Catfish - Red-tailed Catfish (Round-nosed Carp)
Red-tailed carp
It is mainly distributed in the rivers and lakes in southern China, a kind of carp; the body side is flat and slightly elongated, the head is small, the snout is round and blunt, and the mouth is small. The body is silvery white, the scales are small, the back color is darker, the dorsal and caudal fins are yellowish, and the ventral and fins and tail fins of mature males are light orange-red at the edges, and the tail fins are forked.
Redtail carp (redtail) is a primary freshwater fish that inhabits the lower and middle waters of rivers and lakes. Omnivorous. Under natural conditions. Predominantly eats peri-cong food. Including filamentous diatoms, cyanobacteria, green algae in addition to eating bacteria, organic detritus and a small number of zooplankton, aquatic insects and so on. Under artificial feeding conditions, it prefers to eat organic manure, bran bran, compound feed, etc., and the food is quite extensive.
Redtail carp grows faster in natural waters, generally up to 150-200 grams a year, 400-500 grams in 2 years. 3 years up to 500-600 grams. The age of sexual maturity of the red-tailed carp is 2 years, spawning in batches, the eggs are sticky, the breeding period is from May to August of each year, of which May is the peak spawning period; the spawning water temperature is 18-25 ° C; under natural conditions, the red-tailed carp lays its eggs between the gravel in running water and adheres to it to hatch. The amount of eggs in females increases with individuals and age, and the absolute amount of eggs is generally 500,000-200,000.
Redtail carp is very gluttonous. In natural waters, it mainly grazes on peri-cluster organisms and blue-green algae and bacteria, animal and plant detritus, plankton, aquatic insects, etc.
Fishing methods
First, the side of the stone, the edge of the cliff fishing
Because the redtail is mainly vegetarian, mainly algae in the water, and if there are stones in the water, there are often a large number of stone moss, etc., which is the favorite food of the red-tailed catfish. Therefore, when fishing, try to put the rod under the fishing position of the stone, there should be a good harvest, the larger the stone in the water, the larger the fish.
Second, find a place to fish in the flowing water
In pond reservoirs, due to calm wind and waves, the dissolved oxygen in the water is insufficient, and the red-tailed carp often prefers to gather at the mouth of the culvert with water flow, the head of the dam. Because the dissolved oxygen is abundant here, the large stones used for damming are rich in algae, and the fish are larger than in still water. Fishing in the flowing water, the disadvantage is that the vertical drift of the table fishing is unstable, and it can only be positioned by pulling the wind line, or using the seven stars to drift instead.
Third, the choice of bait
Because the redtail is an omnivorous vegetarian fish, but the fish species is also difficult to resist the temptation of fishy bait, the natural water is originally an environment of food shortage, so we still choose to add some fishy bait when fishing for redtail, the effect will be much better, but the basis of the bait is still based on the fragrance of plants.