Fishing in April pleases with an active bite, characteristic of almost all fish. Fans clean winter gear and get ready for dinner on open water. It should be remembered that in some regions this month there is a spawning ban.
Features of April Fishing
In mid-spring, water bodies begin to gradually clear of ice. It would seem that it's time to take up summer gear and go for a catch. However, fishing in April in some places is limited by law. With warming, some fish begin to spawn. Therefore, in a number of regions, a ban on fishing related to spawning enters. But there is, however, a way out. Impatient diving enthusiasts can fish by observing the rules in force in the area.
As a rule, during the ban fishing in April is possible from the coast outside the spawning zones for a fishing rod, as well as for a donka with a certain number of hooks. Spinning is almost everywhere this month on the black list.
How to catch
In some regions, fishing in April still takes place from the ice. Experienced winters know how good a bite can be at this time. However, in the heat of excitement, do not forget about safety. After all, ice has already become loose, and therefore it is fraught with a lot of dangers. Particular care must be taken to fish in those parts of water bodies where there is a current, rocky rapids with rifts, and also in places near fallen trees and reed beds.
Some experienced spearfishing enthusiasts recommend fishing in April at half-water or at a depth of half a meter in April. This is explained by the fact that snow melt becomes the cause of the appearance of turbidity in the water with feed particles, which the fish picks up. In addition, the movement of schools is observed in places close to the mouths of rivers or streams. In such areas fishing in April is more effective.
Very effective results during this period are shown by fishing on a float tackle with a small mormyshka, as well as on a nodding summer fishing rod, which is simply irreplaceable in coastal whirlpools, where there is a current.
What prey can be caught
Fishing in April on a feeder can bring a good catch of dace, hustler and scavenger. But a lot of roach is caught at this time, which, gathering in large flocks, responds very well to bait. As nozzles are usually used bloodworms, talker or maggot. In April, roach should be caught in shallow coastal waters or in areas that border reeds.
No less productive and fishing for perch. This underwater inhabitant in anticipation of spawning gathers in schools and begins to actively eat. In April, a perch pecks at a nozzle such as a bloodworm.
Starting from the first numbers, you can go to reservoirs for pike. She is still not very good at this time, apparently, the recent spawning is affecting, but a couple or two can still be caught. Well in spring shows live bait gear. Toothy pike nibble improves only by the end of the month.
At the same time, zander is also maximally activated. He is caught well on all varieties of gear. Fishing in carp and carp in April is also effective. In this case, the only circumstance that can affect the bite of these species of underwater inhabitants is the weather. Experienced professionals are aware of such a pattern: the warmer, the better they will peck carp and carp. The main gear for this type of fishing is a feeder or a regular donka. And the nozzles can be taken standard - corn, worms, maggot, or even dough.
In Astrakhan
The opportunities that fishermen have in April in this region are truly endless. Throughout Russia, it is difficult to meet such an abundance of underwater mining, as here. Fishing in Astrakhan in April is a real holiday. This will be confirmed by anyone who has ever been here. There are a lot of fish: carp and bream, roach, rudd, etc. Active biting begins in mid-March and lasts until the end of May. Here you can catch those who prefer a strong current of pike perch, and perch or pike in quiet channels. Fishing in Astrakhan in April will not disappoint even beginners: a trophy in the form of a five-kilogram pike perch at this time is quite real here. And from about the end of the month until mid-May, the Astrakhan famous roach goes to spawn here.
If we talk about catching predatory fish, then catfish fishing is best. And it's not just the banal greed of this underwater inhabitant, characteristic of the warm period, and especially April. Catfish swallows everything, moreover, in a row and indiscriminately. Catching it should, of course, at night. Small individuals - up to five kilograms - in Astrakhan can be caught from the shore, as well as on the Erika, while trophy ones can be caught in pits.
What to catch
It is better to catch both catfish and other predators on bottom tackle. It is better to take a fishing rod with a test of one hundred grams or more. The reel is more suitable for inertialess or multiplier. A fishing line needs to be taken powerful - wicker or monophilic with a breaking load of more than thirty kilograms. It is better to catch on a wobbler or vibro-tail, but many fishermen in Astrakhan in April use a bunch of dung worms, fish slices or frogs.
And at the very end of the month, about a week before the water enters the field, catfish can be caught in a jig. In general, fishing in Astrakhan in April is especially good. If you're lucky, you can catch a trophy specimen of catfish weighing about fifty kilograms.
Fishing on the Volga
According to statistics, April can be called the most popular time for fishing in its lower part. The probability of catching large specimens of catfish - up to seventy kilograms - increases in the early days of the month.
With the rise of water in the channels of the Lower Volga, a large number of registered white fish appear - bream, bluefin, roach, sabrefish, bream or roach. You can catch it from the shore, but large specimens come across, of course, at a depth. With the heating of water in the Volga in shallow water, biting of rudd and ide begins. In early April, you can easily come across a fattening flock of asp here.
To beluga
This fish is caught with bottom gear. The main food for Beluga, especially in April, is roach. Her countless flocks during this period begin to go up the Volga. Fishing in April on the beluga is conducted with the donka. Its powerful rod should be equipped not only with a powerful reel, but also with a thick fishing line with a heavy sinker. Beluga is caught from boats or boats. Trophy specimens are considered, reaching up to four hundred kilograms.
Beluga can be caught in some places of the Caspian Sea near the mouth of the Volga. Usually these are feeding places for this fish, and they are located quite far from the coast. As a nozzle, roach or herring, sometimes a small asp, are used. There is an opinion that this huge inhabitant of the underwater world has poor eyesight, so the gear nozzle should shine. Beluga bite begins with weak twitches.
This is followed by a short stretch of time, but hooking at this point is not worth it. When the fish finally swallows the bait, a powerful breakthrough follows: this means - it is time to fish out. The process of pulling out a beluga can take hours, since this fish can drag a boat for a long time. To drag prey, the fisherman needs to turn it upside down. Only in this position does she calm down and stop resisting.
You need to know that fishing in Beluga in April and May is conducted under a special license. At the same time, the mandatory principle of “caught - let go” is in force, it is forbidden to catch in another way.
On the Don
This river in April, like most of the waterways of Russia, is quite active. In it you can catch on a variety of types of gear. Fishing in the Don in April near the Tsimlyansk reservoir will especially please with a rich catch .
There are about a hundred varieties of constantly living as well as underwater inhabitants that rise to spawn. If you are lucky, you can catch catfish, burbot, and carp in the Don in April. Fish going to spawn are shaman, ram, herring. It is during this period, before spawning, that the zander gains maximum weight. On average, its weight reaches up to three kilograms, but sometimes trophy specimens come up - up to 7 kg.
In April, they catch a fishing rod on the Don. Fish at this time begins to rise to places where they will have to stay for the summer. In April, a bream is well bited on the river by an earthworm. The most frequent spring catch of a fisherman is a small fish, a goby. Although the choice of tackle is not particularly important for her fishing, it is still mainly fished with donks, less often using a fishing rod or sheer whitening.