Sports and Fitness, Fishing
A wonderful burbot: how to catch and when
Many fishermen have heard of such a fish as burbot. How to catch it, know a few, because in our reservoirs, it is a fairly rare guest. Some do not even know what it looks like.
Lovely fish burbot: how to catch and when
Burbot is the bottom fish of the cod family. It has a cylindrical anterior part of the body with a wide and flattened head. Its tail is flattened from the sides. This fish has a medium-sized mouth, with many small hook-shaped teeth. Nasal apertures have short antennae. In burbot, 2 dorsal fins (short and elongated). Long reaches the rounded tail, as well as the anal. The color of the burbot scales can range from light brown to yellow. The abdomen is lighter, and on the sides and fins are scattered dark spots.
Unlike many other freshwater fish, burbot spawns in winter (in December and February). The largest specimens of it came across in Siberia. There they reach 1.5 m length. Burbot prefers living deep in the cool water of lakes and rivers. He feeds, as a rule, at night. Burbot is a predatory fish, feeding on small fishes. He hunts from ambush. Nalim are cold-loving, so most often they come across in that period when the temperature of the water drops below 9-10 ° C. In this water, this fish actively eats, which increases the chance of catching it. Search it should be in places where the depth of the reservoir is the maximum or where the bottom keys are beating. They are also caught when leaving the bottom pits and in the mouth of the tributaries. With a full moon, this fish, as a rule, is not caught. Many amateur anglers do not know when it is better to catch burbot. More often, large specimens can be caught in the cold season.
Large burbot: catching in winter
What should you catch in the autumn?
Experienced fishermen have an interesting trick: catching burbot on a "silver" spoon with the same winding ring. Such tackle produces a pleasant sound for this fish, on which they actively go.
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