The best vegetable baits for roach
The most effective plant baits for catching roach are:
- White bread;
- corn (boiled and slightly sweetened);
- peas (green);
- small boilies;
- pearl barley;
- Hercules;
- semolina;
- mastyrka;
- hominy;
- dough (flavored).
The best baits of animal origin
The most effective baits of animal origin for catching roach include:
- bloodworm;
- worm (dung);
- crawl out;
- maggot;
- underleaf;
- grasshopper (roach's favorite dish);
- bark beetle
You should know that animal baits can be combined with plant baits.
Which shows good results for catching roach. Besides. Experienced fishermen advise placing live baits on the hook in such a way that they can move in the water. This will further arouse the roach’s interest.
Pink
Often the roach ignores the maggot, but reacts well to the kick - the larva of a smaller fly. Whether this is due to the smaller size of the kick or some differences in the taste of the larvae is not clear. But a bait of 2-3 kicks placed on a hook with a thick end works very well in spring and autumn.
Pinka is sold in different colors, most often yellow and red. It has been noticed that roach bite better on bait made from pinkfish of different colors. Most often this is baited with red and yellow kicks.
Casters
Caster is a pupated maggot. 1-2 Casters are good bait for catching roach on the lake. In the West, this is a very popular bait among fishermen, but in our country casters are held in high esteem by athletes. You should not neglect such bait, especially when the bite is weak.
Other baits
In addition to natural baits, artificial baits are also used to catch roach. First of all, these include wobblers. They are imitation small fish that have a good game in the water, which attracts large roaches. The following models are considered the most effective wobblers for this fish:
Wobbler ZipBaits Rigge Deep 35F.
Model characteristics:
- type – floating;
- fishing technique - twitching; casting;
- working depth - one and a half meters;
- length - three and a half centimeters;
- weight - three grams;
- price – 320 rubles.
Wobbler Strike Pro Baby Pro.
Model characteristics:
- type – floating;
- fishing technique - casting;
- working depth – two meters;
- length - two and a half centimeters;
- weight – two grams;
- price – 290 rubles.
Wobbler Strike Pro EG-087.
Model characteristics:
- type – floating;
- fishing technique – twitching (shallow);
- working depth – two meters;
- length - three centimeters;
- weight – two and a half grams;
- price - three hundred thirty rubles.
In addition to wobblers, it is fashionable to use small artificial flies or oscillating spinners of the “Storling” type.
Features of choosing bait and bait for roach
Depending on the season, you should select the following baits:
- In the spring season, roaches begin to peck at one of the first fish. Combined baits (sandwiches) made from maggots, bloodworms and worms should be used as bait. Also during this period, you can use vegetable attachments in the form of dough, steamed pearl barley and mastyrka. You should know that in spring the best time to catch roach is before the spawning feast, when the fish takes any bait, which allows the fisherman to safely experiment with baits.
- In the summer season, the roach is very picky with baits, so in order to please it, you should use the following baits:
- grasshopper;
- greenery;
- bread (crumpled and crumpled into balls);
- corn;
- green pea;
- worm;
- shell meat;
- caddisfly
- In autumn, the roach bite weakens greatly, and at the end of November it is already very difficult to catch it. The best baits during this period are:
- maggot;
- dough;
- peas;
- pearl barley;
- steamed wheat;
- bloodworm.
- In winter, the best time for catching roach is considered to be receding ice with slight warming. In addition, when the first ice forms, there are bursts of fish activity. And although the roach bite is rare in the winter season, the following baits can still awaken its interest:
- bloodworm;
- worm;
- caddis larva;
- maggot (large);
- crustaceans (river);
- leeches.
Depending on the fishing conditions, the following baits should be used:
- If the catch takes place on a large current or in reservoirs with a lot of vegetation, then the most suitable baits for these areas are grasshoppers, worms, bloodworms and maggots. These living creatures will move perfectly on the hook and attract the attention of roaches.
- If roach fishing is carried out in quiet waters with a calm current, then it is recommended to use vegetable baits in the form of dough, corn, pearl barley and peas.
- For fishing in shallow water, experts advise using bloodworms or grandma as bait.
- If the water in the reservoir is clear, you should use dark bait with the addition of a small amount of maggots.
- When fishing in a reservoir with a muddy bottom, it is recommended to use bait of animal origin.
- If roach is caught in deep water, it is recommended to use corn.
Fishing Features
Large roaches are very different in behavior from small and medium-sized roaches.
Small specimens almost always stay in shallow water in the coastal zone and feed on plankton, and swim at depths of up to 2 meters near vegetation.
Small and medium-sized roaches almost always return to their habitats, even if they are frightened off; large ones are rare, but they may not enter them for long.
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She always chooses deep areas and moves in the bottom zone searching for invertebrates and other small creatures. For this reason, it is most often used as bycatch when fishing for carp or bream.
Unlike small fish, it does not stand in one place, and is constantly in motion, and it must be lured with bait so that it leaves its route.
There are versions, and this is confirmed by personal experience, that large specimens move along the same routes, so it makes sense to return to the fishing places where they pecked earlier and try to catch them in these places.
Catching large roach with a float rod in large bodies of water is possible, but usually without success. On such reservoirs, feeder and other bottom gear should be used.
In shallow reservoirs, where average depths do not exceed two meters, it is necessary to look for places with differences in bottom heights or holes; large specimens will be in such places.
Recipes for making your own baits
Recipe for roach bait No. 1. For this preparation you should prepare the following ingredients:
- breadcrumbs - two hundred grams;
- buckwheat (fried and ground) – four hundred grams;
- corn flour - four hundred grams;
- cinnamon - one tablespoon;
- water;
- coriander - one teaspoon.
Mix all ingredients and knead into a tight dough. Roll the dough into small balls.
Recipe No. 2. To prepare it you need to prepare the following ingredients:
- breadcrumbs - one hundred grams;
- milk powder - fifty grams;
- bloodworm - one hundred grams;
- anise oil – ten drops;
- corn flour - two hundred grams;
- lemon zest.
Mix all ingredients except bloodworms with water and simmer over low heat for thirty minutes. Add bloodworms to the resulting mixture and roll into balls. Use as complementary food for roaches.
- buckwheat flour – two hundred grams;
- caraway;
- corn flour - three hundred grams;
- chopped pearl barley - one hundred grams;
- cocoa - two teaspoons;
- flax seeds – thirty grams;
- milk powder – one hundred grams;
- orange zest;
- bloodworms and maggots - one hundred grams;
- flavoring with the smell of honey, caramel or vanilla;
- mint;
- basil;
- anise oil - seven drops;
- clay or earth to give the bait better elasticity.
Mix all the components and mold the resulting mass into oval layers. Throw it into the water for roaches as complementary food.
Recipe No. 4. To prepare it you should use:
- crushed biscuit - two hundred grams;
- milk powder – one hundred grams;
- dry clay - two hundred grams;
- bran - one hundred grams;
- caraway;
- bloodworm - two hundred grams;
- maggot – two hundred grams.
Mix all the ingredients and make large balls from the resulting mass. Throw it in as food.
Recipe No. 5 – hominy for roach. To make it, you should prepare the following ingredients:
- metal container with water;
- corn flour - two hundred grams;
- wheat flour - one hundred grams;
- two transparent bags;
- vanilla flavoring;
- honey - one tablespoon.
This nozzle is made in this way:
- First, you should fry the corn and wheat flour. This will add an even more pleasant smell to the finished hominy.
- Then you need to mix both flours and start kneading the porridge, gradually adding warm water. At the same time, you do not need to make the mass too liquid, otherwise the hominy will not hold the required shape.
- Add flavoring and honey. If there is no honey, then replace it with vanilla or chocolate. As you know, roaches are a big fan of sweet baits, so you won’t overdo it with sugar in any case.
- Transfer the mixture into a transparent bag and tie it tightly. For greater insurance, put it in another package.
- Pour water into a saucepan and bring it to a boil. Place the kaput with hominy in the water so that the water covers most of the bag. Cook for forty minutes.
- After this, remove the hominy from the heat and leave to cool.
- Cut the finished bait into small cubes and use it as bait.
In addition, you should know that hominy is a universal bait that can be used not only for catching roach, but also for catching carp, crucian carp, bream and many other fish.
Blitz tips
- The fisherman must compare the size of the bait used with the size of the roach being caught. For example, if the nozzle is four centimeters in size, then it should catch a roach with a size of at least ten centimeters;
- Roaches bite well when it rains, because then the water becomes more cloudy;
- It is necessary to add to complementary foods those components that will be used as bait;
- It is recommended to use bait cups to deliver complementary foods to the water in the fall;
- The fisherman should take with him several types of different baits, so that if the bite is bad, he can combine or replace them;
- You should feed the fish as close to the catch site as possible to attract it;
- Roach's favorite scent is hemp, so it should be added to almost every bait;
- Roach is a very shy fish, so when catching it, the fisherman should wear discreet clothing and behave very quietly so as not to alert the fish.
What to catch
Roach is caught using a float rod or feeder. A float rod is used on small rivers, or when catching small fish in large bodies of water. It is difficult to catch a large roach on a large body of water using a float rod, unless it is a Bolognese rod and it is better to use a feeder.
When fishing with a float, you need to look for places with holes on the bottom.
With a feeder, it is possible to fish a large area and choose a suitable place.
Suitable Float Rod:
- Lightweight fly rod from 3.60 to 6 meters long, usually 4 meters, with a fast action and test from 10 to 15 g;
- Fishing line with a diameter of 0.10 to 0.12 mm;
- Hooks No. 12 - 15.
- Any float, light and sensitive;
It makes no sense to use leashes, but if desired, use leashes with a diameter approximately half the size of the main line.
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The feeder should be chosen to be suitable for the body of water and its current. The equipment used is the same as for carp fishing, such as an asymmetric or symmetrical loop, paternoster and others. You can fish with or without feeders.
Instead of hooks when fishing in the summer, I recommend trying to use winter jigs, and supplementing animal baits with fragrant foam balls.
Maggot is the best bait for roach in both winter and summer
