What types of rods use today anglers for fishing on the side nod? The six-meter "Volzhanka" is used by anglers, most likely only because of its low price. Carbon-fiber "sticks" of various foreign companies, whose whip is not too thin and elastic enough, are well suited for fishing on a nod.
   For 1500–2500 rubles today you will be offered in the shops a fairly wide range of carbon-fiber rods, but their true qualities may not satisfy everyone. A good rod today costs 4,000 rubles and more, and the real dream is estimated at 200-300 "green."
   For fishing with a side nod, it is best to take a 7–8 m long fishing rod. This will be, for example, the “Sabaneev” rod (7 m) or the firm “Daiwa pro carbon” (8 m or more). Moreover, it is preferable, in our opinion, a rod with a hollow tip, if you are going to catch a not very large fish. The fact is that the hollow carbon fiber knee, although it is afraid of heavy loads, but provides maximum rigidity when hooking fish. On the contrary, the “one-piece” tip can withstand heavy loads, but when hooking up, it does not provide the necessary rigidity. Here is the dilemma: what to choose? Probably always need to focus on the weight of the intended fish. There are also so-called grafted tips, which consist of two parts, hollow and full, but their full part has a very small diameter, and it is very difficult to attach a nod to it. Such whips are better suited for fly fishing rods with dumb snap.
For fishing on the side nod you should use Mylar nods, the length of which ranges from 10 to 20 cm. Sufficiently sensitive nods can be made from an ordinary plastic bottle. The stiffness of the nod depends on various factors - the weight of the mormyshka, the power of the current (if it is caught in the current), the wind. By the way, when fishing with a nod on the course, it is important that the jig in time reaches the bottom. Therefore, it is better to use two jigs - a kind of tandem. They can be tied one after another, and can be mounted on a separate leash (Fig. 1).

(Fig. 1) Tandem with small mormyshka, mounted on a separate leash

Kembriki on the nod should be tough and better round - then they will not get stuck in the line, if your rod is equipped with rings and you catch with a reel. The shape of the cambric when fishing with dumb snap can be anything. Ways of fastening a nod are thought up too much, and they are constantly improved. One of the ways to adjust the length of the fishing line when fishing at different depths is when a small foam reel is installed before the nod itself with an axial hole for the tip of the rod (Fig. 2).

(Fig. 2) Equipment nodding rods with reel

Nozzles when catching on a nod use the same as when fishing on ordinary float tackle. In the fall it is a worm (rain, dung beetle or leafweed), moldy worm, bloodworm, water insect larva (Cazara, etc.). When choosing a bait it is necessary to take into account that the fish always takes the usual food for them better. Often, we successfully caught roach on the forest ant and on the larva of the bark beetle; they fall into the water with falling leaves. The fish peck at the ant eagerly, and it watches the food crumbling from the trees under the clusters of leaves on the water. It also waits, hiding in the shadows, and the perch-humpback: what if it flashes near the fry or a gust of wind dislodges last year's foliage from the shore, throwing along with it into the water podlistnik?
  When posting mormyshki very important to observe the correct game. Mormyshka often smooth movements down from the surface itself. Sometimes the fish likes the slow rise of the bait without any hesitation. However, the usual oscillations of vertical mormyshka from the very bottom in the fall provide good results. In addition, sometimes it does not interfere with just twitching the mormyshka along the ground, raising a cloud of turbidity.
Some anglers use a kind of mini-twister to catch a predator in the fall. This is the usual 3 g drop-shaped bait with a thin strip of silicone cut from a twister. The color is better green, red or yellow. The diameter of the main fishing line is 0.14-0.16 mm; a fishing line with a diameter of 0.12-0.13 mm is suitable for a leash.

A.V. Pyshkov, S.G. Smirnov
   "How to fish with spinning"

Many fishermen can be unaware, why catch on the crucian ponds with a crooked muzzle tackle, if there are proven feeders and a float rod? My answer is simple - catching crucians in the fall with a nod makes it possible to catch excellent fish even during float-feeder feebleness.

The jig has two advantages. First of all, thanks to the nod and the always taut fishing line, I instantly react by hooking to the “test” with a crucian carp bait. Here, as in the winter - “touched”, immediately followed by a sweep, turning into vyvazhivanie - almost a single instant process. Secondly, the game itself jigsaw encourages even a languid crucian.

I agree that this goof often reacts poorly to the horizontal movement of the bait, but it’s about the movement of the bait vertically, which the crucian only welcomes. And the better, the more actively autumn comes into its own.

To the services of a fisherman - a dagger there are three tactical options for fishing - from a boat, from the shore, and at a spin-off. According to my practice, when fishing from a hard, open shore, it is problematic to expect good results - the rod requires a long one (under 7 m), and it is still the main thing that is caught in the red thread, which is easier and more effective to float.

A boat? It is used by few people at the ponds, because the main fish is close to the shore, although a boat is a great option on lakes with an overgrown coastal zone. As well as on any crucian reservoirs with strongly swampy bottom. In all other cases, the ideal option is a brood, usually there are enough high boots and rods 5-6 m long.

On fishing, I choose a “non-frightened” beach, where few people catch (marshy, overgrown or considered not cool), I go quietly knee-deep, lower my mormyshka beyond the edge of coastal algae, in which the crucian carp, which has already eaten well in the morning, and ... But nothing happens ! If only a small “penny” or a raft seizes a mormyshka.

Although very quietly enter the water, a large crucian carp (from 300g) still feels like a fisherman. No, a decent fish, most likely it will not run away, just move aside a little or press itself to the bottom or to the very roots of algae. And there is no special sense now to be active, playing with the mormyshka this way and that - the crucian in the fall can even more alert the clear water. And if something bites good, it is not at all immediately, but when the "hand of a soldier" shake mormyshkoy tired.

It is much more likely that a dismal result is generally possible - you will try one place, the second, twenty-second, and there are still no poklevok, although there is enough fish here. The fisherman, who does not have the Karasevian experience, begins to experiment with mormyshkas, wiring, he does everything remarkably “according to science”, as he used to do with perch fishing or roach, but the biting is not. And all because this carp is such a beast!

It has long been convinced that you just need to wait it out, demonstrating who has stronger nerves. It's like a game of "change in views" - the one who blinked first, he lost. And so that the crucian "blinked", then moved to the cage, going into the water, waiting for the fish to calm down, get used to the presence of the angler. It is unnatural for a fishing gut to stand with an idol without doing anything without throwing. Therefore, a long, under 2m, stand-flyer I drive into the bottom a little ahead of myself.

I put the mormyshka in the planned place of fishing (say, in a small clean window among the algae), putting the fishing rod on the stand and adjusting the descent of the fishing line, trying to get the jig hanging in the half of the line, bending a nod. I try to stand quietly and with a clear conscience, waiting, because I’m already catching the type on the stand. Usually, nothing happens for about 5 minutes, and then I start to play carefully with the mormyshka, after which the probability of biting the crucian dramatically increases.

For many years, I caught a crucian on a nod in the fall, and the impression was that the small and large crucian carpus seemed to be completely different fishes and should be caught in different ways. Small responds well to fast wiring, to high amplitude oscillations, and almost equally well takes on small and rather large mormyshk. But a solid crucian carp requires completely different postings, and they are simple.

Let's say a very slow climb from the bottom (or from the top of the bottom grass), raised without hesitation by 5 cm, a pause of 2-3 seconds, another climb, etc. During the pauses I try different options - and complete rest of the jig, and I will play well on the spot, but carefully, in order to eliminate some kind of awkward sudden movement that can scare away the crucian. A similar game on the slope. By the way, with him quite often the crucian takes better.

Also weighty carp can selectively treat mormyshka. Not to the shape and color (their value is not so great), but to the size - the main parameter of the jig, which often decides whether to be a bite.

With cautious poklevochka I immediately turn to small tungsten mormyshki, lead ones are also suitable, the main thing is that the hook should have a sufficiently long forearm for normal bait placement, and the nod could clearly mark when the miniature mormyshk lay on the bottom or the grass somewhere somewhere. I prefer a nod that is almost completely bent under the weight of the jig - the most informative one.

If the weight of the mormyshk is clearly not enough for accurate fishing (for example, the wind interferes), then the rig must be weighed down. At one time I tried to catch on two mormyshkas, the lower one was heavy, the upper one (at 15–20 cm) was miniature. Catching a pond logger on mormyshk more confident, it happened and two fish immediately sat down, but there were a lot of hooks for the grass, I had to abandon this option.

I switched to another installation: in 70 cm below the small mormyshka at the end of the fishing line I clamp a weighty grain. With it, catching a crucian in the fall immediately becomes more confident. Even in the wind, the rigging clearly dives into a small grass window, lowers the pellet to the bottom, where it remains while playing the jig, on short climbs up and down, you get something of a caraze drop.

On the mormyshka, I am sitting on a moldy worm, a small dung beetle, and bloodworms. Works and dark foam - a ball with a small pea. Or something foam elongated, in the form of a worm, fry 1-1.5 cm long.

Bream - one of the most common and popular fish in Russia. There are many ways of catching it, but very few people fish for a summer fishing pole with a mormyshka. In autumn fishing, we have to take into account the different features of this fishing.

Of course, more often in the rivers of the European part of Russia fishermen come across the bream, but there are masters of their craft who purposefully catch and bream. For the summer fishing pole, equipped with a side nod and mormyshka, this fish takes during the whole season of open water, both from the boat and from the shore.
  The bream is rather shy and cautious, usually prefers great depths, but when it actively moves in search of food, it can be found in the most unexpected places, including in shallow water. Good places can be found on the rivers below the shallows, bystrin, near the steep banks washed by the current. Large bream in medium-sized rivers loves overcrowded pools very much, and in large rivers in autumn it often stands under dams.

Perspective places for fishing may also be located where the coastal algae immediately falls into depth. Game mormyshkoy should be at the lowest point of the dump. The presence of trees thrown into the water and individual corals also need to be considered when searching. Outlets of bream for feeding in the fall are near the pits or along their edges. Large bream often keep under high cliffs with a rugged bottom. The bottom soil may be slightly silted or clayey. It is necessary that the current be calm enough.

On the lakes and reservoirs, when searching for bream in the fall, you need to focus on steep, clayey shores - there may be holes under them. And yet, I myself was repeatedly convinced that on the reservoir it is useful to find the bank to which the bed of the flooded river fits. In such places, the bream often feeds on food washed from the shore.
  On lakes and reservoirs, bream is caught from a boat, setting it over even or dug bottom areas, where this fish goes in search of food from the depths.
  I started practicing fishing around the bait with a nod twenty years ago on Pakhra. In general, steep rivers with steep banks are very well suited for fishing with a nod. There is not such a strong current, as on naturally flowing rivers.

On Pakhra, I usually chose great depths near steep banks and, moving along the water and bypassing the bushes, caught in the gaps between them. Of course, it is more convenient to go fishing where the shores are low, but here you’ll have stalls right under the shore. Mormyshka usually lowered between the bushes, on their edges or in open areas closer to a stronger stream. But the game should be conducted on a weak jet. Often promising were deep creeks, formed by quicksand stuck on snags.
  Usually the search for bream is always associated with long-distance movements along the shore. When searching, the game always starts from the very bottom, and then the lure with rhythmic vibrations rises to a height of 50-70 cm. After making five or seven entries, I turn to a new place.

Always avoid a large number of anglers on the shore. Bream loves silence. Then the angler, walking along the shore with a "devil" or mormyskoy, easier to find fish.
  For fishing from the shore or frostbite, it is better to take a rod of quick formation from 6 to 8 m long. It is important that the tip of the rod is not flimsy, then it will not bend much under the weight of the rod.

The side nod can be of one or another design, as long as it responds well to the play of the jig and bite. It is also important that it be clearly visible, since this may be relevant on a gray autumn day against the background of a wave. Modern side nods are made from various polymeric and metallic materials, including bottle plastic and clock spring. At the end of the nod, it is advisable to fasten a bright (red or orange) polystyrene ball, equipped with a flow ring. The nod should work well: with any bite, it starts to bend or straighten. The angle of its inclination under the weight of the bait is usually 25-30 degrees.
  In areas with a depth of 3.5-4.5 m and a gentle current, small and medium-sized mormyshkas are used, such as "ant", "Uralka", "oats", "pear-shaped", pellet "with hooks No. 15-18.

At greater depths put heavier bait. Usually their shape is smoothed by elongation. These can be “zebra mussel”, “drop”, “larva” and other baits with cuckies No. 13-18. Mormyshki color should not stand out at the bottom, so gray, black and dark yellow lures are suitable.
  Also in the fall, the bream and the bream can be successfully caught in the tandem of the mormyshkas. When this fish behaves cautiously, it can ignore medium and large sized lures. Then you should put a tandem of small mormyshek or devils, the total weight of which will allow you to effectively catch at depth or current.
  Another option, when the bream takes it carefully, tie a three-centimeter leash with a hook to the forearm. In this case, the leash will always lie on the bottom, and when lifting it is attractive, swaying along with the hook and nozzle. Another way to combine a leash is to tie it a little higher than the jig.

If you find a place where bream or white bream are kept, you can apply prikarmlivanie. However, it is important not to overfeed the fish, but only to make her appetite. I usually lure the balls, which contain coastal soil and nutrients. In early autumn, a vegetable mixture is well suited for bait, for example, composed of wheat bran, millet porridge, oatmeal, breadcrumbs, oilcake. Later more and more often it is necessary to use moth as components added to the ground.
  When catching in stagnant water, the ball should be of such a consistency that, when thrown, it would not fall apart in the air, but crumble only when hitting the water. During the course, the balls are made stronger and are thrown ahead of them, slightly upstream.

A common bloodworm is the usual autumn nozzle for bream. On the hook, it should look like a volume, so you need to stick on 5-6 larvae. Fishing for large bream sometimes requires an even larger attachment from the moth. In rainy weather, when different animal food is washed from the shore, a red worm, leaf worm, and earthworm may work well. It is better to use small worms, baiting them on a hook for several pieces. It is important that the tips of the worm be actively moving. In addition, the worm is placed in all ways: accordion, stocking, under the head.

In addition, hawks widely use nozzles that are specific to a particular reservoir, for example, mormysh. Sometimes bream caught on a sandwich of a worm and moldy worm or moth and wormwood.
  When moving to a new place, you first need to catch the lower curb of the stall with a mormish, then, if no bites have followed, you should move the mormyshk so that it does not remain uncovered and the upper part of the stall. Often, near the coastal coast, the bream comes out to feed on watering.

In general, the success of fishing depends largely on the play of the fish. One of the techniques when searching for a pack is to slow down the bait, as if on short ledges, during its descent. Sometimes the game is given a small amplitude, both when climbing and moving down. Lowering the bait to the bottom, after a while, you can raise it, slightly swaying from side to side. In case of a negative result, you can try another game technique: first, the mormysk is lifted to the height of 50 cm from the bottom with measured movements and held briefly at the top point, and then lowered to the bottom again. Still: lifted from the bottom by 10-20 cm, the mormyshk is slowly led along the lower edge, moving it left or right, or using a combination of different movements.

Some fishermen are able to imitate with a mormfish a larva of an insect or a moving crustacean crawling on the bottom. Sometimes the bream also takes on the mormyshka smoothly reaching the bottom.
  Once again I would like to note that the sudden movements of the mormysk are alarming to the bream, therefore its fluctuations should be smooth and natural (like in a live feed). It is often the case that the bream takes on an active game, and the bream on a sluggish one.

When the bite is bad, it is important to immediately respond to the slightest rise or tilt of the nod. Usually, when biting the bottom rake, the detector after a short “nod” straightens, as if getting rid of the weight of the jig. This means that the fish took the nozzle and it's time to do the hooking. Sometimes, when playing with a vertical jig, the bite feels like a kind of hold, but suddenly the end of the rod bends and the line goes to the side - sometimes a large bream takes it.

Catching bream, you must immediately throw a little bait, and only then lower the mormyshka into the water. Whether a flock of bream has approached the place that has been fed up can sometimes be identified by bubbling up. It happens that even with a good bait on a bream site there is no biting. One of the reasons for this is souring of bait, generously poured out by various anglers in frequently visited places. In such cases, it is useful to change the place of fishing.

On the lured areas you can catch with a side nod at night. At about 4-5 o'clock in the evening I throw balls of bait into the place of catching, filled with stern bloodworms in the ratio: 60-70% soil, 30-40% bloodworm.

A bait or a medium-sized devil is used as bait for night fishing. The material is lead. Heavy tungsten bait bream more alarming, especially at night, when he focuses only on their sensory organs and smell.

Usually the place is chosen according to the intensity of the daily bite At night, the exit of a large bream is often observed in the same places, where during the day only podleschiki were caught. These can be depths from 4 to 5 m, reaching right under the coast. On the hook when catching night bait from 4 to 10 moths. When choosing the volume of the nozzle should be guided by the activity of bites and the size of the fish.

Night game mormyshkoy significantly less active than the day. More often the game is not played at all, and the mormyskin lies motionless on the bottom. It is desirable that the weight of the bait was minimal - then the bream will not feel the trick when lifting it. With a long absence of bite mormyshkoy or "devil" you need to play, after which there should be a long stop near the bottom.

Few floaters love fishing when the autumnal cold spell comes and the reservoirs get a dull look. In the opinion of many of them, it is difficult to catch fish during this period: it is allegedly inactive and has moved to difficult depths. But the one who searches and uses various options for fishing is often even more mined than in summer.

Catching on kazaru. With a strong cooling of water, organisms that serve as food to fish burrow into sludge, clog under stones, algae roots, or other “warm” places. At this time, the fish is difficult to find in the pond plant or animal food. For example, the dragonfly larva, Kazara, is a real delicacy for many carp fish and some predators. She hides under the carpeted leaves and stems of lily pads, sedges, uruti, rdesa, as well as in their roots. The fish from time to time finds these colonies and goes here to feed. In October - November, roach, bream, white bream, perch, ide, dace, chub, and other fish take on Kazar well.

In late autumn, due to constant rains, the current often increases, the direction of underwater jets changes, and they suddenly begin to powerfully wash the algae that were previously in low-water areas. Because of this, the larvae huddled into the grass begin to stably wash out and fall into quieter areas, attracting various species of fish. This should be preceded by a non-rainy autumn, when the water level in the river is low and the current is weak.

Gathered in dense flocks of fish in front of the ice cover mainly adhere to the deep zones with favorable temperature conditions, protected from a strong current. Their exits to shallow areas are limited in time and usually fall in the morning. Accustomed to seasonal food, they respond well to it. This is evidenced by the practice of catching many fishermen who have excellent catches in the deep autumn on such rivers near Moscow as the Nerl, Ruza, Pakhra, Protva, Klyazma, and some others.

One of the most successful ways of catching dragonfly larvae is through the wiring. You will find suitable fishing grounds behind the promontories near shoals, below and above dams and bridges, at river bends and where there is a powerful blast.   (fig. 39).  When choosing a jet for wiring, it should be borne in mind that where the washed out food is best carried out on the adjacent Tikhovodiya, there the fish will wait for it in comfortable conditions for it. It is nice to do the wiring along the edge of lodged lilies and other algae. Again, the areas are selected taking into account the direction of currents and the speed of parallel jets.

Fig. 39Perspective Angling Area

Fish exits are often identified by spikes. It is believed that in the deep autumn the fish no longer splashes. However, it is not. In sunny, even frosty weather, roach and other cyprinids actively scour in search of larvae carried by the current in the middle and upper water layers. In bad weather, fish stay more often at the bottom. But even regardless of the weather during the day, the fish can change the horizons of the water. In the morning you will often find it at the bottom, and at noon you can find it higher.

Good places for large roach to catch larvae are often located in front of dams and bystrinami rivers near the coastal sval. I found such sites on the Sturgeon, Pakhra and other rivers, where the fish in steady sunny days took even 30 cm from the surface of the water. Normal wiring in such places should be combined with fishing along the bottom - this gives a good result on cloudy days. On the shallows of many rivers near Moscow, you can successfully catch a large enough chub, roach, perch, sometimes goldfish, white bream, and sometimes dace on the dragonfly larva.

The level of the necessary wiring for catching any fish, with the possible exception of the dace, which, as a rule, always keeps at the bottom, can be determined by bursts: you see them - catch higher, run out - switch to catch from the bottom. Typically, the depth of the bottom wiring does not exceed 1.5-2 m.

For autumnal fishing for dragonfly larvae on medium-sized rivers, a 6–7 meter Bologna rod equipped with rings is sufficient. The reserve of the line on the inertia-free coil should make it possible to make long nozzle releases, sometimes up to 20 m. But usually, having determined the catch point, the angler shortens the length of wiring to 5-10 m. In late autumn, it is better to use a diameter not thicker than 0.1 mm. Increasing the thickness of the fishing line even by 0.02 mm significantly worsens the catch. This is due to the good transparency of the water. The leash is suitable from the fishing line of the same diameter, and it joins through a special swivel. When hooking breakage occurs at the junction of the leash and swivel, which allows you to quickly restore the snap. The length of the leash should be at least 15–20 cm. The hook should be taken with a long dark color forend No. 14–16.

Kazar is placed closer to the head, under the breast. I plant small green larvae on the hook in some cases up to five pieces, and one or two large brown ones are enough.

Mining of dragonfly larvae in October - November is not a big deal. It is important to have wading boots, a loose suit or waders. Knowing the places where in the summer algae were overgrown (in the fall they could not be visually detected), it is not difficult to pick up an armful or another of the dead stalks from the bottom with your bare hands. To do this, sometimes you have to go deep into the water. Well, if the algae will break out along with the roots, where you can find larger larvae (they are usually brown). In the roots of algae, you can also collect leech-clepsin   (fig. 40)  on which perch, roach, chub and some other carp are well caught near fast jets below river dams.

The dragonfly larvae are caught without bait. The use of vegetable mixtures or balls from the ground with the addition of animal components in this type of fishing does not bring success, but only frightens off fish (even balls with balls of dragonfly larvae mixed in them) scare away. It is important to simply look for points on which the fish stand tight. Therefore, sometimes you have to spend up to 70 percent of the time searching for fish, but then decent trophies peck at each other.

Fig. 40  The method of leech-kepsin

Fishing on mormyshku.   In the late fall, the miner is catching the bait, equipped with a side nod and mormyshkoy. At the same time, it is also important to find out the places where fish accumulate, so you have to move a lot. For fishing on small and medium-sized rivers, a rod with a length of 6–7 m is well suited. A nod should be sensitive to the bite. Snap-in - deaf or sliding. For the first you need to use the lightweight reel in the form of a filly, which is worn on the second or third knee from the tip of the rod. The rod should have cushioning properties corresponding to the blind tooling using a fishing line with a diameter of 0.1–0.12 mm.

The larva of a dragonfly on the hook of the bait almost always allows to bite. When searching for places of concentration of fish, they choose places with a minimum flow; backwaters, which in summer usually flank algae. On shallows and below, they need to be cast over the border of lained water lilies, lower the mormysk near sedge thickets, if there is a cliff near the grass to the depth. Suitable backwaters, in which the flow is very slow, can be found higher than the bistrin, dams, and old, cluttered piles. Due to the strong transparency of the water, it is better to use an elongated gray or black mormysm, imitating an ant or some kind of larva. Mormyshka hook number 12-14, forend thin. The larva of a dragonfly, as when catching an installation, is placed under the breast in one or several pieces.

Often the fish concentrate below the dams. Here, roach, chub, perch, roach, minnow and other fish can be caught on the dragonfly larva, blowing the mormyshka over the rocks. Fish loves to choose pockets under the shore near a strong jet for their shelters. It is good if such a pocket is additionally protected by a pile of boulders on the bottom. The fish guards here the passing animal and swiftly grabs the mormyshk, baited by a dragonfly larva or a worm. The nod for fast-stream fishing should be quite tough. Sometimes they fish without a nod at all, determining the bite based on the movement of the fishing line and the vibration of the flexible tip of the rod. The success of fishing with this type of wiring provides the ability to feel the bottom and timely slow down the bait in various recesses and behind the stones, but not greatly weaken the fishing line, so that the angler has a clear contact with the mormishka.

About other nozzles.   On many rivers, on the banks of which trees grow, various fish are well caught in the underlay leaf worm. This worm, in many lives under rotting foliage, is familiar to roach, goldfish, white bream, perch, chub, ide, dace.

When after the autumn rains the water level rises, roach, perch, chub enter the backwaters among the flooded coastal bushes. Here on the water there are peaks of washed and fallen leaves. In such places, it is catching on the bait with a side nod and mormishka, enriched by a worm, leaf bark beetle, a large ant. The way of posting is from the edge of the leaves downwards and from the bottom to the surface. Wiring rate is very slow. The fish reacts badly to the rapid movements of the jig fish.

Where, behind leaf canopies, there is a fall to depths exceeding 2 m, quite large individuals of roach, chub, ide, bream, white bream, and perch are often kept. Large fish in bright light, when the water is very clear, always stands in the shade. Therefore, fishing in sunny weather becomes especially relevant in the fall. In addition, from the sun, the fish shelters under the branches of a pruned shrub and along a steep bank. The reason is simple: the larger the fish, the more eyes it has, respectively, photophobia in hardened fish is stronger than in small things. That is why in the fall, it happens that large individuals come across directly under the boat: they simply hide under the sun from the bottom.

Crank before freezing also provides a good catch, but at this time large fish prefers a volumetric attachment, therefore mosquito larvae need to be planted with a large bunch. At this time, a large silver crucian carp bites in quiet wells, where there is a depth of at least 2 m. At the height of autumn it is not very mobile, therefore, the nozzle must be held in place. On podruzhennyh near Moscow rivers crucian reacts better to the "sandwich" of the moth and Chernobyl. The "sandwich" from the moth and maggots at this time is less attractive to fish. The fact is that on the banks of the rivers situated near Moscow there are deadwood thickets in late autumn, in which the corresponding larvae are found, sometimes entering the water. And maggot in cold weather have little match. To choose for fishing on a “sandwich” you need channel depressions on river bends. Usually in the afternoon, roach, silver carp, bleak, gudgeon, and dace are good at it.

The dace before freezing gathers in large flocks and keeps on fast flowing in places with a rocky bottom. On some rivers near Moscow, rather large dace is caught from coastal ditches. It happens that ice has already become on the ponds and is about to start fishing for winter fishing rods, and on the rivers, dace, roach and some other fish are carrying the fishing rod with success. Sometimes on such days a Chernobyl or “sandwich” from a Chernobyl mine with a bloodworm can be indispensable.

In addition, sometimes it happens to grope a gudgeon, which in front of the ice is collected in large wintering flocks. In some rivers in the fall, a large, well-fed gudgeon comes across. He sticks to the sandy bottom and the rapid reversal, where he bites well on the red worm, the bundle of moths, and the “sandwich” from the bloodworm with Chernobyl. Drawing the nozzle on the bottom is the main method of wiring. The dace and gudgeon in the deep autumn are well suited to simple bait - a mixture of stern moth with coastal land.

In the absence of a suitable attachment, some anglers catch (and rather successfully) roach, dace, and bleak on a tiny foam ball, which is pierced through the hook. The method of catching - posting, but be sure to choose a fast jet.

Autumn fishing is good because in places of dense concentration the fish bite without hesitation, therefore the loading capacity of the float does not matter much. It is best to use a float with dough up to 6 g, the main thing is that it should be clearly loaded with a string of pellets that are shifted to each other in the fast current.

Quite exotic looks in this period, fishing for tinku in stagnant water; because we used to catch on this nozzle in May - June, when the young shoots of the mulberry just appear. However, the order of this “grass” on the hook sometimes works flawlessly during the period of cold clear water. On Pakhra, on this nozzle, they successfully catch large roaches in the water column and from the bottom in the area of ​​the Leninsky Hirk dam, lower and higher than the dam in the areas of standing water. Since the water is clear, masking is important. You can use a plug rod up to 9 m long with a light snap or a Bologna fishing pole with a float test up to 3 g.

In the lower corner of the edge. On the eve of winter, the fish are extremely reluctant to waste their forces on fighting the current, therefore it is necessary to take into account that with a strong decrease in water temperature, dense flocks of various fish mostly concentrate in the zone of deep brooks, sometimes going to fast water, or choose places on the border . In the narrow bottom layer, where the flow is decelerated on the relief, the flow velocity is zero. Directly at the side wall of the edge the speed is minimal. Braking about the terrain, the stream makes circular motions, transverse circulations arise that restrain the main stream. It turns out that optimally comfortable conditions for the fish are created in the lowermost corner of the edge. In addition, there are often bumps and stream-washed stones that serve as shelter for fish, and food that settles on the minimum flow is a constant source of food for fish.

In the deep autumn there are separate sections of brovok, literally occupied by dense flocks of roach, white bream, perch and other fish. But to find such a point, the angler has to do a lot of idle casts with a fishing rod. A catchy place can produce a good catch for more than one day.

Often, catching the autumn perch in fry is compared to entertainment. Indeed, if you get to the place of the cluster of striped predator, fishing with bait for bait can give you great pleasure. However, in this seemingly simple way of fishing there are many nuances of its own which we will try to consider.

Which zhivezhe better?   Many fishermen believe that the best thing that attracts perch is the top. But this is not entirely true. In principle, the upper course is a universal bait, since it is common in most water bodies of central Russia. This very prolific fish is easily settled, because its eggs are carried on their paws by gulls and other waterfowl. This is due to the fact that verkhovka mainly lays eggs on the bottom of leaves, floating near the surface, and the clutches have the form of chains in one or two eggs wide. In two years, verkhovka grows up to 4–5 cm and becomes sexually mature, that is, able to multiply again. As a result of this vitality, even in those small lakes, quarries and other closed reservoirs, where the upper reaches the perch from time to time, it sometimes appears in large numbers again, becoming the main feeding object for the perch.

In general, in small and medium-sized closed reservoirs, where bottom fish quickly eats benthos, small live bait and whitebait become the main object of perch hunting. But the way a perch reacts to a given live bait depends on the predominance of the young of a certain type of fish in a particular water body. This is easily explained, since the main type of feed fish does not cause the perch to be suspicious and it reacts to the victim caught in its sight with lightning speed. And vice versa, a fish, which is not quite typical for a given reservoir, will not cause or not immediately cause a river reflex to attack a reflex reaction.

Analyzing the experience of perch fishing of many anglers in the Moscow region and some nearby areas, I found that, for example, in some ponds of the Domodedovo district perch prefers to hunt exclusively on crucian. In many quarries, ponds and lakes of the Moscow Region, the perch readily eats small rotan. In some places, for example, on the pond in Rastunovo, the perch completely knocked out the rotan, and more recently, its population here was very numerous. The same thing happened on the Pakhra River, which the perch basically cleared of this malicious feed eater. In the Buninsky Bay of the Ozerninsky reservoir, the perch prefers exclusively its fellow - the small perch and does not react to the other live bait. This can be judged at least by the fact that the caught whale regurgitates only perch-yearling. By the way, on other bays of the same reservoir, anglers use carpass, perch, and sometimes other small fish as live bait. It must be said that the large deep humpback inhabiting the reservoir named prefers not small, but quite dimensional perch as a snack. At the pond in Ilyinsky, which is behind a military unit, the perch hunts only for a medium-sized plottel. And these are just a few examples, for sure in every other reservoir the perch has its favorite fish.

Where to catch live bait? Many people know that in the fall, when small fish goes to the depth, getting live bait is a big problem. During this period, for Muscovites, the easiest option is to buy live bait in a store or catch fish in water drains. In Moscow, there are several water traps in which verkhovka, karasik, roach and other fish are found in abundance all year round, and you can easily get it from the concrete parapet with a lift in the right quantity. This is the best way to mine. I manage to stock up on live bait for perch fishing on a water drain in the Moskvorechye area. Despite the fact that the depths in it do not exceed 1.5 m, the fish here feels great thanks to the good circulation of water. In addition to the above fish in this place you can stock up on a small gudgeon, which is one of the most persistent live bait, and in many reservoirs is well suited for catching perch from the bottom. Another good point for catching live bait in our area is a water drain on the Gorodnya River, which flows into the upper Tsaritsyn pond. In addition to the crucian carp, carpentines, verkhovka, perch, it is possible to catch a bit of gorchak in it, which, by the way, perch in some Moscow ponds prefers other fish. However, going to the water sink, it should be borne in mind that in this deaf zone you can meet whole packs of stray dogs, meeting with which is always dangerous.

If we talk about catching live bait directly on the pond, then the fastest way to get it is in deep places in the area of ​​weirs, dams and other hydraulic structures with a hoist or float fishing rod with a thin rig and the smallest hook, using bait of tiny moth or tiny maggots. Sometimes, fishing for a bait with a side nod and tiny mormysk, along with the same micro-nozzles, gives the best result.

Where to look for a perch? In the search for percid schools, one should proceed from where the feeding fish is kept. The proven rule is where the perch hunt object lives in large numbers, and this predator should be looked for there. In October, as the temperature of the water decreases, flocks of small fish go to the depth and concentrate around the brooks - there is a good opportunity to save more fat for the upcoming harsh wintering, since there are various kinds of fouling on steep depressions.

Often the fry concentrate in the feeding area of ​​schools of carp fish. If, for example, a bream or a roach crumbles a shell-dreysenu with its powerful pharyngeal teeth, then a cloud of nutritious suspension forms, attracting small fish. On all Volga reservoirs rich in Drakena, in the areas of deep brooks and local elevations next to the shoals of bream and roach, the perch fry are often coexisting.

In early October, it is still quite often, especially in favorable weather, the phenomenon known to anglers as a perch kettle takes place. Recall that this happens because perch, in large numbers overlaid the flock, forcing her to rise to the surface; here the striped can also be fished.

However, the presence of perch in the upper layers of water is explained not only by this phenomenon. It is known that on warm sunny days, when the surface of the water warms up a little, the fry go to the upper layers to fatten. And the perch, knowing its habits, often then runs in one or two meters from the surface of the water in search of a small detail.

Often, in the autumn, perch flocks watch fish fry that go to streams and springs that flow into a pond over steep banks. Here, due to the high oxygen content in the water, green algae can still grow in abundance, which attract the feed fish. In addition, in the dredging under the shore, the perch feels safe, as it has many enemies.

In the area of ​​weirs, dams and other hydraulic structures, the perch lasts until late autumn. Take the dam separating the Tsaritsyn ponds. Below the dam you can always find a place (usually in the fall on the edges of the flooded bed), where there are schools of small and medium-sized perch. At the same time, hunters of the captured humpback whale often come across specimens weighing 1–1.5 kg almost at the very weir of the dam, but already on the pond located above. Here, with a sufficient depth (3-4 m), the feed ichthyofauna feels fine: whitebait, leeches, scuds, crayfish, which are divorced in the Tsaritsyn ponds and which are also the target of large-sized perch.

With match fishing rod on "boilers" and promising points. Practically any physically healthy angler, with proper rigging, is able to make castings at 20–25 meters (the float must be streamlined and rather heavy for this), which is enough to catch on perch boilers. It looks somewhat exotic, since we all used to catch spinning on the boilers. In this case, roach and perch feel more cheerful on the hook. But if you correctly use a top man - forcing her to move by poddergivaniyami and dragging, - then this poorly tolerating casts fish may look attractive to a predator. When casting it is necessary to ensure that the seagulls do not have time to grab your bait, otherwise you will not catch fish, but birds. The depth of fishing on the boilers is 1–2 m. With such a vacation, the tackle becomes very mobile.

In addition, it is good to fish a small bays of lakes and reservoirs overgrown with algae from a boat with a fishing rod, but in October you need to choose on them middle clean areas with a depth of 2 to 4 m, where on sunny days he likes to go in large shoals of perch. Here it is kept at the bottom, and then in the half of the line, without squeezing the fry to the surface.

Any live beetle or fry is acquired through the mouth by the upper lip. Then when dragging, he will be less injured. If the fish's mouth is weak, you need to wear a thin piece of rubber in the form of a stop on the tip of the hook   (Fig. 41).It happens that the perch takes inactive, tearing off the bait, then the hook has to be removed behind the head. It should be borne in mind that with such a mounting, the live bait is badly injured and becomes inactive, therefore there is a need for an active game snap. Cutting done immediately after a couple of seconds after immersing the float.

Fig. 41Fish bait through the mouth with a piece of rubber

Sometimes with strong agitation it is difficult to determine the moment of biting the perch. In such conditions, some anglers use a restrictive circle on the float antenna, which as a result makes the tool self-intersecting.   (Fig. 42).  Depending on the casting distance, a circle of one or another diameter is taken, but not more than 5 cm, otherwise it starts to sail heavily during the flight. The circle is mounted on the antenna in a sliding position. The length of the antenna should be 12-15 cm. This is enough for the perch to capture live bait and catch it. The circle is made from a thin plastic plate. To attach it to the antenna with a side of the circle is cut.

Fig. 42 Float with a disk of foam for fishing on the wave: a - in the initial position; b - during biting and perch self-helpers

Catching undercarriage.   Since in the autumn period the perch is often kept at the bottom, catching its live grouper donkei can be catchy and interesting. For this purpose suitable picker rod with interchangeable sensitive tops. The degree of sensitivity done done depends on the depth of fishing and the corresponding weight of the equipment. Sometimes there is enough lightning spinning rod for such fishing. For deep wiring, the equipment is used heavier, so that time for lowering it to the bottom is not lost. The use of live bait here is not always advisable, as it quickly dies with frequent casts and movement along the bottom. It is better to make a tackle for snnoy fish, as shown in rice 43.  A single hook No. 6–7 with a long forearm is soldered to a copper wire 5–6 cm long. The other end of the wire is flattened, a small hole is drilled in it, sufficient for a short wire (also copper) clip to pass through, which is blocked by pulling on him a cambric. A loop of the additional leash is put on the ring extension of the clamp, but only after it has been inserted under the gills of the live bait attached to the axle.

Fig. 43.  Equipment for catching perch from the bottom: 1 - a sliding sinker- “olive” weighing from 10 to 30 g on the main line; 2 - swivel; 3 - clockwork ring; 4 - flattened and drilled end of the fastener; 5 - locking cambric; 6 - flattened and drilled end of copper wire; 7 - additional lead with a hook; 8 - hook No. 6–7 soldered to copper wire

If the perch exit point is detected, a bite may follow when the rig is dropped to the bottom. But more often it is necessary to provoke the perch to bite with active movements of the rig, that is, to carry out short pulling and twitching. You should lead the bait with some caution and evenly: the perch does not like it when the fish flies up strongly with excessive jerks with a rod - such a movement seems unnatural to him.

With a fishing rod without a float. When fishing in deep places in the area of ​​spillways, as well as on the edges of the banks close to the shore, some anglers use very long flywheels - up to 9 m long - and use a fishing rod without a float. The mass of the sinker is selected according to the size of the bait, in order to quickly immerse it to the required depth. With this method of fishing, it is good to use thin but elongated lead rounds (such as 20–30 mm of a piece of thick lead wire) - leash overlaps rarely occur with it. This sinker is installed near the swivel, connecting the leash with the main line. Hook for medium size perch No. 5–6 with a long forearm; the main line - with a diameter of 0, 22 mm, the lead - with a diameter of 0.18 mm. At the initial stage, when the angler has not yet determined the level where the predator is, it should be caught in steps, holding the bait fish every 50-100 cm of descent. The bite of the perch is usually sharp and is determined by the vibration of the fishing rod's whip.

Lure.   When catching perch on live bait in some reservoirs, two methods of bait have proven themselves well. Where there is no flow or it is insignificant, meat can be thrown into the water, containing a sufficient amount of minced blood. Striped is well suited to the smell of slowly plunging pieces of meat.

Another option is a rubber ball filled with animal blood and inflated. (It is best to take a soft rubber fingertip.) After the ball is prepared properly and inflated, one or more holes are made with a needle in it (with a large number of shots there is a risk of the ball breaking). Then the ball is tied to the load with a piece of rope and lowered into the place of the intended catch. At the bottom of the pressure of water contained in the blood of the ball will go through the punctures.

Sometimes a group of perch fattening near the surface, which has begun to crumble, can be collected again by throwing one or two handfuls of ordinary river sand into the water. This will mimic the fry that have thrown themselves and will attract perch for a while.

Catching on mugs is the old known way. Its fundamental difference from other methods of fishing is that you can fish for mugs only from a boat. The “circle mugher” fisherman must be physically strong, since during fishing it is often necessary to paddle a lot. And in windy weather such catching is possible only if it is a well-trained athlete. The main thing for the “circle mate” is an excellent knowledge of the reservoir, the topography of the bottom and the places where the fish are parked. This is necessary in order to arrange the circles successfully and to be able to maneuver in the event of a bite quickly maneuver for proper and timely cutting of fish.

There are almost no trifles in the catches of “circle mates”, mostly large fish come across mugs: pike perch, pike, perch. This is because they are caught in circles, as a rule, in hard-to-reach, covered places of water bodies, that is, precisely where the large predator hides. In another way, except by boat, getting close to it is almost impossible. And although the circles have always been one of the most catchy types of gear, one should not think that catching in this way is very simple and only enough strength in hands and endurance. It takes much more ingenuity, experience and skill from the “circle mate” than from other anglers. After all, the catching of a cautious large predator is carried out on a thin, almost jewelry tackle, and one must have sufficient skill to react in time to the revolution of the circle and properly hook and pull out a large, frantically resisting fish from a deaf snag. Pike fishery often becomes a pike of almost a century of age or a very large perch. It is these old-timers of rivers and lakes who choose places for themselves in mudflats, koryazhnik, at sunken bridges and barges, that is, in the real lining, where it is most often impossible for a regular fisherman to get.

Device mug.   To tell in detail about the device of this fishing gear, it would take many pages, and therefore briefly about the main thing. The circle itself is like a kind of floating shell.   (Fig. 44). It is traditionally made of foam, cork and other materials with sufficient lightness and buoyancy. Circles usually have the shape of a circular disc (hence the name), but they can be square, which gives them a number of advantages over round circles, but this is a separate topic. Further. The disk contains the actual hardware. For unhindered gathering of the fishing line, the edges of the disc groove are rounded and ground. Disk sizes: diameter - 130–150 mm, thickness - 30 mm, trench width - 10 mm, trench depth - 10–15 mm, diameter of the central hole where a round tapered pin with a thickening at the bottom end is inserted - 10–15 mm. These are the sizes of the disks intended for catching fish weighing up to 4 kg. When fishing for larger fish, the disc diameter increases to 180–200 mm. The special pin, which we have just mentioned, serves not only to facilitate the turning of the circle, but also to regulate its course and greater stability. The less the pin in the disk is lowered, the more stable the circle. After all, a large live bait, which is equipped with gear, can easily turn a circle, provoking a false bite. In addition, less lowering of the pin in the disk circle slows down its course with a strong wind.

Fig. 44.  Ordinary (classic) circle: 1 - slot; 2 - slot on the disk; 3 - pin base; 4 - olive weight; 5 - pellet; 6 - swivel; 7 - leash

About the technique of fishing. Now about how to arrange the circles. In calm weather, when the wind does not demolish the boat and it is easy to drive, the circles are slowly installed one after another 20 meters apart (however, under different conditions this distance may slightly decrease or increase). With the wind, when the boat is unstable and heavy in control, the circles are started from the moored boat quickly one after another.

Of course, the depth of descent is also important. In the autumn, the live bait starts at 50 cm from the bottom, and in the summer pike and pike often rise in the low lanes, and it is necessary to try the slopes of different lengths, defining the best one using inverters.

The boat must be at some distance from the circles, but always behind them or on the side.

Live baits like roach and bleak often twist around fishing line. If the live bait is confused, then biting should not be expected. Therefore, it is necessary to check circles more often if roach and bleak are engraved on hooks. In the heat of live bait, it is necessary to replace more often with fresh ones, since the fish that worked even for a short time quickly fall asleep.

If empty inverters become frequent, it is advisable to determine who is experiencing fishing patience. There is a simple way to find out the truth: if the livebolder is cut up, it means that it was grabbed and immediately threw a pike. And the crumpled fry signals the grip of a perch bait, which loves to knock the live bait off the hook. In such cases, something must be done. As a rule, first of all get rid of a metal leash. It is he who is often the cause of fastidiousness of predators. It is best to replace the metal leash with a fishing line with a diameter of 0.5–0.6 mm. Even solid in size schuchischi rarely snack on such a thick fishing line.

You can not swim to the mug on the leeward side, as the boat will certainly run over it. Moreover, the predator after the grip is usually against the waves, and here the boat will scare him. Usually the fish sees the boat already at a distance of 4–5 m.

Cutting.   The most important moment in circle fishing is a strong, sharp, but short hand movement at the time of approaching the inverter. There is another way of cutting: quietly pick up the line with your hands until you feel the weak resistance of the fish - here you have to hook, but instantly, otherwise the fish will release the live bait from the mouth.

Pike fishing.   In general, the bite of the pike, in fact, as well as the bite of any other fish, is adversely affected by the profit of water, the sudden change of weather, and the jumps in atmospheric pressure, and the cold east and north winds. There is an opinion that the pike mostly lives sedentary, but in practice it often happens that it migrates from one site to another. Pike occupies promising places that are released by its stronger relatives, caught by anglers.

In the autumn the pike bite is activated. During this period, the predator on the lakes and reservoirs often pecks throughout the day (especially overcast).

Where is it better for the “circle mate” to start the search for a predator at the beginning of autumn? If fishing is carried out on a lake, then an ideal place for fishing will be a pool with a clouded or rocky bottom. There is a natural pike beneath natural shelters. Such stretches are considered the most catching among the circle makers, although they cannot be called very convenient places. After all, live baits when running circles in the reach now and then touch upon various irregularities of the bottom, snags and so on. Therefore, the "circle maker" often has to swim up to the circles that are hooked on snags or come close to each other and correct them. Enough troublesome? But the catchability of such places is the reward of the angler for his labors.

If spring and summer are preferable for catching shallow waters and medium depths, especially in the vicinity of trimmer, in autumn, the most mined are irrigation areas adjacent to deep ridges, or patches, where, with a typical water depth of 7–8 m, significant underwater elevations occur in 3 –4 m. On such patches, you can safely count on catching not only pike, but also perch and perch.

Fishing perch. Fanged eats small and, most importantly, not wide-bodied fish. Since the mouth of the perch is narrow, it feeds mainly on the top, roach, ruff, perch, that is, those fish that have a narrow body and beetle.

Sudak does not tolerate overgrown coastal zones. His favorite sites and places of fattening are above the sandy-rocky bottom. Unlike pike, pike perch almost never flatter itself on sluggish live bait. Perch and ruffs are traditionally considered the best baits for perch. Perhaps they are less appetizing for a predator than a bleak, but they are more enduring, more mobile and able to flutter vigorously longer on the hook of a small tee.

The pike perch is a predator exclusively near the bottom. Getting out to hunt for food, he usually stands on the slopes and dumps of the channel in depth. Zander is especially fond of old skids, remaining from bridges and piles destroyed by time. Pike perch of medium size - schooling fish. If the circle turned upside down from a half a kilogram pike perch, then a few more inversions should be expected. When biting a pike perch, it is better to wait for the moment of swallowing live bait, since the palate of pike perch is bony and it is often difficult to cut a hook through it (hence the fishermen’s complaints about frequent gatherings of fish). A large pike perch usually prefers to hunt alone.

Do not be discouraged if the round-up run ended without result. Just at the next failure, choose a new direction, which has a difference in the nature of the bottom, in the depth of the run and other parameters. And most importantly, you should always remember that any lining in which a predatory fish lurks is a gift for a fisherman.

Well, it blew out! It is hard to believe that even yesterday there were warm summer days and a big fish was caught in pleasure. But do not rush to fold gear. There is still an opportunity to test their strength in the fight with catfish. And where I will tell you now. This place is not so close. However, for someone like - by car drive less than one day. You will reach Volgograd, and there you can easily reach the fishing river Enotaevka. In September, there is still a chance to catch the catfish giants.

Som is an amazing fish, the real owner of the river bottom. It is justly believed that the Volga delta is a Mecca of the Somovian kingdom. Thousands of Moscow fishermen rush in the open water season, taking along with them the whole family. Needless to say, it's nice to soak up the warm Volga sand.

In September, Muscovites rush to catfish pits in a hurry in order to catch the still active river giant, for the catfish will soon fall down into deep river pits and nothing will wake them until spring.

Catfish live in the deepest and most overcrowded parts of the river, in the pits near the channel itself, and always maintain a strict hierarchy: the larger the fish, the greater the depth belongs to it. Thus, the real owners of the bottom are registered on the first "floor". These are very large fish. Their weight can be over 100 kg. Specimens smaller live on higher "floors".

Som spawns late, at the very beginning of summer, when the water warms up to 20 degrees. In places of spawning, he waits for an almost complete recession of water. And he waits for a reason, but deliberately eating off, swallowing a trifle rolling down like a net with his huge mouth. It happens that the mustache is so carried away that it forgets to roll into the big water on time. Then he and the end. The sun in places of Kalmyk so fries that cut off from the channel of kultuk (small meadow creek) in a matter of days dries out to the very silky crust.

But if the catfish did not gape, then, having quickly reached its native pit, it lies on the bottom all day long, only occasionally rising under the very surface of the river in order to slap on it with a powerful tail: well, they say, how handsome I am! Taking a couple of bewildered stunners on the move, he again lies in the pit until darkness. And at night - on the hunt. And so all summer, until the leaf fall.

But in the fall you can catch catfish not only at night. At this time, he begins to feed throughout the day, trying to quickly stock up on fat for the upcoming wintering. And again the autumn course of the fish helps him to eat off. The ram, the sabrefish, the roaches are in a hurry to leave at this time the shallow channels of the delta in order to reach the deep wintering pits in large eriks in time. In huge flocks they rise up the river, where, standing in the middle layers of the water, greedy baleen faces wait for them.

This original tackle is gaining more and more supporters every day, which is easily explained. After all, with the help of a long telescopic rod, equipped with a side nod, it is very convenient to fish windows that are inaccessible to float gear among dense aquatic vegetation.

What types of rods are used today by anglers for such fishing? The six-meter "Volzhanka" is used by the angler, most likely only because of its low price. Carbon-fiber "sticks" of various foreign companies, whose whip is not too thin and elastic enough, are well suited for fishing on a nod.

For 1500–2500 rubles today you will be offered in the shops a fairly wide range of carbon-fiber rods, but their true qualities may not satisfy everyone. A good rod today costs 4,000 rubles and more, and the real dream is estimated at 200-300 dollars. e.

For fishing with a side nod, it is optimal to take a 7–8 m long fishing rod. This, for example, will be the “Sabaneev” rod (7 m) or the brand Daiwa pro carbon (8 m or more). Moreover, it is preferable, in my opinion, a rod with a hollow tip, if you are going to catch not very large fish. The fact is that the hollow carbon fiber knee, although it is afraid of heavy loads, but provides maximum rigidity when hooking fish. On the contrary, the “one-piece” tip can withstand much greater loads, but when hooking up, it does not provide the desired rigidity. Here is the dilemma: what to choose? Probably always need to focus on the weight of the intended fish. There are also so-called graft tips, which consist of two parts, hollow and full, but their full part has a very small diameter and it is very difficult to attach a nod to it. Such whips are better suited for fly fishing rods with dumb snap.

For fishing on the side nod, it is good to use lavsan nods, the length of which varies from 10 to 20 cm. Sufficiently sensitive nods can be made from an ordinary plastic bottle. The stiffness of the nod depends on various factors: on the weight of the jig, on the strength of the current (if it is caught in the current), on the wind. By the way, when fishing with a nod on the course, it is important that the jig in time reaches the bottom. Therefore, it is better to use two jigs - a kind of tandem. They can be tied one after another, and can be mounted on a separate leash (Fig. 45). Kembriki on the nod should be tough and better round - then they will not get stuck in the line, if your rod is equipped with rings and you catch with a reel. The shape of the cambric when fishing with deaf tooling is not fundamental. Ways of fastening a nod are thought up too much, and they are constantly improved. One of the ways to adjust the length of the fishing line when fishing at different depths is when a small foam reel is installed before the nod itself with an axial hole for the tip of the rod   (Fig. 46).

Fig. 45.  Ways of fixing the tandem of mormyshkas: a - sequentially one after another; b - upper jib on a separate leash

Fig. 46.  Deaf nod equipment with reel: 1 - nod throughput ring; 2 - assembly tube

Nozzles when fishing for a nod are the same as when fishing for ordinary float tackle. In the autumn it is a worm (rain, dung beetle or leafweed), maggot, bloodworm, aquatic insect larva (Kazar, etc.). When choosing a bait it is necessary to take into account that the fish always takes the usual food for them better. I often caught roach with success on the forest ant and on the larva of the bark beetle, they fall into the water along with falling leaves. The fish takes on the ant greedily, and it watches the feed crumbling from the trees under clusters of leaves on the water. Here he also waits, hiding in the shadows, and the perch-humpback: what if a fry flashes alongside or does a gust of wind disrupt last year’s foliage from the shore, throwing a worm-gadget along with it into the water?

When posting mormyshki very important to observe the correct game. Mormyshka often smooth movements down from the surface itself. Sometimes the fish likes the slow rise of the bait without any hesitation. However, the usual oscillations of vertical mormyshka from the very bottom in the fall provide good results. In addition, sometimes it does not interfere with just twitching the mormyshka along the ground, raising a cloud of turbidity.

Some anglers use a kind of mini-twister to catch a predator in the fall. This is the usual 3 g drop-shaped bait with a thin strip of silicone cut from a twister. The color is better green, red or yellow. The diameter of the main fishing line is 0.14-0.16 mm; a fishing line with a diameter of 0.12-0.13 mm is suitable for a leash.

On the eve of cold pores, the fish feed hard, often luring any bait, neglecting caution, pecking with greed. If the fisherman does not have time to hook in time, he is slow, it may happen that the hook will then have to be removed from the mouth of the fish with great difficulty, and the fish itself will be greatly injured. But this can be avoided in the case when any, even the most imperceptible bite will be immediately determined by the angler.

A clear definition of the moment of bite is the most important element in fishing practice. How do we usually put a float on a fishing pole? If the carrying capacity of a float is 1.5 g, then most of us, out of old habit, rooted from the time when it was impossible to purchase mixed weights in stores, will load their tackle with a 1.5-g grain pellet. The float, of course, will sink to the very “waterline” and will keep on flowing, only it will not become sensitive to such a load. And therefore, not only cautious bite will be ignored, but also active. It will be extremely difficult for the angler to determine the moment of timely hooking.

The conclusion here is only one: it is necessary to correctly load the float in such a way that it is as sensitive as possible to any changes in the position of the hook with the nozzle. With a lot of ways to catch a float fishing rod (as well as a half-boat, but more on that below), competent gearing plays a major role. A clear definition of the time of biting depends on the lead pellet, which is installed in the general sequence of elements of the firearm, but closer to the hook or the mormysk. Such a grain is called a shepherd.

With some types of wiring, this weight is not easier than the others. Firstly, it is proved that ogruzka float fishing rods do not scare fish; secondly, the use of a series of pellets makes tooling the most balanced; thirdly, when lowering the bait to the bottom, the likelihood of entanglement of the fishing line with a small weight at the hook increases. On the contrary, a heavier trench pack will be able to deliver the bait to the bottom in time and without entanglement.

If all the equipment is balanced, then when you bite almost one hundred percent, the fish will surely lift not only the hook with the bait, but also the submill itself, and will not even notice any additional weight, and the angler will be able to react correctly to the bite at the same time as the pop-up float. When fishing on a fast-flowing stream, it is necessary to choose a sub-pitch of such a mass that it quickly and reliably surrounds the float from the “waterline” to the upper edge of the antenna. Only in this case, even the slightest touch of fish to the nozzle will be marked by a float. In the case of an elementary environment, that is, with one or two pellets, which we talked about at the beginning of the book, the float will not work for a lift and the angler will not even be able to see the bite. Moreover, sensing the weight of the sinker, the fish quickly get rid of the hook, spitting it out.

For fishing on the middle reaches of shoals we load a float weighing 1.5 g as follows: we fix at 5 cm intervals of five pellets of 0.2 g each (1 g in total) and one grain weighing 0.5 g is fixed directly at the leash or on the leash. This pellet will be a sheaf (Fig. 47).

Fig. 47  Heavy shipment

Of course, depending on the place where the fishing is conducted, constantly have to change the style of feeding the nozzle to the fish. To do this, given the power of the current in different layers of water, weights move along the fishing line. It is not at all difficult to do if you use soft lead.

By the way, in the spring, the distance between the hook and the podsum should be minimal, sometimes 2–3 cm, if the catch is wired. But when burned in stagnant water, some anglers increase this distance to almost 0.5 m. A leash without subsurface is good when the fish reacts only to a smoothly sinking nozzle.

In the fall, the usual float rod is often used by fishermen as a half-boat. For which the float moves to the tip of the rod, and the casting of gear is made in the direction of the channel. In this case, many fishermen use sliding weights that are locked with a swivel or an ordinary lead shot. If the fishing is carried out on a current, then the leashes on such tackle are sometimes set to be very long - from 15 cm to 0.6 m. Long leashes walk down the river from side to side, attractively feeding the fish a nozzle. But sometimes it becomes necessary to load a long leash with an additional fraction, and we shall also call it a shepherd. Sometimes two or three sub-packs are installed on a long leash (Fig. 48). On the loaded leash, the nozzle begins to move more calmly.

Fig. 48. Tooling with two parts for fishing on a strong current

However, such weights are not always help out. The fact is that the fishing line is so tightly stretched by the current that the fish, taking the nozzle, immediately feels the trick and leaves. True, a large fish, say, a bream weighing 1.5 kg, is unlikely to scare off the insignificant resistance of a tool from delicacy. But poklevki heavyweights do not happen as often as poklevki fish the size of a palm. Therefore, autumn equipment should not be coarse: the thinner and less noticeable the tackle, the easier it will be to succeed.

When fishing for half a boat, you must first select a float. Of course, it will be of much greater capacity than the wiring float - only then will it be able to withstand the flow. Such a float must have two attachment points, and, most importantly, it is better to slightly underload it than to overload it. The descent should be somewhat greater than the depth at the place of the intended catch. Try to practice this tooling, and if the float starts to swing slightly, and then the line pulls, do not hesitate - this is a reliable bite. Cut and your fish. This is how the usual pellet-sub-grader works for an angler. Well, why not the shepherd of the underwater kingdom, where schools of fish graze?

Could anything be more pleasant than a day spent with a fishing rod in our hands on the bank of an autumn river? And how much fish you can still catch! Only here to get to the fish is not quite easy. She is cautious in clear water, keeps just in case away from the coast, at a depth, closer to the channel. To get it now you can only distant cast bait.

When the depth of the reservoir in the place of fishing exceeds the length of the rod, a sliding float comes to the rescue. Unlike traditional, deafly fixed on the fishing line, the sliding float loses its sensitivity, but it has the advantage of accuracy and casting distance. If we take into account the factor that at a considerable distance from the coast and at great depths the fish are not as shy as in the coastal zone, and the bites are more confident and even decisive, then you can not be very upset because of the loss of sensitivity of the sliding float.

A design feature of all sliding floats is the mandatory presence of an antenna 20–30 cm long, the top of which is usually painted in bright colors of various shades. It is the uppermost part of the antenna, with the proper loading, and is located directly above the water. The rest of the antenna body, painted in a neutral color, must be submerged in water. The body of the sliding float has a generally streamlined shape, for example in the form of an "olive". Kilevaya part of the float is very short and ends with a ringlet designed to secure the float on the fishing line. To prevent the line from twisting, the float is fastened through a small swivel with a carabiner. With the latter, it is easy to detach the float from the fishing line in order to replace it with another (fig. 49).

Fig. 49.Mounting the float through the swivel and carbine: 1 - transition ring; 2 - swivel; 3 - carbine

In order for a sliding float to be controllable in flight and stable in the water, it must have sufficient load-carrying capacity, correspond to the optimal size and shape.

The capacity of the float is the weight of the load that you have to hold the float when the antenna is in the working position. The location of weights on the equipment plays a big role. Lead pellets are often located under the float directly on the fishing line, which often leads to entanglement and overlapping when casting.

It is better to place the entire load at one point directly on the short keel of the float. For this purpose, special ogruzochnye washers are wound on the keel. (fig. 50). Sometimes such constructions are used in which internal loading is built. The load is always in the body of the float, as if welded into it, and additional loading is carried out, as a rule, with the help of one pellet on a fishing line. But of this type of floats it is better to use those whose design provides for the possibility of changing the weight of the internal loading of the float. So there are designs with an unscrewing keel, inside which there is a cavity for placing the load inside the hull of the float itself. Weights (in the form of a rod) are used tungsten or brass. Such a design, as in the case of washers on the keel, allows us to avoid loading that is required for standard floats. As a result, it becomes possible to catch on a slowly sinking nozzle at shallow depths. If the fishing is conducted on the edges or other deeper places, then the weight is easily removed from the unscrewing part of the keel, and the fishing line is loaded closer to the hook with one or several pellets, which accelerates the movement of the bait to the target.

Fig. 50.  Self-loaded float with washers on the keel: 1 - washers; 2 - keel thread; 3 - mounting ring

How to secure a sliding float on a fishing line? There are at least three known methods. The first is with the help of two locking knots, located on both sides of the float, and two beads, worn on the fishing line and located between the knots and the body of the float. Beads are needed to prevent the knot from getting stuck in the float ring. (Fig. 51).  The most important element of this design is the lower knot, since when casting the bait a relatively heavy float tends to move that knot down. Another way, paradoxically, is to deprive the sliding float of the possibility of sliding along the fishing line and force it to be at a constantly exposed depth. With this method, the fishing line becomes tangled and the selected fishing depth is shifted less often. The float is fastened with the help of a wire clip, on which the cams are worn. (fig. 52).  And finally, the third method - fixing the float on a ceramic sliding tube (fig. 53).  Here, as in the first embodiment, the use of stoppers and beads is mandatory.

Fig. 51.  Sliding installation of a float with two sliding knots and two sliding beads: 1 - sliding knots; 2 - sliding beads

Fig. 52.Blind mounting of the float using brackets and cambric

Fig. 53.Fixing the float on a ceramic sliding tube

I never thought that a burbot can be purposefully caught with spinning, but one day in early September my friend and I went to Oka for pikes and caught a jig bait for some two hours six burbot. Then, at another time, I still came across these predators a few more times. It happens that burbot "sits" on spinning baits even in winter when fishing in some non-freezing places of reservoirs.

Burbot can be caught on spinning in rivers and in reservoirs with low-flow water. As a rule, in order to get to the land in the reservoir or lake, you need a boat. On the rivers are usually caught from the shore. In the spring, the best time to catch is right after the ice has melted, when the water has not yet become cloudy. Spring bite continues until the water becomes significantly warmer, which usually occurs in mid-May. The autumn period of catching burbot on spinning begins from the third decade of August and may last until December. And if we consider that some rivers of central Russia remain open throughout the winter, then we can count on an unusual catch during this period. Of course, you need to know the places of concentration of burbot, as well as the time of its biological activity. There is information that bogging on winter jig-spinning regularly comes across in such rivers as the Oka, Moskva-river, Istra, Protva, Upa, Ugra and some others.

It is known that burbot chooses a limited area for its habitat. On the rivers, these are rocky ridges behind the capes, at the exit from the channel, from the bays, behind the islands, where there are decent depths near the sand bar. (fig. 54).  In the upper reaches of the Oka, burbot often chooses shallow stony rapids for itself and holds them all year round. On the rocky bottom predator easier to hunt. Here, from the strong current, various bottom fish are hidden: sandgill, ruff, which serve burbot as their main food. In addition, dead organisms stuck in the stones: clams, crayfish, fish, etc.

Fig. 54.  The asterisks mark the probable parking places of the burbot.

In September - October, when frogs on the eve of frosts roll down from flood meadows and accumulate in the shallows, getting ready to lie down in hibernation, burbot (sometimes in large quantities) approaches them to hunt. Probably, that autumn exit on the Oka River, we got exactly to such a point. When fishing for frog eruptions, it is important that suitable rocky shoals are not far from the permanent habitat of the burbot, because this fish does not make long-distance migrations. The depths that go on hunting for frogs burbot is 1–2.5 m. On the Oka, such shoals are sometimes located in the form of terraces and they stretch from the coast for 20–30 m.

Interestingly, sometimes the unusual activity of frogs and their dense concentration in some non-freezing sections of rivers can be observed in winter. This usually occurs in a protracted thaw. Probably, because of this, some heat-loving fish, such as carp, carp, and ide, sometimes wake up with a bite that sometimes comes across at this time. It is also known that frogs in non-freezing water drains or in the area of ​​warm waters discharge and usually hibernating fish in general can be active all winter. Therefore, if burbot lives in such places, it is quite possible to catch it with soft baits that imitate the movement of frogs at the bottom.

For fishing on rocky shallows, a spinning system with a length of 2.30–2.70 m is necessary, with a test range from 10 to 30 g and a rather elastic tip. A reel is needed with a large gear ratio, since in dangerous areas (usually powerful rocky ridges in a strong current), it is sometimes necessary to quickly reel the line to enclose the bait. The fishing line should be taken woven with a diameter of 0.15-0.17 mm. When fishing on too catchy places, it is recommended to increase the "braided" thickness to 0.2 mm, and to set the hooks slightly loosened, then they will unbend when hooked.

When fishing on rocky shallows, it is enough to have a jig head weighing 10–15 g. Some use offset hooks No. 2–3, attached to the weight box “cheburashka” through the clockwork ring. It is believed that the fish sits on them more reliably. When fishing for burbot, I had a fairly spherical jig head, equipped with a silicone fish, vibro-tail or a twister. It must be said that the size of the baits that I successfully used when fishing was quite large - 8–9 cm. Best of all, in September and October, the silicone fish worked with a poisonous green body (with silver sparkles) and a red tail, like a twister . Body and tail sizes 4 and 5 cm.

Wiring should be done finely. This means that the bait should be moved along the bottom in short jumps (half a turn of the coil and stop), imitating the movements of the frog moving and hiding on the bottom. There is an assumption that baits that mimic the movement of crayfish can work well, since undigested remnants of these animals were often found in the stomachs of the burbot caught in the Oka.

In my opinion, very good baits for fishing for burbot are diving wobblers with an elongated blade, for which I have come across medium-sized bastards several times (one wobbler was with a built-in rattle). A wobbler imitates the movement of fish or cancer at the bottom, so its shape can be elongated (under a minnow) or more rounded (under a ruff, perch, cancer). If you catch a day, the color of the bait should as closely as possible match the color of a real fish or other aquatic inhabitant, because the cooling water becomes very clear. (In the conditions of night fishing, the color of the lure does not matter.) When posting, it is necessary that the wobbler should be stuck into the ground every 1-2 m. The blade serves as a bump stop, setting the body of the wobbler at an acute angle to the bottom line and reducing the risk of hooks hooking.

You can also catch burbot on a sinking lure with stops. For what you need a sharp jerk upward to tear the bait from the bottom, then reel 1-3 m of fishing line and, stopping the coil, give the wobbler to freely plan to the bottom. Since the burbot is searched on a rocky bottom, and fishing with wobblers equipped with tees is fraught with hooks, it is better to replace tees with single or double hooks No. 6–1 with special clamping springs.

In lakes and on reservoirs (where fishing for spinning is usually relevant only in the fall) you should look for burbot near rocky sand spits, on islands with extensive sand banks, with encountered stony ridges, on sandy stony tables located between the coast and the riverbed. It is desirable that a low-lying or swampy shore, on which many frogs, as a rule, live, approach promising shallows. In such places, they are also caught on silicone and rubber baits, which create strong fluctuations in the water, which are easily caught by burbot from afar, since this predator focuses mainly on signals perceived by the ear and sideline. Wiring is conducted with a pause of 5-7 seconds through a half turn of the coil. After biting, you need to make a half-second pause and only then hook.

It is caught burbot and on tackle with live bait. It is quite easy to use and reliable design of the rig, shown on rice 55.  A winding ring is attached to a swivel tied to the main line, to which a “Cheburashka” weighing 10–15 g is attached, then a carabiner, and a 12–15 cm long copper wire and an inconspicuous tee leash attached to it. The copper wire is passed through the body of the fish, output through the anus and wrapped around the tail, fixing on the tee. Live bait is taken 8–9 cm long. It is good to use a large ruff or minnow as a bait. The tail of the fish while it is at the bottom should be raised to reduce the likelihood of hooking the tee over the stones. This work is performed by a foam ball mounted on a thin copper wire. During installation, the wire intended for winding the fish is passed through the ball ring. The ball should be painted gray.

Fig. 55.  Equipment with a foam ball for fishing with burbot spinning. Ball mounting options: but  - the double copper wire is twisted in a spiral, but -from the outside mustache; b  - the wire is single, and the ball is fixed by a slat from a wire or a piece of a chopped match

Such a tackle you need to do a leisurely wiring. When the fishing line is weakened after casting, it is necessary to wait about 10 seconds and tighten the bait by 1-2 m. Then - again a long pause and then a slow drag. If the hooks start, the lure is moved in short jerks. Due to the foam ball at the bottom, the alone resting rig takes up an almost vertical position, of course, if the flow is weak. A strong current gives the live bait additional vibrations, which also makes the bait noticeable among the stones.

The best time for fishing on reservoirs of any type is night hours. Usually burbim actively searches for prey from 11 to 4 o'clock. However, in cloudy weather, there are good exits of this fish during the day. A good bite falls in the morning - from 9 to 11 hours or in the afternoon - from 14 to 17 hours.

In general, fishing with burbot spinning is quite exotic. When vyvazhivanii this fish resists weakly (sometimes it happens that it is difficult to move), sits on the hook most often reliably, therefore, landing net is usually not required. If you bring the burbot to the minimum shallow, you can throw it ashore by hand.