Circle fishing is convenient in lakes and ponds, as well as in slow rivers and their backwaters or bays. In this way, you can fish from the beginning of spring to deep ice formation. It is one of the most rational ways of catching
predatory fish, in particular pike.
The fishing is carried out at the usual sites of prey, located both in the middle of snags, and in holes piled up with firewood or stones, where it is impossible to hunt with any other gear. Therefore, this type of fishing always causes an unusually high sporting interest. After all, it is not easy to bring out predatory fish. This business requires speed and endurance, in a word, skill.
It should be noted that fishing on the circle is the only tackle that can, without direct contact with the fisherman, although at his discretion, move around the pond in search of fish, is very common today. At the same time, the allies of a competent circle-maker are the current, wind and activity of the bait.
At first glance, this tackle is a regular disk made from a whole cork or foam, sometimes from spruce or linden, but with apparent simplicity it works incredibly efficiently. Since this design is not complicated, even a beginner angler is quite capable of making a pike fishing mug. A groove is made around the circumference of the cut disk, which has a radius of about seven and a half centimeters, along which the fishing line is wound. In the middle, a hole is drilled into which the rod is inserted. A slot for fishing line is arranged at one end, and a spherical head adapts at the other.
Catching on a circle is based on the fact that bait fish, moving close to the bottom of a reservoir, is towed by a disk floating on the surface, driven by wind and current. Due to this, the largest possible water area is covered. The mugs work on the principle of floating ventricles: the predator grabs the bait, after which he has the opportunity, having unwound a small amount of fishing line from the disc, to calmly swallow live bait. And then it's a matter of technology.
Usually, anglers consider it optimal to set up ten or twelve circles at once, although it all depends on skills, since without the ability to manage the boat well you can hardly expect success.
After the tackle is installed, it is necessary to sail thirty meters or even to land. When biting, efficiency is important without unnecessary movements and noise. Cutting should be done immediately, swimming up to the mug on board and immediately starting to snag. When fighting a pike or other large fish, stability and maneuverability of the craft is important. Should not let the angler down and rigging pike fishing clubs. You need to check that the fishing line is strong, and the leashes are solid.
When choosing a bait for the minnow pike, masons prefer. Its quickness combined with vitality make this fish the most "catching". With sizes
It’s not worth trifling, because even a small predator, without hesitation, attacks prey, almost equal in size to it.
Catching on a circle is most fruitful in calm weather with an inconspicuous wind, otherwise gear should be placed away from each other so that fishing lines do not intertwine when catching. The optimal range is from five to seven meters in a chessboard scatter.