Carpfishing: Fishing, what a passion! – everything you need to know

Carpfishing, what is it?

Carp fishing is a fishing technique aimed only at carp fishing : there are many fishermen who are passionate exclusively about this technique and often those who practice carp fishing do not adopt other techniques, even if while waiting for the catch it can be fun to dedicate yourself to fishing spinning.

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Carp fishing is a moving fishing technique known as catch and release: in fact, after the fish is caught, the latter is released. The fisherman is left with only a wonderful souvenir photo!
Let's see together everything there is to know about carp fishing .

The history of carp fishing

The birth of carp fishing coincides with the origin of the carp, whose remains dating back to around 10 thousand years ago have been found in Central Asia. At the end of the Ice Age, carp moved to the Black Sea and from there moved to the Danube region.
Many believe that carp fishing is a technique born in England but carp were only introduced here during the 17th century: in particular it was the Fully Scaled Carp breed, a particular type of mirror carp.
A fundamental figure was that of Richard Walker, the first in 1952 to have caught a 40lb fish in the United Kingdom.
The history of carp fishing in Italy is more recent: this technique has spread since the end of the 1980s, becoming increasingly practiced and involving a large number of enthusiasts.
Consider that originally Chinese fishermen used to practice carp fishing with a piece of bread, while today it is possible to find a wide range of specialized products to best practice this technique.

Characteristics of carp fishing

1. Prolonged fishing
2. Respect for the environment
3. The specific equipment (read the full article)

When to practice carp fishing?

This technique can be practiced in any season of the year, but there are two most suitable seasons: spring and autumn.
The least suitable season is certainly winter: in this period there is the risk of returning home disappointed because carp tend to move less in winter, to save energy in the face of low temperatures. They will therefore concentrate in the areas of the lake where the temperature is higher and it will be the carp angler's task to find the most populated area. For these reasons, those who practice carp fishing often choose other fishing techniques in winter.

Ghirla Lake in winter

In spring, however, the opposite situation occurs: this season offers the best possibilities for fishing for the largest carp. The temperatures rise, the grass around the lake shores begins to grow and the carp are busy spawning. During spring, identifying carp is easy: you can distinguish their movements under the surface of the water and in some cases you can see schools of carp eating near the reeds.
A tip for safe fishing? Position yourself immediately in the place where the sun starts to beat early in the morning because the carp love to be in the places where the water warms up more quickly. Furthermore, the largest carp return to populate the same places every year, so another secret is to find out about the areas of previous catches.
During the summer, there is a further rise in temperatures and this leads to another change in carp behavior. Once again it becomes important to remember the places of previous catches: usually the best areas are those near tributaries and emissaries, those with deeper and cooler waters, protected by shade.

Autumn represents another season suitable for the practice of carp fishing , indeed, true carp anglers consider it ideal for two fundamental reasons: the temperature of the water, thanks to the winds, reaches the ideal degrees for the proliferation of carp food which therefore they move more to stock up in anticipation of the cold and the carp suffer a slowdown in metabolism.