Using vertical drift, there are three common drift phases, namely black drift, top drift, Dunkou, black drift and Dunkou needless to mention, the former is the real mouth, dead mouth drift phase, the latter is a model of technical fish.
The top drift is more complicated than the mouth, because the principle of the top drift is very simple, the buoyancy of the float is greater than the weight of the lead drop and the hook bait, so the float begins to float.
However, unlike the mouth and black drift, there are many reasons for the top drift, there are fish to the mouth, driving the lead drop up is only one of the reasons, so not all top drift will have a fish mouth.
In fact, most of the top drift phase is not a serious fish mouth, so the top drift is frequent, and there is no fish on the rod, which is actually a norm, but if you understand the various reasons, you will find that the fish in the top drift are more interesting than the fish in the mouth, and the common top drift is not in the fish, there are the following reasons:
Reason one, the hook number of the fish hook is too large
The larger the hook number of the fish hook, after hanging the bait, the overall volume is relatively large, in this case, when the fish grabs the hook bait, it is difficult to swallow it smoothly, but it will be attracted by the bait on the hook.
Therefore, the nest of fish will continue to hit the fish hook, if it is a commercial bait, insect bait, will be because of the dissolution of the bait, or the worm bait is bitten off by the fish, so the float will float, and at the same time, in the process of floating, there will be obvious joy, like swinging and shaking.
If you use a relatively hard bait, it will sink immediately after floating to the top, just like floating in the water, the amplitude of the undulation is very small, and it will not last.
The top drift caused by this reason is similar to the nest of small fish, but because the amplitude, trajectory and area of floating movement are very small, it can still be significantly different from the nest of small fish.
Response suggestion: replace the smaller fish hook, replace the more sticky and soft bait, and reduce the volume of the bait ball, which can effectively cope with this situation, and even significantly reduce the drift phase of the top drift, turning into a mouth and black drift.
Reason two, small fish nest, into the nest fish rubbing line
Whether it is using the suspension fishing method or the lead falling bottom fishing method, there will be a considerable distance of fishing lines in the water, so the density of fish in the nest, or a large number of small miscellaneous fish into the nest, it is possible to cause floating on the top.
Small fish nesting, refers to the small miscellaneous fish because of grabbing bait, constantly hit the hook bait, and even collide with the line, rubbing drift, because it breaks the static balance of the fishing group, so the floating will be irregular up and down.
There is a clear difference between the small fish nest and the nest fish rubbing the line and crashing, but in principle, there is no difference, the top drift caused by the small fish nest, the floating on the top time is long, and the amplitude is suddenly large and small.
The top drift caused by the nest fish hitting the line and rubbing drift, the floating time on the top is short, the amplitude is small, and there is no regularity, it only appears once for a long time, so even if it appears, it does not need to be paid attention to.
In actual combat, if you encounter this kind of drifting phase, it is a good thing for fishing friends, whether it is a small fish nest, or a nest fish rubbing the line and hitting the drift, it means that the fish in the water is a certain number.
Response suggestion: Change the suspension to a heavy lead sinking bottom, or run the lead fishing method, which can filter most false signals, and also reduce the top drift caused by the nest of small fish.
The third reason is that the bottom of the water is uneven, and there is an undercurrent
Looking at the water surface, they are all calm and calm, and the underwater situation is different, and in the living water waters, this situation is not uncommon.
The surface of the water looks like a gentle flow, but the flow rate of the bottom of the water is abnormal, if you encounter the undulating height of the bottom of the water, after the floating turn over, it will be according to the flow rate of the water, the float will be pushed up regularly.
This kind of floating on top due to the flow rate of the water flow, the faster the undercurrent flow rate, the greater the upper amplitude of the floating drift, the slower the flow rate of the undercurrent, and the smaller the amplitude of the floating on the top.
The floating on the top caused by this reason is very regular, so as long as you are patient to observe, you can see that the coping method is not difficult, you only need to change a float that eats lead.
Reason four, there is a silt layer at the bottom of the water
In water with slower flow, sediment is easy to sink to the bottom, forming a certain thickness of silt layer, when the bait falls to the bottom, the fishing eye will not change too obviously.
However, when the nest fish enter the nest, because the fish continue to arch under the water, the sediment rises, even if the nest fish bite the hook, it will lead to floating up.
The floating up and down caused by this situation is very obvious, and there is no need to observe the drifting phase, and the water color near the fishing spot will change significantly.
This situation occurs on the top of the float, only because the physical environment has changed, which will make the efficiency of the stingray become very poor, although there are a large number of fish into the nest, but because the hook bait and the water layer where the fish are located are staggered, the hook bait is perfectly avoided to lure the fish.
Response suggestion: This situation occurs, it is recommended to directly fish away from the bottom, so that the hook bait away from the bottom 5 to 8 cm, but do not fly lead, which will cause the fish to float, but it is not conducive to catching the mouth.
The above several reasons will lead to floating on the top, but the rod is mostly an empty rod, once we understand the reason, as well as similar signs of drifting, it is not difficult to deal with, of course, there must be other reasons to float on the top, the rod has no fish, but as long as you understand the above types, and then deal with other fish, it is not too difficult.