ABC Shrimp fishing on the shore, spring!
I met Elvis Vigu while working for Aventuri la Pescuit magazine. From then until now, I don't think I've met a fisherman more passionate than him when it comes to shore fishing. I and the readers of the late AVP, Super Pescar and Pescuitul Pentru Toti magazines learned a lot from him. First of all, the fact that you have to learn something from each fishing trip. Realize where you went wrong, if you went wrong and don't repeat the mistake.
How passionate is he?
"For predatory fish, there are no hours to bite better or worse. You depend on the behavior of the fish, not the other way around. My longest game of fishing with artificial lures lasted 48 hours. I was very interested in the behavior of the fish for that period and I fished for two days without interruption. That's the only way I could better understand some of the things I learned from books at the time. "
If you are going to go out during this period, follow his tips below Elvis Vigu about pike fishing on the shore in spring and beyond.
In the spring there are salai
Maybe I would have liked to be one of those fishermen who lets their lures sleep peacefully over the winter, nicely placed in their green plastic boxes and waiting with big eyes on the window for the coming of spring. But unfortunately I'm not that kind of fisherman. I am a man who likes to play Serbian on the ice in winter with some cunning perch and a colorful pike, and in summer to aggressively fly the lures over the waters. Our objective today on the order of service after the winter are the plain ponds and the fishing on the shore from the shore in small waters.
Make love, not war
Raptor consecrated in the brackish waters of the plain, constrained by the situation and personal needs, willingly or unwillingly, he must be present during this period in front of the battalions of obleti who came in large numbers on the dead waters. Right now, the bride wears her black wedding suit and goes with the wedding gift in front of the bride. Once on shore, real sexual triads will begin between nervous males and females past their prime.
Spring is not like summer
I have seen many fishermen who have become contaminated with salmon fishing habits in a certain location and continue to perpetuate them in all other places where they fish. Nothing could be further from the truth: the salami in its list of preferences, be they gastronomic or habitat, will always choose the best options for him and his offspring. As this list of comfort decreases, the living room will always adapt to the location it belongs to, as long as the environment in which it lives will allow it.
Location in the plains
Shrimp fishermen must carefully watch the water in which they fish and tacitly follow the conditions imposed by this fish. For example, on the plains where this predator exists, it is necessary to consider all aspects related to that place and to overlap them with the preferences of the salmon depending on the season in which we fish. If he had where to choose this incurable opportunist, be sure that the 5-star places would be in his preferences! But having no other options on a pond of a few hectares and a handful of reeds, he does everything he can to carry on the genes of his descendants.
Where?
In the spring on the ponds, we can successfully look for the salt in the banks sprinkled with "cocioc" (reed roots) or even at the base of the reed. If we have mud on the substrate, we do not have to worry about this, the salami prefers the roots of the reed when it does not have other more important structures in the area. Shore thresholds are also very important during this period. Almost all the plain ponds are surrounded by small thresholds formed by water currents that rotate in that pond under the action of the wind.
Water depth
A very important thing to remember during this period is that once you have discovered such productive locations on such a water, you must exploit them very carefully, for several reasons. One of these would be the depth of the water: a pike on a small water is much more vulnerable to dangers and therefore it will attack the lures fleetingly and extremely cautiously. The second aspect to consider is the noise produced by the avalanche of jigs on a small water.
Water depth
A very important thing to remember during this period is that once you have discovered such productive locations on such a water, you must exploit them very carefully, for several reasons. One of these would be the depth of the water: a pike on a small water is much more vulnerable to dangers and therefore it will attack the lures fleetingly and extremely cautiously. The second aspect to consider is the noise produced by the avalanche of jigs on a small water.
No noise
Salaul has crucial moments in his life, when he becomes extremely "insensitive" (see the bridge period when he attacks everything that moves around him or any intruder who invades his house unwittingly) and periods when at the slightest involuntary noise on the waterfront , snorts like a rifle in the depths of the pond. Therefore, my advice is that in almost all periods of the year when we fish we try to be as attentive as possible to these aspects.
Shrimp fishing equipment on the shore in spring
For fishing on the shore in early spring, I recommend the use of ML equipment, thin wires, offset hooks for areas with many hooks and where appropriate the sliding rafts on the wire, the latter helping us a lot on places with low water of 0 , 5-1m, lifting the lure almost vertically from the hull or structure. If in the other seasons fishing from the boat to the pikeperch is almost indispensable, spring comes to compensate for this and offers us a good fishing from the shore. Also an important accessory in small water fishing are the hip boots. They help you get to the hardest to reach areas: among reeds, branches or drowned fields.
Other pike fishing on the shore in the spring
Fishing from shore to saltwater in the spring at shallow depths is very similar to fly fishing, almost the same rules must be followed. Make sure you fish quietly, do not sway the water, do not make noise, keep a certain distance from the place you are approaching, even if it is half a meter from the shore, and if you notice a promising place, launch a little more. away from the hot area where salai live both from left to right and from right to left. This will help you determine the optimal angle from which the attacks come. In saltwater fishing and not only, the diversification of fishing techniques and the approach of several locations only bring you an extra advantage over the camera lens.
Elvis Vigu
3 Comments
Beautiful article! And very true!
We will question Elvis in the future, he says well, yes!
And Elvis has left the buiding..You warmed my thoughts a little with the article and the pictures, I can't wait for the ban to pass..Congratulations!