Ways of catching pike by avid water hunters come up with the most diverse. This can be fishing with a spinning rod, as well as on lanterns, a track, a float fishing rod, or a floating bottom, etc.
This predator has a certain period during which it is simply unimaginably voracious and literally grabs everything that moves around. As a rule, it falls in the spring and fall.
The use of fishing rods in this case justifies itself in those reservoirs where there is a weak current. However, on faster water, the most hazardous thing is catching pike in circles. This type of fishing, which is becoming more popular every year, requires special technical equipment and preliminary training.
In general, circles as tackle are akin to floating zergirls with a very simple principle of action. A predator captures the bait. At the same time, the necessary amount of fishing line is reeled up to swallow live bait. At the first signal of a bite, the tackle must be pulled out, hooking the fish. Otherwise, she will drag all the equipment to the depths.
Catching pike on the mugs requires the presence of a boat. You will have to row a lot and actively, so it would be more correct to take care of convenient oars in advance.
The next important detail is live bait. We are talking about fry of any fish, which must be found in this pond. The fact is that a voracious predator, which is also very suspicious, may refuse to peck on an unfamiliar bait.
Catching pike in circles is quite possible not only during the period of its zhora, but also in the summer. However, for this you need to choose the right place - the deepest section of the reservoir, which the angler can determine using a depth gauge or echo sounder, or independently, fishing line and sinker. It is there that large individuals are found in the summer.
The next thing that involves catching pike in circles is discs that you can make yourself. The material for this tackle is best chosen from floating tree species - linden, spruce or pine. Then you need to cut a disk of a certain size, along the edge of which to make a gutter for fishing line. In the center of the circle you need to install the mast. The main line will pass through it.
Mugs are usually half painted red and white to better see them on the water. A leash and a moving sinker are attached to them through the main fishing line, and also through the swivels one more leash, but with bait.
Circles “charged” with live bait are placed in a pond at a distance of several meters so that they float in the direction of the boat under the influence of wind or current.
When the predator grabs the bait, the tackle will turn over, turning from red to white. And at this moment, the fisherman must swim to her to pick up the "crop."
Catching pike in circles has one important advantage: tackle floating on the surface of the reservoir allows you to cover significant areas. And although a large individual can drag it to a depth, and in order to find it, the fisherman will have to sweat a lot, this risk is more than compensated by greater productivity: the catch differs significantly from other methods.