Or American Perch (eng. Yellow perch) - a predatory fish from the genus Freshwater Perch of the Perch family, which is very similar to the usual River Perch (Common Perch). It inhabits the waters of North America, in particular Canada and the northern states of the United States. The Yellow Perch is one of the sport fishing species that is hunted throughout the fishing season.
Description: The Yellow Perch is very similar to its European relative, the Common Perch, differing from the latter in size and yellowish color.
The body of the Yellow Perch is laterally flattened, elongated and oval in cross section. Large individuals have a somewhat humpbacked back. The head of a predator is small, the mouth is large, the eyes are small. Scales small, densely set. The back of the Yellow Perch has a dark green tint, the sides are yellow-green with several almost black vertical stripes, and the belly is white.
There are two fins on the back of the Yellow Perch. The main fin is longer and has strong spiny rays. The second fin is smaller, and its rays are soft. The dorsal fin of the Yellow Perch, as well as the tail, pectoral fins have a discreet gray color. The ventral and anal fins are yellow or orange, and during spawning in male Yellow Perch they turn bright red. Also, the color saturation of the Yellow Perch varies depending on the habitat conditions, in particular, on the structure of the bottom and the transparency of the water.
Size: The Yellow Perch is a small predator that rarely reaches an impressive size. The average weight of an adult Yellow Perch is about 100-500 grams, and the body length is 10-25 cm. Usually, females of the Yellow Perch grow larger than males. The largest documented Yellow Perch was caught back in 1865 in the Delaware River, and its weight was 1 kg 910 gr.
Habitats: The Yellow Perch is a cold-loving fish and inhabits most of the waters of North and Central America.
Yellow Perch are environmentally flexible, so they feel equally comfortable in flowing rivers and in stagnant ponds and lakes. You can catch this predator with the same degree of probability in large rivers and lakes, as well as in small streams or shallow swamps.
Yellow Perch usually lives at a depth of 0.5 to 1 meter, larger individuals prefer deeper places. However, no matter how large the Perch is, it is never found at a depth of more than 4 meters.
Yellow Perch is a bottom predator, so you should look for it in most cases at the bottom. Here the fish feed and find shelter from larger predators. Yellow Perch likes to stay close to aquatic vegetation, as well as near snags, in places with a rocky or pebbly bottom. On a clear day, you should not count on catching Yellow Perch, since fish can come out here only occasionally, which usually happens only in the winter months.
Lifestyle and habits: Yellow Perch is a sedentary fish and lives all its life in a certain part of the reservoir. This predator practically does not make seasonal migrations associated with spawning or weather factors.
The Yellow Perch lives and hunts in flocks. Medium-sized individuals of the Yellow Perch can gather in flocks of up to 50 specimens. But an adult mature fish often lives alone or gathers in groups of up to 3-4 individuals. The Yellow Perch is a predatory hound that does not attack the fry from ambush, but pursues it, squeezing it into the upper layers of the water.
Peaks of feeding activity in fish occur in the early morning hours, in the afternoon, and also in the evening before sunset. In cloudy weather, Yellow Perch can also feed in the middle of the day, which is also typical for winter and late autumn. At night, the Yellow Perch is not active. This is due to the fact that the predator finds food mainly through vision.
Yellow Perch spawns in early spring, when the water temperature reaches +5 degrees. The female spawns in one go, laying eggs on the roots of coastal trees, on last year's vegetation and other rubbish in shallow water. At the same time, the fish does not create any nests or other places for spawning. Usually, several males follow the female, who fertilize the laid eggs with milk. An adult female Yellow Perch can spawn up to 40,000 eggs.
Nutrition: The Yellow Perch is a typical freshwater predator. The basis of the diet of an adult Yellow Perch is small fish. Also, this predator will never miss the opportunity to eat small crustaceans, mollusks and other benthic invertebrates, as well as worms and aquatic insects. An important part of the diet of young Yellow Perch is dragonfly or mayfly larvae.
Sport fishing: The main direction of catching the Yellow Perch, like other Okunevs, without a doubt, is spinning, since this is the most sporty, dynamic and reckless way of catching. In addition, winter fishing for Yellow Perch on balancers and lures is very popular. Unlike European anglers, Americans rarely use mormyshkas when fishing for Perch from the ice, although, as you know, it responds quite well to this bait as well. Less sporty methods of catching Yellow Perch are considered to be a float rod and bottom tackle.
Equipment "wacky" (Wacky)
Spinning fishing for Yellow Perch is carried out mainly on silicone baits, which make it possible to fish in a wide variety of conditions. Less commonly, this predator is caught with wobblers and surface baits. Perch is also caught in America with spinners and small spoons, but their popularity as specialized perch lures is significantly lower than ours.
On hot summer days, the Yellow Perch often goes to shallow waters, where it actively hunts for fry. In these conditions, it is usually caught with surface lures - walkers, propbaits and poppers. Work well in overgrown shallow water and spinnerbaits. Also, in such conditions, silicone baits (worms, slugs) are used on wackie and split-shot rigs.
In deep areas or places with snags and stones at the bottom of the Yellow Perch, they are mainly caught with “Carolina” and “Texas” rigs, and silicone worms and other passive baits are used as baits. On a clean bottom, in most cases, the classic jig installation of lures is used.
In general, it is not so difficult to catch the Yellow Perch, and it is quite easy to find it in the reservoir. Because of their omnipresence and omnivorous nature, the Yellow Bass is often the first fish caught by a novice angler. It is difficult to catch the trophy Yellow Perch, which behaves cautiously and usually ignores fishing lures.
US Distribution: Within the United States, Yellow Bass is fished throughout the freshwater areas of the northeast, midwest, and northwest of the country. A fairly large population of Yellow Bass inhabits the Great Lakes - Erie, Michigan, Ontario. In the upper reaches of the Mississippi, it is also a common fish. The Yellow Perch also lives in small tributaries of the Mississippi: Minnesota, Rock and others. In the states located to the south, this type of perch was artificially settled. Today, Yellow Bass can also be caught in South Carolina, Idaho, Missouri, Virginia, and Kentucky.
The natural range of this widespread predator also covers most of Canada.
River perch, or common perch (lat. Perca fluviatilis)- fish of the genus of freshwater perches of the perch family (Percidae) of the perch-like order (Perciformes). River perch is widely distributed in the fresh waters of Europe and North Asia (to the Kolyma basin in the east and the waters of the northern regions of Iran and Afghanistan in the south), introduced to Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
Previously, it was believed that the range of the river perch also included the water bodies of North America, which, according to modern ideas, are inhabited by an independent species of yellow perch (Perca flavescens).
River perch is a predatory fish: in the diet of an adult perch, a significant proportion is occupied by other freshwater fish. River perch prefers to stick to flat waters, it can be found in rivers, lakes, ponds, reservoirs and even in less brackish seas. Spawning in the river perch occurs in early spring, the female perch lays eggs in the form of a long (up to 1 m) gelatinous ribbon. Perch is a popular object of recreational fishing; in some reservoirs it has an important commercial value.
perch albino
River perch 1.9 kg.
scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryotes
Kingdom: Animals
Type: Chordates
Class: Ray-finned fish
Order: Perciformes
Family: Perch
Genus: Freshwater groupers
Species: River perch
Perch types:
1.River perch
2. Yellow perch.
3. Balkhash perch.
Yellow perch, or American perch (lat. Perca flavescens)- freshwater fish from the perch family (Percidae) of the perch-like order (Perciformes). In general, it is similar to the river perch (Perca fluviatilis), but differs from it in its smaller size, wider mouth and yellow rather than red caudal, anal and ventral fins. This species is anatomically and ecologically so close to the river perch that some researchers consider it a subspecies of the latter, in this case calling it Perca fluviatilis flavescens. The relationship of these species is also confirmed by the fact that, when hybridized, they can produce viable and fast-growing offspring.
The average length of a yellow perch is 30-35 cm, and its weight is up to 500 g. The officially documented world record is a perch weighing 1.3 kg, caught in 1865 in the Delaware River (USA). Adult females are usually larger than males. It is colored in yellow-green tones: the back is dark green, with a transition to golden brown in some populations; sides yellow, yellow-green or copper-green, with 6-9 vertical dark stripes; the belly is white or (more rarely) light yellow. In males during spawning, the color is brighter, and the anal and ventral fins temporarily acquire an orange-red color.
This species is distributed in North America from northeastern Canada to the northwestern United States, through central and southern Canada, the Great Lakes region, to the state of South Carolina in the United States. This species has also been settled by humans in the southwestern United States and in British Columbia in western Canada. There were cases of capture in the Kaliningrad region of Russia.
This species is an exceptional predator, feeding on small fish, aquatic insects, crustaceans and molluscs. It finds prey with the help of vision, therefore it hunts almost exclusively during daylight hours, with two feeding peaks - in the morning and in the evening; a significant part of the prey is the larvae of mayflies and dragonflies, especially in May-July. Young yellow perches consume a lot of zooplankton, and adults - juvenile salmon, smelt, and even juveniles of their own species.
Spawning takes place once a year in early spring, almost immediately after the ice melts, usually at night or in the early morning. During spawning, eggs are deposited randomly on underwater vegetation and roots, without building nests. Eggs are collected in amber stripes, and are immersed in a rather dense mucous mass, which protects them from infectious lesions and small invertebrate predators. Depending on size, females can lay between 10 and 40,000 eggs. During spawning, the female is followed by 2 to 25 males, who fertilize the eggs laid by her. The development of eggs lasts 12-21 days, depending on the temperature of the surrounding water (in warm water, eggs develop faster).
Young yellow perches form schools in shallow areas overgrown with aquatic vegetation, rich in zooplankton and small invertebrates. At the same time, yellow perch fry become an important food resource for piscivorous birds and large fish. During the first year of life, the yellow perch grows up to 7.5-8 cm.
Balkhash perch (lat. Perca schrenkii)- fish of the genus perch of the perch family, perch-like order, the closest relative of the common river perch, from which the Balkhash one separated about 5-7 million years ago.
The Balkhash perch is considered an endemic species of the Balkhash-Alakol lakes. It also lives in the river basin. Or other rivers of Semirechye. In the 50s of the 20th century, before acclimatization in the pike perch lake, 8-10 thousand tons of perch per year were caught in Balkhash. Since then, the population has declined sharply due to the more aggressive behavior of zander feeding on young perch. Like some other predatory fish, (for example, pike), the Balkhash perch eat their young, practicing intraspecific cannibalism, and thus can exist in a closed reservoir where there is no other suitable food for them or is left.
Ordinary sunfish, or sun perch, or common dory, or kingfish (lat. Lepomis gibbosus)- a fish of the family of centrarchs of the perch-like order. A close relative of the American bass (largemouth bass). Popular aquarium fish. From there it ended up in our rivers. There is an assumption that some aquarist released this fish into the natural reservoirs of our country.
scientific classification
Kingdom: Animals
Type: Chordates
Class: Bony fish
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centarch
Genus: Sunfish
Species: Common sunfish
Maximum dimensions: length - up to 40 cm, weight - up to 0.6 kg
Distribution: North American species that lives in the Great Lakes basin (except Lake Superior) and to Florida and the Dakotas in the south. Acclimatized on the Pacific coast of the United States, settled throughout the Western Hemisphere. Introduced to New Zealand and Europe. In 1935 he appeared in the reservoirs of Belarus and Western Ukraine. Acclimatized in the lower reaches of the Danube.
One of the favorite fish for aquarists. It occurs in calm, heavily overgrown ponds and small rivers. It mainly feeds on worms, crustaceans and insects, but can also be predatory. Solar perches swim relatively little, more often they stand still, fluffing their fins. The male is distinguished by a coral-red "earring" on the gill cover, in the female it is yellow. During spawning, the male makes a primitive nest in the ground, where eggs are laid. The nest is guarded by the male. Sexual maturity occurs at the age of two years. Life expectancy in the wild is from six to eight years, in captivity - up to 12 years. In North America it is of great commercial importance.
Largemouth bass, or trout perch (Micropterus salmoides)- one of the species of perches belonging to the genus of black perches. It is also often called bass (English bass - perch), this is the American name for perch, often used in Russia. Originally from North America, although representatives of this species can also be found in the basins of the Black Sea, the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea. In our country, the acclimatization attempt was less successful. Small populations, unfortunately not of great interest from the point of view of purposeful fishing, have survived in the river. Kuban, r. Don, as well as in the lake. Abrau Largemouth perch chooses deep bays and oxbows as a permanent residence, where it stays among rhizomes, flooded branches, stones; juveniles live in shallow places.
scientific classification
Kingdom: Animals
Type: Chordates
Class: Bony fish
Subclass: Ray-finned fish
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centarch
Genus: Black groupers
Species: Largemouth Bass
Largemouth perch 10.12 kg
The body of the perch is olive green in color with dark, sometimes black, spots that form a jagged horizontal stripe along the sides of the body. This species is the largest of the black bass, reaching a maximum recorded total length of 75 cm and an unofficial maximum weight of 11.4 kg, with females larger than males.
The perch prefers still, calm waters where it is possible to hide behind vegetation and wait for food. Spawning in largemouth black perch occurs once a year from March to July. Males prepare the nest by building it on a sandy or pebbly bottom. After the wedding ceremony, the female lays from 1000 to 4000 eggs, and the male and female fertilize them and begin to guard them until small fish hatch. Fish live on average 16 years.
Red-breasted kingfish or golden perch related species
The largemouth bass is a predator. Young perches feed mainly on small fish, amphipods, small shrimps and insects. Adults feed on small fish (bluegill dory), snails, crayfish, frogs, snakes, salamanders, bats, and even small waterfowl, mammals, and young alligators.
Perch is very popular among anglers in the New World, and recently also in Europe and Japan. This is especially true for sports fishing. Anglers most often fish for perch with baits such as silicone worms, and it is also not uncommon to use live worms, minnows, frogs, or crayfish.
Ni?lsky about? kun (lat. Lates niloticus)- fish from the perch order. The largest representative of freshwater perch.
scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryotes
Kingdom: Animals
Type: Chordates
Class: Ray-finned fish
Order: Perciformes
Family: Latidae
Genus: Lates
Species: Nile Perch
Distributed in all major river systems of tropical Africa, in particular, in the rivers Nile, Volta, Senegal, Congo, as well as in the lakes of Chad, Albert, Rudolf, Victoria and others.
Maximum length - 200 cm, weight - 200 kg. The weight of a 15-year-old fish can approach 30 kg, and a 20-year-old fish can reach 50 kg. In catches, the usual sizes are 45-65 cm and 9-20 kg. The body is elongated, laterally compressed, silvery in color with a bluish tint. Predatory fish, feeds on fish and crustaceans. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was introduced into Lake Victoria, which led to a decrease in the number and, possibly, the disappearance of about 200 endemic species of cichlids.
In the lower reaches of many northwestern rivers flowing into the Black Sea, there is often a water dweller, whom the locals call the king. This fish is a sun perch, so named for its unusually beautiful color.
History of the American Guest
For the first time kinglets were brought to Russia in 1965 from floodplain reservoirs. Their homeland is. Initially, they appeared in Europe, where in 1877 offspring were obtained from them for the first time. Soon, the sun perch began to breed in ponds, and once in the Danube, settled in the lower reaches of the rivers flowing into the northwestern part of the Black Sea. Excellent adaptability to changing living conditions allowed the kings to become quite widespread in the waters of Europe.
Sunny perch continues to settle today. This is facilitated by the fact that the fish reaches sexual maturity already by the year. Males actively guard the clutch of more than three hundred eggs.
The sun perch, of course, impresses with its beauty: blue spots with a neon sheen adorn the entire body of the fish. It has golden-yellow fins, and a black dot with a scarlet border is striking on the gill cover.
Habitat
Currently, this is found even in the middle reaches of the Dnieper. Almost all rivers and even reservoirs in Ukraine are rich in it. It easily tolerates noticeable increases and decreases in water temperature, it can easily overwinter in a pond covered with ice.
American sun perch is caught in Ukraine all year round. But it bites especially well in sunny weather. Apparently, thanks to this, he got his original name.
Living in rivers or lakes, the sun perch always keeps close to the shore. Accordingly, it is easier to find it there than in the middle of the river. Preferring shallow depths - up to a maximum of two meters, the solar perch moves in small flocks, keeping the direction either along the grass cut or along the coastal edge. The fish, as it were, patrols its territory.
In such a place, sun perch are caught easily and quickly. And some flocks, generally occupying a certain area, do not leave it for a long time. Most often this is a place under shrubs or overhanging trees, as well as a clearing in algae or reeds.
Fishing
The sun perch, whose photo shows its resemblance to the American piranha, is a predator. He has a small mouth, so he eats only small crustaceans, insects, worms, caviar. But despite its small mouth, this food-hungry fish even swallows fry of other inhabitants of the reservoir.
Based on this, experienced fishermen use large hooks of a rather large number - the tenth - when catching kings. The best treat for this fish is maggot, although when fly fishing for dry flies, it swallows the hook almost completely.
I must say that some consider the sun perch to be a “weedy” fish, which, rapidly multiplying, begins to exterminate the caviar of more valuable, commercial species, thereby causing harm.
Tackle
They say that the sun perch has become so prolific that it can be caught everywhere, even for spinning. At the same time, he pecks often and greedily. Today it is caught very little, because it is not a trophy, due to its small size.
If the king does not respond to the spinner, then you need to try to mount the equipment, which is a small jig. A crawl or earthworm impaled on a hook is an attractive delicacy for this inhabitant of water bodies. Such equipment helps to catch even a very passive perch, regardless of where the fishing is carried out - in open water or on ice.
Features of fishing
Many believe that the most suitable season for catching sun perch is the spawning period. Indeed, in this case, the fish is perfectly visible in shallow water. But if the moment is missed, and the king goes deeper, then it becomes much more difficult to determine its location. In this case, complementary foods help a lot.
Those who purposefully go fishing for kings, before the start of fishing, walk along the shore and throw a little bloodworm into the water. Feeding collects simply a huge amount of potential prey, and bites begin to follow after casting. It is not recommended to catch on, since the mouth of the sun perch is very small, and it is difficult for the fish to swallow even inch twisters.
Fishing in winter
With sharp bites in winter, the fisherman has to very often put the next bait on the hook. Therefore, for more intense ice fishing in these "hot" spots, a bait is better suited that will attract sunfish with its smell, as well as taste and play. Another prerequisite is that the bait should hold well on the hook.
In the middle of winter, sun perch sometimes take it so carefully that the angler often does not notice the bite. In some cases, the fish, taking the bait, rises up with it. Therefore, experienced "hunters" must distinguish even the weakest bites in order to make a reliable hook.
It is better to catch perch in a darkened tent or “at a glance”, shading the hole with something. This makes it possible to clearly see what is happening under the ice layer. And if the water is also transparent, then you can even see how the fish swallows the bait.
If the bait is at a considerable depth or the reservoir is already cloudy, then, most likely, it will not be possible to observe such a picture. However, if you take a bait with a very bright color, then you can notice when it disappears.
When fishing for sun bass from the ice, the float is difficult to follow, so many anglers install a flashlight. If you raise the light source high, then the hole will be better visible, regardless of the power, whether it is a small candle or a very large lantern. And the play of light and the brilliance of the tackle will attract such fish as the sun perch.
Is it possible to eat kings
This is asked by those for whom they are exotic. There is only one answer: of course. This fish is perfect for baking in foil on a fire right on the shore of a pond. In general, sun perch has a very pleasant and delicate taste. It has moderately firm white meat. Fish at home is suitable for all types of cooking, but it will turn out especially juicy if you fry it in oil.
Yellow perch, or American perch - P Erca Flavescens- similar to common perch (Perca fluviatilis), differing from it in smaller size, wider mouth and yellow rather than red caudal, anal and ventral fins. This species is anatomically and ecologically so close to the common perch that some researchers consider it a subspecies of the latter, in this case calling it Perca fluviatilis flavescens. The relationship of these species is also confirmed by the fact that, when hybridized, they can produce viable and fast-growing offspring.
Yellow perch reaches an average of 30-35 cm in length, the weight of adults is up to 500 g. The officially documented world record is a perch weighing 1.3 kg, caught in 1865 in the Delaware River (USA). Adult females are usually larger than males. The coloration is generally sustained in yellow-green tones: the back is dark green, with a transition in some populations to golden brown; sides yellow, yellow-green or copper-green, with 6-9 vertical dark stripes; the belly is white or (more rarely) light yellow. In males during spawning, the color is brighter, and the anal and pelvic fins temporarily acquire an orange-red color.
The body of the yellow perch is oval in cross section; lateral line occupies 57-62 scales, dorsal fin contains 12-13 rays, anal fin - 7-8. The head is slightly concave outside the eyes, gives the impression of a hunchback; cheeks covered with 8-10 rows of elongated scales.
This species is distributed in North America from northeastern Canada to the northwestern United States, through central and southern Canada, the Great Lakes region, to the state of South Carolina in the United States. This species has also been settled by humans in the southwestern United States and in British Columbia in western Canada.
The yellow perch is a rather ecologically flexible species: it lives both in fast-flowing rivers and in stagnant ponds and lakes; however, everywhere it tries to stay among aquatic vegetation.
This species is an exceptional predator, feeding on small fish, aquatic insects, crustaceans and molluscs. It finds prey with the help of vision, therefore it hunts almost exclusively during daylight hours, with two peaks of food - in the morning and in the evening; a significant part of the prey is made up of mayfly larvae, such as the grandmother, especially in May-July. Young yellow perches consume a lot of zooplankton, and adults - juvenile salmon, smelt, and even juveniles of their own species. There were cases of capture in the Kaliningrad region of Russia.
Spawning occurs once a year in early spring, almost immediately after the ice has risen, usually at night or in the early morning. During spawning, eggs are deposited randomly on underwater vegetation and roots, without building nests. Eggs are collected in amber stripes, and are immersed in a rather dense mucous mass, which protects them from infectious lesions and small invertebrate predators. Depending on size, females can lay between 10 and 40,000 eggs. During spawning, the female is followed by 2 to 25 males, who fertilize the eggs laid by her. The development of caviar lasts 12-21 days, depending on the temperature of the surrounding water (caviar develops faster in warm water).
Young yellow perches form schools in shallow areas overgrown with aquatic vegetation, rich in zooplankton and small invertebrates. At the same time, yellow perch fry become an important food resource for piscivorous birds and large fish. During the first year of life, the yellow perch grows up to 7.5-8 cm.
The sun perch was first brought to Russia in 1965. Their homeland is North America.
At first they appeared in Europe, where in 1877. Soon the sun perch began to breed in ponds, and once in the Danube, settled in the lower reaches of the rivers flowing into the northwestern part of the Black Sea. Sunny perch excellent adaptability to changing living conditions allowed them to become quite widespread in the waters of Europe.
The solar perch reaches a length of 15 to 30 cm. The male is colored brighter, on the gill cover it has a black spot in a red border. In the female, the edging is usually absent or weakly expressed.
Sunny perch continues to settle today. This is facilitated by the fact that the fish reaches sexual maturity already by the year. Males actively guard the clutch of more than three hundred eggs.
Habitat
Currently, this fish of the perch family is found even in the middle reaches of the Dnieper. Almost all rivers and even reservoirs in Ukraine are rich in it. It easily tolerates noticeable increases and decreases in water temperature, it can easily overwinter in a pond covered with ice.
American sun perch is caught in Ukraine all year round. But it bites especially well in sunny weather. Apparently, thanks to this, he got his original name. Living in rivers or lakes, the sun perch always keeps close to the shore. Accordingly, it is easier to find it there than in the middle of the river. Preferring shallow depths - up to a maximum of two meters, the sun perch moves in small flocks, keeping the direction either along the grass cut or along the coastal edge. The fish, as it were, patrols its territory. In such a place, sun perch are caught easily and quickly. And some flocks, generally occupying a certain area, do not leave it for a long time. Most often this is a place under shrubs or overhanging trees, as well as a clearing in algae or reeds.
Nutrition
Basically, the fish feeds on leeches, crustaceans, insects and their larvae, as well as fish fry.
Sexual maturity occurs at the age of two years. Life expectancy in the wild is from six to eight years, in captivity - up to 12 years.
Despite its small mouth, this food-hungry fish even swallows the fry of other inhabitants of the reservoir. Based on this, experienced fishermen use large hooks of a fairly large number, the tenth, when catching American perch. The best treat for this fish is maggot, although when fly fishing for dry flies, it swallows the hook almost completely. I must say that some consider the solar perch to be a “weedy” fish, which, rapidly multiplying, begins to exterminate the caviar of more valuable, commercial species, thereby causing harm
Tackle
They say that the sun perch is so prolific that it can be caught even for spinning. At the same time, he pecks often and greedily. Today it is caught very little, because it is not a trophy, due to its small size. If the solar perch does not respond to the spinner, then you need to try to mount the equipment, which is a small jig.
A crawl or earthworm impaled on a hook is an attractive delicacy for this inhabitant of water bodies. Such equipment helps to catch even a very passive perch, regardless of where the fishing is carried out - in open water or on ice.
Features of fishing
Many believe that the most suitable season for catching sun perch is the spawning period. During this period, the fish is perfectly visible in shallow water. But if the moment is missed, and the American perch goes deeper, then it becomes much more difficult to determine its location. In this case, complementary foods help a lot. Those who purposefully go fishing for sun perch, before fishing, walk along the shore and throw a little bloodworm into the water. Feeding collects simply a huge amount of potential prey, and bites begin to follow after casting. Fishing with silicone bait is not recommended, since the mouth of the sun perch is very small, and it is difficult for the fish to swallow even inch twisters.
Fishing in winter
With sharp bites in winter, the fisherman has to very often put the next bait on the hook. Therefore, for more intense ice fishing in these "hot" spots, a bait is better suited that will attract sunfish with its smell, as well as taste and play. Another prerequisite is that the bait should hold well on the hook.
In the middle of winter, sun perch sometimes take it so carefully that the angler often does not notice the bite. In some cases, the fish, taking the bait, rises up with it. Therefore, experienced "fishermen" must distinguish even the weakest bites in order to make a reliable hook.
It is better to catch perch in a darkened tent or “at a glance”, shading the hole with something. This makes it possible to clearly see what is happening under the ice layer. And if the water is also transparent, then you can even see how the fish swallows the bait. If the bait is at a considerable depth or the reservoir is already cloudy, then, most likely, it will not be possible to observe such a picture. However, if you take a bait with a very bright color, then you can notice when it disappears.
When fishing for sun bass from the ice, the float is difficult to follow, so many anglers install a flashlight. If you raise the light source high, then the hole will be better visible, regardless of the power, whether it is a small candle or a very large lantern. And the play of light and the brilliance of the tackle will attract such fish as the sun perch.
Can you eat Sunfish?
This is asked by those who first encounter this fish.
There is only one answer: of course.
This fish is perfect for baking in foil on a fire right on the shore of a pond. In general, sun perch has a very pleasant and delicate taste. It has moderately firm white meat. Fish at home is suitable for all types of cooking, but it will turn out especially juicy if you fry it in oil.
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Autumn burbot. Fishing places, tackle, methods
Many anglers can characterize burbot as a fish, in whose life everything goes the other way around. In fact, burbot in their habits and behavior is very different from ordinary freshwater fish. Burbot spawns in January, the coldest time of the year. Also, the burbot has a rather unusual diet: trying to catch it on a quiet summer morning is completely futile. It is much more successful to catch burbot on cold autumn or winter nights. This behavior of burbot is very easy to explain - this fish is the only representative who has adapted to life in fresh water bodies that live in the northern seas from the cod order.
Burbot can be found in large lakes or rivers, where the current is rather moderate or weak. Burbot prefers cold and oxygen-enriched water, so its habitats are deep pools away from the middle of the river or deep pits under steep banks. The presence of an underwater key at the bottom of the pit makes this place ideal for the life of burbot.
With the advent of autumn cooling, burbot begins preparing for spawning, in other words, these fish have a pre-spawning zhor. The beginning of which comes after sunset and ends at dawn, the peak point is closer to the middle of the night. During the night, burbot, in search of food, roams the territory adjacent to the pit, sometimes, occasionally, swimming out to shallow coastal waters. In the diet of burbot animal food: worms, mollusks, snails, frogs, small fish, burbot will not refuse carrion.
You can catch burbot in the autumn with a side bait, spinning and donkeys.
Catching burbot on a side bait
When catching burbot with side tackle, you should mainly use vertical narrow baubles, the mass of which is not more than 15 g, or a jig head with a natural nozzle. The fishing technique is as follows: short rises of the bait above the bottom at a distance of 15-20 cm, followed by pauses - from 10 seconds to 1 minute or more.
Catching burbot on a spinning rod
To catch burbot with a spinning rod, you need a rod with a fast action, since you will have to catch in the bottom layers. It is best to use soft silicone lures equipped with jig heads. Good results are demonstrated by catching burbot on veki - silicone worms, when stepwise wiring is performed with long pauses and regular broaches of the bait along the very bottom. In search of food, burbot relies on its sense of smell, so edible rubber has gained great popularity among anglers. The burbot also reacts well to the usual foam rubber fish, which, before casting, should be soaked with an attractant or the blood of another fish.
Due to the fact that burbot is predominantly nocturnal on inclement cold nights, these two fishing options have not gained much popularity among anglers.
Catching burbot on the bottom
This method of catching burbot is the most popular. Because burbot is a relatively small fish, tackle does not require any specific tricks. The main thing is that with its help you can cast the bait to the required distance and cope with the fight of a two-kilogram resisting fish. It will be difficult to fight in those situations when you have to catch near snags or similar shelters, where the hooked burbot will hasten to hide. It should be added that burbot does not offer desperate resistance. Often one gets the impression that there is just some kind of garbage on the hook.
It is best to catch burbot at the same time on several bottoms, which should be arranged in such a way as to catch several promising places at once. Each donk should be equipped with a bite alarm.
There is no need to leave donks unattended, as, for example, when fishing for bream. Burbot, having swallowed the bait, will remain almost in the same place, and the donka at this moment may not even move. Having swallowed the bait completely, the burbot will slowly swim away to the side, which will be signaled by the bell. The fish, by this time, will be detected by itself. But one piece of advice: when catching burbot on bottom gear, you need to check your bottoms as often as possible.
As bait, you can use chicken giblets, liver, bunches of worms, a frog or a piece of another fish. Slightly rotten bait is much preferable to fresh, as it has a more pronounced flavor that will attract burbot from long distances.
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Fishing on small rivers
The small river is always of great interest to many anglers. Fishing in such a place implies long-distance transitions, so the angler's equipment must be appropriate for these circumstances. The unloading includes suspension systems and a vest with many useful pockets, and for successful and comfortable fishing you need a light and functional backpack that can hold many useful things, such as a box with baits or a thermos with hot tea. Also, the angler cannot do without waders, they will help to enter the river and unhook the hooked bait. Often a small river is a reservoir, the width of which is not more than 5-6 meters and the depth is on average 1-2 meters. It should be noted that fishing on such a river is many times different from fishing on high water. It is much easier to find fish on a small river, so all novice fishermen first fish on a small river, and only then switch to big water.
Weather
Weather conditions can also do their job, because the outcome of many fishing trips depends on the weather. The day seems to be sunny, the fish should peck, but do not take. You can’t argue here, we reel up the gear and go home. The optimal time for fishing are the following parameters: good atmospheric pressure, about 740 cmHg, east wind is not desirable, high temperature, and low humidity. All these parameters should be normal, be sure to listen to the weather forecast when you are going to the reservoir. The motto of fishing in any weather is inappropriate here!
Typical fishing spots
If you are aiming to catch a certain type of fish, you must know the places where this fish lives and the habits of the intended trophy. On a small river, all fish species get along in close contact with each other, and there is no struggle for territory, which has a good effect on the population. If you intend to fish for chub, then this fish loves fast currents, rapids and rifts. The activity of the chub on the small river is very long, but the biggest peak occurs in May and June. It is in May and June that the chub spawns, after spawning there is a slight lull, after which the chub begins to actively feed. Red-finned beauties attack the bait with lightning speed, so be prepared for a powerful bite! As for the pike, the pike is a typical inhabitant of quiet backwaters and whirlpools and loves running water, but not a fast current. Feels good in the accumulation of snags, where a trifle of white fish awaits. The pike feels great in the thickets of water lilies and water Christmas trees, such a pike is called a grass, because its habitat is mainly aquatic vegetation, such a pike is slow-growing and its weight is mainly 1-2 kilograms. It has long been noticed that medium-sized individuals fight very well, thereby giving the angler great pleasure. Roach, like the chub, loves a fast current, but is not averse to staying in quiet places, like a pike, prefers to be in overgrown places. On small rivers, the size of the roach is appropriate, mainly the river roach has an elongated narrow body, which helps to overcome fast streams. In most cases, these fish species are the main trophies in small rivers.
Rapids. A fast or slow current is always useful in a small river, because it is here, to oxygen-enriched water, that almost all river fish that likes a fast or slow stream tend to. Chub, roach feel at home here, and therefore the entire catch falls on these places. Very successfully caught on rifts or at the confluence of small rivers. In such places, backwaters and nooks are formed, where the fish can rest and gain strength. Oxygen-enriched water carries not only air, but also small larvae, such as caddis flies or bloodworms. This explains the high concentration of fish in these places.
Pool. The pool is truly a storehouse for fishing, all river fish live here. The depth in such places is usually large 2-3 meters. In the whirlpool, the fish is placed evenly in the water surface, depending on the time of day. During the day, a chub or the same pike runs along the surface (basking in the sun), a small bleak does the same, but roach and perch are not supporters of such tactics. Perch and roach are considered demersal fish, in fact, they are. This is how during the day the concentration of fish and the habitat horizon can decrease and increase. In the evening, all the fish roll into deep areas. The chub leaves the rapid, and its place is taken by the burbot, which is a nocturnal predator.
snag. There are always large individuals in the snag. It is in snags that fishing is very interesting and unpredictable. Tackle on the verge of breakage pulls a large pike or chub, the drag squeals, and the angler struggles with his nerves and the big fish, which interprets its rules at the other end of the rod. Americans call such places strong thickets. Baits in these areas are used appropriate, namely, not hooked. Silicone baits on an offset hook work well, but you can’t secure wobblers in any way, so be prepared for losses.
Shallow water. In shallow, overgrown areas, fishing is very interesting, and this is especially true for small rivers, where fishing is carried out a couple of steps from a pike or a chub. Walker-type lures and all kinds of poppers are used on the shallows. One disadvantage of such fishing is the constant hooks for the grass. Fishing is beautiful because the attack of a predator looks very beautiful and the heart stops at such moments. If you are fishing on a small river, then do not pass by shallow waters, fishing here is always fruitful.
Lures
Small rivers are good because they are a large testing ground for experiments. Do not be afraid to apply and discover something new for yourself, because it is through trial and error that the very essence of fishing is learned. Each place should have its own bait, for example, deep-sea wobblers and silicone baits are good for whirlpools. Basically, many anglers use cheap lures when it comes to deep-sea wobblers or spinners. The depth always exposes the tackle to the hook, because you don’t know what is hiding there, at the bottom, the mouth of a pike or a large centuries-old snag, which is dotted with the same baits.
Silicone. Silicone lures will always be a favorite when fishing in whirlpools and snags. The low price makes these baits available to a wide range of anglers, and the non-hooking mounting makes them superconductive.
Wobblers. Wobblers are a topic for a separate discussion, I will only say one thing that there may not be fishing without wobblers, since this type of bait has long gained its popularity not only among anglers, but also among fish. Wobblers are used on a small river of various types. The main types of lures are rolls, shads and classic minos. Wiring is selected depending on the mood of the fish.
Tackle selection
Tackle for fishing on small rivers should be universal, as you do not yet know what it will be caught on. Spinning requires the following characteristics. The first is a regular formation, the second is the range, the third is increased strength in the butt. The reel should lay the line well and have a tuned friction clutch, the line is also needed with increased strength and wear resistance. Braid is better not to use on rifts and dumps, as there are a lot of stones on which it frays.
When you are going to a small river, you choose a certain set of gear. Equipment needs the following requirements to be taken into account. Spinning or fishing rod must have a margin of safety, the reel requires good line laying and uniform smooth running, fishing line or braid must be strong, but not of large diameters. As a leader material, it is best to use flora carbon, which is practically invisible in the water.
A mandatory attribute for fishing is a landing net, and on a small river it will be completely indispensable. The landing net is chosen according to the principle of what kind of fish it is and the method, that is, there is no universal landing net, but there is a wonderful adaptation of linden flu, which helps to lift fish of various sizes. The banks on small rivers are not uniform, so there are problems with the reception of fish, and this device copes well with the task.
Glasses. Polarized glasses are also an indispensable element when fishing on small rivers, which allow you to see the bait throughout the entire wiring. Polarized glasses are divided into classes. Class A is high-view glasses, class B is medium-view, class C is low-view and more suitable as ordinary sunglasses. Glasses lenses also have different colors that help depending on the light, for example, red or yellow is good at dusk, dark in sunny weather, and blue lenses are a universal option. Consider these factors when choosing glasses.
That, it seems, is all that every angler who is going fishing on a small river should know. The result is that when going fishing, be sure to listen to the weather forecast, devote the first day of your work to finding fish, and only when the fish is found, start targeted fishing. Choose a universal tackle, then success will be on your side. But as an angler not to try, the outcome of fishing depends on the fish itself, whether you want it or not. Not a tail, not scales, and most importantly, be hardworking, and luck will be on your side.