Crivit Bottom/Feeder Fishing Reel Combo 300-6 - Manual (Page 4)

Large predatory fish burden our waters.
They hardly convert ingested food into
own weight.
In its first years of life, the pike, for
example, utilises food very well. It con-
verts three pounds forage fish into one
pound own weight. This relation of 3:1
does, however, not apply any more if the
pike has reached a weight of 14 or 15
pounds. For large pikes, the relation bet-
ween food and increase in weight dete-
riorates to 50:1.
This heavy burden of the fishing resour-
ces in our waters must be countered
using preserving measures. One fishes
systematically in the predatory fish’s
habitat.
The equipment
The predatory fish rod is at least 2.70 m
long as it is often necessary to carry out
the lift at great distance. Drilling, an
evenly strong, parabolic action tires the
large predator more quickly. Good
casting, catch and drill characteristics
are best guaranteed by the carbon fibre
rod. It is to be preferred to the glass fibre
rod.
Due to the heavy bait, the rod must have
a casting weight of up to 100 g.
The line should have a diameter of at
least 0.40 mm, the reel should have
space for a line with at least 175 m. This
length is necessary as predatory fish are
often fished at large distance.
Apart from the tape measure, the stun-
ning device, the knife and the unhooking
pliers, a large, stable lip grip as well as a
spacious mesh landing net or a handy
gaff belong to the equipment, as well.
An absolute must for removing the hook
is the mouth lock. The mild mouth lock
does not hurt the fish. The angle lock of
the mouth lock is adjusted according to
the size of the fishcaught.
The baits
If the artificial lure has turned out to be
i n e ffective, a dead or a living bait fish is
caught.
Only in absolutely preserving measures
must the living fish be used as bait fish.
Anything else cannot be arranged with
the animal protection law. Fishing with
living bait fish must be applied for and
approved by the fisheries agency.
You choose the fishspecies that are
most common in the water, like road,
rudd or chub. Predatory fish are "stan-
dardised” to the forage animals living in
their waters. Apart from dead fish, also
parts of fish are used as bait. The bait
must not be too small. A road being e.g.
20 cm long has the correct size.
Many fishermen use baits that are too
small.
Fishing
In order to act as fish-friendly as possi-
ble, single hook assembly and lip baiting
are used.
It is wrong to assemble the hook starting
inside the mouth. This often leads to
"wrong bites” as upon swallowing of the
bait, the hook is pushed further into the
bait and the lift carried out by the fisher-
man will only hit the bait.
It is correct to push the hook via the
nostril into the mouth. Thus, "wrong
bites” are avoided.
Before casting, the brake is
set to "soft”, as after casting,
the torque increases becau-
se of the reduction in the
reeled line and the brake
reaches a higher performan-
ce.
If you have, for example, a
full reel (180 m, 0.40mm line) and you
set the brake to half the load bearing
capacity of the line and, upon catch, the
bait is 90 m (that means half of the total
line length) away, the brake power has
doubled due to the reduced line reserve
on the reel. In case of a heavy escape,
the line is overloaded and tears.
With a living bait fish, no longcasts are
carried out. The fish is carefully put into
the water. One choo-
ses a place from
which one knows due
to long observations
that it is the habitat of
a predatory fish.
You will also be suc-
cessful with a dead
bait fish. It is off e r e d
as "stellfish” (that
means on the spot) or
as dead spinning bait
with
diff e r e n t
systems.
A long steel leader
with a length of up to
1 m is important. T h e
reason for this is
obvious: the gastric pouch is located in
the middle of the fish. If a predatory fish
of 1,20 m size swallows the offered bait,
it has at the same time swallowed a 60
cm steel leader. If the leader is too short,
the teeth of the predatory fish touch the
monofil main line.
If the leader is too short, the floating
lead would moreover hit the flanks of the
fish and the predatory
fish would spit out the
taken bait again.
The bite of the preda-
tory fish is immediate-
ly acknowledged by a
catch. It is neither
necessary to wait
until the fish has actu-
ally swallowed the
bait nor is it in accor-
dance with good
huntsmanship.
A delayed catch is
only justified in bait
fish being longer than
20 cm.
As dealing with the
predatory fish rod is
one of the most diff i-
cult fishing methods,
it is recommended to
have an experienced
person with you who
can assist you during
your first fishing trip.
The predatory fish’s
sense organs:
1. The sense of hearing
2. The sense of touch and feel
3. The sense of smelling
4. The sense of light
(seeing and recogni)
5. The sense of taste
Fishing with the pike/zander rod
WRONG l
ip baiting
CORRECT
lip baiting
Hook system
with dead bait fish
Hook system 1 for spin fishing
with the dead bait fish
Hook system 2 for spin fishing
with the dead bait fish
mouth lock
(half-opened)
angle
lock