Fishing in the Volga delta in late autumn (part 4) - ... and a little pike)).

From cold and snowy winters we will be transferred to the warm autumn Lower Volga ...
But first, a small lyrical digression. I practically do not fish in the winter. I prefer open water fishing, and my fishing season 2019 will begin only at the end of April, when the reservoirs will begin to free themselves from the ice, and it will be possible, taking a spinning trip, to go to the small rivers of the Moscow Region. And what to do in the winter? Preparing for the upcoming fishing - is clear ... Gradually replenish the stocks of baits, perhaps a little to expand the arsenal of rods and reels. Rewind on reels fresh line for the new season ... And the rest of the time?
Just a few years ago, anglers who fished mostly during the open water season had a real sadness and anguish in winter ((. Only fishing magazines and watching videos about fishing by foreign colleagues helped to quench the winter sadness ... But in our life Action cameras entered , and many anglers began using them to record their summer and autumn fishing trips, and in the winter they assemble video reports and upload them to YouTub.
There was also a high-level video about fishing, using professional operators, drones, inviting famous anglers. Thanks to this video content, today you can not only have a good time at the screen, but also learn something new (in films they often talk about gear, lures, animation methods, etc.), learn about interesting places and new fishing bases. I personally am very grateful to those people who are engaged in the creation of similar fishing video content. Now winter has become not so boring and dreary, as before))).

And now let us return to the journey of Roman Baikov to the Lower Volga, which took place in November 2018. In the previous issue guys caught everything that they only wanted - perch, pike, pike perch, catfish, asp ... But Roma had a great desire to catch a big pike. I must say that in the Volga delta there are a lot of fish, including pike. But ... Catching a fish from 3 kilograms and higher in those parts is not easy. The pike from 0.8 kilo to 1.5 kilo is many. There are places where such pikes are caught almost from every cast. I caught more than a dozen of such pikes from one point more than once. But such a catch quickly bored (((. And you want to meet with larger fish ...
In the 4th part of the video report, Roman invited a local fishing guide to his boat, who knows places where there is a chance to catch a bigger pike. That's where our fishermen went ...

By the way, when Roman was collecting tackles for this expedition, I advised him to take more RELAX baits with a size of 5+ inches. The Kopyto and KingShad models of this company worked perfectly for me on the Volga River in October, including for the large pike. As you can see, and Roma these lures brought good trophies ...

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