In spring, the fish become more active and the demand for food increases, and schools of crucian carp can often be seen along the river at this time.
At this time, there is a fishing proverb called "spring fishing beach", so many anglers think that this is fishing near the shallow water. Then the long rod will not be used, and 3 should be used at this time6 meters, 45 meters of short rods.
However, in my opinion, there is no absolute time for fishing, and it is not necessary to use a short rod in spring, sometimes you want to fish more, and if you want to catch big fish, you still have to use a long rod.
So, when exactly to use a long rod and under what circumstances to use a short rod? Let's talk about the choice of fishing rod.
For those who don't fish a lot, generally prepare a 4A 5-meter rod will do, and if you want to prepare another one, I think you can buy another 6A 3-meter rod is sufficient.
Usually we say 5A fishing rod within 4 meters can be called a short rod, prepare a 4With a 5-meter rod, you can handle most of the shallow fishing in wild fishing.
For novices who don't know how to choose a fishing rod, I usually recommend buying a 4Try it with a 5-meter fishing rod; For veterans, 4A 5-meter rod is also a highly used size.
In summer and winter, if you want to fish farther, you usually prepare a 6A 3-meter rod is sufficient. If you want to catch big fish in summer and autumn, with the current resource situation, it is very good to be able to catch a fish of four or five catties, 6A 3-meter rod is also sufficient.
There are also other sizes of rods, such as 36 meters, 54 meters, 72 meters, 81 meter is more representative, if you like to fish and have to fish several times a month, then these sizes can be prepared.
As mentioned above, in the spring, you can see schools of crucian carp on the river, but this is limited to some small waters, and in large rivers, you can only see some small trash fish or small fish such as melon seed crucian carp near the shore.
Therefore, many times we still have to use a long rod if we want to catch a big fish, and there are only two cases when we use a short rod.
The first is fishing in small waters. For example, relatively narrow river channels, small ponds downstream of the dam that are impacted by the current, etc., this kind of water area is not large, with 6A long rod of 3 meters or so may throw the hook bait to the opposite bank, with 3A short 6-metre pole is just right to reach the water**.
In such a small water, the fish will move close to the shore, and the density of fish is very large, so you can use a short rod with a larger line set, which is easy to connect the rod.
The second is that there are many aquatic plants nearby, but there are no aquatic plants on the far shore. Spring is the spawning season for fish, and even if they don't spawn, they like to go to places where there are aquatic plants. Throughout the year, most of the time it is easier to catch fish in places with aquatic weeds than in places without aquatic weeds.
If there are a lot of aquatic weeds near the shore in the fishing waters, but no aquatic weeds on the far shore, then a short rod is undoubtedly more effective than a long rod.
Although fish are very active in eating bait in spring, wild fish are still relatively vigilant, and the larger the individual, the higher the vigilance.
When the temperature rises, the fish urgently need a lot of food, and the shallow food is more abundant, so we have to fish the "beach" in the spring.
However, anglers should understand this "beach" correctly, it is not simply shallow water near the shore, even if the shoal is close to the shore, the fish prefer to move in the shallows on the far shore side.
As we said before, we need to find a shallow beach with a relatively large area, and the side of the shore is farther away from the shore with a large area, so it is more convenient to use a long rod.
So, in addition to the two cases mentioned above, it is recommended to use a long rod in other cases. Of course, in the spring it does not need to be particularly long, generally 54 meters, 63 meters is sufficient, unless you encounter a particularly large shallow, a long rod is not enough, you need to use a fishing platform to fish far.
To sum up, short rods can be used in small waters, narrow river channels and near shore where there are a lot of aquatic weeds; In other cases, such as the absence of aquatic weeds, or the sparse aquatic weeds near the shore, long rods are more effective.
What do anglers think about this? Feel free to share.