Fishing for the seine is considered to be perhaps the most used and prey type of fishing for catfish.
This method is used, as a rule, in wide and deep non-navigable and dammed rivers. Although the catfish seine does not belong to hunting equipment for fishing and, of course, can not be compared with the traditional fishing rod, however, according to amateurs, large specimens of this breed in some places cannot be caught differently.
Seine as tackle
Today, many avid fishermen know how to catch catfish on a seine.
This is a fairly simple, but at the same time catchy tackle for sports and industrial use. It is a fairly long cord on which loads are fixed at both ends, and along the entire length there is a huge number of hooks on leashes made of
kapron thread or woven fishing line. Shellfish, crawls, crawls, bait fish, crayfish, etc. are used as fishing tips for catfish when fishing for catfish. Hooks are large and single. At the end of the tackle, a cord with a foam float or a plastic bottle is fastened. A catfish seine is placed along or across the water stream over the traditional habitats of prey: pits, rifts and whirlpools. This tackle does not require frequent testing. Perhaps this explains its popularity among fishermen loaded with various concerns. Caution and dexterity are needed to fish fish, especially when using a rubber craft. A hook must always be at hand, since very large specimens often fall into the catfish seine.
Seine design
The manufacture of this equipment, due to the simplicity of the design, is not difficult. Many anglers make a seine for do-it-yourself catfish. The cord can be made of thick fishing line, various ropes, including linen, cotton or nylon, as well as wires, etc. Do not use metal shoelaces as a leash. However, when fishing for a seine, it’s not a catfish, but pike other material is simply unacceptable. Leashes are fastened or attached to the cord in a variety of ways. On a thick fishing line, a loop is often made at the required distance, on which a carabiner with a fastener is put on. This method is convenient in that it makes it possible to store leashes separately. And before fishing, they are already fastened to the cord stretched out on the river, at the same time baiting hooks.
Installation
The catfish seine is installed on two anchors made of wood, tied to the ends, at the very bottom. They consist of two flyers tightly clamped by stones. To keep the catfish at a depth in such a position that the bait does not lie on the bottom, bundles of floats, which fishermen call balbers, are tied every ten hooks on the leads.
In general, a seine catfish is very similar to its sterlet counterpart. Their only difference is that the latter has more leashes with hooks. On large rivers, a cattle seine is dragged deep to the shore, where it is attached to bushes or trees, and if there is no vegetation, to a stake that is firmly packed into the ground. In this case, the tackle does not fall to the bottom, but sags above the water in the form of an arc. At the same time, the catfish, noticing anything suspicious in the water and at the bottom, takes live bait from the start. In addition, the riding seine does not allow this powerful fish to sink to the bottom, thereby retaining its strength.