What Fish Can You Catch When Fishing In A Stream?

Stream fishing refers to fishing in mountain streams, which belongs to the category of fishing. It is different from fishing in big rivers and rivers, and it is also different from fishing in still water environments such as reservoirs. The target fish are mostly small and medium-sized fish living in streams, such as crucian carp, yellow catfish, horse-mouth fish, mulletfish, stream grouper, etc. Let’s take a look at what fish can be caught in streams!

1. Crucian carp

Crucian carp is mainly omnivorous fish that feeds on plants. Its living level belongs to the bottom-level fish. It likes to walk in groups and chooses to live in food. The feeding time varies according to season. Spring is the peak season for feeding, and it is constantly feeding day and night. In summer, the feeding time is morning, evening and night, and in autumn, all day, and around noon in winter.

2. Yellow Cypress

Yellow catfish is an omnivorous fish that is mainly carnivorous. Foraging activities are usually carried out at night. The food includes small fish, shrimp, various terrestrial and aquatic insects (especially chiropra larvae), small molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates. Sometimes they also prey on small fish, and their food varies with changes in environment and seasons.

3. Horse mouth fish

Horse mouth fish is the main target species for stream fishing. It is an omnivorous, carnivorous freshwater fish. The fishing method is mainly to catch the traditional seven-star float, small hooks, and small drops, and then return to the water. After fishing for the rapids, the first choice is sandworms, mosquito larvae, mosquito larvae, mosquito larvae, followed by maggots, red worms, stone fly larvae and various aquatic insects. Under normal circumstances, commercial baits are not effective.

4. Wide fin horn

The wide-finned horn is more omnivorous than the horse's mouth and is not as fierce as the horse's mouth. The fishing method is basically the same as the horse's mouth. The effect of using aquatic insects is not very good. The fishing method is basically the same as the horse's mouth. The effect of using sandworms, red worms and maggots is better. Using commercial bait in places with good fish conditions is even better than the previous baits.

5. Stream spots

Stream grouper is one of the main target fishing for streams, also known as fire-burned turtle, flower fish, stone flower fish, etc. It lives in mountain streams and often lives in rapids at the bottom of gravel. The more obvious feature is that it has three markings on its body, which are more common in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places in my country.

6. White fish

White fish is the most common fish in streams and reservoirs. It mainly feeds on algae, and also eats higher plant debris, crustaceans and aquatic insects. It especially likes to eat small shrimps in rivers. It has the characteristics of strong eating habits and rushing nests, especially fishing fishers who like bottom fishing are annoyed when fishing. It is easy to catch bait, sandworms, redworms, and earthworms.

7. Goblin

Goblins have very mixed foods. The eggs of fish smaller than them are all the foods of goblins. They can be said to be the most greedy stream fish. This fish will not put it on the hook once. The fish is suitable for fishing with lead fishing. They can be eaten with all kinds of animal baits. It is recommended to eat earthworms, so you don’t need to pass the hook back and forth.

8. Shatang Bird

Shatang Birds like to live in the bottom layer of water plants, rubble, stone gaps and mud near rivers and lakes. They have weak swimming power and lurk deeper in the water layer or under stones to overwinter in winter. They use shrimps and small fish as the main food and are widely distributed in the waters of southeastern provinces in my country. In southern Jiangsu, they are commonly called tiger-headed sharks in some places in northern Jiangsu.

9. Wheat Ear Fish

Wheat ear fish is widely distributed throughout the country. They usually like to stay in the water. They are also a very greedy fish. They eat basically everything. Earthworms are easy to catch. The last time the earthworms were enough to catch several fish, but their mouths were small. It is recommended to use small hooks and thin lines to fish. The fishing method is to fish bottom or floating in the middle and lower layers.

10. Flower bone fish

Flower bone fish belongs to the bottom fish, and likes to be in the middle and lower layers of the water body. In winter, it migrates to deep waters in the rivers to overwinter. It feeds on aquatic insects and molluscs, and also eats various small fish. Many fishermen catch this kind of fish, but most of them do not recognize it. The fishing method is to fall heavily and run lead to fish at the bottom. It is better to fish with earthworms.