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Pskov region: history of the main river

Where does the Velikaya River begin in the Pskov region? It originates near Big Elm Lake. It is located on the Bezhanitskaya Upland. There is the source of the Velikaya River in the Pskov region. For more than 400 km, the river, fed by the waters of 47 tributaries, flows into a large lake complex located on the borders between the Pskov and Leningrad regions (Pskov-Peipsi Lake). On its winding path, the natural water flow passes through several small lakes, which freeze in winter and overflow their banks in floods in spring.

Coastal forests rich in a variety of game, a large number of fish in reservoirs and a mild climate have attracted people since ancient times. Archaeological excavations indicate that the first settlers on the banks of the river in the 5th century were representatives of the Baltic tribes (Krivichi), who over the course of several centuries mixed with Slavic culture. The surviving several earthen burial mounds confirm this version.

Around the 11th-12th centuries, the Latgalians (Eastern Baltic tribe) began to populate the banks of the river. They created their own settlements next to the Krivichi. After some time, the Velikaya River and its entire coastal zone became part of the Pskov Principality. And its settlers were forced to pay tribute to Pskov, like conquered tribes.

Over the centuries, cities and settlements were built on the Velikaya River in the Pskov region (its photo is presented in the article), the chronicle of which is inextricably linked with the historical events of Russia.

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About the river

Now the Velikaya River in the Pskov region, 430 kilometers long, has a drainage basin area of ​​25,200 km². On its banks are the main regional centers Opochka and Ostrov, as well as the regional center Pskov.

The average depth of the Velikaya River in the Pskov region is 12 meters, and in some places, thanks to bottom depressions, it reaches a depth of up to 24 meters.

Near the villages of Poddubye and Maktyutino there are dams, thanks to which hydroelectric power stations operate that use the energy of the water mass. The average width of the Velikaya River in the Pskov region is 60 meters, and in the city itself - 100 meters.

Interesting fact

There is an interesting fact related to the river. In 1582, the Pskov chronicler recorded that crocodiles appeared in the Velikaya River in the Pskov region. They went ashore and caused great fear among the Pskovites.

Modern historians, having studied this record, came to the conclusion: this species of animal could not live here. Since their existence in the Velikaya River in the Pskov region requires year-round water with a positive temperature of at least 11 ° C, which does not correspond to the environment.

There is an assumption that in those days caravans from African lands passed through Pskov, where reptiles were often found to display animals at fairs and private menageries in Europe. And due to an oversight of the merchants, crocodiles ended up in the river, which later became extinct.

Velikaya River.

I apologize for the somewhat belated report, but I think its relevance continues to this day.

I have quite a bit of fishing experience, but I have never caught bream in the fall. This is if, of course, the last ten days of Pskov August are considered autumn. And it’s not so much the temperature and rain that speak of the onset of a “dull season”, but a very true folk sign - the storks have flown away. Back on August 19, my friend and I watched as at least a dozen “busels” busily picked their noses in the freshly cut grass in the Rodina fields, and on August 23 there was not a single bird left in any nest. Storks are amazing birds, they arrive to us at the end of March - beginning of April, the earliest of all migratory birds, when there is still snow on the fields, ice on the water and even the last mild spring frosts do not frighten them. On August 1st, their chicks, huge and clumsy, Apparently, they didn’t even fly out of the nest, that is, they didn’t know how to fly yet, and after 3 weeks - please - they already set off on a serious flight to the distant south. By the way, our Pskov storks winter in India or Pakistan, and it’s not close to there - 5-6 thousand kilometers.

Anyway, the storks have flown away and autumn has come. I had just returned from a trip to the south, there were still 4 days left before the end of my vacation, and at the first opportunity I went fishing. I don’t know about the fish, but I managed to miss it. According to rumors, bream was caught well on Velikaya near Piskovichi. It was there under the church that my friend and I arrived at 6-00 on August 21st. Despite the windy weather and a small wave, the bream could be detected immediately - it “jumped” cheerfully and loudly across almost the entire width of the river, it was clearly visible in the echo sounder, and it was possible to navigate by the fishing boats, confidently heading to yesterday’s proven points

We also anchored, choosing a place just upstream of the river; the echo sounder showed a depth of 7.5 meters and a lot of large fish.

The bream continued to splash around, almost jumping into the boats, and did not pay attention to our baits. Others didn’t bite either, but experienced fishermen know that while the bream is frolicking, there won’t be an active bite. And everyone was waiting, it was about to begin. Indeed, after about an hour it began - first one, then another neighbor began to wave their hands - hooking and fishing for the first bream. Dmitry caught it too. my friend and one, and two, and three. And for me there was silence, although both in front and behind, and on the left and on the right, fish began to be sipped with regularity. As it turned out, it was a matter of gear, the neighbors caught it with side fishing rods with a jig, Dmitry – with a bottom fishing rod with a feeder. I had an ordinary spring “donka” with an ounce sinker and two hooks. And it hardly showed itself - rare and capricious bites brought me 7 fish during the entire fishing trip, of which only two could be called bream weighing closer to a kilogram, the rest were bream weighing 400 - 600 grams.

The next day, having worked on the mistakes, cooked some porridge and armed myself with gear with both a feeder and a jig, I went there early in the morning. At the same place I met with Dmitry. The weather was even more windy than the day before and it revealed that I was once again not prepared for such conditions. What made the situation worse was that the wind direction was constantly changing. To ensure a stable position of the boat in such conditions, fishermen place 2 anchors on a stretch. For a strong hook to the bottom, it is necessary that the length of each anchor rope be 3-4 times greater than the depth at which fishing is expected. Considering that on Velikaya in these places the maximum depth is 12-14 meters, and my first and second halyards did not exceed 15 meters, my boat was dangling, twisting, and even being pulled from its anchor. It was not comfortable to fish in such conditions; I couldn’t do anything with a side fishing rod, but the bream still pecked at the bottom one with a feeder. But it was necessary to constantly adapt - not to let go of the spinning rod (I use an ultralight one - author's note), to choose the slack of the fishing line and not to take your eyes off the tip of the rod. The bites were barely noticeable, almost “ruff”, while the tip of the rod rattled and only sometimes bent slightly. I missed it, didn’t see it, and can wait a long time for the next bite. As a result, 11 bream went into my fish tank, 4 of them about a kilogram in size.

At about 12 o'clock in the afternoon, my friend and I went out to the picturesque island, so that we could have a snack and talk in peace, with solid ground under our feet. The beauty all around is a clean sand spit, a wide river and, opposite, a high steep bank with a beautiful 17th century church and the Negot churchyard (the modern village of Piskovichi, Pskov region).

Another angler decided to join us and take a break. In his boat, my attention was immediately drawn to a wicker basket and a huge fish tail sticking out of it.

We met both the fisherman and the “tail”: Sergei Nikolaev, a colleague in all areas, both a military pensioner and an active fisherman.

And, he caught a more than five-kilogram pike (in our estimation) just 3 minutes ago, swimming towards the islands. So the Negoti places are not rich in bream alone...

On the third day, August 23, I didn’t plan to fish, but the night before, after checking the baits, I realized that the remainder of the porridge, worms and maggots was more than enough for another bream fishing trip. Well, don't throw it away? And at 6-00 I am again on Velikaya under the high Piskovichi bank. It’s a day off, there has been a noticeable increase in fishermen, several boats, even in the dark, have already sailed to the site of yesterday’s bite. And for our brother, everything came and came - in cars, and on bicycles, and on buses with belongings in large and small backpacks or on carts. A full house was expected on the shore and on the water; the clear and calm weather was also conducive to this.

I decided not to swim straight to yesterday’s scene of action, but first to check the hole; a friend a week ago told me about large specimens that he had caught there. Having barely found myself above the eleven-meter hole, my echo sounder beeped, signaling the presence of the desired fish. This suited me very well - I stopped alone, far from a large group of fishermen, but I didn’t stay alone for long. Almost immediately, my good friend Vladimir Mikhalych and his son Mikhail swam up and stood next to me. Mikhalych did not dare to take the steep descent near the church, and therefore drove up to Khotitsy, and in a boat with a motor, he rushed across the water to Piskovichy. “One - zero” - came from their boat, the first white bream went to the family cage.

I accepted the challenge: “One - one, three - one, six - one” - bites on my spinning rod with a feeder followed one after another and I was happy to announce the score. In the neighboring boat, the older fisherman was not happy with this turn. With the numbers “seven - one”, he decided to turn to the old proven tackle - a side fishing rod with a jig, the nod of which was the clock spring from an old, still Soviet-style alarm clock - very sensitive and moderately elastic, 25 centimeters long. And things got better for him, so much so that we quickly lost count and I lost, as they say, “by one wicket.” And okay in terms of quantity, there are still two of them, but most importantly, in terms of quality...

The size of the “bast shoes” that Mikhalych fished out is often he. than Mikhail, aroused my delight and respect. And not only me, by this time almost all the boats of Saturday fishermen had gathered over the pit.

Three “threes”, three “twos”, pieces of “one and a half” heels and a dozen smaller specimens - such was the catch of father and son. Such fishing cannot be done without a landing net, and they took turns helping each other, slipping a simple fishing tool under the fat, wide sides of the bream at the right time. When the time came to weigh anchor and go home, Mikhail, with difficulty and great satisfaction, took the fish tank out of the water.

Yes!!! Impressive. Study, study and study! I stood 6-7 meters from their boat, everything happened before my eyes, I saw the tackle, and the simple game with a jig. Therefore, I decided that tomorrow, on the fourth day in a row (this happened only once during one of the New Year holidays), on the last day of the vacation, armed with the experience of others, I will try my luck again. After all, in my Saturday, the best bream catch of all my fishing years (19 pieces), there was not a single REAL BREAM, 7-8 about kg against the background of the “monsters” of the neighbors - do not count

I went to the “Fisherman Symphony”, picked up nods, somewhere distant, but still similar to “like Mikhalych’s”.

And on Sunday, August 24 - there again... Yesterday's weather is calm, the crowd of fishermen is even larger and no one, and nowhere - no splash, no bite, the echo sounders are empty. Complete bummer!!! Just yesterday, until late evening, the bream was biting regularly (the information is correct) and there were a lot of them, and over a large area. And today there is silence, zero. Where did he hide? Maybe he moved somewhere? Having crawled and stood there for about 3 hours without any use, I decided: “That’s enough, I’ll swim to Kamenka and increase the price.” But as the day went wrong in the morning (I forgot the anchor on the shore and was returning), it continued - it probably got caught in the net, first tore off the wobbler, and then drowned the spinning rod. Opposite Zagorits met 4 fishermen. By the way, a whole city is being built here, with indoor tennis courts.

But it turns out they were biting. It was pecking in the morning, and it’s pecking now. Positioned about 30 meters away from them and seeing the fish underneath in the echo sounder. I immediately caught two white bream. Well, at least it's something. I called Dmitry and Mikhalych. And at this time, first one of the neighbors caught a catfish, about a kilogram, and released it, saying: “See you in three years.” Almost immediately, the second neighbor - but already a catfish, with which he had to tinker, according to his estimate, 3-4 kilograms. And the third from this company, it turns out, already had “almost the same” in the cage. Amazing catfish day. And bream too, everyone in this company had good catches. Seeing the approaching armada of boats from Piskovichi, one of the four said: “It’s too late. The bite is already over. And that’s enough for us, we caught 2-3 dozen and the size is good today, it’s rare that a bream is smaller than a keel.” With the arrival of the first boats, the pecking really stopped. And the two-kilometer voyage turned out to be in vain for most... On my way back, I was too lazy to take the fish tank out of the water, and when I sailed to the parking lot on the glider, I didn’t find any fish in it. It’s not a pity, but if the day is not going well, then to the fullest. I expected something to happen on the way home, but nothing happened.

The weekend of September 30-31 was spent at the “grinding site”. We went to Spasovshchina - I have never seen so many white people in my life. We collected so many of them in two days that my wife begged us - we don’t need any more white ones.

And this Sunday, September 7, we met again at the Piskovichs’, almost in the same company, but not right away. Even on the shore one could hear talk about yesterday's wonderful bite; the active splashing of bream hinted at today's successful fishing. Almost all the boats immediately headed 300-500 meters upstream, apparently that’s where yesterday’s distribution took place. I first turned to the hole known to all of us, but my echo sounder did not find any fish there. I swam, no longer being clever, to where everyone else was, there both splashes and an echo sounder indicated the presence of the desired fish. But for some reason I didn’t want to bite the bream again. In 4 hours I saw only a couple of incomprehensible bites, and had one catch. That's all! The rest of the fishermen didn’t have the best picture either – rarely did anyone wave their hands, and even less often did they take a bream out of the water. I was already thinking about finishing fishing. when the bell rang. "How are you? And we’re doing well!” - Mikhalych called and said that they were standing on “our” hole and fishing excellently, and there were also respectable bream specimens.

10 minutes later I dropped anchor next to Mikhalych and Mikhail. And finally. Hooray! Not right away, but I also had a two-kilogram bream in my cage. The one I dreamed of, the one I tried to catch during all these 5 autumn fishing trips. And it doesn’t matter that my neighbors again had a “three ruble” and several “one and a half rubles”. The main thing is that I succeeded.

It wasn't just us who were biting. Some other well-known forum users were also spotted actively fishing.

On this day, not only interesting fish swam, but also no less interesting “ships”

But, again, I didn’t learn all the lessons, there were two broken jigs, a leash made of 0.18 mm fishing line, it turns out, is not suitable for catching the right fish. But this is already homework for the next fishing trip. Experts and regulars say that Negotsky bream will not go anywhere and will be caught there until the ice.

Fishing on the Velikaya River in the Pskov region

For fishing enthusiasts, the Velikaya River is the most popular body of water in the Pskov region. Large concentrations of fish are observed in the Yasskoye, Ezerishche, and Zverino reservoirs, which are located in the lower reaches of the river.

Lake Ezerishche is located on the territory of the Pustoshkinsky district (17 km from the regional center of Pustoshka, 175 km from Pskov). The area of ​​the lake is 1.5 km². The average depth is approximately 3 meters, but in some places it reaches 8 meters.

Coastal aquatic vegetation (mainly reeds and reeds) near the Velikaya River in the Pskov region creates conditions for pike and its reproduction. If you sail to the middle of the lake, there is a strip of clean water where you can fish for crucian carp, roach, perch and other fish. Ezerische is shallow, and therefore the water warms up much faster in spring than in other bodies of water, which makes it possible to start fishing earlier.

Lake Zverino, 2 km long, is considered a natural landmark of the Pustoshkinsky district. The reservoir, with an area of ​​1.2 km², is considered flowing, since the Velikaya River passes through it.

The shoreline of the lake is indented. Thanks to this natural feature, Zverino has naturally beautiful bays. The largest estuary is considered to be the Kholyunovsky estuary, the shore of which is covered with various vegetation. In the middle of the lake there is an area of ​​shallow depth (up to 3 meters), in demand by fishing enthusiasts. This bay hosts fishing competitions for pike, rudd, bream and other underwater creatures.

The popularity of this bay among fishermen lies in the fact that the burbot fish breeds and lives in its waters (the only representative of the cod family that lives in the fresh waters of lakes with a muddy bottom).

Lake Yasskoe (5.5 km²) is located 15 km from the regional center of the city of Pustoshka, it is considered a deep-sea reservoir. The lake is home to pike, perch, ide, tench, as well as large numbers of rudd and vendace.

Paid fishing in the Leningrad region

Places where you can rent everything for fishing and catch fish for money

Many fishermen believe that the main thing in fishing is luck, or “fishing happiness.”

You can come to the richest place in fish and not catch a single fish, or you can get a huge bream from a body of water that seems completely unsuitable for it. In addition, there are many fishing spots in the vicinity of St. Petersburg that are already well known to fishermen, so competition there is high and there is a chance that you will have to return home without a catch.

Another problem with “free” fishing trips is poaching. It’s a shame to stand all day with a fishing rod and see poachers destroying fish with nets or electric fishing rods before your eyes.

For those who want to be sure of success, we have prepared a small list of paid fishing trips. You can rest assured: you won’t be left without a catch. In addition, you can come to such places completely empty-handed: they offer rental of boats, fishing rods, chairs and other necessary fishing equipment. There is also no need to be afraid that you will break the fishing rules: paid fishing in ponds, trout and other valuable fish species is allowed all year round.

Fishing – Lake Coin

Coin is one of the most popular bodies of water where paid fishing still remains truly fishing, and not catching fish in an aquarium. Catching fish here is not easy, but if you have the skill and a little fishing luck, you can catch a trophy specimen. Moreover, the caught fish can be smoked immediately.

What is found: perch, pike, roach, whitefish, whitefish, sturgeon, trout, carp.

How to get there: by car from the city along the Vyborg highway to the turn to Pervomaisky, in Pervomaisky at a large intersection turn left, after 2 kilometers on the right side is Lake Monetka.

Fishing – Quiet Backwater

The reservoir is located in a very picturesque place and at the same time relatively close to the city (77th km of the Scandinavia highway). Of course, visitors can rent boats, fishing equipment, bait and even tents. Intensive stocking guarantees an active bite that brings pleasure to both experienced fishermen and beginners. It can also be noted that the prices for caught fish are quite moderate (compared to other “paying stations”).

What is found: perch, bream, roach, trout, carp, whitefish.

How to get there: by car from the city along the Vyborg highway to the turn to Pervomaiskoye, after 6 kilometers there is a bridge over the Gryaznovka river. Immediately after the bridge turn left.

Fishing – Lepsari

This is a small body of water just 22 km from St. Petersburg. It is a system of three stocked ponds. Fishing enthusiasts can catch trout, grass carp, and carp (including trophy-sized ones) here. The reservoir is regularly stocked with fish.

What is found: pike, crucian carp, trout, carp, grass carp, silver carp.

How to get there: by car from the city along Ryabovskoe Highway (the intersection of Kommuny St. and Irinovsky Ave.). Further straight along the Road of Life, through Vsevolzhsk. Further, without turning anywhere, to the village of Proba (22nd km). In the village, follow the sign for Lepsari.

In conclusion, I would like to wish everyone an excellent catch and remind you that some fish species in reservoirs are becoming less and less every year. And this is due not only to poor ecology, but also to the excessive activity of those who like to go fishing, sometimes through illegal means. Today we fish for pleasure, not for survival. And so that we can give ourselves this pleasure for a long time, we can simply take a photo with the caught fish as a souvenir and release it, giving it a chance to survive, and keeping our reservoirs rich and diverse.

Recreation center "Alol"

How to spend a holiday on the Velikaya River in the Pskov region? Where should you locate? Considering that the Velikaya River attracts a lot of attention from nature lovers, the leadership of the Pskov region built recreation centers and hotels on its banks. The most popular are “Alol”, “Island Park”, “Skobar” and “Chistye Prudy”.

In the village of Kholyuny (the shore of Lake Zverino) there is a recreation center “Alol”, where vacationers are provided with a winter building, summer houses and cottages. On the territory of the camp site there is a canteen with three full meals a day, which is included in the price of the tour. A children's menu is available for children. There is a point where you can rent a boat or catamaran. The management of the base organizes various excursions around the Pskov region for vacationers.

"Island Park"

Several years ago, in the vicinity of the city of Ostrov, the Ostrov-Park hotel was built for tourists. On the territory of the complex there is a national Russian bathhouse, a boat pier, a children's playground with attractions for children of all ages, and two areas equipped for a picnic.

The menu of the hotel restaurant includes dishes of European and national cuisine. The hotel is located 1.5 km from the city center on 25 October Street.

In the village of Zagoritsy (12 km from Pskov), the guest yard “Skobar” operates all year round, where all conditions are created for those who want to spend their vacation time away from the bustle of the city.

The hotel has a café where breakfast is included in the price. One of the halls is designed for banquet events. The hotel is located 250 meters from the bank of the Velikaya River.

Birds vs fish

Waste from the Udarnik poultry farm in the Vyborg district of the Leningrad region threatens the ecology of the Serebristaya River. Despite the fact that the company has clearly worked out the issue of disposal, bird waste mysteriously ends up in the trout river. The pollution of Serebristaya causes outrage among both fishermen and gardeners who use this reservoir.

In the Vyborg district of the Leningrad region, not far from the village of Pobeda, the Serebristaya river flows. It is quite small, from 8 to 15 meters wide, which is why many people call it a stream. As reader Pavel told a 47News correspondent, who comes to this river to fish and relax in the nearby gardening community of Shevelevo, Serebristaya is a trout river. This fact was confirmed to us by Alexander Marunchak, inspector of the Gladyshevsky state reserve. According to him, the year before last, ichthyologists carried out a control catch and caught several young brown trout. (Trout is a fish of the salmon family, and the freshwater form of brown trout is considered to be lake and river trout).

Arriving once again to fish at Serebristaya, Pavel discovered that the branches and snags under the water were covered with white mucus, like cotton wool. Suspicion immediately fell on the Udarnik poultry farm from the nearby village of Pobeda, which transported waste from its production to the river bank. Apparently, with the flood and rain, this waste ended up in the river. As the fisherman told us, local gardeners had already complained more than once about this disgrace to the regional leadership, but there was no reaction from there and the summer residents gave up out of hopelessness.

“I haven’t heard anything about pollution. I am a fisherman myself, but I don’t remember that Serebristaya was a trout river,” Mikhail Nikitin, deputy head of the administration of the Roshchinsky urban settlement, commented to a 47News correspondent.

Alexander Marunchak said that the Serebristy stream is located 6-7 kilometers from the territory of the Gladyshevsky state reserve, and flows into the Velikaya River, which passes through a protected area. “We have not recorded any significant revenues to Velikaya recently. If there is any pollution, then it does not reach us, it remains in the stream,” commented the inspector of the Gladyshevsky reserve. In addition, he said that they do not conduct chemical analysis of water, since they do not have the necessary permits and funds for this.

However, according to Marunchak, such outrages also happen to the Velikaya River, although not every year or even every other year, and besides, this is not recorded anywhere. “In such situations, we turn to the management of the poultry farm, which corrects this situation,” said the reserve inspector.

As a 47News correspondent was told at the Udarnik poultry farm, waste from the slaughter of animals and birds (waste of feathers, down and entrails, shells from chicken eggs) is used at the enterprise for processing into meat and bone meal. However, Udarnik still has a manure storage facility on the banks of the Serebristaya River. The enterprise's occupational safety engineer told a 47News correspondent that the storage facility consists of four open containers with a concrete bottom, they are located 500 meters from the river on the mountain. But, as they assured at the poultry farm, the containers are almost never used, since recently, under an agreement with SPC Bioekosan, the company processes chicken manure to produce organo-mineral fertilizer and uses it as organic fertilizer on the poultry farm’s lands.

In October 2001, specialists from the Baltvodkhoz Federal State Institution took water samples from the Serebristaya River 1.5 kilometers downstream and upstream from the manure storage facility. They did not find any excess of the maximum permissible concentrations. Then these tests were carried out due to a complaint about river pollution. Inspections from the sanitary and epidemiological inspection came repeatedly, but they also did not reveal any violations in the waste disposal work. This year, apparently because of our appeal, the poultry farm also intends to conduct a water analysis in Serebristaya.

Employees of the enterprise, together with a 47News correspondent, tried to unravel the reason for the “white slime” getting into the river. It turned out that there is no storm drainage system on the territory of the poultry farm; instead, they use reclamation ditches. "Udarnik" is located above gardening and the river. In rainy weather, dirt from the territory of the poultry farm was washed into the swamp, but now a garden has been built on the site of the swamp. “When it rains, feathers are washed away from our roads and territory, some of the droppings, well, maybe flow through the fields into the river...”, poultry farm specialists suggested.

Lyudmila Petrova, 47News correspondent

"Chistye Prudy"

In the village of Verkhovyane (Gdovsky district) on the shores of Lake Peipsi, which is located ten km from the Velikaya River, the guest complex “Chistye Prudy” was built, designed mainly for fishing lovers, where there is an opportunity to go fishing in any season of the year. Fishing from the shore and from a boat is allowed, using any fishing gear (float and spinning).

The base offers rental conditions for fishing equipment and boats of any displacement. On the territory of the base there is an area where you can cook your catch over a fire or on a grill. The hotel has wooden cottages and a cafe where breakfast is served, the cost of which is included in the price of your stay.

Rafting on the Velikaya River in the Pskov region

Many tourist organizations in the Pskov region, taking into account that the entire length of the Velikaya River (250 km) is suitable for rafting, organize this type of entertainment for thrill-seekers under the guidance of experienced instructors. Since the waters of some sections of the river have rapids, which alternate with a large number of lakes, rafting should be done on frame floating craft.

For tourists with children (over 7 years old) and those starting to learn the basics of this type of sports recreation, rafting organizers recommend an easy route that starts from the ancient city of Ostrov, founded in the 13th century. This route passes under the chain bridges - the main attraction of the city, built in the 19th century.

For fans of multi-day rafting, a rather difficult route has been developed, which starts from the bridge between the villages of Yushkovo and Torkhi. After ten kilometers, the river flows into Lake Khvoino, with an area of ​​2 km². Care should be taken when passing through this body of water. Since in some places its depth reaches 18 meters. Behind the reservoir begins a series of small lakes, the beauty of which fascinates nature lovers in the northwestern part of Russia.

Spawning ban on fishing in the Leningrad region 2021

Spawning 2021 in the Leningrad region , terms where it is prohibited to fish during the spring-summer spawning fishing ban. Designated places and dates for each reservoir.

Areas prohibited for extraction (catch) of aquatic biological resources:

in the accessory lakes of the Vuoksa lake-river system: Shallow, Lugovoe, Bolshoye and Maloe Rakovoe, Volochaevskoye, in rivers and channels connecting these lakes with the Vuoksa River; Narva River - from the Narva Hydroelectric Power Station dam to the highway bridge. Terms (periods) prohibited for the extraction (catch) of aquatic biological resources:

from the break-up of ice to June 15 - bream, pike perch and pike;

from September 1 until freeze-up in lakes Otradnoe, Glubokoe, Vysokinskoe - whitefish and vendace (ripus);

from March 1 to July 31, in rivers flowing into the Gulf of Finland, with the exception of the Narva River - lamprey;

from March 1 to June 30 in the Narva River - lampreys;

from June 1 to December 31 with fixed nets (with the exception of catching Atlantic salmon (salmon) for aquaculture (fish farming) purposes in the Narva River).

Types of aquatic biological resources prohibited for extraction (catch):

Atlantic sturgeon, Atlantic salmon (salmon) and brown trout (trout) in all rivers (with tributaries) flowing into Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland, including pre-estuarine spaces, at a distance of 1 km or less in both directions and deep into the lake or bay (with the exception of extraction (catch) of aquatic biological resources for the purposes of aquaculture (fish farming));

whitefish in the Volkhov and Svir rivers, in the Vuoksa lake-river system.

Types of prohibited tools and methods of extraction (catch) of aquatic biological resources:

nets in all rivers flowing into the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga, as well as in front of the mouths of these rivers at a distance of 1 km or less in both directions and deep into the gulf, lake (except for the production (catch) of smelt (freshwater residential form) and European smelt in period of its spawning run);

lamprey runs in rivers that are habitat for salmon species flowing into the Gulf of Finland, with the exception of the Luga River.

Name of minimum aquatic biological resources for catching in cm:

Asp 40 Pike-perch 40 Bream 25 Pike 32 Freshwater catfish 90 Carp 40 Burbot 40 Chub 20 Crayfish 10