Pike can be found in almost all of our reservoirs. This fish grows to a sufficiently large size and can have a decent weight: specimens of 5-6 kg are common, but sometimes you can stumble upon an individual more than one and a half meters long weighing up to 24 kg.
Rapid water does not attract a predator, and therefore it always goes to spawn in quiet, calm backwaters.
At the end of March and April, when the water warms up to 6 degrees, the pike leaves to spawn, descending to a depth of 1 meter. And it is quite natural that after this the fish needs to regain its strength, so it begins to feed intensely.
Pike fishing in spring is perhaps one of the most prey for the entire period of open water. The first decade of March is ideal for replenishing its trophy collection of these predators. Moreover, this period is characterized by more than one active zhor: at this time you can catch quite large trophy pikes, for which you need to work hard in the summer.
From the first days of March, not even paying attention to the presence of ice, the pike goes to feed. She throws herself at literally everything: wobblers, vibro-tails, twisters, foam rubber, turntables, live fish and oscillators, etc.
It is best to catch pike in the spring on quiet and warm, but cloudy days, when dark clouds cover the entire sky, and it seems that they are about to give birth to a torrential stream, but for some reason this does not happen. Around is quiet and calm, nature expects a storm. These days are the perfect time for pike fishing in the spring to leave the hunter without a catch.
The spring season of zhor, unfortunately for fishermen, is short, and by the very beginning of April the pike will stretch for spawning from everywhere. Although biting resumes after, but this is a completely different pike, more lethargic and sluggish, which only in sunny weather will demonstrate to the fisherman something remotely similar to zhor before spawning. But from the beginning of March, the fish is again activated.
In spring, pike fishing usually begins at dawn and continues until dusk. At this time, it is preferable to look for her in the places of her spawning, because immediately after all the eggs of the female have been laid, she has to be more close to her clutch. After all, perch and even roach do not disdain to taste fresh pike caviar, even at the risk of getting directly into the pike mouth.
In addition to those places where the pike spawns itself, it can also be caught in shallow water - in places of spawning of crucian carp, perch and roach.
Since females already hatched eggs at this time, this cannot but affect their eating habits: the predator does not rush at relatively large fish at this time. Therefore, catching pike in the spring involves extremely small bait: three- or five-centimeter wobblers, the same twisters, spinners and vibro-tails.
At the same time, despite the active bite and still rather cold weather, the fisherman should not try to catch this predator with winter gear, especially - the donka.
One of the most common ways of catching this fish is to catch pike on the lapdog, the device of which is known to every angler: this is an ordinary flyer with twine wound around it and a hook on a leash.
Gerlitz is a purely Russian invention, simple and witty, completely not popular in Western Europe. And since the rest of the predators rarely come across zherlitsy, it can be called a purely pike shell.
It is fascinating to catch pikes in the spring on spinning, when aquatic vegetation has not yet come out in small, very quickly enlightened streams, so there is nothing to cling to.
In general, when choosing gear for fishing, it is necessary to take into account the features of a particular reservoir. For example, on reaches with the same depth it is good to catch in circles, and on an uneven bottom or among dense algae it is better to use spinning.