Fans of fishing are well aware that crucian carp are easy to catch, using pearl barley porridge familiar to everyone since childhood as a food and bait. This cereal is inexpensive, and you can buy it at every grocery store. The main thing is to choose and prepare the barley correctly, and also add the necessary components to it, to which the fish are hunting.

How to cook barley for crucian carp

In order for pearl barley to be interesting for fish and give a good bite, you should correctly choose the product. For fishing, pearl barley of a fresh crop with large white grains is suitable. In addition, the croup should not have husks and films, as well as extraneous inclusions.

How to cook

The product can be prepared in all kinds of ways: both in a conventional pan, in a slow cooker, and in a microwave, as well as steamed in a thermos.

Important! Before cooking, pearl barley, intended for fishing, should not be washed, as this will relieve it of starchiness, which attracts prey.

The main thing to remember when boiling pearl barley for fishing is the correct proportions of liquid and cereal. Typically, porridge increases in volume by about 3 times. Of course, a lot depends on the variety and quality of the product, therefore, in the process of cooking the dish must be mixed, and if necessary, add liquid.

Barley should not be undercooked, because too hard grains are not attractive for crucian carp, as well as too overcooked - this will allow the nozzle to easily jump off the hook. However, if the porridge still turned out to be slightly overcooked, do not rush to throw it away - the product is quite suitable as a complementary food.

In the pan

Many cook pearl barley in the old fashioned way in a pan. To do this, pour one glass of product with three glasses of water and put on fire. After boiling, the fire is reduced and cooked for 40-50 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Did you know? The name "pearl barley" comes from the old Russian "pearl", which means pearls, and cereal confirms this, bearing in itself an abundance of useful properties. This quality allows barley to be desired food not only for humans, but for most fish species.

The readiness of pearl barley can be checked by piercing the grains with a fishing hook every 10 minutes. The nozzle should be resilient, but not too soft. After bringing the porridge to readiness, you need to remove it from the stove and add the necessary components. In general, all that crucian willingly pecks.

They may be:

• sugar;
• vanillin;
• honey;
• garlic;
• sweet syrups;
• flavorings.

In the microwave

In addition, a microwave can be used to cook pearl barley.

To do this, you need the following components:

• heat-resistant dishes;
• pearl barley, 2 tbsp. spoons;
• cold water, 2 glasses;
• sugar, 1 tbsp. the spoon;
• salt, 1 tbsp. the spoon.

Before cooking, pearl barley must be poured with water and left for 5-6 hours. Then drain the settled water, pour soaked barley into the heat-resistant dishes, pour fresh water so that it completely covers the cereal. Next, place the container in the microwave and cook for 5 minutes at maximum power. After this, the cereals must be thoroughly mixed and sent to the microwave for another 5 minutes.

During this time, prepare a solution of salt and sugar. To do this, dissolve the components in one glass of water. Mix the prepared cereal with sugar-salt solution. If desired, you can add all kinds of flavorings.

In a slow cooker

To prepare barley for crucian carp, many use a slow cooker. This is very convenient, as the dish is guaranteed not to burn and not to be digested. Here, everything is simpler than simple: pour one glass of cereal with three glasses of water and select the "Porridge" mode. After the allotted amount of time, the smart machine will turn itself off and give a sound signal. After that, it remains only to add sweet and fragrant ingredients to the dish.

How to steam in a thermos

Some anglers prefer not to cook pearl barley, but to steam it in a thermos.

Important! Crucian carp is extremely sensitive to foreign odors, so it is better to purchase a separate thermos for steaming porridge.

The steaming algorithm is simple:

1. Boiling water is pre-poured into a clean container and left for 15 minutes to warm the walls of the thermos properly.
2. Drain the boiling water, put two tablespoons of cereal in a thermos and fill it with one glass of boiling water, add salt and sugar.
3. The thermos is tightly closed with a lid and shaken several times, after which it is cleaned in a warm place at night.
4. In the morning, add the necessary components to the barley.

Effective barley recipes with additives

Crucian fish very well pecks on pearl barley cooked with additional ingredients, such as peas. For this you need chopped peas, boiled to a state of mashed potatoes, in which the cereal is directly cooked. After the dish is infused, you can add various lures to it.

Did you know? A hybrid of gold and silver crucian is called "Buffalo". It was bred in America and brought to Russia in order to cleanse water bodies from overgrowing by aquatic plants.

Another effective nozzle that fishermen often make for crucian carp is pearl barley cooked with semolina.. To do this, the porridge cooked in a pan, microwave or slow cooker is thrown into a colander to allow it to completely drain moisture, after which it is laid out on a towel and sprinkled with dry semolina.

It is known that crucian loves garlic. Freshly grated cloves or granules of dried garlic are often added to the finished porridge for bait. The number of cloves per glass of prepared grains is 2-3, while dry powder will need about 40 g.

No less than garlic, capricious crucian loves such additives:

• unrefined sunflower oil;
• vanillin;
• sunflower, finely chopped seeds;
• dill.

Also, some fishing enthusiasts add Valerian and Corvalol to their feed. But such harsh smells work well when fishing for crucian carp in the summer, while in winter, too aggressive smell will only scare away the prey.

Pearl barley bait

Barley grains can be used not only as a nozzle, but also as food for fish. To do this, the prepared porridge is mixed with various ingredients. Karasi are famous sweets. In addition, they are very indifferent to the bright fruity and vanilla odors, as well as the aroma of fresh garlic. Of course, all kinds of sprays for attracting prey are currently presented in fishing shops, however, you can make good complementary foods yourself.

With biscuit and breadcrumbs

Fish responds very well to porridge mixed with any biscuit with the addition of breadcrumbs.

Important! Cloudy is always attracted by muddy water, so it willingly responds to complementary foods, the components of which create a cloudy cloud around it.

To do this, take the beans boiled until ready and mix them with crushed cookies. The cheapest sweet soft muffin and any buns will do. The mixture should be plastic and not stick to your hands. Before casting, the formed lumps of complementary foods should be rolled in breadcrumbs.

With peas

Pearl barley porridge with the addition of peas is also considered a popular complementary foods. The recipe for such a bait is simple. You will need one glass of peas, one glass of barley and the necessary additives, such as unrefined sunflower oil. It is necessary to fill the peas with cold water and cook until mashed. Then add pearl barley to the pea porridge and cook the grains until fully cooked. Cool, use as bait.

With millet

Some experts prepare a bait from pearl barley with the addition of millet.

The recipe is as follows:

1. Boil pearl barley for 20–25 minutes.
2. Add vegetable oil, sugar, salt, reduce heat.
3. Pour millet.
4. Cook for 40 minutes, then cool and use as bait.

Rules for storing porridge

Barley, used both for the nozzle and for feeding, must be stored in a separate sealed container. It is important to prevent direct sunlight from getting on the porridge, as this leads to the drying of the cereal, and dried grains lose their attractiveness for production.

Some fishermen claim that the fish are more willing to bite on sour porridge, but this is not a fact: at different times of the day and in different places, crucian carp is willing to catch both slightly spoiled and freshly prepared cereals. The only thing to take care of is to prevent pearl barley from being saturated with extraneous odors.

How to correctly attach the pearl barley to the hook

As a bait, several pearl barley grains can be strung on one hook. In this case, the hook tip must remain free. Having planted the cereal, you should make sure that it is not too soft and will not break when casting. With bad biting, you can build a sandwich from grains and bait by placing it between the barley of bloodworms, maggots or chopped earthworms.

Application as bait

Depending on the fishing method, pearl barley lure can be used in its pure form, forming small balls from it and throwing it in the place of the intended fishing. When fishing on a feeder porridge from pearl barley can be placed in the feeders. It is worth remembering that when fishing in reservoirs over time, the bait should be denser, which will not allow it to quickly wash out of the feeder.

Video: Catching crucian carp on pearl barley

Pearl barley is an excellent attachment and lure option not only for crucian carp, but also for other river fish species. Carp, bream, common carp, ide, and their other relatives peck at it perfectly, you just need to choose the right ingredients for feeding and the necessary flavorings.