Thirty years later

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While studying at school in the winter I usually fished on the Pirogov reservoir. Then to Pirogovo went the train, and fishing costs me 40 cents: 20 – a-COP ticket another 20 – “polkarama” bloodworms. A bus needed to get to the Tishkovo, was for me the additional (and very unwanted) financial burden. Save on bloodworms and then in a head did not come…

The catch is, frankly, were not wealthy. Only twice carried home in a really heavy box: once at the first ice managed to catch some perch “under the yacht club”, and once in December, “under the Church” after dinner there was a crazy biting roach. Now I realize that couldn’t catch, but then, comparing your results with others, I considered myself a very competent angler.

“With age,” my options, of course, grew, grew, respectively, and the distance from my home to the favorite fishing places. I do not remember when I was in Pirogovo for the last time. But definitely no later than 1985. However, my high school buddy Victor, a fanatical fisherman, went the other way. Pirogovo he did not throw and does not throw. And although fish is becoming more unlikely, it catches grow.

“The windmill”

A return to the origins took place in mid-January. Victor brought me to the place “under the pump” and have provided important information: itology, small balancer. It is possible for a jig, but still itology.

Not immediately, but okonek starting to respond! I’m in the habit of proluvial the water column, but every bite (at a total depth of 5 m) were strictly in the middle between the bottom and the ice. Do not wait until the perch stops to take the balancer (Victor warned that this will happen), I switched to the jig. Usually the jig bite are deeper. Sometimes even that is a balance that is the perch under the ice, and jig near the bottom. But not this day. The layer of water with fish, perhaps, was thicker, but his position has not changed: itology.

Fishing was fun! Humpbacks was not the biggest perch on the view were 200 – 250 g, but to cram them all in one ear there was nothing to think, at least two. Despite the fact that honest trifle I was released. And did I perch 35 years ago? Probably not!

Gutting in the evening perch, I found all, even small, first, ROE second, almost overcooked the small whitebait. From this we can draw some conclusions.
1. Too bad that little thing with caviar. Growing “deep” perch reaches sexual maturity at a weight of about 150 g. If the bass is already 70 g ROE, of remarkable size and he can’t reach.
2. Once all the whitebait are small, about 3 cm, it is clear why the balance need little.
3. All whitebait overcooked, so she’s not here anymore. Means, and perch will be no more. The biting will get worse. Maybe whitebait was coming, but the likelihood of this is small.

Well, if so, then we have nothing to do here. Moreover, interesting places.

“The boarding house”

One of such places – out of a large shallow Bay amazing round shape. The output is an island, and near interesting underwater topography. But the most interesting place a little to the side. Externally it is nothing special, but on a steep coastal slope at a depth of about 3 m there is a horizontal shelf of a width of 2-3 m and a length of 25-30 meters. And in the spring, closer to the ice, on this shelf regularly caught roach. And what! Up to a pound, and even larger.

So we decided to check if there is a roach in the middle of winter. This was in late January, just before the warming. We step on the ice. It’s amazing – exactly where we’re headed, blackened figure “penguin” in indecent just for such an unpopular waterfront number, 15 people. Get closer, some blesnet rest of the “shake”. Sit a little deeper than I felt was right, and it looks like nothing is caught. Make a few holes along the top edge, one small catch okunika. Victor close on the pit catches itology pair of the same. Nothing interesting.

Move to your favorite Vitina “shelf”. Here, perhaps, would be appropriate digress. Victor recognizes “devils” only when fishing for bream, the rest of the fish caught on jigs. It is thought that even gained the position of master. I admit that he was right and still catch on “hell”. Yes, it gives more gatherings. But do not worry, if you color the beads on the jig. “Hell,” fish always bite.

Here and now on the fifth hole sure about the “bend” – and begins an exciting fight the fish. The fish is fighting hard, but the fishing line 0,12 allows you to take not only the suburban perch, with roach, but pound grayling, if not to get excited. Fear not the cliff and vanishing. Now she is in the hole, do a good plotwise! At least 300 g. I came Across this 35 years ago? Here – no!

Of the next five holes take out the two platic a little smaller, and that’s it. Viti that handles “shelf” at the other end, not a bite. Well, thanks for that. There are roaches in the middle of winter, it will be necessary in the thaw to come.

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