Successful fishing in winter

An excellent breed of codfish is burbot, which lives in various reservoirs practically on the whole territory of Russia. It is a predator, which chooses for hunting various whirlpools, pits, driftwood, as well as clay burrows. When the dark time comes, the fish go out to feed in shallow water. The favorite meal of burbot is a small fish, but large earthworms will also come in handy . Spawning begins in mid-December and lasts until the end of January.

Fishing in winter has a special passion. Unlike many fish, a predator in the winter is very active, he is eagerly searching for prey, which he immediately consumes. Special activity is manifested before spawning and a week and a half after spawning, and continues until the spring flood.

After the start of the freeze-up, the burbot subsides for 10-15 days, and then, having got used to the new conditions, at night begins to feed with redoubled force. At the same time, the fish focuses on lakes - mainly at shallow depths, near the outlet of the bottom springs, near rocky ridges and placers, on rivers moving against the current along sandy and pebble sites. When spawning ends, it goes to depth.

Burbot is a bottom fish that looks for food at the bottom and in the vicinity. The greatest efficiency will be the catching of burbot in winter, at night with the help of bottom fishing line. At the same time, it is necessary to make sure that the nozzle is lying on the bottom, because such bait bait is much more willing than hanging even near the bottom. For catching, ruffs, minnows, fish pieces, animal insides, worm brushes, etc., are perfect.

The bottom rod must be equipped with a leash that is easily separated from the forest, because in most cases the fish swallows the nozzle very deeply, and it is very unpleasant and difficult to remove the hook when winter burbling is made, and even at night. It's easier to shoot the extracted trophy together with the leash, and replace it with a new one, and at home remove the hook.

If there are driftwood and large stones on the bottom, then zhivtsy, especially ruffs and minnows, are likely to hide there, and it will be difficult to get them. And the hunter himself can go under a stone or a snag. Therefore, when fishing in the winter takes place, it is important to know what is under the hole at the bottom.

You can improve the fishing process by carefully tuning the winter bait rod. To do this, it is necessary to adjust the alarm device so that it works even at the slightest bend of the burbot.

For the convenience of joint observation of abandoned bottom gear and simultaneous catching float fishing rods, it is recommended to use a flashlight. You can also light a bonfire on the ice next to the holes: fishing will be more successful, and you can warm yourself.

To catch burbot in the winter on mormyshku or spoon-bait was more effective, you should make the bait move near the bottom. The best and most suitable are large and medium mormyshki. On the hook hooked bloodworms, worms, pieces of meat or fish. Spoon-bait should be large, bright, brightly polished with triplets. Moving 10-15 seconds of light, it should be put on the bottom. The best time for catching is the evening and the pre-dawn hours.

Good results are given by winter catching burbot on the rope. This, you can say, a large elongated mormyshka, which has hooks on each side. They use tackle before spawning. The technique of catching is simple. First, the stool is lowered to the bottom, and then sharply raised by 12-20 cm upwards and thrown again. Falling to the bottom, the tackle produces a sound attracting burbot, and to enhance the effect on the hooks catch fish tails. Although it is possible that the sound of the stool does not attract, but irritates the predator, and it rushes to an aggressive object. Sometimes, for an additional effect, a steel ring hangs on the tackle, which strikes against the surface of the mormyshka, and produces sounds that attract the burbot.