Pike perch is a large perch-like fish, reaching a length of 50 cm in amateur catches. It lives mainly in large rivers, clean lakes and reservoirs. It has a pointed snout and an elongated body. How to catch it?
Instructions
Step 1
Pike perch is caught in May - November, just after the end of spawning. In summer, it can be caught at dawn, both in the morning and in the evening. If the weather is cool, then it can be caught during the day. It is better to look for pike perch near river rifts, near steep banks, on flowing sections of lakes, ponds and reservoirs, on sandy spits and below dams, in spillway zones.
Step 2
Small live fish (goby, gudgeon, char, minnow), small frogs and worms, placed in lattice and mesh feeders with holes, are good as bait for pike perch. Oscillating, diving spinners are also excellent lures for walleye. Before spawning in early spring and autumn, pike perch is caught on spoons quite successfully.
Step 3
When using zakidushki and bottom fishing rods, small live fish are taken as bait, clinging to the back on single and double hooks.
Step 4
In the summer, reel bottom fishing rods are equipped with 0.5-0.6 mm fishing line, 0.2-0.3 mm thick leads, single-hook hooks No. 6 or No. 7 and weights, which are selected taking into account the speed of water flow in the reservoir and the length of the fishing line. During the season, pike perch bite in different ways. In summer, it rarely bites with intensifications during cold snaps, by autumn the bite rises to maximum marks, and from the end of September and until the very freeze-up, it stops, gradually decreasing.
Step 5
When fishing for pike perch with a spinning rod, the spoon should be thrown so that it sinks to a rocky or sandy bottom, and then rises above it from a sharp dash and was carried along the bottom at low speed. From time to time, the line needs to be tugged to get the bait moving. The bite of the pike perch is quite sharp. You might get the impression that the hook is caught on something. For a guarantee, the sweep is done very sharply and as hard as possible - then the hook will surely hit the fish into the tissue of the mouth.
Step 6
Immediately after hooking the zander, you need to act quickly. Otherwise, he can confuse the line during jerking, leading it over some snag or other underwater object. In addition, the pike-perch gets tired faster with an accelerated pull-up. In the end, he is completely exhausted and practically does not resist, and when pulled out of the water, he completely becomes meek.
