Wuchang fish is a middle- and lower-layer fish. It is usually fished on the bottom. Sometimes, if the conditions are suitable, floating fishing can also be used. It is an omnivorous fish that eats both meat and vegetables. It is also greedy and will form groups to grab food. It especially likes the smell of lees. Therefore, distiller's grains and cornmeal can be mixed together, shaped into several apple-sized spheres, and sprinkled into the water as bait. Steamed cornmeal mixed with distiller's grains can often be used as bait, and good fishing can often be achieved. Earthworms, bloodworms, shrimps, mulberries, and sweet potatoes are also popular. In breeding ponds, it is best to use dispersed granular bait mixed with cooked cornmeal as fishing bait.