Ловля головня на малих річках навесні та на початку літа

Everyone knows that spring and early summer is the best time for chub! At this time, this white predator greedily eats away and the chance of catching a trophy is maximized. In the southern regions of our country are already actively catching on spinning from early April, and in the Moscow region and more northern regions of the redfin is just beginning to come out on the rolls and feed. His powerful nibble on the current is incomparable to anything!

In this regard, I would like to tell (and many just remind) about the main points and subtleties of catching chub on small rivers in spring and early summer.

Parking places

With warming of water and increase in the amount of aquatic vegetation in the river chub from deep places go to the rolls. On my rivers at the beginning of the “hunting season” he stands on the rolls very selectively: he finds places with hard cartilaginous bottom and concentrates on them, and the current can be both medium and very strong. When summer comes into its own, spring points often stop working, and the chub scatters along the river and hides behind the appeared algae, under tree crowns, bridges, etc. And you can find it both on the sandy bottom, and on a harder, stony bottom. In addition, chub can hide in places with absolutely no current, especially in the heat of the day. To peck usually in such situations, he does not want to, but if without too much noise to hold the bait under his nose, the blow can follow immediately.

Tactics of search and catching rolls

When searching for places on an unknown river, it is worth catching absolutely any points on the river, which do not even seem promising. Sometimes golavl can be found even at a depth of 15 centimeters.
Places where there were nibbles, it is worth remembering, and give them on the next fishing increased attention.

When approaching the roll, I pay special attention to the first 5-10 throws. If the catfish is present at the point, he usually immediately as anything shows itself, and if not, then I shift and catch adjacent areas. On the most interesting places I linger and try several different baits.

If there is a cluster of golawl on a given roll, then I linger on it longer, and pick up a working theme. More than an hour I stand on one tumble rarely, because the chub is alarmed by the constantly flickering in front of his nose wobblers and baits. Moreover, if the nibbles were, but stopped, it is worth giving the place a rest. Returning to the point an hour or two later, calmed down golovly often begin to greedily peck with the first throws.

Електропроводка

There are three main types of wiring when fishing for chub:

1) across the current;

2) against the current and/or on the drift;

3) upstream (upstream).

On any of them the chub bites better or worse depending on his mood, so I try to fish the same place from different angles.

The fastest way to check the roll for active chub is to wade across the current, that is, the throw goes about 90 degrees to the stream or slightly upward, with the expectation that the current will hit the bait in the side.

My favorite wiring – against the current, when the throw goes down in relation to the stream at an acute angle with subsequent holds without spinning the reel or with a very very slow rotation. The most inactive golavl often reacts only to this wiring.

Well and the third type of wiring, upstream – when we lead a wobbler or bobber with high speed downstream directly into the forehead of the chub, standing always against the current. Often this wiring works due to the effect of surprise, redfin simply does not want to miss something edible, floating in front of his nose.

Time of catching. In the period under consideration (May and June), the chub feeds all day, but there are bursts of activity:

– not in the early morning, hours from 7 to 9;

– in the evening before sunset.

The largest chub go out to hunt at night, but I have no experience in night fishing.

Рибальські снасті

Spinning.

For chub on a small river is best suited specialized stream spinning with a complex structure for fishing on the current (allowing you to hold the bait against the stream, and at the same time amortizing jerks of fish). Upper test is tentatively from 6 to 14 grams depending on the baits used, the complexity of conditions (snags, rubble or clean places) and the size of the intended trophies.

Reel.

I have only two main requirements for reels – good cord laying and light weight. I use Shimano 16 Stradic Ci4+ 2500.

Cord.

When fishing for chub, I use eight-strand cords for maximum sensitivity and throwing range. The optimum diameter for rivers near Moscow is #0.6 – #0.8 according to the Japanese classification. Thinner to put definitely not worth it, because the cord is often in contact with the bottom and other obstacles, rubs, and can fail at the crucial moment.

Leashes.

A lot of copies broken on the topic “to use or not to use a leash” in materekh golavlyavlyatnikov. Since, probably, on every chub river there is a pike, in my opinion, the leash is necessary. In my practice, the chub is not afraid of either string or thick fluorocarbon leash, the main thing that does not spoil the game of small baits. Repeatedly caught chub with 0.6-m fluoro. But the optimal will be the diameter of 0.45 millimeters (protects from most of the pike and does not affect the game of wobblers) or a thin string length of 5-8 centimeters.

Applicable lures

This topic is very extensive and it is possible to write a whole book on it.

I will dwell on the main types:

Приманки на крэнкбейти – perhaps the most recognizable type of chub baits. The main requirement for them – the ability to hold the stream. As the water warms up, the chub bites best on the krenk. In addition to different depths, krenki are noisy and “quiet”. Favorite models: Pontoon 21 Fop, Gem, Tsuribito Baby Crank 35F, Smith Camion(Kosadaka Roger), Jackall Chubby.

Мелюзга.. At the beginning of spring, when chub have not yet started actively feeding on the rolls, he can take only on small elongated wobblers. For example, Pontoon 21 CrackJack 38-48, Yo-Zuri L-Minnow 33,44, ZipBaits Rigge 35, 46.

Приманки-спінінги. This is a very catching type of baits for catching chub, their cone – the range of throwing and excellent passability on overgrown rolls. I will single out Smith Pure, Nories Rooney and the new Kosadak Indy Spoon and Cicadas Wing. The weights of trollers I usually use from 1.5 to 4 grams.

Фіджет спіннери. Often golavl takes on the twisters no worse than on other types of baits. All sorts of “maniacs”, Aglia long small numbers work perfectly.

Microjig. To cover relatively deep areas, I use silicone baits on a light load. Work as familiar twisters and vibro-tails, and all sorts of creatures.

Cockroaches. In recent years, this direction of catching chub is rapidly developing. Floating cockroaches with legs can be lured out of the hiding place of the chub both at dawn and in the heat of the day.

Висновок

Catching chub is not so difficult, the main thing is to get to the right place at the right time. The season of catching chub is just beginning, and with the right approach you will surely have many opportunities to fight with this strong and beautiful inhabitant of the rolls in the near future!