eye and the top of the forearm fall into the hole in the plate.
• The next step is to heat the soldering iron, take the solder, fill it with a hole with a hook that replaces our shape.

Solder can be used for self-made mormyshka

• Immediately pierce the hot solder with a needle. As soon as it hardens, loosening or scrolling the pin, we pull it out of the future mormyshka. Thus, a hole is made for the fishing line.
• It remains only to clean the resulting product or paint it with waterproof varnish.

By the way, many anglers blacken mormyshkas in sulfur. To do this, it is covered with wax together with a hook. Then the wax coating is removed from those parts that need to be blackened. Next, the mormyshka is placed in a container with sulfur and cleaned in a warm place. For example, closer to the battery. A couple of days will pass and the parts of the mormyshka cleaned from wax will turn black.

You can make a do-it-yourself jig for summer fishing for crucian carp in many other ways. The most difficult thing is to make a special mold for casting. Fortunately, today it can even be purchased at some fishing shops or ordered from a locksmith shop. As a rule, such a metal form consists of aluminum and its alloys. However, some craftsmen make it from gypsum or liquid glass.

After watching the video, you will learn how to make a mormyshka: