Modern stores are filled with a wide variety of bait. It would seem that buy and catch, why cook something yourself. But still, ordinary porridge, prepared with your own hands, still remains very popular among fishermen. Store-bought baits consist of finely ground components; they give off a smell and a trail in the water and attract fish well. But such bait cannot hold the school for a long time, since there is nothing for the fish to eat other than “dust” at the feeding point. Therefore, porridge is needed in order to keep a school of fish near the feeder. In addition, bait is expensive these days and you can spend a lot of money on one fishing trip. And homemade bait will cost several times less.
Millet porridge for bream
Large bream is well caught using millet porridge. It is very easy to prepare. For 1 part of cereal you need 1.5 parts of water.
Pour 4 parts millet and 1 part barley into boiling water and cook until all the water has evaporated. It is necessary to stir periodically so that the cereal does not burn.
Next, you need to remove the pan from the heat and add 1 part of the rolled oats and mix everything well.
Close the pan with porridge, wrap it in a towel and leave it like that for 30 minutes. During this time, she will have time to brew. It molds well into lumps and does not wash away for a long time in the current. Usually such porridge is crushed into a spring feeder and bream is caught with lard.
Porridge for catching crucian carp
Also suitable for fishing for crucian carp.
- The ratio of water and millet should be 2 to 1.
- You need to add millet to boiling water and cook until the grain takes up all the water. It is necessary to stir frequently so that the porridge does not burn.
- When the millet has absorbed water, you need to remove the pan from the heat and add a glass of ground flour or ground seeds.
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If you need a more crumbly one, then you can add more flour or seeds. And if you need something more sticky, for example, for spring feeders, then add less corn and seeds.
What kind of fish can you catch with hominy?
So, it can be used to catch fish such as crucian carp, carp, bream, roach, silver bream and other similar fish. They are found quite often in ordinary fresh waters.
During cooking, it is necessary to take into account the fact that the fish smells very well, and if the hominy is prepared in violation of the recipe, then all the fish can be scared away.
For each fish, a certain fishing procedure is often followed, since they differ in size and, accordingly, this can affect the size of the bait. Some sense hominy very quickly, while others need additional means that can affect the quick reaction of the fish.
These criteria should be considered during the fishing process and fish selection. Experienced fishermen are well versed with the proportions of hominy. You can also find out more in specialized literature or on fishing websites.
Mastyrka (Pea porridge for fishing)
Carp and crucian carp are excellently caught using mastyrka. This is not even porridge, but something like dough. There are many ways to cook pea porridge for carp fish, but we will focus on the most popular recipe.
It is better to take half peas, as they boil faster in water. And if whole peas are used, then the porridge needs to be cooked 10 minutes longer. For 2 parts peas you need 5 parts water.
You need to pour 2 parts of peas into a pan, add water and cook. The peas need to be stirred frequently. If it burns, you will be left without a catch, as the smell of burnt peas scares away fish.
When the porridge boils, you need to reduce the heat to low and cover with a lid, but not completely, but leave a small hole. Cook for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
When the water boils, you need to remove the pan from the heat. Next, you need to crush the peas to a dough-like state. To do this you will need a mixer or an ordinary masher.
Pour 1.5 parts of semolina into the resulting dough and mix everything until smooth. Add a packet of vanilla and 2 tablespoons of sugar. Mix well again. The porridge is ready.
Salapin porridge recipe
For those unfamiliar with the recipe, let me briefly remind you of the essence. Complementary feeding is budget-friendly, all you need is: millet, pearl barley, barley and corn grits, a little vanilla and sunflower oil. First, cook half a mug of pearl barley over low heat under a lid, the ratio of barley to water is 1:3. When cooked, the water has become cloudy and the grains have boiled. Next, a mug of millet is poured into the cooked pearl barley, mixed, a bag of vanillin is added, slightly flavored with sunflower oil, stirred some more and finished cooking under the lid over low heat. The fire is turned off, the porridge comes under the lid, absorbing the rest of the water. Next, dry barley and corn grits are added, taking away the remaining moisture in the porridge. Mix everything thoroughly again. A good porridge for fishing should be crumbly, but when squeezed, stick together into a lump - what you need for a feeder. If it turns out too sticky, then add dry cereal. If it doesn’t mold well, then a binder is added, the same rolled oats flakes.
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In general, the usual porridge recipe is one of dozens known a long time ago. But there was a lot of noise, because this was said by a well-promoted expert, and it became a “Salapinskaya” mess throughout the entire former Union. As a result, somehow “porridge” quickly ceased to be a dirty word even in sports circles, especially when fishing for bream, large crucian carp, and other respectable whitefish, where such complementary feeding is appropriate. Although personally, I don’t really understand why even some experienced milk dongers stick to this particular porridge, because this is far from the best option for complementary feeding as such, and porridge in particular. Moreover, both in terms of mechanics and attractive properties. Surely an experienced expert himself understood this, so he made reservations, saying that this is only a “base” for extensive experiments.
In addition, do not forget that in a feeder it is always useful to first attract fish with “dust” bait, and to keep it in place with porridge, which does not imply the taste qualities of some cereals, no, it is complementary food, the complex taste of which is formed by simultaneous cooking of different components, and this is a huge advantage. Barley steamed in a thermos is not porridge, but simply barley. Porridge is pearl barley cooked with other cereals, the same millet. If you cook pearl barley separately, millet separately, mix and put it in the feeder, then such bait will be worse than porridge. In fact, it is worth noting that cooking porridge is full of small, but very important secrets that directly affect the catch. For example, it is better to cook not in water, but in broths; shrimp broth is very good - first they are boiled well in water, then the grains are added.
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Or, say, peas - I’m ready to stand for them, and almost always, to one degree or another, I introduce them into my porridges when catching any fish, from silver bream and roach to bream and chub. After all, depending on the cooking method, peas work differently and have different functions. For bream, peas must be whole; this is an important feed component of complementary food for fish. For others, boiled in puree, which gives a cloudy aroma in the water, and this is more of an attractive factor, although it is also very important. And, of course, I combine porridge with crumbly bait. Let’s say I start feeding with “dust”, and after the fish arrive I switch to porridge. It really quickly saturates the fish, then it stops biting, and that’s... good! After all, only small things are quickly filled with gruel, and then it doesn’t hurt to wait for the good fish to arrive, which is impossible to overfeed, there would be enough food! By the way, a sign of overfeeding of small fish is its periodic reddening on the side; when the fin begins to simply spin around the bait, it can knock out the bait, no longer wanting to swallow it, and when purposefully catching small whitefish, this is a signal to slow down the pace of feeding until it stops completely. But this is not about bream!
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Porridge for carp and carp
This is a catchy porridge for fishing for carp and carp.
It is better to use filtered water for cooking. In advance, you need to soak 1 part of the peas in water for 10-12 hours. For preparation you need 6 parts of water.
Add 1 part soaked peas and 1 tbsp to boiling water. spoon of sugar. Cover the pan with a lid and cook over low heat for about 15 minutes, stirring our porridge periodically.
Next, you need to add 2 parts of millet, mix everything, cover again and cook for about 15 minutes.
After this, add 2 parts of corn grits, mix, cover again and cook until the water has evaporated.
Before fishing, you need to add ground seeds or ready-made commercial bait for carp to the porridge. This porridge is good for fishing on a nipple.
Tips and tricks
To use it effectively, you must adhere to the following rules:
- Cook only according to a recipe known in advance, without breaking any rules.
- When preparing fish bait, it is worth using natural products, which must be seasoned with flavorings, which attract prey even more.
- You should only open a plastic bag with ready-made porridge at the fishing spot, otherwise it will become weathered and begin to crumble faster.
- Cut into pieces that will hold their shape for a long time and correspond to the desired size of the fish.
- You should attach hominy to the hook only before throwing it and the hook into the water.
Bait for ring fishing
An excellent bait for catching bream and white bream with a ring. To fish with a ring, you need a dense porridge that will not wash out of the net throughout the day. To prepare this porridge you will need 8 parts of water.
You need to add 1 part peas and 1 part pearl barley to boiling water. Cook over low heat for 15 minutes, don’t forget to stir.
Next, add 1 part of millet. Cook for 5 minutes, add vanillin and 1 part barley. Mix everything well.
When the porridge has taken up all the water, the pan can be removed from the heat. The bait is ready.
Hominy
Mamaliga is called corn porridge, which should be viscous and dense. Otherwise, it will not be possible to put it on the hook. The advantage of this delicacy is that it does not become limp in water for a long time, so it does not have to be changed regularly. Both carp and crucian carp are excellently caught with hominy.
Important! Pre-frying wheat and corn flour adds a special taste to the porridge.
Everything is prepared in this order:
- First, take wheat flour (you need 1 cup) and corn flour (3 cups). This is all mixed together and then filled with water. The mixture should be thick and resemble sour cream.
- Next, you will need to add some flavorings to attract fish. Karas likes vanillin, anise and chocolate.
- After this, the delicacy is transferred to a tight bag and sent to a pan of boiling water, where it is cooked for about 50 minutes.
- After this period, the fire turns off, but the bag is not removed from the container. This is necessary so that the hominy cools down well.
When the porridge is cold, it can be cut into small pieces.
Do-it-yourself feeder bait
Recipe No. 1
To fish with a feeder, it is not necessary to buy ready-made bait. You can make the bait yourself, and it will not be much inferior in catchability to store-bought mixtures. An important property of feeder bait is rapid leaching from the feeder. To prepare the bait we will need:
- Dry ground peas - 2 parts.
- Ground rolled oats - 2 parts.
- Ground seeds - 2 parts.
- Breadcrumbs – 1 part.
- Semolina – 1 part.
This bait is very easy to prepare. 2 parts of dry peas, 2 parts of seeds and 2 parts of rolled oats need to be rolled through a meat grinder, and then pour in 1 part semolina and 1 part breadcrumbs. Stir until the mixture is homogeneous. The bait is ready.
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All that remains is to add water to this bait immediately before fishing. The more water you add, the more the bait will stick together. Therefore, when fishing on a feeder with water, you should not overdo it.
Recipe No. 2
- For this bait, the ratio of cereal and water should be 1 to 8.
- Add 1 part of millet to boiling water. Cook for 10 minutes.
- Next you need to add 1 part of wheat cereal. Cook for 5 minutes. You need to stir occasionally to prevent the cereal from burning.
- Add 1 part of corn grits. Stir and cook for a few minutes.
- Then you need to remove the porridge from the stove, drain all the water, cover with a lid and let stand for 30 minutes. Next, you need to rinse the porridge under cold water until it becomes crumbly.
