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Best Bait for Fishing Bighead Carp with a Sea Rod
Recipe for 5kg Fermented Bait:
- 5kg rice bran (Marukyu bait for silver carp)
- 5kg fresh soybean residue
- 2 bottles of amino acid solution
- Appropriate amount of yeast
- 1kg sweet rice wine
Preparation Method:
Dissolve 2 bottles of amino acid solution and an appropriate amount of yeast in a basin of warm water. Then, gradually add sweet rice wine, rice bran, and soybean residue while stirring thoroughly.
What Is the Best Bait for Catching Silver Carp in Extremely Hot Summer Weather?
Bait Recipe 1:
Mix 70% “Sour Dough Noodles” (a common summer food in rural Northeast China) with 30% freshly steamed cornmeal buns. Coat the mixture with white flour and knead it into a dough with suitable firmness before baiting the hook.
Bait Recipe 2:
Take leftover bait (without fish meal or shrimp powder) and mix it with crushed pastry crumbs or sesame paste residue. Seal it in a plastic bag and leave it under the sun for at least two weeks. Before use, mix it with crushed cornmeal buns or white flour. The longer the fermentation, the better the effect. This method is cost-effective and reduces waste.
Bait Recipe 3:
Ingredients:
- 40% cornmeal (Marukyu bait for silver carp)
- 10% white flour
- 5% glutinous rice flour
- 10% roasted soybean meal or soybean powder
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Appropriate amount of brown sugar or white sugar
Preparation:
Mix all dry ingredients, scald with boiling water until 70% cooked, then steam into buns. Lightly roast wheat bran over low heat. If using fresh sesame paste residue, mix it directly; if dried, soften it before use. Add crushed pastry crumbs, mix thoroughly, seal in a plastic bag, and ferment under sunlight for two weeks before use. This bait is best prepared in large batches.
Bait Recipe 4:
Mix 80% cornmeal and 15% white flour, scald with boiling water until 70% cooked, then steam into buns. Store in a plastic bag under the sun for two weeks. When fishing, knead the fermented buns with commercial silver carp bait (e.g., Fushun “Six-in-One” bait) into a soft dough for baiting.
Bait Recipe 5:
Mix tofu residue with white sugar and seal it in a plastic bag to ferment for two weeks. Before use, mix with freshly steamed cornmeal buns or white flour to form a moderately firm dough. This bait is cheap and readily available. It can also be used to create a baiting ground when fishing for silver carp with a hand rod.
Bait Recipe 6:
When using a Taiwanese-style hand rod setup for crucian carp, highly atomized competitive bait often attracts schools of silver carp. Among various options, the best-performing bait is Marukyu No. 5 Crucian Carp Bait.
Bait Recipe 7:
During peak summer fishing seasons, anglers often run out of fermented sour bait or may not have pre-prepared sour bait. In such cases, a quick fermentation method can be used:
Crumble cornmeal buns, mix with distilled liquor, rice vinegar, sorghum liquor, and white flour, and knead into a moderately firm dough for immediate use.