Crivit Bottom/Feeder Fishing Reel Combo 300-6 - Manual (Page 16)

Spin fishing means fishing for fish living on
other fish using a rod, reel and lure. Tr o u t ,
perch and chub can perfectly be fished using
the light spinning rod, pike, zander, sheatfish
and asp using the heavy spinning rod.
The equipment
Spin fishing equipment is subject to highest
loads. When it comes to the reels, the com-
mitted spin fisherman chooses the stationary
reel with quick release system or a rod with
trigger handle and
multi-reel. A s t e e l
leader of at least 15
cm length is also
important with a light
spinning rod as,
apart from the trout
regions, the pike
lives in the same
waters to which also
perch and chub are
indigenous.
A necessary auxilia-
ry tool is an anti-kink
that can be added.
Due to the continu-
ous tension, gradual
twisting of the line
and thus premature
wear and breaking of
the line cannot be
avoided. This danger
is averted by using
an anti-kink.
One small trick hel-
ping you to store
everything having
eyes in an orderly
way is the "Safety
pin trick”.
Apart from the
necessary accesso-
ries, you should bring along silver foil and a
lipstick. Using the silver foil, dark lures are
brightened, red lipstick lends them more
attraction.
The lures
For choosing the lure, the following general
rule applies:
Dull weather,
dull water = bright lures,
clear weather,
clear water = dark lures.
If you expect undersized fish in the water,
use lures with single hooks or cut off two
hooks from the triplet. Fishermen acting in
accordance with good huntsmanship also
flatten the barbed hook.
So that a fish is not hooked from the outside,
you have to make sure that the hook is not
fastened rigidly.
Fishing
For successfull fishing with the lure, one
t r i e s
to
a c t i v a t e
as many
of the pre-
datory fish’s
sense
organs as
possible.
Already when the
lure is cast and hits
the water surface, the
first sense – the sense of
hearing – is activated. T h e
loud noise of the lure hitting
the water surface frightens
most of the fish and scares
them off. Thus, you should cast
the line "beyond” promising fis-
hing grounds.
Using their sense of hearing, preda-
tory fish orientate themselves strongly by the
eating noises of carp-like fish. These noises
are created by the pharyngeal teeth. When
using lures, we try to imitate this sound of the
teeth by beads that are put in between or
inserted. You will often find them on the axis
of the spinner or inside the wobblers.
By the imitated eating noises, we attract the
attention of the predatory fish and its imagi-
nary prey. It uses its second sense – the late-
ral line organ – in order to sense and feel.
This lateral line organ enables all fish to
observe and sense smallest water move-
ments and/or displacements.
Apart from the very high sensitivity of the
organ, the high water density (water is ca.
300 times denser than air) helps the preda-
tory fish to "feel” its imaginary prey already at
far distance. The shock wave of the spinner
blade, the heavy deflections of the blinker
body, the rattlers inside the wobbler and pla-
stic lures create this "sensing profile”.
When the fish approaches the prey, the next
sense – the sense of smell – comes into
play. Fish have a very distinct sense of smell
and are able to smell even smallest odorous
particles. The smell of a prey fish can be imi-
tated using flavours that are fastened in front
of, at or in the lure (plastic lure).
After activating these three most important
sense organs of predatory fish, the last key
stimulus that is missing before the fish bites
is the actual seeing of the prey. If all four key
stimuli, hearing, sensing, smelling and
seeing, have been present, the predator will
bite.
Upon biting, the last two senses – taste and
physical feeling – become important. If the
imaginary prey "tastes” wrong and feels hard
and unnatural in the mouth of the predator, it
will loose its hold on the prey immediately.
Here, the only thing that is of use is the fis-
h e r m a n ’s quick reaction who acknowledges
the bit with a corresponding catch.
When using soft plastic lures prepared with
corresponding flavours, the predatory fish
does not notice its error so quickly and the lift
can also be carried out with delay.
For correct fishing in a water, you first of all
have to determine the water depth. After the
lure has hit the water, one starts counting
regularly, namely as long as the line runs off
the reel. Make a mental note of the number
at which the line stops and the lure has rea-
ched the ground (e.g. eight).
If you want to lead the lure just over the
ground in these waters at your next cast, you
have to flick the bail arm after having coun-
ted to six; you can now start reeling the lure.
You can, of course, use this method with sin-
king lures like blinker, spinner, plastic lures or
sinking wobblers.
You lead the line perfectly if the tip of the rod
is directed at the water surface. Lead the lure
irregularly and get the predator to think that
the lure is an easy prey. If you are fishing in
larger areas and if you want to offer the pre-
dators an additional incentive, try to move
the tip of the rod to-and-fro while leading.
Sinking plastic lures are led by lifting and
lowering the tip of the rod while they are at
the same time reeled.
The plastic lure will appeal to the predatory
fish particularly strongly. The number of bites
is outstandingly large. As the greatest appe-
al comes from the back part of the lure that is
not equipped with a hook, it comes to "wrong
bites” again and again, mainly by young,
undersized predators.
Everybody who often fishes in waters with
many obstacles can design the plastic lure
without a hanger. For doing so, the lure is
attached in the way shown in the drawing.
For leading wobblers correctly, you need
more experience. There are many diff e r e n t
designs; even professionals do not know all
of them.
The general rule for floating wobblers with
vane is: the quicker the reel or the tug, the
deeper it dives. In wobblers with adjustable
vane, the following applies: the higher the
vane, the deeper it runs, the deeper the
vane, the plainer it runs. If there are too
many "pursuers” while fishing, one should
awaken the predator’s jealousy about food.
"Pursuer” means that the fish pursues the
lure to the shore, it does, however, not take
it. Using the "Paladin” leader, one has the
biggest success.
The five to six stripes of silver foil that are
added in front of the lure, imitate a small sho-
al fleeing from a smaller predator. Apart from
the jealousy about food, the territory claims
of the larger predatory fish are awakened.
Fishing with the pike/zander spinning rod
The pre d at o ry fish’s sense orga n s :
1. The sense of hearing
2. The sense of touch and feel
3. The sense of smell
4. The sense of light
(seeing and recognising)
5. The sense of taste
Wobbler with vane
(moveable)
"Safety pin
trick”
Plastic lure for predatory fish –
lower figure: assembly without hanger
"Anti-kink”
Rod with a casting
weight of 30 – 60 g
PALADIN
leader