The longest and deepest river in Europe is the Volga Mother. Novels are written about her and songs are composed, but the most fanatical admirers of this unique river can be considered fishermen. Still, because the Volga is inhabited by more than a hundred species and subspecies of fish.
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You will be surprised at what fish are found in the Volga. But not everyone lives here permanently. Many fish are called migratory fish, because they grow and feed fat, they are in the Caspian Sea, and they go to the Volga only for spawning.
Such species include stellate sturgeon, lamprey, sturgeon, whitefish, beluga, herring and many others. In addition, there are also semi-migratory fish that live and feed in the mouth or in the desalinated waters of the Caspian, but rise to spawn upstream of the Volga. These include pike perch, roach, common carp, bream and others.
Permanent residents
Want to know which fish are found in the Volga constantly? Their listing is also impressive. These are catfish, sterlet, zander, bream and common carp. As well as pike, perch, burbot, ide, ruff. One could list for a long time, but it seems that the fishermen have already grabbed the gear and fled.
The peculiarities of local fishing include the fact that the fish in the Volga River are very numerous and diverse, and you can catch it almost all year round at any time of the day.
Sazan - a strong and worthy opponent
Fishing for carp in the Volga brings fishermen a sea of positive emotions. Sazan loves silence, calm and thickets of reeds. The species grows quite quickly and in the second year of life can reach 600 grams of weight.
This is a strong and cunning fish, but people are still more cunning. When fishing, fishermen often use the habit of carp to let captured inedible objects pass through their gills. A small brass hook is attached to the large dumpling, which tickles the head of the fish when trying to reach the bait. Carp swallows it and passes it through the gills. Thus, he catches himself, helping the fisherman.
Worms, cool boiled cereals, dumplings, cake, peas are considered a good bait. Tackles should be strong, with a sufficiently thick fishing line, because the fish will fight, trying to break it or cut it with the dorsal fin.
Som - the fisherman's crystal dream
The unique catfish fish clearly represents such a concept as large Volga fish. Cases of the catch of individual representatives of the species with a length of about 5 m are known, the weight of which was about 300 kg. However, the last such representative was caught in the 30s of the last century. Although dreaming is forbidden impossible. So, every year more and more fishermen prepare gear for the river giant.
Knowing what kind of fish are found in the Volga, you can guess from the characteristic splash in shallow water that there is catfish. In fact, this is a bottom fish that loves depth, driftwood and pits. But splashing around in small places, wiping themselves against pebbles and sand, makes it necessary to free your large body from leeches and various parasites.
Frogs, leeches and cervical necks serve as a good bait. It is best to catch on a donka or “quack”, which imitates a frog croaking. Catfish bite in the summer, and since it feeds in the dark, tackles are also thrown at dusk.
