April Fishing - Equipment For Going Out On The Ice

2024 Author: Sebastian Paterson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:47

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The ice is cracking, melting. The spring sun is hot and soon the auger and box will have to be removed before next season. Nature begins to wake up from hibernation, somewhere else there is ice, but there are already many open areas of clean water. Rivers are freed first.

During this period, you can continue to fish from the ice, showing concern for your own safety, or you can already quite realistically switch to fishing with a fishing rod and spinning. If you decide to go out on the ice, then you must definitely be in a life jacket. Now there are many of them on sale in all sorts of options. Some people make a fishing box out of dense foam specifically for rescue purposes, conducting buoyancy tests in the summer.

It is better to pass dangerous areas on the ice with such a box on your back (on your belt). Going out on the ice, it is advisable to take with you a pole 4-5 m long as a fulcrum and a means of helping those who fell into the wormwood. And don't forget about the rope (10 meters) with a cat at the end. It can also be thrown to a drowning person.

It is better to get out to the edge of the ice from the ice hole in jerks. The main thing is to rest your chest and stomach on the edge. In the future, one should try to throw a leg onto the ice or jerk further onto the ice and, with turning over, crawl away from the ice edge. However, do not try to get back on your feet. You can fail right there. Better to crawl away from the ill-fated place.

After going ashore, don't panic, but light a fire. For such an "emergency" case, you will need a lighter and a tablet of dry fuel, carefully sealed in polyethylene and hidden in a jacket.

Now back to those who already wanted to switch to summer gear. For such a case, you should have rubber boots with a long lapel or rubberized bib pants with boots as a whole. Considering that you will have to stand in icy water for a long time, it is advisable to take boots 2-3 sizes larger. For example, I put my foot, dressed in "chunya" - a small homemade sock, sewn by me from any natural fur (fur inside) - also on a thick felt insole. If you follow my example, then in winter, spring and autumn, you will protect yourself from any colds.

When you wander into the water, you must be sure that you have everything you need with you. First, the landing net, it can be stowed behind the back on a strap. Secondly, a bag for fish. It also hangs on a strap on my shoulder. Thirdly, it is better to store the attachment in a canvas bag fastened somewhere on the side or in a foam box. With this type of catch, you usually have only one hand free. This is where you need to show your dexterity and adaptability to such fishing. After all, if you go ashore after each bite to fish out, a lot of fishing time is wasted.

Now let's talk about fishing itself. We know that pike spawn in April. Catching it continues with varying degrees of success. On lakes, on thawed patches with an open section of water, I usually use light spinning spoons, throwing them closer to the edge of the ice. At such a time, the pike, knowing that the perch is going to the shore, to the reeds, to the sandy spits, instinctively approaches the same place. It is good if there are reed pools and passages. Here they must be fished using a boat. Small spoons are equally good for pike and perch.

Zander leaves the winter pits a little later. It is more likely to be caught on a river than on a lake. Large roach (track) can grab your lure just like a perch. Very soon the shoals of roach will go to the spawn as a shaft, and sometimes you stand in the water, and around the water boils with fish. At such a moment, the roach itself climbs into the net. I love spring. At this time, something comes to life in us, we renew ourselves internally and wake up together with nature.

Having finished fishing and breaking branches, we lie by the fire, stirring the first spring ear. Today, going into the forest, I saw two skinned foxes (changing skins), running after each other. I heard the pounding of a woodpecker and the breaking voice of a cuckoo. And when he returned to the fire, he managed to drive off the crows that were aiming at the fish in my net cage. How wonderful that life goes on, and there will be countless more such trips.