Greetings dear readers of OPRS 25 bears. We continue the story about catching navaga in winter in the Primorsky Territory. Previously, we talked about bait for catching navaga in winter from krill, but the experience of winter 2021 has shown that it is possible to reduce the cost of bait without losing in catch volumes. How to turn a standard couple of kilograms of navaga into 8, or even 18 - 30 kg of catch with the help of proper bait? - Read to the end, you won’t regret it.
It's no secret that the place to set up a fishing tent is chosen through short-term reconnaissance - everyone can't wait to put their chair in the warmth and start playing with lures. Systematic biting in the holes of the tent is ensured by groundbait, about baiting with krill navaga - now about a cheaper, but no less effective option for bait.
Bait for catching navaga in winter
The main component of bait for winter fishing for navaga is boiled potatoes - we do not remove the skins, we cook (not washed) potatoes in volumes for a family of 5-7 people. You can collect bait at home, or you can collect it on ice - it depends on the thermometer outside. It is worth taking care that the components of the bait do not freeze when moving to the fishing site, be it Tavrichanka or Brigantine.
Cook the potatoes not until they are pureed, but with lumps - this way they will settle more confidently at the bottom and extend the effect. We decided on bait filler. Now it’s time for the flavor base, we came across navazhi heads, shrimp in a blender and even scallops!
But all this either still needs to be found, or is far from budgetary. There is an alternative!
Preserved saury at a five-plus promotion - this is an excellent solution for the budget. Instead of bait on krill or shrimp, you can use this option.
It turned out that these canned foods are quite capable of activating the bite. The results of the fishing - navaga caught for the whole winter, you can share it with your neighbors. When fishing for flounder, the effect is also present.
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Feeding bait for sea fishing
We mixed the bait directly on the ice and fed it from the holes downstream. It’s probably worth talking about methods of feeding bait because there are different types of experience:
- The bait is supplied directly from the tent and from the hole in which we fish. We use netting made from potatoes or carrots (they are actually sold in them). We mash the potatoes with preserves, fill the net, knit a thread (cable, rope) and lower it into the hole. As the bite weakens, we pull the string, create a feeding cloud and stay awake when biting.
- Bait is supplied to all tent fishermen with a preliminary measurement of the current. Using a spinner or something else, we check where the water is going and, in proportion to the current, we drill holes outside the tent - we launch bait and catch a bite already in the tent.
Some individuals are skeptical about feeding navaga - experience has shown that skepticism affects the volume of catch. I won’t try to convince anyone, the result speaks for itself. I recommend looking at the material about our experience of catching navaga in winter at sea, as well as the bait used for catching navaga .
Good luck on the ponds!
Tags: Winter fishingNavagaTavrichanka
Date: December 26, 2013 | 489 Fishing for navaga is very popular in winter in the Far East, in the bays of the Sea of Japan, at the mouths of small rivers flowing into them. At this time, fishing is in full swing. Many thousands of Primorye residents enjoy spending their free time winter fishing. One of the popular fish in catches is navaga. I will talk about gear for winter cod fishing in this review.
There are two main ways of winter fishing for navaga: with bait or with spinners.
For spinners, so-called. “iron” - does not bite as consistently as on various baits of animal origin, but sometimes the largest navaga comes across.
The spinners used for navaga are quite small and narrow. Typically, such lures are equipped with sharp single hooks without a barb. Navazhi lures are polished to a shine using a rough woolen cloth and GOI paste.
Usually, short, hard fishing rods are used to catch navaga with lures. The line is wound 0. 2-0.
25mm. Because
spinners are small and light, use an additional weight weighing 7-10g. Usually a spoon is tied to the end of the fishing line, and a weight is tied above it, 20-30 cm. You can also use the reverse installation: at the end there is a weight, and above, on a short hard leash, there is a spinner.
They are caught with strokes of different lengths and frequency. The weight falls to the bottom first, and the spoon glides more smoothly, attracting fish. The bites of large navaga on a spinner are usually clear and sharp.
A more productive and stable way to catch navaga is using bait. A winter fishing rod for navaga is also mounted on a short fishing rod. The fishing line is also about 0.
25-0. 3mm. At the end there is a weight of 8-12g.
Above the sinker, 15-20 cm, a short leash (4-7 cm) is tied from a rigid fishing line of approximately the same diameter as the main one. At the end of the leash, a large jig is tied, just a single hook (No. 6-8 according to domestic standards), or a small winter spinner. The following baits are used: sea worm, tube worm, shell meat, shrimp meat, fresh herring meat or any other fish.
In the working position, the tackle looks like this: a bait, for example, a piece of sea worm, is placed on the hook. Lower the tackle into the hole. Make sure that the weight touches the bottom, the line is slightly stretched, i.e.
That is, the nozzle was located above the bottom, in close proximity to it. Bites are detected by a nod, simply by a fishing line or by a float.
Sometimes navaga, especially small ones, are caught by tyrants intended for smelt.
Navaga is a small representative of the cod family, living in the northern part of the Pacific basin and in the seas of the Arctic Ocean. They are divided into two subspecies: northern (European) and Far Eastern. When mentioning Pacific fish, the names are often used: Far Eastern, Pacific or wahnya.
Traditionally it is a popular fishing object for the local population. Despite its small size, the fish is very tasty. It is a cold-loving representative of the ichthyofauna.
Leads a bottom-dwelling lifestyle. It stays in the shelf zone and is almost impossible to find far from the coast. Sometimes it enters rivers and lakes.
Navaga has an elongated body characteristic of all cod fish, a typical arrangement of fins and a large head with a large lower mouth. The color is silver with a purple tint, the belly is whitish. On the corner of the lower jaw, like all codfish, it has a “beard”.
It differs from other cod fish in its faded color, thin body and small size. The weight of the fish rarely exceeds 500 g and a length of 50 cm. It is worth noting that the Far Eastern subspecies is somewhat larger; there are cases of catching fish weighing slightly less than 1.
5 kg. Navaga easily adapts to desalinated water. Despite its size, it is an active predator; flocks are characterized by a certain territoriality.
In cold weather it stays close to the coastline. The fish actively protects its habitats, even from larger individuals of other species. It feeds on smaller inhabitants of the shelf zone, including mollusks, shrimp, juvenile fish, caviar and others.
Fish form especially large aggregations during migrations. The main depth at which navaga lives is about 30-60 m. In summer, the feeding area moves slightly towards the sea, probably due to warm water near the shore, which the fish does not like.
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How to make a spinner for navaga with your own hands?
You can not only buy state-issued material for fishing, but you can also make it yourself using improvised means; the quality of fishing will not suffer from this, but will only benefit.
So making a spinner for navaga with your own hands is done from materials such as:
- beer caps;
- wire;
- lead balls;
- winding ring.
- take a piece of wire, it repeats the size of the existing spoon;
- the lower area of the wire is rounded;
- use used bait by unfastening the sinker;
- two plugs are pressed together in such a way that it is possible to place lead balls inside;
- a shell made of lids is fixed on a wire, and winding rings are attached to the top and bottom;
- We tie a hook at the bottom;
- After this, the product is attached to the fishing line.
The hook is selected in proportion to the spinner, you can make it yourself using strong stainless steel wire, it is bent (shaped into a hook shape), and then the tip is sharpened. It is located at the end and is quite thin so that the fish does not feel the moment of penetration at the initial stage.
And so the gear for catching navaga at the final stage should include:
- fishing rod;
- bait;
- several types of spinners;
- fishing line;
- automatic or manual reel;
- factory or homemade hooks;
- bait.
In winter, a drill is added to the components, which drills holes; during this period, the fish prefers to be close to the shore, and there the crust is much thicker.
Usually, raw meat, small pieces of fish, lard and worms, as well as slices of mussels are used to catch navaga in the summer. Bait made from jacket potatoes and krill has proven to work well; the ingredients are kneaded and placed in a fabric bag, after which it sinks to the bottom. The smell will attract the objects of fishing for a short period of time.
Methods of catching navaga
There is year-round industrial fishing for this fish. For coastal fishermen, navaga is one of the most popular fishing objects. Pomors have been catching northern navaga since time immemorial.
It is mentioned in chronicles from the 16th century. The most popular is amateur fishing with winter gear. During the seasonal migration, fish are caught in huge quantities using ordinary fishing rods.
Taking into account the fact that fish are distributed everywhere and at different depths, they are caught in various ways. The types of gear for catching this fish rather depend on the conditions where the fishing takes place. Both bottom, float and spinning gear can be suitable for this.
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Where to buy and at what price?
You can purchase spinners in almost all fishing departments; they can be sold as related products in various stores. In addition, you can order spinners in online stores. It should be noted that before ordering a product, you need to go to the company’s official website, read the list of products and, of course, reviews.
How to catch more fish?
Over 13 years of active fishing, I have found many ways to improve the bite. And here are the most effective:
- Bite activator. Attracts fish to cold, warm water with the help of pheromones included in the composition and stimulates its appetite. It’s a pity that Rosprirodnadzor wants to ban its sale.
- More sensitive tackle. Read the relevant guides for a specific type of tackle on the pages of my website.
- Pheromone-based lures.
You can get the rest of the secrets of successful fishing for free by reading my other materials on the site.
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The cost of the product depends on how the spinners are sold: they can be sold in sets, as well as individually. Their cost depends on the completeness of the set, color, number of items and color of the product. The price, depending on the characteristic differences, varies from 260 to 600 rubles.
Catching navaga from under the ice
Probably the most productive way to fish for this fish. Various equipment is used for ice fishing. Some fishermen believe that the main condition for winter gear is non-rigid rod whips; fish have a soft palate.
They are caught using various equipment using natural baits. Taking into account the possible depths, fishing rods with voluminous reels or reels are used. The fishing lines used are quite thick, up to 0.
4 mm, the principle of location of the leads can be different - above or below the sinker. The main condition of the equipment is reliability, the fish are not shy, and fishing at great depths in the wind can be difficult. Sometimes fish are caught at a depth of 30 m.
No less popular are rigs for winter trolling of the “tyrant” type. Spinners are used the same as in summer when fishing vertically from boats.
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Tackle and equipment
Fishing is practiced with and without animal bait. Winter equipment has several variations:
- two leashes with hooks and a sinker at the end;
- vertical active bait;
- tandem of jigs;
- one or two vertical spoons with a worm attached.
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For open water fishing with a donk, sinkers weighing from 50 g are used. The number of leashes depends on the fisherman himself, but rarely exceeds 2-3. Float fishing is possible in calm weather and is done from the piers. The type of equipment depends on the depth at the fishing point: if it exceeds the height of the rod, a sliding float and small stoppers are used.
Locals prefer classic fishing line to braided cord; it is less noticeable in the water and has a relatively low price. The diameter of the monofilament ranges from 0.25 to 0.35 mm depending on the method. Tackle for catching navaga fish is simple, since the individual is small but voracious.
Fishing with float and bottom rods
Navaga is caught from the shore using bottom rigs. The best time for fishing is considered to be high tide. Navaga on float and bottom tackles, as a rule, takes it sharply and greedily, while the sinker does not always have time to reach the bottom.
Experienced fishermen advise holding the rods in your hands. Various multi-hook equipment is used. Float fishing rods are usually used when fishing of various designs at significant depths near the shore.
The nozzles sink close to the bottom. For this purpose, both fly rods and running rods of various lengths are used. As in the case of fishing with winter gear, it is possible to use rather coarse equipment; it is more important to consider reliability when fishing in difficult conditions of the coastline.
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Spawning
Sexual maturity occurs at 2-3 years. Spawning occurs in winter from December to February. It spawns only in sea water that is not desalinated, usually at a depth of 10-15 m on a rocky-sandy bottom.
The eggs are sticky and attach to the ground. The females are very fertile, but at least 20-30% of the eggs are almost immediately eaten by both the navaga themselves and other species. The fish remains in the larval phase for a long time, at least 3 months.
Hello dear readers of the site 25 bears . The topic of today's publication is catching navaga in winter . This is not a training article, but simply a story about the experience gained in the process of catching navaga in the Sea of Japan in Tavrichanka and Brigantine.
What did you use to catch navaga before?
The usual and most common bait in sea fishing is the sea worm. On the Ussuriysk-Vladivostok highway you often see cars with signs reading “WORMS”. From year to year, prices for a bag of worms are rising, but the catchability is still the same. In the picture there is a worm without a house, but I didn’t photograph this miracle myself (most likely all fishermen saw this monster while fishing). The sea worm is unique in that it is suitable for catching both navaga and flounder, as well as bison. On good days, the bite on it is mind-blowing, the hand gets tired of dragging, and digging out the worm from the house becomes a labor-intensive and time-consuming task.
In addition, this bait cannot be frozen; it should be kept in the bosom all the time, otherwise it becomes watery, begins to tear, and the bite disappears.
Navazhya fishing in winter
To go to the seaside in the summer to catch navaga, you need to choose the right gear. This includes a fishing rod, lures such as jigs and accessories such as reels, fishing line and hooks. Bait is also of great importance: in the summer it is necessary to use fish fillets, lard, raw meat and sea worms.
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Since navaga is often caught with a spinner, it is necessary to cast vertically. To prevent the fishing line from getting tangled, its thickness should be 0.4–0.5 millimeters, but in other cases a monofilament fishing line with a thickness of 0.2 millimeters is sufficient, which can easily withstand fish weighing about 1 kilogram.
sea worm
For fishing in the Sea of Okhotsk and Primorye, such simple tackle as a float rod, or sometimes bottom tackle, is suitable. Fishing is done at depth: the bait is lowered to about 30 meters, after which it needs to be twitched periodically. When the bait rises, the navaga makes a grab, at which time it is necessary to make a sharp hook.
Fishing in a vertical line is done using a hook and bait. The fishing rod is equipped with hooks, the size of which ranges from Nos. 7–9. The bait must be of animal origin: it can be meat, worms, pieces of fish. Fishing is carried out according to the same scheme as fishing with a spoon. Navaga does not bite, it immediately produces a bite, and its gatherings are rare.
Fishing in winter differs from summer fishing: you will definitely need a fishing rod, as well as a drill, since the sea will be completely covered with ice. Navaga lives mainly near the sea coast in winter. A fishing rod for winter fishing should be equipped with a fishing line of 50 meters, the diameter of which is 0.4 millimeters. Sometimes fishing happens with 2 or even 3 spoons and jigs at once. In this case, the fishing rod remains alone; the baits are simply placed at a distance of 50 centimeters from each other.
May good luck smile on you on real northern fishing! To take home a good catch, be sure to use potato and krill bait. And to make a homemade spoon, watch the video below.
