What is interesting and exciting fishing in Magadan and why are so many anglers eager to go fishing on rivers and lakes in the Magadan region? The answer is simple - because it is a real fish paradise and a myriad wealth of salmon fish. Most of them are in the Sea of Okhotsk, one of the richest seas of the World Ocean. Some fish enter the Magadan rivers to spawn. All types of fishing in this protected world of fish will be discussed in the article.
Sea fishing in Magadan
Fishing in the Magadan area is a unique fishing spot. Here flounder, coho salmon, halibut, cod, grayling, sea bass and malma (as locals call char) are caught here. Fishing is allowed in licensed areas, which are divided into spinning and net. It is allowed to catch with a net mainly on the seashore, and with a spinning reel from the coast on low pebble spits, where it is convenient to set up a fishing camp. You can order fishing in Magadan, having issued an organized access to the sea for several hours. This is an exciting event for anglers and professionals. But most of all, anglers like to go fishing in small groups on a multi-day trip on small high-speed boats. Typically, such a journey passes through the bays of Svetlaya and Tikhaya and on Cape Chirikov.
Sport fishing in the Magadan region
According to the fishermen, sport fishing is both relaxation and a game of chance with fish. They believe that net fishing does not give excitement, so they prefer to catch with sports equipment. In the summer, this is fishing for spinning. The most common sport fishing in the lower and middle reaches of the rivers, where the fish seeks to spawn. The objects of spin fishing in the Kolyma basin are lenok, pike and perch. Fishing with an artificial fly gives good results for Pacific salmon, grayling and coho salmon. Amateur fishermen use the usual float fishing rod for catching malma, grayling, dace. A special place in sport fishing is given to ice fishing. This type of recreation and enjoyment gained mass character in Magadan in coastal villages to the sea. There are times when some of the residents are lucky in a trophy catch, which is released back home after a photo shoot.
What kind of fish is in the catch
The basis of fishing is salmon. Fishing on halibut, migratory salmon, river fish and char in mountain lakes in the Kolyma region is fascinating and exclusive. Fishing in Magadan on rivers and lakes is never without a result. There is fish, there are many, and the catch is always almost guaranteed. This is evidenced by numerous reviews of fishing in these parts. In the spring there is spawning herring, flounder and capelin. In summer, fishing for sockeye salmon, chum salmon and pink salmon is open.
Cod fishing in the Okhotsk Sea of Magadan are represented by burbot, which is caught all year round. In August, there is halibut. By the way, halibut is a “marine language” translated from Latin. It belongs to the flatfish family and is its largest representative. On sports equipment there are specimens of fish more than 25 kilograms.
It is noticed that in marine trawls there are specimens up to 50 kg. These are the inhabitants of decent depths. All year they swim in the waters up to 300 meters, eating close relatives - flounder, as well as eating crabs, small octopuses and all that can fit into the mouth. During warming, in August-September, halibuts migrate to the shore. At this time, they can be caught on sports equipment.
King fish Magadan - coho salmon. It can be caught in the rivers flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. Good fishing in August-September. Typically, the bait for halibut is the head or tail of pink salmon, a piece of fish or artificial bait, such as spinners or jigheads. In autumn, fishing is famous for grayling, lenok, whitefish.
Fishing in winter
Winter fishing in Magadan begins on char, saffron cod and smelt on the first ice. This period starts from mid-November to snowfalls. This is the time when fishing points organized on taiga rivers can be reached by car. Throughout the winter period, those who have snowmobiles go fishing. Winter fishing is for grayling, kunju and malm.
There is a favorite fishing spot in Magadan in Gertner Bay. On weekends, the bay is filled with cars. Anglers seek to settle as close as possible at the ice edge. Indeed, according to legend, the fish is found in the depths.
Fishermen choose fishing spots based on their considerations. Some go to the places of last year's fishing. Others, mainly fishermen of Magadan, know their places, but still others, the individual farmers, drill ice away from everyone. Fishing in Magadan is a gambling hobby, therefore, when they see a good nibble from another fisherman, everyone is trying to quickly take places around the lucky one. And the sound of grinding gusts is heard around.
And fish have their own rules. She moves constantly, and lucky fishermen, if they hit a good school of smelt. Fishermen know if a bite started immediately, it makes sense to linger on this place. If you waved a fishing rod two or three times and did not catch anything, you need to look for a place for fishing further.
Fishing in the Nagaev Bay
Here fishing goes without excitement. There are not many people, because in order to get to the place of fishing, you need to walk. This is at the head of the bay. Fishermen believe that in this bay, the fish does not randomly wander, but moves along the coast. In the bay, you can catch two species of smelt - catfish and small fish. Young, two-four-year-old smelt go to the bays for feeding. The size of the fish depends on the depth. At 20-meter depths, 30-centimeter catfish live.
Catches in the bays are not so great, but locals love these "home" bays, which they consider the place of formation of fishermen
Fishing tours
For amateur fishermen, fishing spots are available in large rivers of the Sea of Okhotsk. Those who wish can fulfill their dream and go fishing on the Yana and Taui rivers to Magadan on a tour organized by the Kayur Travel travel company. Housing is provided in an established campground near the licensed fishing site "First Deer". The company provides delivery to the fishing place from Magadan by ferry along the Yana River. On site you can take advantage of the services provided for organizing fishing from a motor boat, and you can also rent the necessary fishing equipment. On the rivers, fishing is organized for chum, coho salmon, grayling. In the rivers Yana and Taui, large Kamchatka grayling lives. Satisfied with the catch on the Yana River, you can camp move to the Tui River in the same licensed area.
During the summer months and September, the active life of fish on Taui. Large flocks of chum and coho salmon go to the river. In October, salmon go to the upper reaches of the Cava River, and grayling rolls to its tributaries. The Thai grayling differs from the rest that are found in the rivers of the Magadan region in color. He is red.
The subtleties of grayling
Usually grayling lies in the pits. But it rarely happens that you find a good hole - and you catch it all day. Usually, after 2-3 successful casts, fishing stops. The fish freezes, it is scared and will not take bait. Look for the next hole. And so you can walk along the river for three kilometers. There will be no fishing on previous pits on this day. The fish should calm down. The next day you can make a second round.
If you catch grayling on a spinner, it should go slowly through the water, you need to stop the wiring at intervals.
Grayling is a tender fish, in good weather during the day it is difficult to protect it. During fishing in Magadan in July, the caught catch can be overlaid with ice by hammering it from the ice along the track. Well, if there is a refrigerator in the car. If there is neither one nor the other, fishermen should always have salt in the car. Gut the fish and sprinkle with salt. So you can deliver the catch home. Well, if a little grayling is overcrowded, it should be soaked in fresh water.
Quiet River Lankova
Fishing both in Magadan and beyond is a pleasure not only for gambling anglers, but also for their families. They are not averse to heading, for example, to one of the good fishing spots, which is located on the quiet tundra river Lankova. You can get to the place of fishing either by boat or by hiring an all-terrain vehicle. On Lankova, char fishing is good. Usually, local fishermen go on fish tours to these places in the first autumn months, when the char went for fat, in the spring it is dry and tasteless. Locals are trying to stock up char on the winter during this period of the year. This fish is perfectly baked, dried, smoked.
Fishing on the rivers Arman and Ola
Licensed fishing is also organized on the Arman and Ola rivers. The license for catching pink salmon is issued in advance. On weekends, queues are usually collected for licenses. Well goes fishing char on the river Ola. Without a license, you can engage in sports fishing, the principle of which is built on the catch-let-go principle. Fans of sports fishing in these places are enough. Reviews about the organization of fishing are only positive, because fishing is comparable to excitement, especially if the bite is good. Fishermen believe that it is more interesting to catch chum salmon when it is strong, that is, when it enters the river for spawning at or near estuaries. And the higher it rises upstream, the weaker it becomes.
Mac Mack Lake
Good fishing in the Magadan region, according to fishermen, on Lake Mac-Mac. This fish lake is located at the head of the Cheka River. Its length is approximately 3.5 km. Width varies from 200 meters in the valley to 500 in its upper part. You can reach the fishing spot either by helicopter or by snowmobile in winter. The lake has the most char. This fish is typical of mountain lakes. The char in the lakes has a peculiar color: from pink to bright scarlet. The fish is very strong, as anglers say, a “stubborn fighter,” because it fights with tackles with strong jaws and sharp teeth. Pacific salmon - sockeye salmon - enter the lake to spawn. Males here mature, expecting the arrival of females from the sea.
Recreation and fishing in the vicinity of Magadan
There are fishing tourist centers in the region that can shelter small groups of tourists who have come fishing in Magadan. Shops that have everything for hunting and fishing, hotels, food outlets and a small list of services are what they can offer at the bases.
Magadans love to relax and fish on the lakes, which are enough in the Magadan district. But to their favorite places they include Lake Solyonoye, located near the city. It is not deep, therefore it warms up by the rays of the sun during the day. Next to it is a deep sea with fish and crabs.
Holidays in combination with fishing can be spent on Lake Grand. Although it is located 183 km from the city, it gathers on its shores for recreation and fishing from Magadan and neighboring villages. The shores of the lake have a different shape: somewhere gentle, convenient for parking and fishing, somewhere steep, partly swampy. The water is clean, not cold, warms up to +16 ° C. Grayling and char are good during the fishing season.
Probably, disputes will never cease, what is the most important quality of a fisherman. Someone calls intuition, others believe that luck, but in fact it is the ability to wait and not miss the moment of bite.