With the arrival of sustained cold weather and late arrivals and aquatic vegetation on the bottom, fishing conditions on many water bodies are changing. To prepare tackle and cunning tactics, strategies for catching sluggish autumn fish have almost a clean slate. Predatory fish, unlike summer, are no longer satisfied with ambushes in the Windows among the Lily pads or along the coastal strip of Elodea.
In late autumn, the predator prefers to stand under the ramps in a pit or enjoy a leisurely raids along the same edge on the border of three-four-meter depths to six feet or more. But sometimes, especially in recent years, pike goes on a ridiculous half a meter deep and hard hits here in the thickets of dry reeds in some places already. And miss faux and live bait on Gerlich she often begins only when the sun already will come into effect and warms the shallow water. It happens that the pike zhiruet here in the light throughout the day, especially if he, day, grey and warm, even with a slight drizzle. But all the above applies to the shallow water, still spaced some distance from the shore. Often it is spit among a fairly deep pools or expanses of reservoirs.
At the end of October, November starts and during pre-spawning burbot. It also feeds on stingrays in depth. Garagiste holes and burrows — often for day Parking. And not to take burbot in his coregister “Palestine”, only gear will be put on branches and snags…
Large Chub can at this time be seduced by the bait fish and frog, whereas in the summer it’s lazy and fatty, he prefers to take leisurely from the surface of the water fallen flies and grasshoppers, grab greedily white spinner or Wobbler. With cold water it goes in depth and gets more often in bottom gear, if we talk about fixed gear.
Universal zherlitsa
Summer imitation fish-flyers in winter time can be used for the above shallow water, where it is still preserved aquatic vegetation and reeds. But the deeper I got used to use a hybrid of winter imitation fish with a circle. It’s amazing, once placing this design in a fishing newspaper I recently saw in a newspaper a photo of a similar tackle, but obviously factory made. Whether thoughts come together, and I just have not had the opportunity to see invented by someone at the same time with me on this simple design, whether flashed once the publication did not go unnoticed and came to life in a more perfect option. Plant conditions allow it. The difference between these products only in the fact that the imitation fish on my coil is mounted horizontally on the, apparently, the factory, the coil moves in a vertical plane, which is probably more convenient. But obleness quite finally, I again came up, like, almost nothing changing in design winter imitation fish on a stand to use it as a floating set of gear on the autumn catching of a predator. To do this, just equipped with a stand, imitation fish are quite large foam floats, attached at the corners of the stand-square. Ideally, front coil, of course, must be shorter at least by half, because the front high more parasit, and the center of gravity of the coil is high. I fundamentally do not want to change the blinking from the cute to me laziness. But here I was: at the center of the base, bottom, attached the ballast, a small ring of lead from mild donkey-“koltsovki”.
Like the tackle, of course, won’t leave without supervision, as large pike it’s easy to be upset, but being close and seeing the flag rise, they will always manage to swim to tackle, to strike and raise fish. Moreover, once the tackle is fixed, it is, of course, fastened to the shore or hedged to the load cord or thick fishing line.
On zakidushki
The tackle is of course rather primitive, but for night fishing burbot special delights and is not required. In the autumn, when current is not as rapidly as in the spring, to equip zakidushki enough sinkers, molded in a tablespoon. No need to buy expensive line. Will fit any diameter of 0.6 mm. and even though She is fat, but this is its advantage when the night casts: not confused, stumbling in the “beard” is easily discharged from the shore, is not always smooth and free from grass, roots and driftwood. It does not break at sharp jerks, if the throw is not calculated and sinker intends to fly to the opposite shore. Besides, a thick fishing line is clearly visible and in the light of the flashlight. Will not be lost. But on the leash it is possible to spare, and a good of 0.25. Their length varies from 25-30 cm Hooks — large, with long forend. Under the “cutting” of a roach or ruff can be supplied counterparts.
The leashes, in my opinion, it is more practical to bind to the loops, and even better — to the clasps on vertljuzhok. This allows you to quickly replace them in case of breakage in old oak or at capture for burbot because baleen swallows the conscience. Than to dig in his mouth and scratching the cold hands, teeth, spines, better to unfasten the leash and put a spare. I usually equip zakidushku only one leash, as have the grip mostly in the middle to the sinker. And less danger to “catch” yourself when casting.
What to put on the hook? Worm — a classic unchanged for the dogfish head, but I think he likes podlistnikov and fat Nightcrawlers. Large fish prefer live bait-roach and ruffe (it is not necessary “to cut”). If live fish that will fit snuly ruff or “white” sliced fish. Probably will fit and frogs, but I have them in the cold nights and dawns rarely see on the banks of the river, and find more in stomachs of burbot caught already.
Convenient for casts zakidushek sandbar-beaches. Usually the opposite Bank is steep and blackened hole where the water goes round and round. Ideally, if the sinker will fall on the Delta-the edge from rolling to the hole. It is here that burbot “trail”. In itself, the pit hooks waiting for the fallen bog oaks, roots and drift wood. All the above applies to the small forest rivers. At large — other conditions and methods of fishing.
Bite on the zakidushek are determined by the ringing of bells. Well, if they are different in tone. Will be immediately clear which side was followed by a snap. Usually the sound of brass bells and Nickel-plated sharply different in tone and height. I don’t use for hanging bells crafty clothespins. Just put in the ear loop, making it the bell and the noose tightened. When you bite take the right tackle with a bell. Casting is also produced with him hanging on the line. Then the fishing line is selected to the optimal tension and the SAG of the bell is inserted into the split withy. During the many night fishing I was convinced that the simpler the gear, the less it hassle in the uncertain light of the moon, firelight and flashlight, and even frost, and even in the biting breeze.
There are fans to catch burbot using spinning rods with spinning reels equipped with the donkey. In my opinion, this is a reason only where the banks are high and cluttered up. However, “bezynertsionnoj” can be replaced and the usual tin cans, fishing line wraping on this rusty container. Not flat cans of the famous sardines in tomato sauce and stew, from the soldiers ‘ rations, for example. But in this case the fishing line with a diameter of 0.6 mm is unlikely to be run out freely with this simple “bezynertsionnoj”. Perfect 0.3-0.4 mm.
Podpack, buoys-postawski, mugs
It’s really quite a lazy tackle. If you call bell stirs, throws with heated couches and makes to rush at night to the laughter of the tawny owl, it is required only from time to time to get around gear on the boat and check them out. But fishing for burbot is generally not very athletic. Rather, it is romantic due to the breath of the night-wind, murmuring of river jets and the crackle of a campfire, the moonlight, lying on black water. Just the night fishing has its own magic, easily understood its not for everyone…
Podpack is a thick fishing line, stretched from shore to shore, with a few long understory-leashes lying on the bottom. You can set it up and along the course, marking buoys. Sometimes fishing poduska more profitable than zakidushek.
Similar fishing and potawotami. But distinguishes it from catching poduska multiplicity in choosing the place and relative safety in comparison with poduska because you do not have to fiddle around in the dark in a rubber boat with a large number of sharpened hooks. Postawski is normally equipped with one or two leashes tied just above the cargo lying on the bottom. Refers to the place of installation is also a displacer.
For the more adventurous, fishing for burbot on mugs-the imitation fish mentioned in the beginning. In contrast to the usual running circle, this floating zherlitsa features: coil and flat spring with white or white-red flag. All, as the winter imitation fish, except for the color of the check box. The coil is placed in front of the box, the line is put in the kerf, made in a mug. The spring is hooked over the edge of the coil, and the gear alert. It is to put the bait on, to anchor and wait for the grip. The check boxes “work” and winter fishing. But they require illumination by campfire or flashlight.
