Snakehead feeds in late spring, and the breeding period is from early summer to mid-summer (from south to north, from late May to early August). After mating and spawning, the female fish's eyes are covered with a layer of clouds. After the eggs hatch into young fish, they circle around the female fish in groups and slowly move forward in the water grass. Little black fish feed on zooplankton first: aquatic products are early and food intake is slow. Male fish also swim up and down, left and right in the little black fish school. When the female fish is hungry, she eats the little black fry swimming around. Often in more than 20 days, the newborn black fry leave the mother's body from nearly a thousand mature ones, leaving only dozens or a hundred. After entering the dog days, the little black fish can live independently, and the eyes of the old black fish have disappeared. So mother and son went their separate ways. At this time, the old snakehead has a strong appetite because of overeating.
In summer, snakehead fishing generally adopts three fishing methods according to its life characteristics:
First, point fishing. Experienced fishermen often carry a thick Yi Long pole with live frogs or small live fish hanging from the hook. They walked around the water plants by the river and the lake, looking for hatched fish eggs and small black schools of fish. Fertilized fish eggs float on the water meter, milky white in the aquatic plants, beach by beach, the size of a washbasin. The male snakehead hides under the fish eggs or under the left and right aquatic plants to protect the fish eggs and wait for hatching. At this time, put the hook bait at the midpoint of the fish eggs and shake the water. The big snakehead thought that there was a fish coming to eat its eggs, so he would rush up and bite it rudely to catch the snakehead. When the black fish eggs hatch, they become a group of black fry. It swims in the grass for food, and fishermen can also put bait in the middle of fry. Both male and female fish can bite the hook and have a great grasp of fishing. Sometimes the hook is put down, the fish has not eaten for a long time, or the school of fish has dispersed, indicating that the parents of this group of fish have been fished away and they need to find another school of fish. When the little black fish grows up and goes away, the eyes of the old little black fish will see the light again. Anglers can observe the water surface by listening to the sounds in the grass by the lake. If a fish washes away or jumps out of the water somewhere, there is a sound of hitting the water. It means that there is a snakehead chasing food. Anglers can often catch a big snakehead by walking gently in that water area. In order not to scare off snakeheads, anglers should go into battle lightly and stretch their fishing rods lightly. People had better hide behind the grass or trees on the shore, not under the grass or swimming slowly on the water.
The second is to wait for fishing. In the aquatic plants where snakehead often appears, hook bait is hung on the edge of rhyme such as lotus leaves, yellow leaves and water peanuts, and frogs and small fish are used as bait to swim with the draft to attract snakehead. Fishermen put their poles on the grass, and people sat on the grass and waited. Once they swallow it, they will immediately raise the pole.
The third is dragging fishing. On the surface of the water with smooth edges of aquatic plants, throw the bait far away, then slowly drag it to the vicinity, then throw it again and again, and the snakehead waiting for the fish to pass under the skin will suddenly rush out and swallow the bait.
No matter what kind of fishing method, the fishing rod should be thick and strong, and it is best to use a single bamboo rod or a hard rod made of FRP. 2-3 kilograms of snakehead can be directly extracted and carried ashore or floated on the grass on the water surface. The thread is rewound with hemp rope, or thick three-ply opaque nylon thread and polypropylene thread. The hook is made of a special big black hook. The bait is clever, the live fish can penetrate its back, the frog can penetrate its anus, and the hook tip can be exposed. Fake bait can only be used for point fishing.