Top 10 places for fishing in the Sverdlovsk region

Beloyarsk Reservoir

Distance: 50-55 km from Yekaterinburg along the Tyumen highway

Thanks to the nearby power plant, the fish here are kept in “greenhouse” conditions all year round. You can drive right to the water, so you don’t have to carry your fishing gear far. And there are a lot of fish here: perch, ruff, chebak, burbot, tench, roach, dace, crucian carp, chub, silver bream, pike, bream, pike perch, carp.

Bite forecast

White amur

There is no bite for grass carp. Grass carp are found in deep places.

Kalinovsky sections

Distance: within the city of Yekaterinburg

This place is an ideal option for those who do not want to leave the city. Among the fish found here are carp, trout, whitefish, ripus, bream, chebak, crucian carp, perch, pike, rotan, bleak, grass carp, channel catfish, pike perch, verkhovka, golden carp. Sector “A” is home to the broodstock of carp and the largest trout. In sector “B” the density of fish is lower and its area is 2 times larger.

Author: Anastasia Pogrebnyakova

Burbot in the Sverdlovsk region

Description. The only freshwater fish from the order Codfish.
The body of the burbot is elongated, rounded in the front and strongly compressed laterally in the back. The head is flattened, rather large, its length exceeds the maximum height of the body. The mouth is large, semi-inferior. The upper jaw reaches the vertical of the posterior edge of the eye. There are small bristle-like teeth on the jaws and partly on the vomer. The eyes are small. There is 1 short barbel at the anterior edge of the nostrils, and one barbel on the chin; its length is 20-30% of the length of the head. Body color is variable and depends on living conditions, as in many species of fish. The back, sides and unpaired fins are dark brown or blackish-gray, with large brownish-yellow spots. The shape and size of the spots are very variable and slightly resemble the natural pattern of marble. The belly and paired fins are usually lighter in color. There are two dorsal fins: the front one is short, the back one is long. They are noticeably separated from each other. The anal fin is also long. The second dorsal and anal fins begin in the anterior half of the body and extend to the caudal fin. The caudal fin is rounded and separated from the unpaired fins by a small gap. The pectoral fins are rounded. The pelvic fins are located on the throat in front of the pectoral fins. The second ray of the ventral fin is extended into a long filament, equipped with sensitive cells, which are also present on the mental barbel. The scales are cycloid, very small, covering the entire body and, partly, the head. The lateral line is complete until the beginning of the caudal peduncle; further towards the tail it may be interrupted. The body is covered with mucus. Spreading. In the Middle Urals, burbot lives in reservoirs on the eastern and western slopes of the Ural ridge: in the tributaries of the Ufa, in Chusovaya, Sylva, Tura, Tavda and its tributaries, in Lake Tavatuy and a number of other lakes, in cold and flowing ponds.

Age and size. Large fish, can reach a weight of up to 24 kg and a length of 1.2 m. The maximum age is 24 years.

Lifestyle. Lives in rivers, lakes, reservoirs and ponds with cold, clear water, rocky or sandy, sometimes silty bottom. Does not live in polluted or dead waters. In summer it is not active, it stays in deep holes where springs gush out at the bottom. At water temperatures above 15 degrees, it stops feeding and falls into torpor, and at 27 degrees it dies. In autumn, as the water temperature drops, it begins to move around the reservoir in search of food and feed intensively. Burbot is a cold-loving fish. Food is digested and absorbed at low water temperatures, and spawning occurs under ice in winter. Therefore, burbot have a longer fattening period in northern reservoirs, and with an abundance of food, they grow faster there. Burbot is a predatory fish. Juvenile burbot feed on invertebrates, first on zooplankton, then switch to feeding on benthos and juvenile fish. From the age of one, along with benthos, the share of fish in the burbot’s diet increases, and from 3-4 years it switches to feeding almost exclusively on fish. Burbot hunts mainly at night, navigating mainly through the sense of smell and touch. It is attracted by odorous baits, sounds (ringing), and the light of fire at night. Puberty in burbot occurs in the Baltic at 2 years, and in Yamal at 7. Females become sexually mature a year or two later than males. Burbot can spawn several times in their life. Spawning does not occur every year. Spawning occurs simultaneously in rivers under ice, at water temperatures close to zero degrees, but the spawning run of burbot is very extended and lasts from November to February. Spawning grounds are located in sections of the river with a pebble or sandy bottom and current. Burbots overwinter on river and lake habitats where there are underwater springs and currents. During the winter they continue to feed.

Fishing for burbot. Burbot can be caught all year round, but more readily in the fall from October until the ice begins to melt, in the winter in December-February and in the spring in March-April. It bites more actively at night before 5 am and in bad weather.

Burbot stays near the bottom, near holes, dumps and edges, so it is better to catch it with bottom fishing rods; sometimes results are achieved with float rods, spinning rods and vertical lure fishing from a boat. In winter, it is caught using girders (sets) and live bait fishing rods.

You can lure burbot by ringing a bell, a fire on the shore, or the ringing of a spinner on the winding ring. The bait can be pieces of meat with blood and intestines placed in the feeder.

The attachments for burbot are spoons, balancers, jigs, jigs, wobblers, as well as minnows or ruffe, frogs, crayfish, pieces of meat. Smaller individuals readily peck at worms and bloodworms.

Paid fishing in Yekaterinburg and the region

Fortunately or unfortunately, in the Sverdlovsk region, in addition to free fishing, there is also paid fishing, which allows you not only to enjoy fishing in the cleanest waters, but also to truly relax your soul and body. Fishing bases offer their visitors the widest range of services. Almost everyone has a fishing boat or motor boat. These tools are often used by fans of pike hunting, because this predator prefers to live at great depths. Also on the territory of the recreation centers there is Russian cuisine, the chefs of which will prepare a delicious dish from freshly caught fish.

We present to our readers a list of the most famous tourist centers where you can have a great rest and great fishing for a certain price.

Lakes

Among the lakes located in the Sverdlovsk region, three of the most popular natural sites can also be distinguished. Fishing on their territory is absolutely free throughout the year, but it is best to go here in the fall, because it is at this time of year that pike and crucian carp gain weight for wintering.

Here are the three most famous lakes, whose waters are home to a large variety of fish:

Vashtym is a fairly small reservoir, the maximum depth of which does not exceed 1.5 meters. Almost the entire coastal area is swampy, but this does not prevent fishermen from visiting this place again and again, because this is where you can catch a solid catch, consisting of perch, pike and crucian carp.
Izhbulat is perhaps the only lake in the Sverdlovsk region on the territory of which you can catch trout (not counting paid reservoirs). Perch and roach also live here in large quantities. These types of fish are most active in the spring, so it is recommended to go here at this time of year.
Beloyarka is a very popular place among local residents. The fish bite here very well at any time of the year, especially if maggots and bloodworms are used as bait. Large specimens of perch and bream can be taken from here as trophies.

Winter fishing in Yekaterinburg is considered a fairly popular activity among local fishermen. What body of water is better suited for this than a lake with standing water? The opening season for such fishing occurs in mid-December or late November, as soon as the ice thickness is thick enough. It is preferable to use bottom fishing rods as gear, and it is best to fish with bloodworms or worms.