Features search and catch of predatory fish on the lake Sterzh

Almost all the lakes in the north of Russia are of glacial origin and are very similar to each other in the structure of the bottom relief and composition of the bottom. In such lakes there is a sandy-stony bottom with silted areas. In some places, stones form hillocks and scythes, as well as stone placers, relatively large in area. And the whole life boils of enamel on rocky sites. Here peaceful fish feeds on the side of the sea and other living creatures, and predators hunt here. On o.Sterzh everything is exactly the same. Therefore, the main task of the spinning machine is to find rocky areas of the bottom. It is not difficult even without special fishing equipment - echo sounder or structured. If you see large stones and boulders on the shore of the lake, then with a probability of 99% the same stones will be in this place and under water. The difficulty for a fisherman without an echo sounder will be only a search for rocky areas that are not tied to the coastline. There are also a lot of them, and there is always fish for them. Having even the simplest vertical echo sounder solves the problem. The stones in it are perfectly visible. A clue can be a network of local poachers. They are usually exposed along such stone placers.
Also, almost 100% of the tip will be the island. They are essentially a hard rock outlet and the entire bottom in the region of any island is a stone placer.

The main methods of fishing in such rocky areas are the jig method and fishing for wobblers. The depths in the lake are 3-7 meters. Based on this, the weights of jig tackle lie in the range of 10-16 grams. Wobblers are needed with a depth of 2 to 8 meters. It is desirable that when wiring cranks they knocked the blade along the bottom.
I was upset that most anglers caught trolling on the lake. This method of catching is prey but not sporty. And what was especially unpleasant is that all the trollingists take the caught fish, regardless of size. Picks up to 1 kg and even smaller sudachas are withdrawn by them without a twinge of conscience (((.

The bait. 2.5-3 "Relax Kopyto natural colors and Bugsy baits from Bait Breath showed themselves well from silicone bait.

I equipped them with offset hooks 1 \ 0-2 \ 0. My fishing crews also used double hooks. But I did not notice the difference in the implementation of bites, but they had more hooks.
Dima and Vitaly caught with fluorocarbon leashes. I, after the first pike cut, switched to fishing with steel leashes. This did not affect the number of fish caught ;-).

In addition to silicone and wobblers, it is worth taking with you also foam fish of 5-7 centimeters in a non-clinging design (with a double hook or offset ). Colors vary by season. In the summer, light colors worked better, and during our November fishing - dark ones.

Animation jig bait - active with flips. Possible animation in 2-3 turns of the reel with small twitching bait.

A lot of hooks, but we unhooked all the baits, just going to the place of the hook. Stones ... A little car stuck between them, but when approaching it comes right out of a crevice.

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