A shorter day, hazy, cool evenings and mornings – often with the first frost. "Hanging" melancholy in the air and some depressing regret inside the recently passed summer climate. We like it or not – we are already in full fall. And the fall for fishing is primarily predator fishing. In lowland rivers and "calm" waters – pike, perch and zander. In mountain waters – greasy rainbow and mighty huchen. All the predators mentioned, regardless of whether they are in similar or different environmental conditions, has a common feature – increased activity and incredible hunger, to power the body in need of energy. The age-old mechanism of stockpiling for the coming winter is at work here. Autumn in lakes in relation to the mainland occurs with a significant delay. There is a rule here – the bigger the tank, the slower the water cools down, thus, the plant dying process proceeds more gently. The green underwater meadows remain unchanged for the longest time, when at the same time, the littoral shallow and bulrush turn yellow and rustle.
Thanks to the beneficial autumn circulation, when the waters mix in all their volume, oxygenating bottom layers, aquatic animals inhabiting the bottom and moving to deeper parts of the water, the fish remain in good condition for a long time. In late autumn, whitefish and whitefish start spawning. Predators will benefit from this fact – mainly pike "locating" in the vicinity of their spawning grounds.
Thus, figuratively speaking "underwater factory", all life is transferred to the depths of the water during this period, in the bottom zones, farther away from the incoming cold from the mainland.
And it is to such environmental conditions that you should adapt when choosing to hunt predators in October. Sparse soft vegetation is favorable for fishing, there are fewer snags, we have greater access to fish stands, and the herb is more fragile at this time than not so long ago in summer.
It has been known to everyone for a long time, that October is golden times for spinning enthusiasts. And it would be in vain to write about it at this point, e.g.. to lead the lures as slowly as possible, necessarily the bottom, to make them larger, etc.. Because every seasoned spinning angler is a conservative, he'll do it his way anyway, to your liking, many years of experience, often habits. All for this, to meet the taste of the hungry owner of the toothed mandible, striped hunchback, or possibly a cunning zander robber. Well, The lust for emotions and emotions is great and there are no scruples here.
For interested, however, a few of the author's thoughts on the fall spinner. Little appreciated, an often overlooked provoking predator is the bait lead rate. And it is not about the so-called. running by jumping, breaking the twisting so that the spinner would sink to the bottom, then a quick burst to the top. You know, that pikes and others react vividly to any changes in their immediate surroundings. So you should not make it difficult for them, let alone add as many stimuli to interest as possible.
It follows from my observations, that sudden jumps scare them off sooner, rather than provoking an attack. I personally promote the principle, not to tug, tear off and "drop" what is fastened to the safety pin, or rather, alternately accelerating and decelerating the line twist. Stopping and lowering the trays to the bottom, and it attracts zanders perfectly. Another important point. The lure must work flawlessly.
But even the best job can be spoiled by an inexperienced angler by using e.g.. too thick line. I understand some gentlemen's concerns about snags or the loss of precious spinners, but on the lakes, really, especially, As we are usually in a boat, catching something that cannot be removed happens very rarely. Therefore, the use of lines thicker than 0,22-0,25 this is a slight exaggeration. I guess, that the proper target of the catch would be the mottled esox giants. I will understand this. It should be added here about the influence of the line thickness on the lead depth. Of course, the thinner the lure will come down. Another detail. Stick. And again we are stuck in a fairly common myth: finds a specimen, so the rod must be strong. O.K.. but "not powerful".
And the correct criterion is the adjustment of action and weight (casting weight) to the weight of the baits used. There are many gentlemen, until recently, supporters of solid equipment, who, after replacing the cod "piles" of 220 hundred with a stick 10-40 Gr. when fishing with medium-sized plates, they successfully deprived themselves of the frequent dismounting of fish from their hooks and the unpleasantness of fishless hours. And what a comfort of fishing makes dynamic, a durable and light stick knows who has one. At the same time, when the pike "harvest" is taking place in the lowland waters, in the mountain rivers of the land of trout, grayling and… According to well-known "specialists", the turtle-dove begins the best hunting time for a completely biologically different fish, namely the Danube salmon or "Danube salmon"” so many "schools" of her fishing. A typical and voracious predator of powerful sleds, Dunajec and postradowych pits, Plos, or, as the highlanders say, "bań" is a mercilessly difficult fish, on the other hand, however, when it goes out, it falls prey to quite a few enthusiasts. So how is it with the turtle dove?? It is removable or not? Well, saying "cold" is the most catchable fish, maybe not every day, but let's say "not often". It is common to think, that she is a giant with monstrous strength, and just seeing her is a real miracle. And this is exaggerated thinking. The truth is this, that it inhabits typical locations of large fish, so deep and long plosa, easy to read after the first trip, it is easy to approach from practically all sides, due to the typical nature of the rocky flat banks of the aforementioned rivers, hauling itself is no different from hauling other dynamic and strong fish. Tactics, the ways of feeding bait are not unique, much different from these, with which we catch other predators. So why is this so. how it is? So many skilled hands?
The reason is prosaic and banal. Well, the turtle does not feed for long periods. It just hit failed in days, not in hours, but often in minutes (literally) in time of her going out to feed, she fulfills the dreams of feeling her throbbing weight on the stick. So the key to the problem is ordinary fishing luck, the so-called. "Fart" and "a little” be patient to be on the water almost every day and constantly "soak" our lures "behind the rock”. Well – not just any opponent, demanding sacrifice. It's worth it though, because the beauty of fishing trapping lies in these very moments, when the effort and years of dreams take a concrete shape of success in the form of brown and orange, cylindrical with the mighty mouth of its body.
