Catching sabrefish using a bombard rig - how to catch, choosing bait

Floating rig

At short distances, when the fishing point is visible visually, you can fish with floating feeders - Floating Feeder. This is possible in places with a moderately smooth current; fishing is reminiscent of fishing with a float. We insert the plug into the feeder to fill half the volume - fill the rest of the space with food. You can use special massive floats with feeders. You need to select the weight so that when filling with bait, the cormak floats and does not sink. Installation – running, paternoster, helicopter. We cast with a fan, upstream. We fish until the feeder blows down, then we re-cast. At the same time, the bait spills out, and the bait is in a cloud of particles - just what you need for sabrefish.

We will still notice the bite of the sabrefish - either by tightening the loop of the fishing line, or by the quiver tip. The length of the leash is a meter or two, depending on the fishing horizon. Accordingly, there is no need to add polystyrene foam to the feeder hook in this type of fishing. This method also works on large bodies of water from a boat, when the fishing spot for sabrefish is known and the fish takes it from above. A floating feeder in such conditions allows you to catch high-riding fish, even if the depth under your feet is 10-20 meters. Read more about floating feeder installations.

Fishing tackle

The choice of suitable gear directly depends on the time of year and in which layers of water the saber fish currently live (closer to the surface or bottom). In the spring, sabrefish have a priority for all kinds of animal baits (worms, bloodworms, etc.), to catch it they use a donk or catch it with a wire. In the autumn season, donka and spinning using miniature baits will also be effective.

When the upper plateaus on the rivers open, all aquatic inhabitants go into the stream, during this period the bite of saber fish increases sharply. It is recommended to equip the tackle with large hooks (No. 1 – 4) with a long shank. 2-3 insects are used as bait at once, since the saberfish’s appetite is quite strong.

In hard-to-reach areas, where a regular cast does not work, use a match rod with a power cast of the tackle. Equipped with a sinking monofilament thread, the diameter of which is 0.14–0.15 mm. For the leash, use a fishing line slightly thinner than the main thread (0.01–0.02 mm). Here it would be appropriate to use a float with adjustable loading.

Particular attention should be paid to the fishing line; it should be slightly stretchy, but not too rigid. Otherwise, the saberfish will come off the hook (the fish’s lips are very weak)

Among the most popular gear are:

Spinning

Considering that in this case light baits of small sizes are used, the rod should also be of a light or ultra-light class. A tool with a length of 2.7 m is suitable for fishing from the shore, and a spinning rod up to 2.4 m is suitable for fishing from a boat. Equipment: inertia-free reel, the size of which is selected taking into account the power of the rod, the diameter of the fishing line and the weight of the bait; braided cord with a thickness of 0.1 mm or monofilament with a diameter of 0.15 - 0.25 mm

It is important to know that braid can increase the sensitivity of the tackle and makes it possible to control the play of the bait

Of the artificial baits, rotating spoons and small castmasters (silver) have proven themselves to be good. The optimal weight of the spinner is 1.5–4.5 g.

Feeder

The gear is selected depending on the fishing conditions and the preferences of the fisherman himself. Considering the intensity of the current in a particular area of the reservoir, the feeder should be open and weigh 40–60 grams. The structure of the rod is not of fundamental importance; the main thing is that the fisherman does not experience discomfort during operation and is able to deliver the equipment to the right place. The length of the instrument is from three meters.

Equipment: reel with a capacity of 100 m for fishing line with a thickness of 0.20 -0.25 mm; braided cord with a diameter of 0.14–0.18 mm; hooks No. 6–9 made of thin wire; monofilament leash with a length of 1–1.5 m and a diameter of 0.14–0.16 mm; foam ball on hook. To install such equipment, use an asymmetric loop or a paternoster with a Gardner loop.

Fishing rod

The gear is quite simple, but catchy. As a rule, both Bolognese and match rods are used. The size of the tool is determined by the comfort of fishing; most often, it is a rod with a length of 4–4.4 m.

Equipment: inertia-free reel, fishing line with a diameter of 0.18–0.2 mm, large bright float. A leash with a thickness of 0.08–0.1 mm and a length of 0.5 m. Hooks No. 8 10 (according to Russian numbering), a lead pellet or a small swivel for connecting the leash to the main fishing line.

Bombard

Select a rod with a length of 3–6 m, with a parabolic action and a test corresponding to the mass of the float (according to the standard 40–60 g). Equipment: inertia-free reel 2500–3500 with a spool capacity of 100 m for 0.25 mm fishing line; braid with a diameter of 0.15–0.17 mm or monofilament with a thickness of 0.18–0.25 mm. The leash is made of fluorocarbon with a thickness of 0.12–0.2 mm, length 1.5–2 m. A swivel is required (No. 14–20). Sharp and durable hooks.

Rubber

The tackle is an ordinary donk equipped with a rubber shock absorber. Advantages: simplicity and ease of use. For its installation you will need: a main fishing line with a diameter of 0.3–0.35 mm and a length of 50 cm; leashes with a thickness of 0.25–0.3 mm, swivels for leashes; an elastic band with a length of 15–25 m. A weight made of lead or other material with a weight of 0.5–1 kg with a swivel, a strong rope 1 m (to secure the load); 5–6 hooks with No. 6–8; winding rings or carabiners (2 pcs).

An electronic bite alarm or a simple bell. Motiviltse and a large float.

You can learn how to make a bite alarm with your own hands from our article.

Fly fishing

Here they use a special rod with a conical cord; flies and streamers are chosen as bait. This method of fishing is very effective, but requires some skill. Therefore it is used extremely rarely.

To make a fly with your own hands, you can read the instructions from our article.

Tackle for catching sabrefish using a bombard

For comfortable fishing with a bombard, you need a long rod of 3 meters. You can choose a longer rod if you have room to cast the tackle. A spinning reel of the required size is selected for the rod, which is responsible for balancing the entire rod. Monoline is chosen as the basis of the tackle.

The bombard float has a certain weight, but despite it, the float has excellent floating abilities. Floats are divided by type of weight, there are slow, fast sinking and floating on the surface, each created for a specific fishing situation. To prevent the line and bait from twisting, use three swivels to separate the bait from the line. A bead is placed in front of the triple swivel and fishing line to prevent the knot between them from untying.

Depending on the fish, choose different line numbers for the bombard leash. The length of the leash depends on the fishing situation, in normal cases it is about a meter, in others it reaches up to 3 meters. There can be one or several baits, which are attached to separate leashes.

Spinning is one of the best fishing tools

This technique is quite successful in catching saberfish, and the peculiarity of the method is that it is quite possible to use bait of artificial as well as natural origin.

Rotating spoons, small in size, “cast master”, externally made to look like silver, can act as artificial bait and bring excellent results in fishing. Regarding spinners, let’s say that Comet, Aglia Long and others with a weight in the range of 1.5-4.5 g have proven themselves well.

It is also worth mentioning that the traditional and familiar to many fishermen method of using the asp “tandem” - a spinner and a wabik - is used with sufficient success. However, this technique shows the best results in areas where sabrefish are abundant. Of course, the size of such a bait should be smaller.

In the summer, productive fishing results from the use of baits such as fly baits and jigs. It is worth noting that excellent specimens of sabrefish are often found at the end of the summer fishing season

This is when you should pay attention to catching this fish.

All of the above baits can be used with great success in spinning fishing, and spinning rods can be used in several classes: light, ultra-light. When choosing a fishing line, you need to rely on the mass of fish caught

So, it is worth paying attention to a fishing line that can withstand a load of several kilograms

You can also count on effective catching of sabrefish in reservoirs where there is an abundant presence of this fish. In this case, the use of a spinning rod with tackle, which, in turn, is externally similar to a sea tyrant, shows itself to be excellent. There is a spinner at the end of the bet as well as a sinker.

The leashes are placed from each other with a distance of 20-30 cm. It will not be superfluous to place feathers or hairs on the hooks. A notable subtlety is the color: black, grey, white or red. These colors are perfect for catching saberfish.

It is no secret that the success of all fishing largely depends on the technique used for catching saberfish. When fishing using the spinning method, it is recommended to use periodic holds with the bait shifted up to a decimeter below. On top of that, short jerky movements serve as excellent assistants in the fishing process.

Feeding

During standard fishing with a feeder, you need to use bait from the bottom to the sanitary fish. In this case, the bait, due to buoyancy and selection of the leash length depending on the depth and strength of the current, is located somewhere in the water column. The bait needs to be light, loose, forming a geyser of dust particles. Such a cloud of turbidity is quickly carried downstream, and the saber fish follows it. Therefore, we use small feeders - it doesn’t matter if after a while it doesn’t bite, we re-throw the tackle again, trying to attract the flock to the cloud again. Feeder for sabrefish - constant frequent casting, creating a cloud of turbidity or a dusty trail (in medium or low currents), like for bleak. The feed should be washed out quickly and explode, so we don’t overcrowd the feeder trough.

The composition of the bait does not matter - the main thing is the correct consistency. Bait attracts sabrefish more visually; there is no point in bothering with aromatics. It is better to add coconut shavings or sawdust to the feed, which will float when washed out of the feeder feeder. Then one cast works longer - until all the food is completely washed away. You can prepare the mixture using store-bought light mixtures for roach or bleak, or you can also prepare it yourself:

The base is breadcrumbs, ground cake (makukha).
Cereal flour - oatmeal, corn, wheat.
For dregs - powdered milk.
Floating particles - bran, ground corn sticks, dry fish food (daphnia and cyclops from an aquarium store), coconut shavings, sawdust.

Nozzles

Chekhon is a predatory fish, it feeds on any organisms that it can devour in size, including small fry. She greedily grabs any animal bait on a hook. However, the best option is ordinary maggot. Chekhon has excellent eyesight, and the white color of the larvae stands out well in the water. We also attach a foam ball to the hook to raise the nozzle. Both white and some other color, bright, orange or pink, work. Colored foam, in addition to raising the feeder bait, gives the saberfish an attack point from afar.

If there is no foam, the maggot can be inflated - each larva separately with a syringe with a thin needle (for example, insulin), or by lightly melting it. When maggots fall into water, they absorb air - this is a natural protection so as not to drown during the rain. Pour water into the jar so that the larvae barely stick out above the surface. If you fill it completely, the maggot will simply die. We wait 5-10 minutes, then pour it all into a large container with water. Larvae that have inflated float to the surface. We select them, put them somewhere separately and use them. You need to hook the inflated maggot by the edge of the thick end of the larva so as not to pierce the body cavity and release the air.

Inflating maggots with a syringe

We place the inflated maggot by the edge of the thick part so as not to puncture and release the air.

Maggots are usually the same size. It is this factor that is important, since it allows you to accurately select experimentally a buoyancy system based on the weight of the hook, the length of the leash, the strength of the current and the size of the foam ball. Experimentally we find the ratio of these factors at which it bites. Up to the number of larvae on the hook. If we change the weight of the nozzle, the buoyancy will be different, and the hook with the bait will not rise to the required level or, on the contrary, will float up too much.

At shallow depths this is not very critical - the saberfish will still see the bait. But sometimes every 10 cm of lift level is important. The saberfish also takes on the worm - it is more difficult to regulate buoyancy. It will grab any insects and larvae attached to the hook of the feeder - as long as the nozzle is correctly delivered to the desired horizon. It can be:

Any worms and larvae;
Shrimp meat;
Mollusks, crustaceans;
Caddisfly, bloodworm, jig.

Catching sabrefish with a fly

To catch sabrefish with a fly, replaceable nozzles are used, depending on where the fish bites and in what layers of water. The flies used vary depending on the weather or time, but in general they are selected experimentally.

When making a fly for a saber fish with your own hands, you need to choose a material so that it is as inconspicuous as possible.

If the fly is made with legs, then they should be as similar as possible to real insects. Ready-made flies for sabrefish are washed with soap and water, this removes the smell of glue. The thread should be dark so that it does not show through when wet.

Standard assembly

Installation of the bombard is simple and is carried out on the main fishing line. The classic version of collecting tackle for sabrefish occurs according to the following principle:

The line is wound onto a reel.
A bombard is put on it, which is fixed with upper and lower stoppers so that it does not move freely along the thread.
Then a swivel with three rotating links is attached.
One or more leashes are mounted on the swivel. The fishing line for them is chosen thinner than for the main fishing rod.
A hook and bait are mounted on the leash.

For beginners, it is better to use one hook first, since casting over long distances is quite difficult and requires experience. Over time, their number can be increased.

Instead of beads, it is permissible to use silicone stoppers. Some fishermen use a double option, first fixing a bead between the swivel and the bombard, and next to it a rubber stopper.

Installation of a bombard on a cover

To prepare gear using a bombard for catching saberfish, you need to select at least two types of them, different in weight, which will be applied to a certain casting distance.

The bombard is installed on the main fishing line or monofilament. It is desirable that the sbirulino float be stationary; for this purpose, locking rings are installed on the fishing line on both sides in the upper and lower parts of the equipment. Then a swivel is attached, preferably with three rotating links, which will eliminate the twisting of the line during wiring. The leash is attached to the swivel. When selecting a thread or fishing line for a leash, use it in a thinner version than the main fishing line, with a length of 1.5 to 3 m. In the final installation process we secure the hooks.

Since casting with a mounted bombard rig requires a certain skill, it is recommended to use one hook with a leash at the initial, learning stages of this type of fishing. In the process of mastering the features of casting and retrieving, two or more additional leashes with hooks are used, on which different baits are baited to determine the most suitable sabrefish for catching in a given area of intended fishing.

The size of the hook used when installing equipment using a bombard is selected experimentally. The most commonly used hooks for catching sabrefish are number four.

Methods of catching sabrefish

In fact, sabrefish can be caught by any means: with a float rod, bombard, elastic, feeder, donka, fly fishing.

Fishing with bombard (sbirulino)

When fishing with this method, it is important to consider the fishing location and select a sinking float. A bombard is a sinker strung on a fishing line with sinking baits

It is preferable to fish with a sinking bombard baited with fry, midges, and insects.

Fishing is successful in the summer in the morning or in the evening near rifts and slopes.

When choosing a bombard, you should pay attention to the equipment and select:

rod up to 6 m in length;
float weighing 50 g;
inertial coil;
braided fishing line up to 18 m in length, 20-25 mm in thickness;
fluorocarbon leader up to 2 m long;
swivel;
sharp hooks No. 17-19.

Small suspenders will serve as wiring, which will move the tackle through the water when fishing with a bombard.

Bombard rig

Chekhon is careful, but bites on Sbirulino usually don’t take long to arrive. Even peaceful fish on the river can be caught well with a bombard, although it is not worth fishing from the shore with it.

On a float rod

When fishing with a float rod, you need to adhere to the tactics of fishing with saberfish. It is better to fish in the morning, when the fish begin to hunt for fry and midges on the water.

If small splashes appear, then we can assume that the place was chosen well and there are fish nearby. Suitable for maggots and worms. In this place it is worth playing with the fish, either throwing the tackle or lifting it up.

It is better to take biological bait for long-term retention on the surface of the water.

For fishing, a standard float rig with a rod length of 8-10 mm and a fishing line up to 0.18 mm in diameter is quite suitable. When using float gear, it is best to send it to float on its own with the current.

On the rubber donk

An elastic band is an easy tackle to use. This is a regular donk with a rubber shock absorber. It is good to catch crucian carp and saberfish.

Includes:

reel wound around the tackle;
fishing line 50 m long;
leash up to 25 mm in diameter;
carabiner with elastic swivel up to 1000 mm in length;
sinker with 500-600 g of fishing line.

It is better to fish with an elastic band from a boat, and use fry, grasshoppers, maggots and worms as bait, periodically pulling the fishing line with hooks towards you to attract the attention of the fish at the moment of capture. When fishing with an elastic band, it is better to keep the tackle in the upper layers and make up to 8 knots on the line as boundaries beyond which the floats should not go

Non-slip float can be used

When fishing with an elastic band, it is better to keep the tackle in the upper layers and make up to 8 knots on the line as boundaries beyond which the floats should not go. You can use a non-slip float.

The technique of fishing with an elastic band is quite simple:

throwing the tackle with a sinker and elastic band into the water so that the hooks are located in the right place;
attaching the float and feeder to the tackle.

If the weather is cloudy, then it is better to lower the tackle closer to the bottom to 1.5 m. If it is clear, then leave it on the surface of the water, but check that there are no algae nearby, otherwise the activity of the fish will lead to snagging of the fishing line, and fishing will go down the drain.

To the feeder

When fishing with a feeder, it is important to consider:

weather;
current intensity in the selected area of the reservoir;
feeder weight not exceeding 60 grams;
speed of delivery of equipment to the right place.

Food should be supplied to the feeding area on time and without problems. When fishing on a sabrefish feeder, the tackle is somewhat different from the traditional one. The fish prefers to vibrate and go into the depths, so when catching it is necessary to increase the length of the leash to 2 m, and equip the fishing rod with foam balls to make catching easier. The length of the leash should be at least 18 mm, the feeder should be light in weight and slowly sink to the bottom when casting.

There is no need to compact the complementary foods in the feeders too much. In the water column it should be gradually and easily washed out.

Fly fishing

If you want to fly fish, you need to select a special cone-shaped rod. As bait - flies, streamers.

When fly fishing, you first need to get used to it and beginners cannot do it. Fly fishing for saberfish is rarely used because it is neither comfortable nor convenient.

Standard bombard assembly

This assembly is very popular among fishing enthusiasts. Fishing with a bombard with such equipment is successful, and assembly is not difficult. The float must first be attached to the main line, and the float should not move freely along the line. And this can be done using the upper and lower stopper. If the float is not fixed, then when casting it will cling to the swivel.

After this, you can attach the swivel itself. Now you should attach the leash; it should be made of a thinner fishing line than the main fishing line. Its length can be 1.5-3 meters. At first, you should not use several hooks, it is better to take one. When the fisherman gains some skills in using such equipment, it will be possible to use several hooks at the same time. After all, long casts are quite difficult to perform.

DIY bombard

A homemade bombard must be firmly attached to the body of the float; epoxy resin is quite suitable for this. You can find improvised materials in every home, but the main thing is that a bombard with your own hands should be made quickly and without expense. It is worth remembering that such a device must have a long upper rod, twice as long as the float itself. How to make a bombard with your own hands? There is an available example:

Kinder surprise and pen refill. You don't need chocolate, you just need the yellow barrel inside the treat. Holes are made in it at the top and bottom, suitable in diameter for the handle rod. A metal part with a ball mechanism is removed from the rod itself. After opening the container, the rod is placed in the hole, blocking it. Epoxy resin is poured into the bottom of the half with the rod, then a sinker of the required weight is placed and the whole thing is coated with hardener. The flask is closed, the rod is passed into the next hole and the buoyancy is checked. In any container with water, the bombard antenna must point upward, otherwise you will have to take out the barrel to add weight.
A syringe float is made in the same way, you just need to remember to make a hole for the cord. A shot of a suitable caliber is used as a sinker.
Plexiglas filling float. The process of making such a float will require not only more materials, but also a certain skill. You will need:

oven;
file;
sandpaper;
plexiglass;
epoxy adhesive;
metal sheet 1 mm;
plexiglass.

How to catch saberfish with an elastic band

Fishing with a rubber band has many advantages - it does not require frequent re-casting of the tackle, the ability to fish a large area, use different baits at the same time...

For fishing to be successful you must:

First you need to choose a suitable location.
The tackle is unwound and the sinker is thrown. It should be of sufficient weight so that during the process of winding the fishing line and stretching the elastic, it does not pull towards the shore. If the tackle is factory-made, the standard casting length is considered to be 55-60 meters.
After casting, the main line is reeled ashore until all the hooks are at hand.
Next, bait of one type or several is put on the hooks. You can use insects, maggots, worms or small fish (live bait) as bait.
When the tackle is ready, the line is slowly released and the bait is sent to the fishing spot.

To make the bite visible, the edge of the fishing line is wound around a peg stuck in the ground. Next to it, a small sinker is attached to the fishing line, which gives it a slightly taut state. During the bite, the sinker oscillates, which is the reason for hooking and fishing sabrefish.

For fishing, choose a place without vegetation and snags. If there is vegetation, it must first be removed, otherwise it will interfere with the natural swimming of the gear. Saberfish do not like shallows and grassy areas. It is better to catch it on deep, wide rivers, preferably at night from the shore.
Then the tackle is delivered to the site by delivery by boat, casting or swimming. It is better to anchor at the edge of the current, at a bend in the riverbed.
To prevent the fishing line from twisting, it is first laid out on the shore. Next, the load is dropped.
The fishing line is straightened, leashes and bait are attached to it.
After the tackle is cast, the fishing line is pulled, attached to a peg and a bell is installed.
To attract the attention of the fish, the line is gently twitched, creating movement of the bait.
If a bite occurs, you need to make a hook by sharply pulling the wire towards you. After this, the tackle is stretched ashore along with the catch. You need to pull out the fishing line confidently, but carefully so as not to tear the elastic.

When preparing for fishing, you need to remember that its diet is varied and you should prepare the appropriate bait for a larger catch.

Fishing elastic for sabrefish can be of different designs and modifications. In this video, the rubber band tackle is presented in its simplest form, because fishing with a rubber band doesn’t have to be complicated.

The rubber band video, the possibilities of which you can see in this video, is combined with the moment when fishing with an elastic band is shown in full. After all, donka gum is not only easy to obtain, but also making gum for saber fish will not take you much time.

Fishing with a bombard - the main secrets of fishing

Bombarda allows creative anglers to experiment with floats, lures and retrieves. Let's look at several typical fishing options. Fishing with a bombard is quite simple. The main thing is to choose the optimal bait that suits the fishing conditions and the bait that most provokes the fish at the moment.

The basic animation techniques are as follows:

uniform monotonous movement on the surface and in the water column;
dotted feed;
wave-like animation in the middle horizons.

The basic wiring of the bombard is uniform. It works regardless of the fishing horizon. By varying the speed of reel reeling, the angler has the opportunity to select the optimal feed, adapting to the mood of the representatives of the ichthyofauna.

Dotted wiring shows good results when fishing from the surface.

The fisherman has the opportunity to imitate the behavior of an insect that has fallen into the water. This technique is most in demand in the summer, when there is a massive emergence of near-aquatic life.

A semblance of wave-like wiring is obtained if the equipment is carried out in the water column. To implement this, you need a sinking bombard and a bait with negative buoyancy. As a rule, it is carried out slowly. Well seduces passive fish.

Floating float with sinking bait

When using maggots, bloodworms, pearl barley, dung worms, wet flies and nymphs, a slow lowering of the bait is required. A floating float is perfect for fishing. After casting the rig, the fisherman must tighten the line and pull the bait about 25-30 cm.

The stop duration ranges from 10 to 60 seconds. Slowly sinking bait can be carried out evenly or in steps. The depth of the dive varies by the duration of the pause.

Smoothly sinking sbirulino with floating bait

Fishing with this equipment is reminiscent of spinning with suspended wobblers. It allows you to explore any horizons in still water to search for active fish. As soon as the float drops to a certain depth, you can begin to slowly reel in the fishing line.

This fishing technique is a classic for catching trout using floating dough.

The bait can be shaped like a petal, which, when retrieved, will awaken the fish’s predatory instinct. In addition to trout, representatives of the ichthyofauna such as perch, chub, asp and pike respond well to this animation.

Quickly descending float with sinking bait

Sometimes it can be difficult to get a light bait down deep when the river current is strong. If you correctly select a bombard for light streamers, flies and spinners, then during retrieving the nozzle will not be pushed to the surface of the reservoir.

Flies for catching sabrefish

After installing the bombard, it is recommended to start choosing flies. In this case, the diet of sabrefish will be dominant during a certain period of the year.

It’s not for nothing that the saberfish is often called a small copy of the asp. They even have a somewhat similar diet: whitebait and other small insects that live on the surface of the reservoir. Therefore, the flies should resemble a mosquito or a fry.

It's no secret that saberfish live in flocks. That is why during the installation of flies it is recommended to use them in quantities of several pieces. This greatly improves the efficiency and effectiveness of the tooling.

There is a little trick that will help you when fishing. Chekhon prefers to attack sinking bait models. Therefore, you can use sinking flies or a bombard, which slowly sinks into the water column.

What would it be like to hang on a hook?

Chekhon is an omnivorous fish. And, in principle, she is interested in any object that comes into her field of vision. However, attempts to use a fly fishing “fly” or a small twister as bait did not have even a tenth of the effect that baits of animal origin – maggots, bark beetle larvae, small dung worms and pieces of crawlings – had. In my ranking of baits, maggots take first place. They hold the hook well, easily withstand several bites at a time, and are easy to form into the size of bait that the fish like today. Regarding the size of the larvae, I can say the following: medium-sized maggots are best suited for catching sabrefish using the Sbirulino method. They are very mobile and, most importantly, these larvae have the thickest skin. There should be a lot of maggots on the hook

The more optically the bait looks, the faster the fish will pay attention to it.

The best baits for catching sabrefish using a bombard

The basic baits for catching sabrefish using a bombard are:

small wobblers;
foam balls;
small fish made of silicone;
spinner spoons No. 00, No. 0, No. 1 sizes;
twisters of small dimensions.

When the situation arises that sabrefish no longer catch these baits of artificial origin, it is necessary to replace them.

A worthy and, most importantly, effective replacement would be bait of animal origin, for example, maggots, dung worms or whitebait.

Most often, with such bait the fish bite only intensifies. And in order to ensure long-distance casting of such a light bait, the bombard method is suitable. It is ideal for a specific case.

Pedigree of saberfish

Chekhon is a fish of the European part of Russia, found in the basins of all southern seas, as well as the Baltic. They walk in flocks, and the flock is “calibrated”, of the same age and approximately the same size. The size at which the fish began to be caught will generally continue to be the same.

Chekhon is fatally attached to large water basins; it is found overwhelmingly in inland seas and large rivers flowing into them. The Ural, Volga and Don are its main habitat areas; in small rivers and tributaries its appearance is episodic. The Dniester, Prut, Bug and Danube are not famous for large quantities of sabrefish.

You look at its appearance and you won’t believe it if you don’t know that saberfish belongs to the carp family. The shape of its body bears little resemblance to its relatives; it has a straight back and a convex belly; people call it a saber, since large specimens are very similar. The belly plays the role of a keel that cuts through the water when the fish moves; it doesn’t even have scales

At such a frantic speed that the saberfish develops in the water, even if there were scales, it would tear off. Please note! Streamlining of the head part of the body in front, like a jet airliner, plus a swept profile with variable wing geometry (when the fins move)

Effective fishing methods

Next, it’s worth talking about the methods and methods of catching saberfish.

Fishing rod

In the morning and evening, sabrefish can be successfully caught from the shore using a regular float rod, provided that the depth at the fishing site reaches 3 meters and insects blown by the wind are constantly falling onto the water. It behaves in approximately the same way as the bleak that is familiar to many fishermen, only it needs much more food.

An alternative option is match tackle, which allows you to reach sabrefish located 30, 40 and even 50 meters from the shore. To do this, use a fairly powerful rod with a test weight of no more than 30 g and a special waggler float, which perfectly “pierces” the wind. A match fishing rod works best when fishing with a retrieve, when the equipment is carried away by a wave or current.

Noticing the movement, the fish immediately swims up and pounces on the bait. By the way, the baits used are the same as when fishing with fly tackle.

Spinning

Chekhon is not a popular fishing object among spinners, however, it can be caught with a spinning rod, and quite successfully. This type of fishing for sabrefish using a spinning rod involves the use of light, small baits, so you will need a suitable set. It includes:

rod 2.7 m long, light class (ultralight is also suitable);
an inertia-free reel, selected taking into account the power of the blank, the diameter of the fishing line and the weight of the bait;
monofilament line or braid (recommended diameter 0.2 and 0.16, respectively).

The retrieve in spinning fishing for sabrefish can be uniform, stepped, jerky or something else. After the first ten casts and experiments with leading the bait, it will become clear how to proceed.

Feeder

Feeder tackle for catching sabrefish differs from the standard English donkey in the length of the leashes. This fish does not stand at the very bottom, because due to its unique mouth structure, it cannot collect food from it, like many other underwater inhabitants. Therefore, leashes must be long, at least 1 meter.

There are special requirements for bait. It is desirable that it be fine-grained and without binders. Ground crackers, coconut flakes and sand are added to it. With such components, the mixture will leave a mark when diving, and also create a cloudy cloud when lying on the bottom. In addition to being crumbly, the bait should have a strong smell that attracts fish from a long distance. But feeding the saberfish is only half the battle. Then everything will depend on the accuracy of the casts, because if you miss by one and a half to two meters, the bites may stop.

Bombarda-sbirulino

The popularity of the bombard was founded by the Japanese when they competed in sport fishing for horse mackerel. Afterwards, the markets became overcrowded with bombards intended for similar fishing. Due to the fact that horse mackerel is similar to saberfish, catching sabrefish using a bombard has become popular, as has sea fishing.

The Japanese have produced not only bombards and lures, but also special rods, reaching a length of 4.5 meters, for catching horse mackerel, but also suitable for sabrefish. This rod differs from ordinary ones not only in its length, but also in the increased flexibility of the rod. On a bank with trees, a shorter, faster action rod is required.

Bombarda-sbirulino is the Italian name for bombarda, which is in great demand in Italy. And although these types of fishing came to us in Russia and are foreign methods, they have already taken root among Russian fishermen.

The bombard consists of a translucent float, weighted with a sinker and a stabilizer. The advantage of a bombard is that even weightless bait can be cast over considerable distances.

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