Despite its tiny size, the fish, called the dace, enjoys great success with the fishermen. Anglers catch it both from a sense of excitement, and for use in food or for attachment as a bait. Elets is a fish that is common in many regions of Russia. It has many subspecies, but they do not differ significantly neither externally nor habitat.
This fish is small in size, reaching an average length of 20 cm and weighing about 200-300 grams. In some regions the dace grows to 30 cm and weighs 400 g. The head is short, triangular, ending with a directed downward mouth. The body seems compressed from the sides. Fins are quite large in comparison with the body, especially the tail. Elets - fish is very maneuverable and thanks to this, it increases the interest to sport fishing. The back of the fish is greenish-gray, along its surface there is a dark gray longitudinal strip that distinguishes this creature from its relatives. Along the strip there are orange scales, which alternate with silvery glints. As you can see, the fir is a beautiful fish.
Danae fishes have long been considered a catalyst that determines the purity of water. Fish dace prefers rivulets with accelerated currents, but it occurs in lakes and other bodies of water, where the water is clean, saturated with oxygen and food. As the last, the butterfly, river plankton, larvae, insects, worms and other bottom dwellers, as well as caviar of other fish, act. To be a predator, that is, to eat other fish, the fish does not allow its size. With warming and the flight of small insects the dace eats them, rising to the upper layers of the water. This fish likes shallow waters, but with an earthen or stony bottom.
Spawning occurs in different terrains at different times, with warming of water degrees to six degrees above zero. In most regions this is approximately April-June. During this period, there is a migration of daceers to smaller streams, where the water is cleaned and warmed up more quickly. Caviar roe large (about 2 mm), fertility - 4-15 thousand eggs. Places of spawning are stones, various underwater bank protrusions and flooded areas of vegetation. Elets - the fish is quite strong, fast flow is not considered an obstacle for it, it is facilitated by the compressed form of the body. Such small rivers as Pechora, Kosva, Sylva, Haruta, Usa and others, as well as lakes (for example, Chusovskoye) are ideal for the inhabitant of this water inhabitant. Thus, the dace is a fish that lives next to salmon (grayling, brook trout, whitefish, etc.).
As already mentioned, the dace is a fish, which is a very popular target. The methods for its extraction are different: in wiring with a float rod, fly fishing tackle, thin bottom equipment, etc. Where to fish, it is easy to determine, because it is not shy, and the water in its habitat is clean. Feeds the dace throughout the year, even during spawning. The best time for fishing is morning, and also the period after lunch. During the ice, the dace is caught on sunny days. The variety of feed of this fish allows successfully to use as a nozzle both vegetable and animal baits. The greatest success among the daceers has a bloodworm and an odor. Well he takes a worm (a better scrap), dough and bread. Fly-fishing dace is caught on a dry fly, with considerable experience - on an imitated insect in flight, which the fish suffice in a jump from the water.