The best places for fishing on rivers and lakes in different bodies of water

Date: March 21, 2021 | 471

The question “where to fish?” worries every fisherman. It is especially acute among beginners. But even experienced fishermen are constantly improving, looking for new approaches to fishing, studying different types of fishing spots. A variety of situations and conditions is the basis for the formation of true professionalism of a fisherman. So in this publication we will talk in detail about finding the best places for fishing on different types of reservoirs: rivers, lakes, reservoirs, etc.

There are different types of reservoirs:

rivers
reservoirs
lakes
backwaters
ponds
swamps
channels
seas

In today’s review I will consider a number of typical places and areas characteristic of different bodies of water. I will briefly characterize such points on the subject: what kind of fish can be found there and what gear is more convenient to catch, seasonal differences. Having identified such a place by external signs, it will be easier for you to find the best position and catch well.

Coastal dump. First step

At each body of water, the shore turns into the bottom. There must be an area of decreased relief, a difference in depth. Often the bottom does not go down immediately, but in several steps. The coastal zone, the first step of the dump, may be of interest to the fisherman. Such areas are relevant in the spring, when fish stay in the shallows, prepare for spawning or leave after it. In some small bodies of water, even at the height of summer, you can find aquatic inhabitants close to the shore.

Sometimes you don't need to cast too far. You can catch fish literally with meter-long fishing rods. You can use regular fishing rods, but move your position further to the shore. This is important from a camouflage standpoint. You should not approach the water’s edge or cast a shadow on it if you are planning to fish on the first step of the drop. To hide themselves, they do not stand up to their full height, hiding behind reeds and coastal bushes. The descent of the floats is kept to a minimum. And from this depth of 30–40 cm, crucian carp, roach, small perch, silver bream, white bream, and small carp bite very well.

Bed

Almost every body of water has a deep part, the main channel. This is especially true for rivers. They clearly outline the “ditch” along which the flow moves. Naturally, the channel section can be found in reservoirs, because they are formed by damming and flooding the floodplain. However, the riverbed has not gone away. As the deepest part of the water area, it coincides with the navigable fairway.

Most lakes were also formed from the river when it changed its course. So, a distinct deep area can be found there too. There is some semblance of a channel in any artificial canal.

Fish do not always stay in the deep part of the riverbed. It is worth looking for it there in late autumn and winter, when most species of underwater inhabitants rush to wintering pits. These deepest areas are part of or adjacent to the channel. In other seasons, the fish stay in smaller places. The riverbed itself may be completely empty. Catfish will hang around somewhere, and large individuals of other species will periodically enter. Basically, they will gravitate towards changes in depth, edges that break off into the riverbed, and not towards the very bottom of the “ditch”. There are almost no shelters there, and there is little food.

Where to look for fish

So, we already know what fish can be caught, what and how. It remains to answer the question: where, in what parts of reservoirs and rivers does it most often remain at one time or another of the day and year? Knowing this will help the fisherman choose the most suitable place on the shore. True, it often happens that you don’t have to think about choosing a place. When the coast is clear, anglers usually position themselves where it is clean, level and where nothing interferes with casting fishing gear. And yet, fishermen need to know the features of this or that reservoir, its bottom, underwater vegetation, external signs of “fishing” places, places where there are springs, and so on.

It is known that in winter, in rivers with currents, fish behave more actively than in stagnant water, since the oxygen regime there is better. For fishing, choose places with weak and medium currents, closer to the banks and on reaches. In lakes, ponds and reservoirs, fish gather and, therefore, bite where there is also a current. And it happens at the confluence of rivers, rivers and streams where water flows out of reservoirs. In reservoirs - along the flooded channel and throughout the entire water area - during the spillway through the dam. On the canals - near the locks. The success of fishing is also ensured by a good knowledge of the biology and habits of fish, which determines the correct choice of place, time, gear and bait.

The habitat of the catfish is deep places, whirlpools, and snags. He leads a “sedentary” lifestyle. When darkness falls, he goes out hunting, then returns to his “home”. Fishing gear should be placed near such places. The same applies to burbot. Bleak and sabrefish prefer the upper layers of water. Other fish, such as tench and crucian carp, “live” on muddy places, pike - in ambush near thickets of grass or reeds, pike perch - on a sandy and rocky bottom.

In shallow sandy areas there is little food and small fish do not stay, which means there is nothing for predators to do there. However, at night, in the evening and in the morning, young fish come there in search of food, attracting predators. In shallow places the fish stays near and among vegetation. During the day in the summer heat, when the water near the shore warms up greatly, the fish goes into the depths, and in cool times returns to shallow water. In summer, during the heat, when the bite weakens, you need to look for fish in areas of reservoirs where there are springs, as well as in water where overhanging trees create shade and where insects fall from them into the water.

There are no fish in areas with strong currents, where there is a flat, clean bottom, there is no food and it is difficult for them to live. You need to look for it in creeks, near riffles, stones, snags, sunken trees, various ledges, bottom irregularities, in holes and old river beds. In such places, the fish rests or, hiding, waits for prey. Many fish accumulate under rafts, near bridges, old pilings, piers, dams and waterfalls, where there is always shelter and abundant food. It leaves those places where the water “blooms” strongly, that is, the smallest algae begin to rapidly multiply and die off. There are no fish in wetlands either - a large amount of plant remains and other organic substances accumulate there, the decomposition of which consumes a lot of oxygen.

When the water drops, the fish feels restless and bites poorly. However, in places of constant cyclical rises and falls in water levels, it gets used to the changes and bites well. When the water level rises, the fish move to shallow waters, to places flooded with water, where there is a lot of different food. In a heavily overgrown pond or lake, you need to look for it at the border of aquatic thickets and clean water. The fish also stays near islands of vegetation. In the summer after heavy rains, when dirty water flows into reservoirs from ravines, as well as in the spring during high water, the nozzle should be thrown to the border of muddy and light water.

Experience shows that a good bite occurs at the mouths of rivers or streams. Fish are typically found below the mouth of a river that flows into another river, and on either side of the mouth of a river that flows into a lake. In small rivers, fish must be caught from a gently sloping bank, and the bait must be cast to the other bank, to a depth. It is well caught near the steep bank of the river, where there are whirlpools, as well as near the washed-out bank. If the river bank is bare, the fish stays where there is shelter: aquatic plants or something else.

There is another well-known rule, the observance of which contributes to the success of fishing. On a deep river you need to fish where it is shallower, and on a shallow river where it is deeper. On a wide river you need to fish where it is narrower, and on a narrow river where it is wider. This is where food and, consequently, fish accumulate the most.

Recently, the term “temperature jump” has appeared in the fishing literature. The phenomenon denoted by this term occurs in the water column as it moves, not only in the river, but, what is important to know, also in closed reservoirs, ponds, and lakes. It is well known that the temperature of water at different depths is not the same. In very hot sunny weather, due to the weak thermal conductivity of water, only its upper layer warms up well. Warm water is lighter than cold water, and in calm conditions it lies on top in a thin layer. The temperature difference between the upper and lower layers of water is the temperature jump. There can be several such jumps in the same body of water. Their formation is influenced by various factors: the size of the reservoir, depth, bottom and shore topography, as well as wind and, consequently, the presence of forest plantations, slopes and mountains on the shore that protect the reservoir from it.

The temperature jump is directly related to the oxygen jump, or rather, the second one depends on the first. In calm weather, when the water is not mixed, the oxygen content in the water varies at different levels. In warm weather, if there is wind, it drives the upper, heated, lighter and well-saturated layer of oxygen along the reservoir or from shore to shore, while cold water from the bottom rises to the surface. In the direction the wind blows, water enriched with oxygen reaches the bottom. The warm layer brings not only oxygen to the bottom, but also various food from the surface of the water. This is the place where you need to look for fish.

During a sharp cold snap, the top layer will cool down and the bottom layer will be warmer, so in calm weather the water is mixed in a vertical direction; warm water rises, cold water falls. Oxygen enrichment occurs evenly, which means that fish must be looked for throughout the entire reservoir, especially in feeding areas. When it gets cold and windy, you should look for fish not on the shore where the wind blows and drives cold water, but on the opposite shore.

Fishermen who are well aware of the state of the oxygen regime of a particular section of the reservoir can always determine where the fish are currently located. During the day, when the water is well saturated with oxygen everywhere, fish are also found everywhere and mainly where there is food, places for shelter and rest. In the evening, at night and in the morning, when there is less oxygen in the lower layers, the fish goes to the shore and to shallow places: there is both food and oxygen.

In autumn and winter, where there is no ice, the oxygen and temperature conditions are balanced throughout the entire water column. The top layer of water, saturated with oxygen, cools, becomes heavy and sinks to the bottom. And this is repeated until all the water reaches the same temperature - plus 4°C. Since the water in the lower layers has become heavy, the upper layer, which is colder, no longer circulates, but freezes, turning into ice. After freeze-up, the supply of oxygen to the water stops and, if there are no springs in the reservoir, streams or rivers do not flow into it, the fish may die from oxygen starvation. In search of oxygen, she goes to the shore, where there are reeds and other plants through which oxygen enters the water. Near the shores, under the ice, the water is always richer in oxygen, here the ice cracks more often, allowing air to pass through, and oxygen-enriched water from the coastal soil comes here. If there are springs or tributaries in a reservoir, then their water, as a rule, floods the depressions and meanders. That's where the fish stay, and that's where they catch them. When there is a lack of oxygen in the water in winter, fish often rise to the ice, to the holes, where experienced anglers also find them. In spring and during thaws, when warm water enters under the ice and sinks to the bottom, the fish bite is especially intense.

It is useful for every fisherman to make observations while fishing, write them down, and systematize them, which will allow him to accumulate knowledge about reservoirs, about the life of fish, plants and other aquatic inhabitants.

Knowledge of, for example, algae and aquatic plants will allow the fisherman to quickly determine where and what kind of fish currently lives. Plants serve as a place for fish to lay eggs, an ambush for attack, shelter and food. For many peaceful fish they serve as the main food. There are fish that feed on them only at the beginning of their lives, and then switch to animal food. Others eat plants all their lives, but not all year round. The rudd, for example, feeds mainly on vegetation in the summer, and in the fall on the larvae of mosquitoes, caddisflies and other insects. Silver carp eats exclusively phytoplankton, microalgae, grass carp - higher vegetation, not only aquatic, but also terrestrial, jumping out of the water and grabbing a hanging branch of a tree or other plant. Cupid eats elodea, which other fish avoid. Many hard aquatic plants that are not eaten also attract fish; on them they collect various mollusks, larvae, and crustaceans grazing. In such thickets you can catch pike, pike perch, perch, and ruff. And also carp, carp, bream, crucian carp, roach, ide, rudd and all other fish. Fish especially like to stay in thickets of pondweed, uruti, and cattail. These plants produce a lot of oxygen and themselves serve as food for aquatic organisms and fish.

Brovki

The classic river channel is framed by two edges: the bank and the channel. The steep bank turns quite steeply into the shore edge. On large rivers, the bank edge may not turn into a ditch at the bottom immediately, but after several stages of bottom depression. The channel edge is a transition from a gently sloping bank, extensive shallows, to depth. It's flatter. All year round and on any body of water, the edges are one of the most promising places for fishing. In winter, fish gravitate to the lower tiers of dumps, closer to the riverbed and pits. In spring, summer and early autumn, it can stay along the entire height of the edge, periodically emerging into other areas.

At the drops they catch pike perch, pike, carp, catfish, bream, and ide. They find such a place by measuring the depth with a lot, a fishing tackle sinker, or an echo sounder device. On small rivers, the outlines of the edges are visible to the naked eye, especially from a steep bank or some hill.

Eyebrows come in different steepnesses. Too steep, sheer drops of the bottom are not held in high esteem. Only catfish are good at such places; they stay at the bottom near the wall, in pits with well walls. Aquatic inhabitants prefer edges of medium steepness, at an angle of 45 - 60 degrees. They are also well attracted by gently sloping depths, around 30 degrees or less. The trick of the drop is that the aquatic inhabitants stand behind the slope of the bottom, as if behind a natural shelter. Protrusions on the dump protect from strong currents, hide predators from prey, and vice versa. It is very good when an edge of medium steepness is combined with a blockage of drowned trees or individual snags and boulders. Such a place will almost certainly give you a catch.

The supply of tackle is carried out in various ways. If they are fishing with rods or donks, they try to place the sinker on the upper edge of the drop or on one of its intermediate steps. The hook on the leash hangs lower. The fish finds edible bait, and the rest of the tackle is not visible to it and does not scare it. Artificial baits are cast along the edges by spinning or trolling. The closer the snag gets to the bottom contour, the higher the chance of catching. They even plow along the ground with a wobbler blade or a jig weight, raising clouds of suspension and fragments of the bottom.

A good serve at an angle to the edge. It’s especially great if you can put the bait on the top of the drop and drag it diagonally and down the slope, from the shallows to the depths. A jig or wobbler jumps out from behind obstacles to meet predators standing behind the drop. If they get right under their nose, then a bite cannot be avoided, even if they are not very hungry.

Where to look for fish and how to choose a place for fishing in the summer

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Any fisherman who finds himself on an unfamiliar body of water asks the same question: where is the best place to fish? And the same question arises when fishing conditions change in well-explored areas. Therefore, the ability to “read” a body of water and knowledge of the behavior of fish in various weather conditions will have a positive effect on the completeness of your cage after fishing.

Where to look for fish and how to choose a place for fishing on the river? The simplest and most reliable method when searching for fish is to find some part of the reservoir that stands out against the background of its general nature; this is where fish concentrations are most likely. On rivers, catchable places are almost always clearly different in some way, and therefore the search for fish sites here is simplified. You can “read” a river by its shoreline, the nature of the current and the color of the water, which changes depending on the depth.

Whirlpools

Limited depressions can be localized in a reservoir. If the channel is an extended ditch, which, in fact, has only two clear and sharp boundaries, then the pit has outlines along the entire perimeter. Usually, whirlpools form at river bends or where they were previously. The river is constantly changing, meandering, washing a new channel. It can wash out the pool and shift.

The depression can be found with a plumb line, echo sounder, or heavy jig. On a river, such a place can be seen by the particularly dark water and the presence of current turbulence and whirlpools.

Pools with clay, sandy and muddy bottoms can be favored by catfish. Large pike can barge in the water above the hole. On the slopes you can find schools of large pike perch. Various large peaceful fish often wander along the upper tiers of the edges leading to the pits.

Catfish gear is thrown to the very bottom of the pool or to the lower steps of the dump. If you want to catch a pike in such a place, then they fish the thickness or slopes of the bottom, which breaks into a hole. The emphasis on peaceful views is also placed on the edges or generally in smaller areas bordering the pool.

Holes near islands, on bends and in narrow places of rivers

Pits near an island
Any turn of the river or an island can indicate the possible presence of holes and whirlpools, sometimes very extended. Deep areas, as a rule, are the stopping place for trophy fish, especially predators. Most predatory fish strictly adhere to the principle of territoriality. They hunt within the boundaries of their territory, simultaneously protecting them from other individuals. It is clear that the best places are occupied by the largest and most seasoned specimens.

On river bends, pits are usually located on the outer bend, and on islands along the shore of a narrower branch or immediately behind the island, based on the direction of the current. The current speed there is noticeably lower, and often such places can be stuck. This may lead to some difficulties in the fishing process, but the possible capture of a trophy should not allow the fisherman to leave such areas unattended.

Channel turns

Continuously winding, like a small stream, like a big river. So channel turns are a mandatory element. One bank turns out to be washed away, and the second is flat. Such sections are replaced turn after turn. Let's say thank you to the rotation of our planet and the Coriolis force.

The turn of the channel gives the presence of a depression, a hollow or a full-fledged hole. There will also be a steep coastal edge. In a steep bank, with a transition to the bottom, a ledge and a niche are often formed. On large rivers, these can be entire series of ledges and niches. Crashing into such obstacles, the water flow begins to swirl. So, the turns of the river promise a reverse flow, a boundary between the main flow and the return flow. These are promising places for fishing. The fish stands in relatively calm water, in niches, or in a reverse current zone. She closely follows the rushing stream. When the river brings food, the fish picks it up and returns to its natural shelter.

In such places any river species can be caught. Such areas are especially loved by chubs, ides, large perches, and bream. There is always a lot of bleak on top. In such areas, sabrefish are well caught during the spring run. A pike is also caught, and the asp hits. They are attracted by the abundance of food and high water fish.

If the river is small, then you can fish the turn and niche from the opposite, shallow bank. On a large river they fish from a cliff or from a boat installed within the reach of the tackle. You need to cast to the boundary of the jets at different speeds or into the niche itself.

How to find out if there are fish in a pond

It often happens that when choosing a new place for fishing, a lot of time is spent trying to experimentally determine whether there are fish in it. In this article we will highlight tactics for fishing in unfamiliar bodies of water, which will help to quickly determine the presence of fish in them.

There are several strategies to find out whether there are fish in the lake or not. They differ from each other because one is needed for fishing in the summer, the other is used in the winter.

During the warm season, surface baits are used to catch fish. In an unfamiliar place, it is best to start exploring with a jig. Before you start exploring the lake, don’t forget to go to a fishing store to choose the right gear. Once you become familiar with the reservoir, you will be able to get a rough picture of the behavior of the fish in it.

A lake formed by a dam most likely has a river bed nearby. From a perspective point of view, this is the best place for catching large fish. If you use a wobbler, you are unlikely to know whether there is a large predator in this lake or not. It is for this purpose that a jig is required.

To increase the coverage area, use thin braid. Even if the reservoir is not deep, in order to more clearly understand the bottom topography, you need to set a jig weighing 10 grams. In this case, unfortunately, there will be no bite, but you will get an idea of the landscape.

If, as a result of your research, you find that the bottom is quite hard, there are snags, branches, etc., then you should switch to other baits. Wobblers of the “popper”, “walker” and “minou” categories will be justified here. To learn more about them, you need to look at the wobblers catalog, where there is complete information about each of these and other categories.

Always have sprays and ointments against mosquitoes, horse flies and ticks on hand, especially if you are going to explore new places.

As soon as it gets colder, the fish begin to hide at the bottom under snags or in holes, and it becomes harder to catch them. In this case, its location can be determined by the direction of the wind. Predatory fish look for the warmest place in the reservoir, usually this is the area where the wind blows.

The easiest way to find out everything about the bottom topography of an unknown body of water is to use an echo sounder. But, you must admit, this is not as exciting as studying it practically “by touch.” Truly, at such moments you feel like a real explorer of unknown lands, and this causes an intoxicating feeling of euphoria and pride in yourself, so brave and courageous.

Good luck in conquering new bodies of water and excellent fishing!

Shallows

Shallow areas and extensive shallows are found in various types of reservoirs. A sure sign of a shallow is a gently sloping shore. If the water is clear, then in such places you can clearly see the bottom many meters ahead. In summer there may be vegetation on the shallows. It can also be used to determine the boundaries of the shoal.

Mostly small fish frolic in the shallows, not very interesting as a catch. However, in the spring the shallows can become spawning grounds, especially if there is not just a bare sandy bottom, but there are old algae and small snags. Therefore, you can cast donks in the shallows and fish with a spinning rod. There they watch for fish that are just going to spawn, or are already resting after.

In other seasons, shallows are only places for temporary fish exits. A single pike or a school of perch can come here in pursuit of small change. Large asp often come to the river shallows. If you get to the moment of his fight with a prepared spinning rod, you can put the bait in the splash area and earn a bite. The shallows come alive at night, especially in summer and early autumn. Schools of pike perch come out there, small catfish and bream reach out there. So, the shallows are one of the best positions for night fishing with donks or spinning rods.

Autumn

In early autumn, when the nights become cold, the surface temperature drops, but there is still little oxygen at depth. Most fish are located closer to the surface of the water. Therefore, floating surface baits such as poppers or Croatian eggs work well during this period.

By mid-autumn, as in spring, the water temperature begins to level out, oxygen begins to reach the lower layers of water, so peaceful fish begin to move through all layers of water, and the predator does the same.

By the end of autumn, the surface layer of water becomes too cold, while the water at depth is still warm and saturated with oxygen. The fish begin to move to depths, the so-called wintering pits. The predator begins to move behind them. If you can find out the migration route of fish to the wintering pits, then consider yourself lucky, and you can have a great hunt for pike or pike perch, but do not forget that fishing in the wintering pits themselves is usually prohibited.

Rifles

The section of the river where the current noticeably speeds up is the riffles. Usually such a place is quite wide and not deep. There may be washed out trees, ridges of boulders, and long “tails” of algae. The bottom of the riffle is cut through by numerous spits and grooves. These are all natural shelters where you can hide from the fast flow.

The riffle comes to life in late spring, as soon as the water begins to subside and lighten. All summer and early autumn this is a promising place for fishing with spinning, fly, boat, drag, and float rods. Caught:

chub
asp
salmon

Pike and perch come out onto the riffle.

Overhanging trees

Overhanging Tree
In the heat of summer, areas of the river under overhanging trees can be a favorite habitat for most fish species. Taking refuge from the scorching sun, fish find here not only a resting place, but also abundant food. From the overhanging branches of bushes and trees, something edible constantly falls into the river. And this primarily attracts fish that prefer to feed from the surface: verkhovka, bleak, sabrefish, chub, medium-sized asp, etc.

Very often, trees growing at the water's edge fall into the water, forming a snag that serves as a place for additional shelter. In addition, fallen trees retain food brought by the current. A lot of small forage fish gather here, which in turn attracts predators such as pike and perch.

The disadvantage of such places may be difficulties in approaching the water's edge and some inconveniences during the fishing process. But additional bonuses will be the possibility of fishing in the shade and the comfortable arrangement of a cozy parking lot.

Flat plateaus

There are always many areas with a flat bottom in a reservoir. These are neither sandbanks nor a riverbed. Nevertheless, you can also fish there. For most of the season, flocks of different breeds pass by such “canteens”. It’s good if you found some kind of microrelief, snags on the bottom. Then such unremarkable areas are worth fishing. If the depth is shallow, then fish with a float. If it’s not convenient with him, then they let him use spinning rods, donks, and feeders.

Braids

In rivers, at sea, and in reservoirs, water builds up banks of sand and other bottom rock. Changing shafts and ditches provide excellent cover. To some extent, these elements echo the edges, being natural shelters. The difference is that the spit, as a rule, is adjacent to the shore or is part of a riffle. It’s easier to find it and see it directly.

Mouths of tributaries

Small rivers flow into the big river, forming an estuary. A large river flows into the sea, forming an estuary. Rivers can carry their waters into lakes. The incoming flow has an interesting bottom topography and an abundance of food. So, do not pass by such areas. There will be a ditch at the bottom, a sandbank, a connection of water with different flow rates. You can fish in such estuaries both in the tributary itself and at the confluence.

The estuary attracts both predators and peaceful species. You can fish well in any season and with different gear.

Summer

At the beginning of summer, the water is already well saturated with oxygen, rapid growth of plants begins and all the fish disperse throughout the reservoir to different places. At this time, the predator can be found anywhere, as it also scatters throughout the entire reservoir.

In mid-summer, although the water on the surface is well saturated with oxygen, it is too warm for a comfortable habitat for peaceful fish. At the bottom, on the contrary, there is very little oxygen and the fish are not comfortable there. Therefore, it will look for places where there is oxygen and the temperature does not change much during the day, these are various places where cold springs flow, dams, well-shaded areas.

During the daytime, it practically does not move around the reservoir, but by night it begins to move around the reservoir in search of food. Look for the predator in shaded areas with an influx of fresh water and the presence of shelters, and at night it is highly likely to hide behind shelters in shallow water.

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At the end of summer the situation does not change. Peaceful fish are found in places above significant temperature differences.

River Islands

On the rivers you can see islands dividing the stream into two channels. The island is a natural obstacle. It’s just that the river hit a rocky outcrop and couldn’t clear its channel, so it had to go around. In such areas there is always a complex current map and interesting terrain. So, the lower and upper reaches of the island are promising places for fishing.

What is noteworthy is that one of the ducts will be shallower, and the second deeper. The speed of the current will also differ. One of them may even turn into an overgrown oxbow. It turns out that when you get to the island by boat or wade, you can get close to a lot of different but interesting fishing areas. Somewhere it will bite.

Choosing a promising summer fishing spot

It is no secret that summer fish catches on a lake, river, or pond depend entirely on the correct choice of a promising fishing spot on a particular body of water.

If you choose the wrong site, the result of summer fishing may be zero. But this dependence is manifested to an even greater extent not in summer, but in winter.

The choice of a promising place for fishing here means searching for or knowing the area of the bottom of a lake, river, pond, reservoir, where schools of fish live for a long time in the summer, or move here for a certain period of the summer day to replenish organisms with food energy.

But this is not enough. A large concentration of fish in a section of a reservoir in summer does not mean that we will definitely have an excellent result of summer fishing. The fish may bite with a zero catch value.

Areas where fish accumulate during summer fishing

Perhaps we found a concentration of well-fed fish and in the place chosen for summer fishing, the school was simply resting after feeding on the river flow, where representatives of the cold-blooded fish had expended a lot of energy.

Or they are waiting out some summer weather troubles. In summer, this could be heat, thunderstorms, bad weather, windy weather, lack of oxygen, drop in water, pressure drop, and so on.

There are also weather changes when the fish loses its appetite for a long time, practically ceasing to move and, accordingly, to feed and catch.

Therefore, for promising summer fishing, it is not enough to make the right choice of a place with a large concentration of fish. The fisherman’s task is to find a school of actively feeding fish at the moment and reach it in the reservoir with summer gear selected for this purpose.

Summer (as well as winter) fishing often involves searching for currently active fish. We change the place of fishing if the fish suddenly stop biting. Therefore, let’s think about how and where we can quickly find feeding fish in a reservoir.

Personally, for me, it’s easier to find a promising fishing spot in the summer on a small river from a boat with an onboard fishing rod while actively searching for a school or small concentrations of cold-blooded fish.

Read below how to confidently make the right choice when choosing a promising fishing spot on an unfamiliar body of water from the bank of a river, lake or pond. I guarantee success in summer fishing.

Spring floodplain

When the spring flood brings a lot of melt water in the upper reaches, the rivers overflow and overflow their banks. Flooded meadows become areas where there is a lot of food, you can warm up, and comfortable conditions for spawning. Therefore, in the spring you can catch even in a flooded garden. I know situations where summer residents pulled 13 kg of carp out of their own fence. So, life in the floodplain is not always an emergency, but there are also funny cases like this. You can walk along the floodplain in a wading suit or fish from the shore. It may be more convenient to fish from a boat, but it is not possible due to the spawning ban.

Tips for fishing on the river

River fishing requires you to think about where the fish will seek refuge from the current and predators. Consider areas where there is structure along the bank, such as sunken trees or overhanging branches, but remember that there are many places in the river that will hold fish in place. The best rivers for fishing offer a variety of natural structures that not only provide protection from currents and predators, but also serve as ideal fishing spots to ambush prey. Use these basic river fishing tips to help you find fish in different areas of the river.

Quiet zones and vortices

Find quiet places. When river currents are strong or moving quickly, fish often seek refuge in calmer backwaters. Cast upstream and allow your bait or fly to drift downstream to calm areas or eddies.

Overhanging trees and bushes

Areas under overhanging branches or bushes are also good places to try because these areas offer shade as well as protection from birds and other predators.

Islands and reefs

On the downstream side (downstream side) of sand islands or rock formations underwater you will find calmer water. The fish often rests facing upstream on the back side of a rock or island. These pockets of water can be large or small, but a smart cast in the right place will most likely get you a bite.

Merging streams or convergence of two rivers

Pay attention to areas where two rivers meet or streams flow into a main river. In such places, the flow slows down and the food supply increases from two streams.

Seaweed

Various vegetation, in the form of walls of reeds, stripes of water lilies, thickets of sedge and other species, are promising places for fishing. It is effective to fish with a fishing rod near the edge of the algae. They often fish in windows, right among the grass. It is especially good to use a spinning rod to fish the edge along the wall of the thickets.

Crucian carp, tench, carp, rudd either always stay in the algae or often visit them. You can find any fish on the edge of the grass, because it is both a natural shelter and a source of food.

The vegetation is attractive throughout the growing season. In the fall, when plants begin to die, they take away oxygen. Many species become uncomfortable in thickets. But it doesn’t go far; it can dig into old algae, at the bottom, literally a couple of meters from the recently green “plantations.”

driftwood

Sunken trees and individual branches are excellent shelters. There is always a lot of fish in the snag area. You have to fish here carefully so as not to get caught. But the risk still does not stop experienced fishermen. The snag promises rich catches.

The fishing spots we reviewed have one thing in common. These are those areas where the reservoir is not homogeneous, where something changes. Find changes in the coastline, bottom topography, in the form of some obstacles in the water - you will always have a catch!

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Where is the best place to fish on the river?

Any river can be divided zonally into the following sections:

areas where fast flowing water churns into foam, most often you can catch chub, roach, bleak;
in areas where the current weakens and the bottom is not uniform, there are pits with snags, it is more likely to catch a wide variety of fish, since in such a place, due to the weak water flow, a large number of life-giving organisms gather that serve as food;
in places where the river flows evenly under its own steam, all the other peaceful fish hide in the thickets, and the predatory fish awaits them nearby.

So where can you fish on the river? A good option is to fish near the platinum. If there is platinum nearby, try fishing there, as most often such places are very attractive to fish. And they are attractive because in these places you can see a huge number of bubbles flowing from under the water, which indicates that the water is abundantly saturated with oxygen. And large whirlpools fill this area with a sufficient number of insects, which serve as excellent food for fish.

Please note that not only peaceful fish feed near the dam, but also predators such as pike perch, for example.

Also, a large number of fish often “stand” near bridges, especially in areas with great depth. The fish also bites well on the core (the core is the place where the fast current comes into contact with standing water), since only there can it swim out to get food, and then swim back into the standing water and rest.

In addition to all this, it is excellent to fish on river rifts, ridges, stone deposits, as well as places where there is a reverse current.

Pay attention to trees that are right next to the water, as, for example, sunken trees in a river provide excellent cover for fish. Fish also gather under overhanging trees, because food often falls from them into the water, and during the day, the crown of the tree casts a shadow. By the way, you can fish with almost the same baits that you use when fishing on lakes, so prepare peas for fishing in advance, or prepare semolina and pearl barley.