Fishing spots - Yegoryevskoe highway

Pakhra River

Pakhra is a right tributary of the Moscow River. In Pakhra you can find roach, perch, bream, pike, crucian carp (silver), gudgeon, and tench is occasionally found. Fishing on Pakhra is possible along its entire length, even in the very upper reaches, where its width is only 3-4 m. In the lower reaches there are white bream, ide, chub, and asp. There are dams on the river near the villages of Shaganino and Novlenskoye. These are very interesting fishing spots. Below the Novlenskoye dam, chub and asp are caught on the stream using fly fishing and spinning. Above the dams, in the reservoirs formed in these places, large bream and carp are found. There are also a lot of pike here. Fishing on Pakhra is possible in all permitted ways.

Severka River

Severka is a right tributary of the Moscow River. In Severka you can find roach, perch, ruffe, gudgeon, chub, and pike. Fishing in the Severk is quite difficult; only locals who know the reservoir fish successfully here, but, unfortunately, often with electric rods and nets. An interesting place for fishing on the river near the village of Golubino in a dam. The dam is home to carp, crucian carp, perch, pike, roach, and bream. The carp is large, up to 10 kg. They fish here with all kinds of gear, both from the shore and from a boat. Fishing used to be paid, but after the left bank was bought up for cottage development, they stopped selling vouchers. Before this, fishing permits could be purchased at a base located on the shore of the reservoir, where you could rent a boat and spend the night. Downstream, closer to the confluence of the Severka and the Moscow River, it is possible to catch chub with a bale or fly fishing; in the fall, small pike are caught well in the pools.

Ruza River

The Ruza River is a left tributary of the Moscow River. In the upper reaches from the dam of the Verkhneruzskoye Reservoir (Cherlenkovo ​​village) to the upper reaches of the Ruza Reservoir, the river is assigned as a reservoir for amateur and sport fishing to the Ruza Society of Hunters. Here you can find asp (often its accumulations are observed below the dam in the village of Cherlenkovo), chub, roach, bleak, perch, closer to the Ruza Reservoir - bream, ide, pike. It can be interesting to catch bleak in the wire after the ice has melted. When fishing with a spinning rod, it is possible to catch an asp. The most interesting fishing spots are closer to the Ruza Reservoir, where the flow of the Ruza River weakens. Below the Ruza Reservoir, fishing for bream and roach can be successful.

Istra River

The left tributary is a tributary of the Moscow River. Above the Istra Reservoir, the summer fishing season on Istra begins in early March. Here they catch bream and roach with a hook. There are pike, perch, and silver bream. Below the Istra Reservoir, gudgeon, chub, ide, char, and occasionally asp are already appearing in the Istra River. Fishing in Istra is possible with float rods, spinning rods, fly fishing, a boat or a bale. Closer to the confluence of the Istra and the Moscow River, bream is found near Petrov-Dalniy. At the end of summer and autumn, pike are caught well on girders. In summer, chub and perch are caught on donkeys and char.

Nerskaya River

The Nerskaya River is a reservoir in the Moscow region, a left tributary of the Moscow River, into which it flows 43 km from the mouth near the village of Marishkino. The length of the river is 92 km. The area of ​​the basin is 1510 km². The channel is slightly tortuous, the predominant depths are 0.6 - 3.6 m. The rise of water during spring floods is up to 10-13 meters, the width of the spill is up to 5 km. The Nerskaya River flows through several lakes and artificial reservoirs. The main ones are near the village of Terenkovo, in the towns of Kurovskoye, Antsiferovo. The catchment area and the floodplain itself (in the middle and lower reaches) are rich in small lakes. Numerous tributaries flow into the river: Ponor, Volnaya, Sosnitsa, Guslitsa, Sechenka, Natynka, etc.

In the upper reaches, the Nerskaya is a typical small forest river with banks overgrown with forests or bushes, sometimes swampy. In the middle reaches, the banks become more open, small floodplain meadows appear, and a pine forest often approaches the banks. In some places the riverbed is straightened by artificial canals.

The Nerskaya River is of interest for short-term kayaking trips. Beautiful nature, mushrooms, good places for tent camps, convenient access by personal vehicle at any time of the year (sandy soils), successful fishing (lots of pike).

The first documentary mention of the Nerskaya River dates back to 1176. in connection with the pacification of the princes of Vladimir and Ryazan. In those days, it was a navigable river along which the border between the principalities passed, as well as the only trade route between Ryazan and Vladimir. At first Nerskaya was called Merska, Merskaya, Merka, Merska. From the end of the 17th century, the existing name began to be used - the Nerskaya River.

Protva River

The Protva is the largest (after the Moscow River) left tributary of the Oka River. The upper reaches of the Protva River and its mouth are located in the Moscow region. Above the town of Vereya, the Protva is a narrow, winding river with riffles and small whirlpools. The habitats here include bream, roach, gudgeon, dace, chub, ide, perch, pike, and silver crucian carp. In early spring, roach, bream, ide, and dace are caught in the line. In summer, chub, ide, perch, and pike are caught using spinning rods. Fly fishing is possible. In autumn, pike are caught with girders. Below the city of Vereya the river becomes fuller. There is a lot of bream, roach, chub, ide, and there is also a small asp. Fishing on Protva is possible with float rods, spinning rods, fly fishing, and at the end of summer and autumn - with girders. The mouth of the Protva River is of interest for fishing with spinning rods, float rods and donks. The same species of fish live in these places as in the Oka. In Protva (at least in the area of ​​the cities of Protvino, Serpukhov and Kremenka) catfish and carp are quite common. Especially in the area of ​​the old destroyed mill.

Characteristic

In the upper reaches the river is swampy, passes through forest plantations, and is often interrupted. For this reason, in several places the riverbed is straightened by specially constructed canals. At the upper reaches it is typically forested with narrow valleys and shallow depths. The average width of the channel is 2-3 m, the maximum depth is about 1 m. Only in places where the river is channeled does the depth increase to 2 meters. For the first 10 km, the Nerskaya River flows in a southerly direction, and after that it turns to the west. Further downstream it picks up speed and spills in the lower part. The maximum width of the valley is 20 m. This place is located near the confluence with the Moscow River. The slope of Nerskaya is small - only 0.185 m/km. Because of this, the river flow is quite calm, quiet - no more than 0.5 m/s.

The riverbed is slightly winding. The banks of the river are clayey and swampy, and landslides often occur. There are practically no beaches. Along the entire length of the river, forests approach the banks. Sometimes there are open meadow areas. Not far from the mouth, the Nerskaya River enters the floodplain of the Moscow River. There is practically no vegetation in this place.

Nara River

Left tributary of the Oka. The Nara River is interesting during the period of open water for floaters, spinning anglers and fly fishing enthusiasts. Roach, chub, dace, perch, pike, and gudgeon are found in Nara. In the middle reaches of the river near the city of Naro-Fominsk, you can come across ide and bream. The lower reaches of the Nara are inhabited by fish species characteristic of the Oka River. The catches of floaters are dominated by bream and roach. On the Nara River, at the very end, there is a dam on the outskirts of the city of Serpukhov.

Fishing and recreation

If we look at it in general, the Nerskaya River is not rich in fish. Fishing (read reviews from fans of this type of recreation below) is possible only in some areas. According to fishermen, you can catch pike, roach, perch and ide in the river. Their only favorite place is where its left tributary flows into the Nerskaya - the river. Guslitsa. Many people come here because this is the area where pike fishing is excellent. Fishermen are advised to use spinning rods or live bait. From the shore you can fish for perch and roach using a regular float rod. For bait, as a rule, they use bread, semolina or bloodworms.

On those sections of the coast where, instead of a forest, a meadow approaches the shore, you can often find tent camps. For example, not far from the village. them. Tsuryupa. Vacationers come here to enjoy the beauty of nature, trying to completely get away from the city noise. You can go to the nearest forest to pick berries and mushrooms.

In winter, Nerskaya freezes in its lower reaches. If the ice crust is thick, then this place becomes suitable for ski trips. Due to the fact that many waterfowl live on the river, people often come here to hunt.

Besputa River

Right tributary of the Oka. The lower reaches section is located in the Moscow region. A narrow, winding, but quite deep river. Besputa is of interest for fishing in the spring, when it is good for catching roach and ide, which come from the Oka to spawn. In summer, bream, roach, perch, chub and ide are caught in pools reaching a depth of 6 m. In autumn, it is interesting to catch pike with live bait using float rods and burbot with donks.

Voskresensk, weather forecast and fish bite

The bite forecast will help you better choose a fishing day in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September. October, November, December in Voskresensk. You may also be interested in the bite forecast for all fish in the Moscow region, or fishing in the Moscow region. Well, there is fishing in the neighboring reservoirs in the Volokolamsk region.

Tsna River

Left tributary of the Oka River. Tsna is a small but deep river in the Moscow region with a slow flow. There are a lot of pike and carp here, which come here from the Yegoryevsky fish farm and the Shalakhovsky reservoir. It is caught well in the area of ​​the villages of Antipovo and Zhabki near the bridge on the Yegoryevsk-Kasimov highway. Below the village of Kupliyam you can catch pike with a spinning rod. There are good fishing spots near the village of Gorki at the confluence of the Ustyn River and at the confluence of the Tsna and the Oka near the village of Dedinovo. Here you can catch bream, roach, perch and ide with a float rod, and with a spinning rod you can catch perch, pike, and occasionally asp.

Moscow River (village Marishkino)

This fishing area is a very interesting place from a fishing point of view. A little further upstream, the riverbed of the Moscow River bifurcates, and in the Marishkino area the two branches of the river converge again. Also in the area of ​​the specified settlement, the Nerskaya and Otra rivers flow into the Moscow River. All these features create good conditions for fish, and they concentrate here, so these places can safely be called fishy places.

The Moscow River in this section is up to 100 meters wide. The depths here are different, and shallow areas give way to holes and whirlpools. Maximum depths reach 8 meters. The structure of the bottom is different - hard areas are mixed with muddy areas where there is aquatic vegetation. The flow is average, slow in places. There are enough approaches to the water, so you can safely go fishing from the shore.

In this section of the river you can catch pike, pike perch, bream, perch, asp, silver bream, ide, chub, roach and bleak. It is best to fish with a feeder or spinning rod. Fishing is available not only during the usual open water season, but also in winter. Moreover, in winter, the Moscow River practically does not freeze in this section of the Moscow River, which is why winter spinning enthusiasts like to come here.

In summer, in areas with depths of 4 meters or more, peaceful fish are well caught, which should be caught using maggots and canned corn. The local inhabitants react to the worm a little worse. Bait is a must because the areas are pressed in and the fish are careful. The weight of the feeders used in some places can reach up to 100 grams, although 60-80 grams is usually enough. You can also catch peaceful fish here using a float. They use both conventional fly fishing rods with blind rigging and advanced plug rods.

The spinning season here lasts almost all year round. And if in the warm season wobblers or spinners can compete with jig baits in terms of efficiency, then with colder weather, and especially in winter, jig comes to the fore. The main fish that spinning anglers target is pike perch. Pike fishing is also good, and with slightly smaller baits you can count on catching perch. The striped fish is also caught quite well on a retractable leash, which can also be used by an asp.

• Location: The section of the Moscow River is located just above Voskresensk in the area of ​​​​the village of Marishkino
• Directions: From Moscow we drive along the Novoryazanskoe highway. In Novotroitsky we turn left onto the Big Moscow Ring and go to Voskresensk. Immediately after the bridge over the Moscow River we turn left onto Marishkino
• Nozzle, bait: foam rubber, vibrotail, maggot
• Types of fish: Chub, silver bream, ruff, asp, burbot, perch, gudgeon, roach, bream, catfish, pike perch, bleak, pike, ide

Reserved beginning

The Mezha River originates in the south of the Tver region in the Central Forest State Reserve. Fueled along the way by water from flowing rivers and streams, it continues its journey from north to south. After merging with Obsha, Mezha turns west and continues its path along the southern border of the Tver region. The abundance of logs submerged in the river allows the predator to feel comfortable. At the bends, Mezha forms rather deep pools, where the depth sometimes reaches 12 m. There are also shallow riffles on the river, where chub are in full swing. In the spring, when the snow melts and in the fall, when it rains, the water level in the river rises. Water rises to 10-15-meter coastal slopes and sometimes floods nearby villages. Spills go far into the forest, and along with the water, fish rush to the flooded areas. Village men sometimes catch fish with nets among the trees, far in the forest. Due to large spills and flooded roads, food is delivered to surrounding villages by motor boats. In deep autumn, the river freezes when the water is still high, and as the water level drops, the ice breaks, and individual ice floes can be seen hanging on the treetops.

When going to Mezha in any season, make inquiries about the water level in the river, otherwise you may come in vain. Firstly, due to the high water level, the fish scatter across the flooded floodplain.

Secondly, in a dry summer with hot sunny weather and low water levels in the river, the predator stands on the fairway and reacts poorly to spinning baits. But this is a problem for spinning anglers; generalists can do white fish or catfishing at this time. Thirdly, it would seem that if you go out on the ice in severe frosts, you can come to open water.

My first acquaintance with Mezha happened during a boat trip. The route was planned in advance. My sister and I were taken to the departure point of the confluence of two rivers: Arzhat and Chichatka. Further along the Chichatka River we rafted to Mezha. In general, the rafting to the final point - the village of Zharkovsky - took two days. We sailed along the Chichatka River in one day, crossing almost twenty kilometers of water, with stretches overgrown with horsetail, rocky rifts that scraped the bottom of the boat, and continuous rubble that could only be navigated by land.

The overnight stay took place in a wonderful place at the confluence of the Chichatka and Mezha, where catfish pecked at the bottoms at night, and large silver bream and roach pecked at the bottoms in the early morning. The further journey took one daylight, as a result of which we ended up in the village of Zharkovsky. Along the entire route, many large forest streams and one small river flowed into Mezha. The sources of the streams were excellent feeding grounds for various representatives of the aquatic kingdom. The water from the streams flowed dark in color, from which one could assume that the springs originated in the swamps.

After this fleeting study of the river, I fell ill with it for a long time.

Kingdom of the spotted predator

During Soviet times, timber was rafted along the Mezha, and therefore the river abounds in driftwood. At the bottom there is an almost continuous layer of flooded logs, bushes, and uprooted trees.

Some trunks stick out of the water, others are below the surface, posing a danger to rubber boats and motors.

The driftwood serves as a good shelter for an ambush predator, as well as for catfish and burbot, and protects the fish from nets.

Pike can be caught on Mezha almost all year round, not counting the spawning period and high water. During the first week after spawning, the predator indiscriminately grabs all moving baits. Local fishermen with low-power motors drag wobblers along the river. At this time, the water level is high enough and the baits move above the snags without snags. Pike prefers wobblers of natural color, such as perch, pike, roach. A variety of such colors can be found from Salmo. You just need to choose a wobbler with the required depth and attractive game. From conversations with one fisherman, I heard that they stop fishing when they manage to catch at least ten predators during fishing. Waking up catfish are biting on wobblers on the path.

In the spring, pike grab large, wide vibrating tails of white and light green colors. The bait must be moved at an average pace, but so that it moves in the water column without coming into contact with snags. For greater grip, the bait is equipped with an additional tee. The eye of the tee is put on a single hook of the jig head, and on top there is a rubber cambric that prevents the tee from flying out during fishing. One of the hooks of the tee is stuck into the back of the bait.

After active feeding, there comes a period when the pike feeds less intensively, but still bites on medium-sized vibrotails and twisters. During the period of open water, predators anywhere in the river prefer Rapala Shallow Shad Rap Runner wobblers. We select the working color of the bait experimentally. The second peak of predator activity is observed during the rapid decline of high water. The pike takes places near the shore irrigation and aggressively attacks the small things leaving with the water. In this case, it is better to lead the bait from the shore into the depths. With the fall of water and the onset of hot summer weather, Mezha along the banks in shallow areas is overgrown with grass. The entire predator, weighing up to three kilograms, is concentrated either next to vegetation or directly in the grass. The predator is more active in the grass than in clean water. It bites on twisters mounted on an offset hook, as well as on light, non-snacking oscillating spoons and Rapala Minnow Spoon wobblers up to 7 cm long. In certain windows of vegetation, pike prefers surface wobblers with a diving depth of up to 0.5 m. In 2005 Rebel baits, which resemble grasshoppers and frogs, worked well. In principle, any fish standing in a clear window near the shore is waiting for an insect to fall from the branches, and therefore most bites occur during the noisy landing of the bait or during the first turns of the reel. Sometimes, after splashing down the bait and there was zero reaction from the predator, I slightly moved the wobbler with the help of a rod, and the predator responded.

In summer, pike will not remain indifferent to the spinner fluttering like a butterfly in the water column. The spoon must be no smaller than No. 3 according to the Meps classification and have such qualities as easy rotation of the blade with a very slow retrieve. Therefore, first of all, it is necessary to use proven spinners, and only then start experimenting. Pike usually grab spinners along the shoreline along the edge of vegetation or flooded bushes. Closer to the riverbed, it is difficult to lift it from the bottom with a rotating spoon, and this is where other baits come into play. At any time of the year, pike can be found near the rivers, rivulets and streams flowing into the Mezha. Large pike on Mezha stand on dumps in the pools. It can be obtained using vibrating tails and deep wobblers with a blade that knocks the bait off the snags.

In deep autumn, with the first frosts, large pike come to the shores of the pools. Immediately before freeze-up, the predator is caught along the ice edges from a boat. In such places, care must be taken not to cut the cylinders of the rubber boat on the sharp ice edges. For this fishing, it is better to rent a wooden boat from the locals.

Before going out on the river with a motor, first inquire whether the use of motorized vessels is allowed in this area.

During the open water season, pike are caught using slingshots installed along the shore. It is preferable to use local and large live bait. The predator also bites on crucian carp brought with it. Frogs can be used as bait by setting the thread release so that the amphibian is on the surface. In deep water, slingshots are placed directly next to the shore. In summer, during small water flows, slingshot poles are installed closer to the fairway. It is necessary to lower the live bait half a meter from the surface. During the day, you need to make sure that the thread of the slingshot does not become clogged with grass and various debris floating with the flow. Be prepared for the fact that a large predator will bite on the slingshot, so install powerful elements of the tackle in advance. I had a case when a large pike broke two hooks on a powerful treble and left.

In winter, pike stick to their autumn camps. She does not climb into deep pools, but tries to stay at the exits and entrances to the pits. The pike occupies a depth of two to three meters in the dump. On the straights, she tries to stick to the snags that are closer to the river bed. Often, especially during thaws, the predator goes out onto reaches with a depth of about one meter and plunders there with might and main. The density of predator sites in winter areas is very high, and it is often possible to catch several pikes from one hole. The same situation is observed on the hunting trails of the predator, when on favorable days it bypasses its feeding grounds.

The pike bites immediately until spawning, then the bite subsides for a while and after a while the predator resumes feeding with renewed energy.

Striped brother

There is a lot of perch on Mezha and it reaches large sizes, but it is difficult to catch a truly large humpback whale. In the spring, before and after spawning, the striped predator gives preference to natural baits, and in particular the worm. At this time, it is better to catch it from a boat with telescopic nodding tackle. And that's why. During high water, perch occupies pits and places under flooded bushes, between nearby bushes, trying to settle down at the foot of the trunk at the bottom. From here it is easier for him to attack small things heading towards the spill. It also protects itself from the attacks of a larger predator - pike. On the boat we stand opposite the bush, and gradually, extending the telescopic fishing rod, we deliver the jig on a short descent to the fishing spot between the branches. The telescopic nodding fishing rod is equipped with a fishing line with a diameter of at least 0.15 mm, which allows you to drag fish along. It is better to use a lightweight spinning reel. Any jig will do in the spring, as long as its weight is in harmony with the other elements of the tackle. Wiring involves slowly raising and lowering the tackle. In addition to perch, large chub, which are rarely caught, as well as roach and pike, can be tempted by the jig. There were several cases when small catfish pecked at the jig, but I managed to safely remove only two from the bush.

After spawning, the perch behaves aggressively for some time, then its aggression subsides. When feeding, it bites on any tackle, both artificial and natural. In summer, small perch continue to bite on worms, while large ones prefer spinners. At this time, he stands next to flooded tree trunks, on the border of bushes hanging over the water and in the return paths running along the shore. On every fishing trip, you need to have a large set of spinners with you, since you can’t guess which ones the perch will prefer this season. Apparently, everything depends on the type of juveniles that predominate in a given place.

In autumn, perch moves to deep pools, where it is preferable to catch it with a side fishing rod with a jig, and use small fry as bait. It doesn’t matter to the perch whether the fry is alive or dead, the main thing is that it moves. It is preferable to attach live bait by inserting the hook into the mouth and removing it from the back in the middle of the fish. The bait can be moved by either raising or lowering the jig, or making horizontal movements along the side of the boat or away from the boat as far as an outstretched arm will allow. The perch's bite at this time is sharp, and it swallows the bait deeply. You can also use fish cuttings, fish guts, or small movable twisters as attachments.

In winter, perch bite well on the first ice using a spoon. It is necessary to choose pits closer to the shore with a gentle current. Basically, in winter, it rarely goes out into clean areas and prefers to stay in snags. Don't look for it in strong currents or in deep points of pools. In winter on Mezhe, spinners are used with a single hook, which eliminates a large number of hooks. A piece of a worm, or a fish eye, or a ventral red fin, depending on the preferences of the spinyfin, is attached to the hook of the spinner. The game is played in the bottom layers. After the ice builds up in late January and early February, perch responds better to jigs. He prefers medium-sized jigs of natural shapes, in the form of an ant, dracena, bug, and Ural. The attachment is one maggot larva or common beads. Perch is caught better with a baitless jig with a streamlined action and, as a rule, larger specimens are caught.

Still, the main condition for good fishing is an active search for perch sites. It cannot be attracted to Mezhe from afar by changing baits, successful play or bait. But once you get to the striped fish camp, you can enjoy excellent fishing in this place all day long.

Benthic predators

Catfish and burbot are bottom predators, but they are active at different times of the year, and when one is sleeping, lying in the deepest part of the pool, the second is in full control.

Catfish are a fan of warm water and begin to bite in the spring when the water warms above 10°. Catfish emerge from pits in the evening to coastal irrigation in search of food. Near deep catfish holes, it is caught at night on donkeys, using frogs and large crawlers as bait. Local residents have learned to catch catfish using wobblers. Lures are rolled on a motorized boat at night over the pools. Catfish are found mostly not large, up to 15 kg. Wobblers are often used with an average immersion depth of up to 3-4 m. Naturally, the color of the wobbler does not matter. The main thing is that the bait moves as slowly as possible and produces powerful vibrations. In such cases, catfish often come closer to the surface for Rapala Super Shad Rap lures. It happened to catch a catfish on the riffles while fishing for chub in the evening. The catfish in such places came out of the depths adjacent to the riffle and did not disdain any bait of animal origin. The weight of the fish caught on the rifts did not exceed 1-2 kg. As the water cools in the fall, the catfish lies in the pool and does not respond to bait.

Burbot is easier in this regard. Sometimes he bites not only in winter, but also in summer. Most often this happens at the confluence of cold forest streams and springs gushing from the bottom. Feeling good in cool water, burbot feeds all summer with short breaks. In late autumn, burbot begins to bite throughout the river. We usually catch it with donks, which are placed in fish habitats, and the line is tied to the nearest bush on the shore or in the water. For some reason, burbot on Mezhe prefers live bait more and reacts worse to crawlers.

In winter, locals catch burbot at night, in pools, using heavy spoons or large lead jigs. The attachment is pieces of fish or any animal meat. We fished with baits and flags, using live bait as bait. Burbot is taken well both for crucian carp and for perch, roach, and ruff. But as I noted, it is advisable to use live bait from a given reservoir rather than something you brought with you. We also caught burbot when we went out to the river in the morning, using medium-sized copper spoons with hanging treble hooks. A piece of fish was placed on one of the hooks of the tee. The game was played near the bottom. During spawning, the burbot bite practically stops and resumes with renewed vigor after spawning. In the spring, burbot also bites, but usually large floods prevent you from catching it successfully.

Conditional predator

I’ll start, perhaps, with the chub, since catching a river fighter gives aesthetic pleasure. In summer, the chub on Mezha prefers to stay in riffles, deep pools, on incoming strong streams, stands behind logs protruding from the water, behind old piles of former bridges. It can be found in small pits close to the shore. Sometimes large individuals hide in filamentous algae stretching in shallow water.

The chub on Mezhe reaches a weight of 4 kg. It can be caught both with a float rod and with a spinning rod. They hunt for it with a float in the spring, lowering the bait in windows between flooded bushes. In summer, the bait is thrown into the windows of coastal vegetation, setting the minimum depth. Maggots, worms, and large leaf caterpillars are used as baits. When fishing with a spinning rod, choose places with fast currents and use spinners with a narrow blade. But not all spinners can work. In order for a chub to grab the spinner, it is necessary to combine several factors: the speed of rotation of the spinner, the color of the spinner, the color and shape of the core, the size and stiffness of the fly. Only in the evening at sunset there is only one working factor left - the rotation speed. On Mezha, the workers turned out to be spinners from the following companies: Rapala – Nature Spinners, Strobe – Spinners, Mepps -Aglia Long, Mosca – Longet.

In shallow pits with a return line, the Rapala Mini oscillating spoon has proven itself well when fishing.

In some villages on the Mezhe, local residents catch chub by dragging in narrow places with fast currents. To do this, take two spinning rods with inertial reels equipped with fishing line with a diameter of 0.4 mm.

Fishermen stand on opposite banks opposite each other. The line is stretched between them. Leashes with single or triple hooks are attached to the fishing line at intervals of 1-2 m. The number of leashes depends on the width of the river, but does not exceed 4-5. A variety of baits are attached to the hooks, these are grasshoppers, frogs, butterflies, and caterpillars. Using reels, the bait is wound in the middle of the river and lowered into the water, playing with the current, it attracts fish. When biting, the angler to whom the fish is closest takes the bait, or they take turns by agreement. Moving along the shore, they fish a given section of the river. In winter, chub are rarely seen on Mezhe.

Roach and rudd are caught by moving along the shore or by boat, throwing the bait under bushes, into small bays or through windows in the grass. Roaches can often be found where rivers and streams flow into rivers. This is also where the silver bream and podust live in the summer. In autumn, white fish move closer to the pools and stand on the dumps. At this time, it bites well on side fishing rods equipped with a jig or a sinker with a hook. The main attachment is a worm. In winter, the fish stands on a weak current in pools, at depths of 3-4 m. Sometimes it bites well in straight areas with a quiet current. The fish tries to stick to flooded bushes and snags.

It is preferable to catch roach by installing a small feeder with bait above the fishing spot. Downstream, two holes are drilled into which rigs with a sinker and a hook are lowered. The weight of the sinker is selected so that the nozzle is located directly under the hole. Bloodworms and worms are used as bait. The bait should contain small amounts of bait components.

Bream on Mezha are fed for a long time in the summer using mesh feeders, placing them upstream from the fishing site. Immediately before fishing, a handful of peas is thrown into the water. Bream are caught either with peas or with maggots. Cake, bread, and bran are used for bait. Often ide is used as bait and caught mixed with bream.

Mezha is also home to crucian carp and tench. These fish prefer places with calm currents and stay among the grass. There are not so many of them in the river, so they are caught along with other fish.

Note!

During a decline in water in the spring, live baits lowered below the surface of the water can hang in the air by the end of the day and catch seagulls flying over the river.

For winter pike fishing on Mezhe, live baits work better, and perch work worse. Live bait should be of decent size, at least one hundred grams. Live bait attracts predators from afar.

Let's consider several more water routes, in particular convenient for residents of the Smolensk region.

The first water route begins in the upper reaches of the Shesnitsa River, which flows from the Smolensk Reservoir. You can get to the reservoir by bus departing from the bus station in the city of Smolensk to the final destination “village. Ozerny". There are two ways forward. The first way is to overcome 1.5 km of asphalt road going north and hit the shore of the picturesque Smolensk Reservoir. We walk along the reservoir for 13 km of the waterway, to the village of Ustye, where at the end of the lake, falling from the lock, the Shesnitsa River originates. The second way is to rent a car in the village of Ozerny, which will take you and your equipment directly to the source of the Shesnitsa River. For the first few kilometers the river is a narrow, shallow, overgrown stream, but quite suitable for a rubber boat to pass through. Beyond the village of Rozhino, the river widens, revealing numerous deep reaches. The only obstacle is the narrow channels between the reaches, through which you will have to drag the boat. On the route you will meet Lake Filinskoe. The river flows through a narrow, shallow, overgrown strait into the lake and then flows out again. Three kilometers after the lake you will pass under a railway bridge, which previously served for the passage of motor vehicles. Behind the bridge, a fifteen-kilometer stretch of the river begins before it flows into Mezha. The only drawback of this route is that you only have to swim along Mezha for a short five-kilometer stretch to the village of Zharkovsky, from which you can take a bus to the village of Ozerny. I would suggest starting another route in the northeast, ten kilometers from Ozernoye, in the village of Vorontsova. The Arzhat flows there. Of course, you can raft from the bridge at the entrance to the village, but in that section the river is cluttered and difficult to pass. Before the confluence with the Chichatka River, Arzhat has no narrow, impassable sections. There are few blockages on it; last year there were only two. Along the entire length of the river there are many small pike, and after the confluence, tench, ide and bream are found. After the confluence of the Chichatka and Arzhat rivers, the Chichatka river carries its waters further to Mezhi.

You can go traveling along the high-water Obsha River, which flows in the city of Bely. You can get to the city from Smolensk by passing bus to Nelidovo. Obsha will not bring any big difficulties. It flows into the Mezha between the village of Ustye and the village of Taborishche. Next begins a very exciting and fishy route along Mezhe to the village of Zharkovsky.

If you are in the mood for a longer water trip, you can start your journey from any river flowing into Mezha. Later, having passed along Mezha, you can continue your journey along the Western Dvina to the city of Velizh, and from there return by land transport to Smolensk.

Don’t forget about the danger that lurks on the ice of rivers in winter. The current constantly washes away the ice shell and there is a possibility of falling through. When moving on the ice of frozen rivers, you always tap the ice in front of you. When moving, do not walk in a crowd, but follow each other, maintaining an interval of two to three meters. Carry a rope or long pole with you. Don’t go out on the ice alone without “rescue bags.”

If you don’t want to lose your entire combat arsenal of baits during the day when going to Mezha, make sure that you have a detachment in your backpack, and it is advisable to have two just in case. Equip the trailer with a strong rope at least twenty meters long, since there are deep pools on the river. The weight of the release must be sufficient to dislodge the wobbler or spinner from the snags.

Lopasnya River

Left tributary of the Oka. In the upper reaches of Lopasnya, near the villages of Bogoyavlenie and Efimovka, there is a cascade of ponds with medium-sized pike, perch, crucian carp and roach. There are quite a few fish below. Roach, chub, and small pike are found here. Downstream, the dam near the village of Khatun is of interest. Above the dam they catch roach, pike, and bream, and on the drain - chub and roach. An interesting place for fishing on Lopasnya is also from the village of Turovo to the confluence of Lopasnya and the Oka, where they catch good roach in the spring and pike in the fall.

Sturgeon River

Right tributary of the Oka. Its length is 228 km, the basin area is 3480 km?. The food is predominantly snowy. It freezes in November and breaks free of ice at the end of March - April. Here is the city of Zaraysk and the urban-type settlement of Serebryanye Prudy. The Sturgeon River in Moscow originates on the Central Russian Upland, in the Tula region, near the village of Melekhovka. It flows in a picturesque valley mainly in a latitudinal direction through hilly, treeless terrain. Along the upper reaches of the Osetr River in Moscow there are limestone outcrops. It flows into the Oka 14 km above Kolomna. It is not navigable. Here live: carp, carp, chub, bream, roach, asp, silver bream, pike perch, pike, perch, ruff, bleak. The splash of water briefly transports you from the metropolis to nature. In our high-speed information age, which many spend in the concrete jungle, it is important to have a so-called recreational corner.