Pike Catching on circles

The author: K. A Franzkevich

For pike catching on circles in the autumn most fit extensive both deep reaches of lakes and a reservoir planned by the fisher even in the summer.

On the small reservoirs of 2-3 m where the predator frequently continues to be fed in a coastal zone, the front of circles has no place to be developed by average depth especially, and transparent autumn water boomingly responds on all movings of a boat of the fisher.

That catching was successful, it is desirable in advance in a warm season at Quiet water to investigate a relief of a bottom and character of a ground ground on a site intended for the future Autumn fishing. Presence echo-sounding device,, certainly, considerably will simplify this problem. During an autumn feeding-period even on an unfamiliar place to find a pike by means of circles is much easier, than in the summer as it concentrates on certain sites. In the autumn the pike hunts, as a rule, in benthonic layers and consequently working descent of circles should be focused on this feature.

As the most suitable sites for catching of 4,5-6 m c holes depth to 8-12 m. serve partially snagly by riverbed platforms with average depth the coastal areas of the 4-metre depth which have been fenced off from a land by a wide corridor from soft seaweed, a c other party the rivers coming to an end with a channel or other sharp deepening of a bottom Are good also. The fisher knowing where there are tongues of sand c a various bottom, shallows, rifts, holes, has advantages as the pike loves such places.

Once at catching on circles on the Kiev water basin of a pike y me pecked only in the heart of a whirlpool with a grassy bottom, before the tongue of sand, a here on a rift c an oozy bottom I have caught only two pikes. There was an impression, that the whole flight as for two days I have pulled out 18 pikes in weight from 1 to 4 kgs (one 6,8 kg) and 3 perches here has gathered. It is possible to explain it only to that actively moving on the flooded channel whether in search of winter parking, whether a predator driven by hunger " found" eventually my tackles.

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I have noticed, what not any snags involve predatory fish. In flooded snagly, among chaotically outlined trunks of trees fish, as a rule, does not keep, probably, in the absence of the good review round an ambush. Predators most of all involve the big stubs and separate branches of trees. After all in due course the ground round roots is washed away by water, and under them every possible caves and tunnels which so like predator are formed.

The spacious boat is necessary for high-grade and successful catching on circles with good high-speed qualities and low resistance of air.

 

Especially rigid requirements are shown can be replaced in the gloomy afternoon with a cold north in the autumn when weather is astable also serene morning. The plastic boats which have remained here and there on fishing bases will be the most suitable to this purpose "Pella", an also wooden keel boats. From inflatable boats it is necessary to Give preference to boats with the rigid bottom from material PVC. In general, ability one of the main qualities of the skilful fisher-kruzhochnika is good to operate a boat in any weather.

 

WHAT LIVE-BAIT IT IS BETTER?

In the Autumn the pike is hungry, everything therefore suffices, that moves. However live-baits of some kinds like it most of all. Among a variety the live-baits of baits on the first place is a gudgeon. Survivability, activity on a hook, stability to seasickness on an abrupt wave and, probably, excellent taste-this qualities do a gudgeon especially popular among circles men as a bait.

 

Small fry and a bleak are used in the autumn less often, than in the summer, owing to some complexity of their extraction at this time, an also that they badly transfer an abrupt wave. But if these bait nevertheless are used, in avoidance перехлестывания a lead in the course of catching it is necessary to cut off at them a fork of tail plumage (fin).

Litle perchses and ruffs here and there prevail in a pike diet as live about a bottom (especially a ruff) and are habitual food during the cold period when the predator falls on depth. So them to neglect does not follow. However it is impossible to hold ruffs together c other live-baits: from plentiful slime allocated with prickles all other small fishes soon will be lost. Before насаживать a ruff on a hook, it is necessary to cut off a prickly back fin, having prevented thus single "shot" circles.

As to the size of live-baits it is better to put small fishes bigger in the late autumn. The first frosts compel a pike to save energy. It means, that it should hunt on larger copy. As has shown the experience, some on length do not concede a victim most predator. In December in the menu basically large small fry.

 

DEAD SMALL FISH QUALITY OF THE BAIT.

B quality of a bait it is possible to use a dead small fish. To improve a biting, it is possible to process bait oils (smelt , mackerel, etc.). They can be got in the majority of specialised fishing shops. I trust smelt and mackerel to oils (they have allured 21 pike in weight over 5 kg everyone) more.

 

In the Evening before fishing I pack roach, slices of a mackerel or the eel in bags where the atraktant (bag walls is already added should be covered by oil). Then I freeze a bait. Already on water before " fling" a circle, again I put an atraktant a brush so that the surface of a small fish was oily. By the way, a tee (or even two tees) should be hidden in a small fish on one third, that is two hooks should be outside, a the third to be in bait.

 

The Bait I recommend to arrange in 10-60 sm. from a bottom. Try to process one small fish a family Cyprinidae oil. Somehow time I has stayed in a boat in the forenoon, expecting circle revolution. But bitings was not. Then I have covered a bait classical a family Cyprinidae with aroma and have started a circle on a rift on a hole. In 10 minutes I already pursued tackle and have extended a pike in weight for 8 kg. It has appeared unique that day.

 

FASTENED CIRCLES

The Main advantage of circles - that they float on a reservoir, allowing fishing thus the considerable area. A if pikes peck in one place? In these cases it is more expedient to use circles on type a fishing tackle, that is to adhere them in one chosen point (a variant 1).

For this purpose in an arsenal of the fisher should be small foam plastic anchor buoys in length to 8 sm and diameter about 2-3 sm - on one on each circle. On an anchor buoy in the middle reel up a scaffold in diameter of 0,25-0,3 mm in length to 20 m c cargo it is powerful 100 grammes, and on one of the ends fasten a lead from a scaffold in diameter of 0,2 mm in length to 2,5 m c the steel ring adhered to it in diameter of 15 mm.

 

B the chosen place an anchor buoy throw in water, a sinker, falling on a bottom, unwinds the basic scaffold. Then a scaffold fasten in a cut of polyfoam also dismiss a lead which ringlet put on top of a mast of a circle under the thrown cord (or to a tackle fishing-lines c the live-bait). The circle driven by a wind, sails from an anchor buoy for length of a lead and remains adhered to a biting (at revolution the ring c masts flies also a circle freely moves). Such reception is very good at catching on an abrupt wave, among snags and seaweed, but only at constant supervision over tackles and in a reservoir c a small current or in general without a current.

If you do not look behind circles constantly or catch on a reservoir c a strong current I recommend other tackle. Instead of an anchor buoy it is possible to put a stick in length from 1 to 2,5 m by which one end the scaffold with cargo becomes attached, and to another, accordingly, a lead c a circle (a variant 2).

The Stick should be on water in horizontal position. The circle is better for adhering in several knots, a not c the help of a ringlet not to lose tackle. The unique lack of this design - at a biting a circle remains adhered, and the lead is reeled up on a mast, complicating circle movement. Therefore such tackle is used less often.

When is better to catch on circles? Special interest is represented by two periods of open water: the first begins with official opening of a summer season, in Ukraine it usually happens in the first of June and дo the first of the July, the second to approach calendar "woman's" summer and to hard frosts and freezing-over . On the big reservoirs which freeze only in the end of December, on circles catch before ice occurrence. Circles can be put and in the winter - in big hole and ice-holes.

I have caught 54 pikes in last season by means of circles.

 

 

Catch on circles! I wish success!

THE FISHER - UKRAINE №6/2001