About the choice of tackle for pike fishing in snags

I still remember very well those times when the anglers did not fish in snags. There were several reasons for this. In the first place - a huge number of hooks traditional for those years baits (spoon-bait) with open hooks. On the second - little adapted for fishing in snags equipments: Spinnings with low tactile sensitivity; Lines with a high degree of extensibility and, accordingly, poor control of bait and bite; Low-power reels with which it was difficult to carry out the power-pulling of large fishes. With the advent of braided cords, offset hooks and silicone baits (enabling the uninhibited installation of a jig bait), carbon-fiber spinnings with very high sensitivity, powerful and light coils, most anglers felt confident in difficult fishing conditions in the flooded forests of reservoirs. But up to now, the issue of the correct line-up of tackles, which makes it possible to catch large fish comfortably in places where there are a lot of snags, is not simple.

I'll tell you about my sets of gear for such fishing.

The first set I use when you have to catch a pike on a jig in snags with depths of 2-4 meters with very light weights (6-10 grams). Despite such weights of weights I use a rod with a test on the weight of the bait 8-38 grams. Rod length of 8 feet has a quick build, very "live", sensitive tip and a powerful butt end. This rod design allows me to comfortably catch easily, with weights, to see every touch of driftwood and every bite, and continue the rapid power towing klyunuvshey fish. After all, when fishing in a flooded forest, the slightest weakness when playing turns into leaving the fish in the underwater jungle and the loss of the trophy, or even bait. The coil in this set - Shimano Twin Power 4000 PG - one of the most powerful reel of the firm Shimano for fishing in fresh water. On the reel, the corresponding line - Allvega Bullit Braid 0.16 mm with a breaking load of up to 10 kg. this cord also compares favorably with many others for its high wear resistance to abrasive loads ( friction against driftwood, contacts with sharp shells). The equipment must include a leash of steel wire with a diameter of 0.4 mm and a length of 40 centimeters.

The second set is even more powerful. The rod with the test 14-56 grams with a length of 8 feet. Characteristics of the form are the same as the first. Moreover, both rods from the same manufacturer and from the same series ( no good deed goes unpunished). I use it when fishing in flooded forests at depths of 5 meters or more. This rod allows me to catch with weights from 12 grams and above. The reel - also Shimano Twin Power 4000, but the marine series, with the index SW. This is an even more powerful spinning reel, which you can fight on an equal footing with almost any size of fish living in fresh water. This reel is wound and the line is more serious - Allvega Bullit Braid 0,18 mm with breaking loads of up to 12.2 kg of a Leash of steel strings required.

For what so powerful gears? After the bite, our task is to raise the pike as much as possible from the snags, transfer the rest of the battle to the middle layers of water and, so as not to let the predator because of the strong jerks back closer to the bottom and plunge into the rescue for her Dr. Iftvud. So after cutting, I put all my 75 kg of weight and all the strength of my gear in order to raise the fish closer to the surface. At the same time the clutch of coils is tightened almost to a limit, and even such powerful rods, as at mine, experience huge loading. But when the fight with the fish has moved to the Upper horizons, it is possible to loosen the clutch and work with the trophy, using opportunities and rods, and reels.

In principle, the similar approach to the choice of tackles is used by the majority of experienced anglers, regularly fishing in difficult conditions of flooding of reservoirs. I would like to watch a video-report of Andrey Pitertsev about the second round of a friend in Cheboksary in Vodohranilishe, which is famous for his underwater jungle. In his story you can learn a lot of useful and important about the many nuances of such fishing...

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