Fishing ide on bottom tackle

Content

• 1 Description and lifestyle
• 2 Habits and habitats
• 3 Tackle and methods of catching ide 3.1 Float rod
• 3.2 Fishing with a rod and line
• 3.3 Catching ide with a spinning rod
• 3.4 Catching ide on a donk
• 3.5 Catching ide with a zherlitsa

What to catch ide in spring

Large ide rarely rises to the surface in spring. It mainly lives above the bottom surface. The main food is small fish. Throughout the spring, ide is successfully caught with gear that is convenient for delivering bait to the bottom.

Feeder. To catch ide in the spring, classic feeder gear is used. The test of the feeder rod must correspond to the weight of the filled feeder and the additional sinker in order to cast to the required distance. Large ide offers fierce resistance, so a powerful reel is selected. A fishing line is installed that can withstand a tensile load of at least 5 kg. Since ide fishing is carried out on a slow current or in conditions where there is no current, feeders with large cells are used. How to equip the feeder is up to each angler to decide at his own discretion. Hooks No. 4-5 according to domestic numbering.

Float rod. Equipped for specific fishing conditions from the shore or boat. It is convenient to fish from the shore and boat with a Bolognese fishing rod, 2.7-4.0 m long. If it is necessary to make long casts, a match fishing rod is used. For fishing in the coastal zone, it is more convenient to use a blind float rig. It allows you to quickly set up equipment for different depths. Roaches can peck at a depth of about 1 m. Ide is a cunning and cautious fish. Therefore, it is better to use a spaced weight of the float with a padding. Line – 0.18-0.20 mm.

The number of hooks must comply with local regulations. In a number of regions, it is allowed to equip a fishing rod with no more than one hook during the spring spawning period of many fish species.

Spinning. An ide that has grown to 1 kg or more is a typical predator. Such fish, during periods of activity, bite well on spinning baits:

• Wobblers. Sinking models with a length of 2.5 to 5 cm are used;
• Silicone baits: vibrotails, twisters and artificial fish;
• Rotating spoons with a petal length of up to 5 cm.

Description and lifestyle

Ide
Ide

is a widespread species of fish from the carp family, living in almost all water bodies in the middle zone. Outwardly, ide resembles chub, but there are some differences. The body is tall, thickened. The head is relatively small, with a convex forehead. The mouth is oblique, terminal, its apex is located noticeably below the middle of the eye. The iris of the eye is greenish-yellow, darker in the upper part of the eye. The body color is silvery, the back of young ides is dark, and that of adults is golden. All fins are reddish, the ventral and anal fins are crimson-red. The anal fin is notched. There is a color variation in ide called orpha or golden ide, when the fish has a bright orange-red color.

Lives up to 13-15, rarely up to 20 years. Large fish. Typical sizes are from 30 to 70 cm and weight from 1 to 4 kg.

The ide becomes sexually mature at the age of 3 to 5 years. Ide spawns both in channels and in floodplains, as on the Ob and Irtysh. Spawning takes place in the spring at water temperatures from 5 to 9 degrees. In rivers with spring floods, it usually spawns on streams. From lakes and rivers in which the level changes little in the spring, ide mostly rises to spawn in small rivers. In them, for spawning, he chooses places with a fairly strong current, a pebble, gristly or sandy bottom and a depth of 1 to 2 m. The ide spawns in schools; the eggs are spawned in one step. Having spawned, the ides leave the spawning grounds. The migratory ide, after staying for several days, rolls into a river, lake or sea, while the local one initially stays near the spawning grounds in relatively deep places with a moderate current. Then, after a week or two, the ides occupy summer camps.

Catching ide - the most effective ways

Outwardly, ide is similar to roach, with which it is often confused by beginners who accidentally catch a small specimen. They both belong to the carp family, but unlike its close relative, ide can grow to enormous sizes. So, under favorable conditions, in particular with a good food supply, he gains weight of 5-6 kg. True, such specimens rarely end up in fishermen’s cages; most fish weighing from 1 to 2 kg are caught, but this is enough for many to hunt them purposefully. Moreover, catching ide is an exciting fishing activity that allows you to use a variety of gear, from a simple fishing rod with a float to a classic feeder. Having reached a certain age, this fish even grabs spinning baits, despite its belonging to a peaceful species.

Loyal ide will be effective only if the fisherman is well prepared for it, has set up the gear correctly, and knows the habitat of the fished object, its habits and food preferences. The desire to get such a trophy plays an important role. It should be off the charts. If you are indifferent to the process (if you bite - good, if you don’t bite - oh well), the idea is unlikely to be crowned with success. The angler’s eyes should “burn” in anticipation of a bite, then he will definitely catch the fish of his dreams.

Habits and habitats

Ide is common in many water bodies in Europe and Asia. Absent in the Pacific Ocean, on the Kola Peninsula, Turkmenistan, Transcaucasia. Not in some large lakes - Baikal, Balkhash, Issyk-Kul. A special subspecies lives in the Aral Sea basin. Found in rivers, lakes, reservoirs and brackish waters.

Lives in rivers and flowing lakes. Prefers deep backwaters, holes, whirlpools, floodplain reservoirs with clay and silted bottoms, connected to the river. A schooling fish, it can make feeding, spawning and wintering migrations over considerable distances (up to several hundred km). In early spring, it leaves its wintering grounds to the shores and rises along rivers to spawning grounds on rocky rifts.

Distribution and habitats of ide

In most reservoirs, the weight of ide does not exceed 1.5 kg. In some reservoirs it reaches a weight of 6 kg. Such large ides are found in Lake Uvildy in the Urals, as well as in the tributaries of the Ob and Dnieper. The growth rate depends on the amount of food in the reservoir. Life expectancy is 13-15 years.

The fry feed mainly on lower crustaceans. In the adult state, the ide is an omnivorous fish and feeds on insects and their larvae, small mollusks, worms, and algae. In some reservoirs, especially in the north, it also eats fry. Feeds throughout the day and at night. The food of ide is varied - mollusks, crustaceans, earthworms, insect larvae, small fish, and in summer plant foods become of great importance in nutrition.

The favorite places for ides to stay in rivers are the depths near the rifts, where they go out to feed; smaller ides often stay on the rifts. Ide can also be found near the streams of water falling from the dam, below and sometimes above bridges, at the downstream ends of the islands. They are found at the edge of aquatic plants, in the corridors between them, on streams of water extending from the shore, in places of mass accumulation of insects, under the branches of bushes and trees hanging over the water, near the leeward steep shore, on fords and shallows, which can be reached during the hottest part of the day. drive out the cattle.

In lakes, ides can most likely be found at the confluence of small rivers, at the edge of grassy thickets, in channels between islands, on sandy and rocky shallows far from the shores. In some large lakes (Ladoga and Onega), a peculiar emergence of ides to the surface is observed, mainly on ludas.

The ide is very careful, reacts instantly to noise, stops or moves back at the slightest danger, and often overcomes obstacles, jumping out of the water into the air. When fishing with seine, it often goes under the net in a flock and avoids capture. The sense of smell is highly developed and is attracted to odorous baits. Overwinters in deep places where there is weak flow.

Catching ide with a donkey

Donka on ide has been used since ancient times. With the right choice of gear and fishing location, there is a chance of success. For the most part, ide prefers to choose exit points from holes and deep edges. In summer it is best to catch it between 4 and 11 am, but in calm and cloudy weather it is possible to catch it during the day. The bait for ide on the donk can be anything, the main thing is good bait, which should not be washed out earlier than after 15 minutes. When catching ide on a donk from the shore, the bite is detected by a signaling device. Fishing does not require any special equipment; you can use a fishing line of 0.38-0.4 mm, and leashes of 0.23-0.3 mm. The fish is neat and takes the bait carefully, so you need to install a sensitive bite alarm. For long casts, use a bell or a self-hooking system.

To rig the donkey, take a pencil or container feeder and attach it to the end of the main fishing line. A leash with a hook is attached above the feeder. The feeder is filled with purchased bait with the addition of corn, maggot, and millet.

Catching ide on a donk in the current

The casting on the ide is thrown at a certain angle against the current, after the load sinks to the bottom you need to remove the excess fishing line by pulling it a little. After this, complementary food is thrown into the fishing area. When fishing, the fish resists very much, while trying to pull the equipment to depth, and when it comes to the surface it hits its tail hard. After this, its relatives will not decide to bite very soon, so the next bite will have to wait.

How to make donka using ide

The simplest do-it-yourself ide donka is a reel with a fishing line, at the end of which a hook is tied. The sinker is mounted above the hook or vice versa, the weight is at the end of the fishing line and the hook on the leash is slightly higher.

Tackle and methods of catching ide

Float rod

Catching ide with a float rod
The difficulty of catching this fish is that you often have to fish from great depths (4-6m), and even far from the shore. Thus, a super rod is well suited for fishing - a rod with a sliding float and a spinning reel. Fishing even with such gear requires skill from the fisherman, because... In the places where this fish is located there is usually a pronounced current. The sinker is a sliding one, enlarged, capable of holding the bait in place or limiting its movement.

A float rod is used in places where it is possible to camouflage (for example, under coastal vegetation) or the water is sufficiently turbid that it does not allow the fish to see coastal objects. In such places you can successfully catch roaches weighing no more than 0.5 kg.

The ide has a pronounced pre-spawning appetite, and fishing with a float rod immediately after ice drift can be very successful. Moving to spawn in water that has not yet cleared up after the ice drift, it greedily takes almost any bait offered to it. When the ide has already spawned, the second wave of fish bite begins.

A float rod is used to fish not only from the shore, but also from a boat at a depth of 3-4 m. The equipment is used sliding. The boat is held in place by two anchors located as far as possible from the fishing site.

Fishing with a fishing rod

It is convenient to catch ide with a float rod in the wiring. This method allows you to avoid problems associated with the caution of this fish. Ide is usually caught from a boat, and without haste you can fish all the available space. And this can be a very large area; using modern high-quality tackle you can fish within a radius of up to 50 m. This is what you have to do when catching cautious and shy fish in clear water.

Catching ide with a fishing rod

A convenient starting position should be at least 10-20 m from the intended fishing site. If the nozzle is released 30 m or more, difficulties may arise due to the fact that the float becomes invisible. The size of the float when catching this cautious fish should be minimal. In this case, it is reasonable to use a float that protrudes high above the water and looks like a reed, straw and other similar natural objects floating on the water.

The most successful retrieval is with the line braking, which allows the nozzle to constantly seem to be ahead of the rest of the tackle, slightly rising above the bottom in the direction of the reel. It is launched in such a way that, with the help of a float moved by the current, it moves from a deep area to a shallower one, to the place where the fish are staying.

The fishing rod for the wire rod is light, no more than 2.2 m long, with a fast action, which allows you to hook at a long distance when using fishing line. The fishing rod should be equipped with equipment with a vein with a cross-section of no more than 0.24 mm. Hook No. 5-7 is strong and of high quality, the bait should mask it well. A leash is required no thicker than 0.15mm and 50-70mm long. If you have excellent eyesight or are fishing from a short distance, a plastic float made in the form of a transparent ball resembling a water bubble shows good results. The fish are not afraid of him at all; even small fish approach him.

Catching ide with a spinning rod

Rotating spinners for catching ide with a spinning rod.
Spinning rods can only be used to catch ides, not roaches. The greatest probability of catching this fish is on small rotating spoons. Only occasionally is she tempted by a oscillating spoon.

The ide often bites twice. For the first time, he seems to be trying out the lure - this timid touch feels like a weak poke. The second time the ide is grabbed decisively. In the first case, in order to activate the fish, the spinner must reduce the speed of the spinner as much as possible.

The mistake of many beginning spinners is that, wanting to increase the flight range of a light spinner, they install an additional removable sinker in front of the spinner. This reduces the fishing effect several times - the performance of the spinner noticeably worsens.

When fishing for ide, you need to use a spinning rod with a certain margin of safety. Often you have to fish in snags and heavily overgrown with algae, near a palisade of piles covered with quicksand. When fishing in such places, it often becomes necessary to stop the fish and hold it in place for a while. Otherwise, the ide will lead into the support, and both the fish and the spoon will disappear. It is very difficult to fish in strong places with an ultra-light spinning rod; it must have a sufficient margin of strength and at the same time have good shock-absorbing properties. A cheap reel will not work for such fishing: a lot depends on it in the fight against ide.

Open-type spinning reels with an extended spool are best suited for catching ide with light baits using thin fishing line. The winding adjustment in them is ensured by a smooth friction brake. The best reels will be those that use a spool made of aluminum alloy, then the friction during line loss is minimized.

Ide is successfully caught with a spinning rod in warm weather with a weak wind, when atmospheric pressure gradually increases. It’s good if the wind is south or west, but with a north or east wind the bite stops. Turbidity and rising water usually negatively affect the activity of fish; when catching ide in clear water, success is more likely.

Catching ide on a donk

Large and cautious individuals are usually caught with bottom gear. With this tackle, ide is caught well throughout the night until dawn, although sometimes there is a decrease in the intensity of the bite between 2:00 and 4:00 am. They fish with bottom fishing near rifts and at the exits of holes, placing hooks with baits along the slopes.

The cross-section of the main line of the tackle should not exceed 0.30mm, and the cross-section of the leashes - 0.20mm. The usual size of leashes is from 15cm to 25cm. Hooks, as a rule, are set with a short shank, sizes from 5 to 7. Large ide are more willing to take a large bait, this allows you to disguise a large hook. A bell or an electronic alarm acts as a bite alarm.

Catching ide with a zherlitsa

Few people catch ide with a zherlitsa, but this can be a very successful method. In the summer heat, when there are large insects in the air above the river, the tackle is baited with species common to the reservoir. The bait, for example a large dragonfly, should lie on the surface of the water and take off at the slightest breath of wind. This type of gear is installed in the evening and checked in the morning or after midnight.

How to catch ide with bottom tackle

Many fishing enthusiasts are fond of fishing for ide. Ide can be classified as a conditionally predatory fish. In addition to plant food, ide, especially large ones, can prey on insects, their larvae and happily eat fry.

There are many ways to catch this fish; ides are caught with float tackle, fly fishing, spinning, and of course donks.
The topic of this article will be catching ide with bottom gear
. This is one of the most popular and oldest methods of catching ide.

Donk fishing, unlike fishing with wire, spinning or fly fishing, which are active methods of fishing, is passive and does not require an active search for prey and long journeys along the shore. Here you just need to install a donk and be patient while waiting for bites.

Catching ide on a donk

, begins in the spring and lasts until freeze-up. However, the ide actively feeds only for a couple of weeks in the spring, after spawning and in the summer.

With the onset of spring, when the level of reservoirs rises, ide, as a rule, is not as careful as in the summer. It responds well to even the simplest baits. In autumn, ide largely loses its activity and goes to the depths, and only occasionally comes closer to the surface to feed. Therefore, the most effective fishing for ide is with bottom tackle

occurs during the warm season.

The feeder rod should have medium hardness and a fairly soft tip. The length of such a rod should ideally not exceed 2.7 meters. With such a length, you can quite successfully make long casts; if you use a longer rod, this will affect the sensitivity of the tackle not for the better. This means that the number of mining exits will increase significantly.

The rod should be equipped with a reel with good power characteristics. Despite the fact that the ide fish is calm and slow, in the process of fishing it offers very strong resistance. Tackle for catching ide

, should fit comfortably in the hand and be light enough.

You should also pay attention to the strength of the fishing line when it comes to catching ide with bottom tackle. Equipping a donkey with a braided cord or monofilament line generally depends on the distance you intend to cast. Since regular fishing line stretches more, it is better to use it for medium and short casts.

As for long casts, it is more practical to use a braided cord due to the fact that it practically does not stretch. This in turn makes it more convenient to catch prey from long distances.

It is recommended to mount a sliding sinker weighing about 40 grams on the equipment. And in areas where there is a strong current, the weight of the load can be increased to 100 grams. You should also equip the tackle with a spiral-shaped feeder. Before throwing the tackle, the feeder is filled with a special mixture to attract fish.

Catching ide on the dock in late autumn,

has its own characteristics. At this time, the water is more transparent than in the warm season and it is recommended to make the leashes shorter, 20-25 cm long. It is advisable to use a fluorocarbon line for this, which is less noticeable in clarified water.

To catch ide on bottom tackle, a variety of larvae and insects are used as bait. For example, dragonflies, grasshoppers, gadflies, horse flies, beetle larvae and maggots. But with the onset of autumn cold weather, the ide practically stops pecking at maggots and this must be taken into account when catching it. Almost always, ide responds very readily to the bait in the form of steamed peas. And with pea puree, it is quite possible to fill the feeder, or to feed the fishing points.

In autumn, a simple leech can be an excellent bait. But leeches must be stocked up in advance at the end of summer, and then kept in a cool place.

Ide is known for his caution. Therefore, successful catching of ide on a donk

First of all, it is possible in those places where trees cast a shadow, preferably if they are located near a steep bank, on sandbanks, near bridge supports or the remains of bridges. You should select it very carefully so as not to scare away the ide.

At night, ide tries to stay in places where there are large differences in depth, and if the weather is inclement, it prefers to go into holes. The fisherman should know such places, because it is there that promising fishing for ide with bottom tackle

.

The donk should be cast against the current, slightly obliquely, and after the load falls to the bottom, slightly pull the fishing line, and then throw the bait into the place where the nozzle is located. In some cases, it makes sense to resort to bait. Usually the bait is thrown to the desired fishing point several days before the fishing.

Let's get back to bait. It is not recommended to throw a lot of it into the fishing areas, so as not to overfeed the fish; the intervals between bait casts should be at least half an hour.

Many fishermen use bite alarms in the form of bells or bells for donks. Some people prefer electronic alarms.

At first, the ide bites very carefully, making a slight pull, and then a strong jerk occurs. You need to hook the ide precisely at the moment of this jerk; the hooking should not be strong, but sharp.

When catching an ide, you should not let the fish go into the snag, where the prey will tend to after being hooked. When fishing for large specimens, you should not make strong jerks, but be patient. The ide usually resists very actively at first, but quickly gets tired and at this time it is easy to remove it from the water.

Catching ide with bottom tackle

, if you approach it thoroughly and seriously, it will always provide the fisherman with a good catch and provide the opportunity to get a lot of pleasure.

Happy fishing!

Features of catching ide in winter

In winter, this fish stays in pits, and is adjacent to large perch or bream. In good weather, it can go aground at the mouths of small rivers and streams. Here it is caught on the tackle even when fishing at a depth of less than 0.5 m! Few people know about this, but ide can take a small perch spoon almost right next to the shore. This is probably due to the fact that in such places the fry constitutes its main diet.

Catching ide in winter

Avoids fast flows. He tries to choose places that are in many ways similar to the habitats of bream - a sandy and muddy bottom with a gentle current and changes in depth. Being close to a school of bream, the ide is located above it at a distance of approximately 300 mm from the bottom, which gives it the opportunity to intercept baits addressed to neighbors. Like perch, it can be located among flooded snags and piles of various hydraulic structures.

In winter, ide is caught along with other fish. Moreover, ide is not numerous in catches, due to the fact that it lives in small schools, and the largest specimens are generally solitary. They usually choose clean spots surrounded by support above a silty or sandy bottom.

Most often it is caught when fishing for perch, roach, rudd and... pike. Yes, yes, ide can bite on all pike tackles and is capable of grabbing both spoons and live bait. Moreover, such a surprise usually occurs on the eve of spring, when meltwater begins to flow under the ice and all the fish become active - the so-called spring glutton begins. Typically, fairly respectable individuals weighing more than 500 g are predators.

To make your fishing easier in winter, you should take care of parking for ides in advance. Any driftwood surrounded by stones is suitable for this. It is transported to the desired location to a depth of 3-4 m and flooded there. You can be sure that in reservoirs where ide is available in sufficient quantities, it will displace even the ubiquitous perch. Such an artificial support can attract any fish on a relatively flat bottom, from roach to ambush-hunting pike.

In winter, ide is better caught on the first and last ice. But there are also numerous exceptions: in reservoirs with a good oxygen regime, roach fishing can also occur in the dead of winter. The bite is more active in the morning, but ide is often caught in the evening and at night, until dawn.

In winter, ide is caught both using a game and a float rod. They are most often caught with a nodding rod during the day, and with a float rod at night.

There are known cases of large specimens being caught on a zherlitsa. The Yazis took gear equipped with white baitfish - roach, crucian carp, bleak.

The ide bites quite resolutely, and hooking it is not difficult. When caught with live bait, unlike pike, it does not move anywhere in order to swallow the prey. Therefore, it is worth hooking after a 2-3 second exposure. After hooking, the fish can cause a lot of trouble: large ide behaves briskly even in the dead of winter, but gets tired quickly. Therefore, it should be fished out carefully and slowly.

Fishing ide on bottom tackle

Catching ides with bottom tackle is a fairly simple task, unlike float fishing. Throw it in and wait for the bell or other signaling device to let you know that the fish has bitten. With a float it's different. You need to constantly watch and react to changes in the position of the float. This is exhausting and forces you to constantly strain your eyes. Catching ide with a spinning rod also forces the angler to systematically cast the tackle and be always ready to hook. You can fish with bottom gear from spring to late autumn, until the reservoir is covered with ice, but fishing after spawning and throughout the entire summer season is considered the most effective.

Ide is a cautious and moderately timid fish, so silence must be observed when fishing; if there is a slight danger, the fish becomes wary or moves away completely from the fishing area. During the day, the ide stands close to the surface of the water, basking in its upper waters. It can often be found on the sandy shallows of a reservoir or riffles. At night, ides can go to places with a sharp change in depth, so the tackle should be cast to the side against the current, and then pulled to the right place. Some fishermen use bait to catch ide. To do this, it is placed on the upcoming fishing site a few days before fishing. To bait ide, they use mixtures that contain simple, but fragrant ingredients. Ide actively reacts to odors, so bait plays an important role when fishing. Here is a recipe for bait to which ide responds well. Fry bread crusts in vegetable oil, then mix them with steamed grains and cake. On a pond, mix the bait with soil or clay and make small balls the size of an average fist. That's it, the bait for catching ides is ready. In addition, ides are readily attracted to burnt bird feathers, birch twigs or other fragrant plants.

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A variety of baits are used for fishing; these can be both insects and their larvae. The ide bites well on maggots, bark beetles, gadflies, grasshoppers, caddis flies or chafers. Among vegetable attachments, steamed peas have gained particular popularity.

For bottom tackle, a feeder rod up to 2.5 m is well suited. The rod should be of medium hardness, with a tip that allows you to cast a load weighing up to 300 grams. You should not use longer tackle; the fact is that a long fishing rod reduces sensitivity, and fish strikes will be frequent. We select a powerful reel with excellent characteristics for the fishing rod. At first glance, the average ide is not exactly a large fish in its category, but it offers quite significant resistance. The fishing line for ide fishing can also be different; it is chosen depending on the casting distance. The distance may not be great, or it may be long. Mono fishing line is best used at distances of up to fifty meters, and for long-distance fishing, braided line is suitable, because it stretches less and is ideal for use at long distances. A bottom fishing rod is usually equipped with a sliding rig, but at the same time, anglers secure the load on a retractable leash. Moreover, leashes 40-30 cm long are made when fishing in moderate currents. And in fishing in a counter current, a shorter length is used, only up to 15 centimeters.

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Here are the main directions in catching ide with bottom tackle. If this is your first time going fishing for ide, then this information will definitely help you and we hope that not without success. Happy fishing and great trophies!

Groundbaits, baits, lures

Groundbaits

In winter, the basis of bait when fishing for ide is made up of plant components, but always with protein supplements. This can be pea puree mixed with a proprietary protein supplement for carp fish (ide is especially partial to it).

Excellent results can be obtained by using crushed bloodworms as bait. This paste is placed in a rag and lowered into the water at the fishing site. The blood carried downstream and the smell of larvae attract fish from afar.

You can lure ide out of secluded places with bait - larvae or pieces of worms mixed in loamy soil. Balls of such bait measuring 40-60 mm (depending on the strength of the current) are scattered at the bottom, at the fishing point. As this food erodes, it will naturally attract fish.

In summer, as a rule, vegetable baits are used, sometimes with the addition of maggots. Small balls (4 cm in diameter) need to be thrown closer to fast water so that they are better washed out. Feeding should be done quite often. If you are fishing in a fast current, then you need to increase the size of the balls. Sometimes, when fishing on a stream, slightly soaked, and therefore slowly sinking, flakes of rolled oats are thrown in portions, so that they linger on something, say, a snag, a bush, or grass. After which you should lower the nozzle. An ide, if it stays nearby, usually approaches such a place.

Baits and lures

Baits for ide
Ide is an omnivorous fish, and in winter it is caught using the entire set of baits available in the arsenal of an amateur fisherman. Almost without any exceptions. If the bite is weak, the most catchy ones are selected - this fish gives some preference to white baits. It should be borne in mind that even in the winter cold, ide can be caught on the dough. But most often his choice leans towards the bark beetle, burdock moth larvae, worms and bloodworms. A vegetable protein “sandwich” made from bark beetle and sweetened white dough can give good results.

On large rivers, ide is caught in wintering pits with small fish. This could be a fry of crucian carp, bitterling, verkhovka, rudd. The ide does not take ruffs, gobies and perches. With all this, ides, or more precisely, roaches, are caught almost exclusively with bloodworms.

The range of attachments for catching ide is very wide. So far this fish refuses to be caught only with wobblers. The ide is omnivorous, although it also has seasonal preferences. In the spring it is a pronounced predator, the summer heat makes it an omnivore again, and in the fall this fish is again inclined to protein baits.

The most effective bait for fishing is boiled peas. It is stable on the hook and is probably taken from the bottom with an ide. A catch is even more likely when using green peas, which should be soft and flavorful. You can use either fresh or canned peas.

When fishing in line, bloodworms and maggots also work well, both separately and in a sandwich. With the onset of heat and the appearance of masses of insects on the banks of rivers, the green grasshopper becomes very prey.

In mid-summer, with well-warmed water, you can catch large ides using white pasta and wheat flour dough. As bait they use tubes, boiled in salted water and placed like a worm on a hook, and various shells made of white flour. Yazzies take them greedily and almost always hook themselves. Very good results are achieved by moderate use of various odorants when preparing pasta. These can be traditional vegetable oils, but the best are aromatic proprietary mixtures such as “Tutti-frutti”.

For bottom night fishing, the most suitable baits are shellfish meat and crayfish neck. They allow you to camouflage the hook well, which leads to the fish hooking itself, and this, of course, makes fishing much easier.

Lures

Lures when fishing for ide are mainly jigs. But fish are often caught using light-colored lures. The bait should be the size of a perch spoon, but much thinner, without soldering tin to the plate and no more than 3 mm thick. The game is the same as when fishing for perch.

Fishing for ide in April

After the spawning process is completed, the ide gains strength and actively feeds. The exciting fishing for ide begins in April. This is typical for regions with mild climates. In a number of areas, the spawning season is just beginning.

This month, ide can enter coastal depressions, river bays, and concentrate near reed islands located near the shoreline.

Returning to summer habitats from spawning grounds, the fish linger for a long time in areas with a rich food supply. In April, small fish, which the ide preys on, become active, and most bottom-dwelling insects and larvae “come to life.” These behavioral features should be taken into account when catching ide in April.

The use of bait greatly increases the efficiency of fishing. Homemade bait or purchased mixtures are used. If bait was used, you can count on a good catch.

It is convenient to catch ide in April using float gear. They allow you to fish the lower horizons and lower the bait into the water. In April, the range of baits and plant baits expands. Caddisfly and bark beetle larvae become available. It also bites on fresh lard. The arsenal of vegetable baits is replenished with pearl barley for fishing, boiled wheat and dough.

Live bait gear is characterized by high catchability. When fishing with live bait, you can count on catching a trophy specimen.