Chiniperca chuatsi is better fished in April to August.

Chiniperca chuatsi prefers a warm environment and starts to open its mouth in March. It is easier to open its mouth when the temperature stabilizes at around 15℃ around April and is better fished, and it is easy to catch all the way up to August.

However, the summer season is characterized by high temperatures and too much light, so it is relatively easier to catch them from April to June. When choosing a fishing spot in summer, choose a location with soft light and avoid direct light if available.

Expanded Knowledge

Chinese mandarin fish like to eat meat, and the best way to catch them is to use live bait with a fishy flavor, such as small shrimp, earthworms and mudskippers. Choose a live bait with high activity and suitable size to hang on the hook, let a part of the body of the live bait continue to move when hooking, and shake it after sinking into the water, so that the flavor can be more easily distributed, and the effect of attracting fish will be better. If you take the roadrunner fishing method to catch Mandarin fish, you will use fake bait, and Mino and sequins are often used. Mino mimics the shape of small fish and is the easiest way to attract Mandarin fish, while sequins are used when the light is not so good. Fishing rods should be M or ML or MH.