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Pike perch are caught all year round. It is caught even in winter, although in winter it leads a more passive lifestyle. Catching zander in February is truly a great pleasure, knowing the secrets and methods of catching you will always be left with a catch. If you find the parking lot of a predator and seduce him with bait, then you can count on a trophy.
Features of catching zander in February
By the beginning of February, pike perches still lead an inactive lifestyle. But already by the middle of the month, their activity increases, they begin to enter places where fry accumulate, where they hunt. You can catch a predator during the whole daylight hours, but the best time is morning and evening.
Pike perch is a very capricious fish. Her bite can be influenced by many factors. The change of weather has a very negative effect on the desire of the toothy to feed. Therefore, in February, often a change in weather leads to a sharp cessation of biting.
Alegerea centrului de cercetare
A favorite place for pike perch is snags and places where rivers flow. It keeps near a clean, hard bottom, mostly rocky or sandy.
It does not stay in one place for a long time, constantly moving around the reservoir. Therefore, pike perch has to be looked for. Fishing on the Ob, Volga, and other large rivers may require an echo sounder to find concentrations of fish.
Another promising place for an ambush of a predator is a sharp entrance to the pit, a drop in depths. Pike perch is hard to tolerate water pollution, so you need to look for it in areas with clean water.
When there are flocks of fry under the ice, especially of an oblong shape, such as roach or sprat, there is no doubt that pike perch is somewhere nearby. At night, small and medium-sized individuals can come closer to the shore, however, representatives of the larger zander family prefer to always stay at a depth.
Catching pike perch in February on a lure
The zander lure has some features. A narrow long bait shape is preferred. Pike perch does not pay attention to wide baubles. Their size rarely exceeds 5-10 cm. Larger baits are rarely used at considerable depths when catching a trophy.
Tackle for winter lure fishing
Pike perch is a very strong fish with a strong mouth. Therefore, tackle for zander should be chosen more simply. To pierce the skin of a predator with a hook, you need enough strength, so the fishing rod is used strong and rigid. The length of the fishing rod should be up to half a meter.
For example, Shcherbakov’s fishing rod with a reel shifted to the very edge of the rod. Holding such a rod in your hand, you can hold the line with your index finger, which will allow you to better control the game and increase the sensitivity of the tackle to bites. The reel is selected according to the preferences of the angler, all types of it will do.
The multiplier coil will allow you to quickly bring the prey out. A nod is not necessary, but its presence will make the spinner play more tempting for the fish. This is especially felt when catching zander and perch in shallow water. True, the nod should be hard, not very long, 5-6 cm and made of a spring. The equipment is chosen strong, but not very rough, because a cautious zander can be afraid of a thick fishing line. The best range is from 0,25 to 0,35 mm.
Spinners for winter zander fishing
Various modifications of spinners may differ in their size and other characteristics. You can choose the best option already at the place of fishing.
The zander lure is made in a flat form from a brass alloy. It has an active game, which requires perfected movements of the angler. Movement occurs in curves, sometimes sideways.
- Vlasov spinner looks like a ski with a bend at the attachment point. It has an average length of 7 cm. It makes active oscillatory movements in the water. Does not stop its oscillatory movements even when touching the bottom. Catch in the period of deaf winter.
- Spinner Beam has a concave shape and sharp ribs. One end of the spinner is weighted with a sinker. Playing in the water resembles the sinuous movement of a fry
- Lures Nurse is a narrow brass bait with transverse bends. Length about 8 cm. Works great in deep waters with clear water. The game is active, the lure quickly falls to the bottom, making oscillatory movements from side to side.
Catching pike perch in February on a balancer
In winter, the balancer is one of the main baits for predators. They catch it with a balancer in a plumb line, lowering the bait to the bottom, and then lifting it above the bottom with a sweeping movement. Then the bait is allowed to sink to the bottom again. Thus, a feeding fish is imitated. At the same time, the balancer can raise some cloud of turbidity from the bottom, attracting the toothy one.
Tackle for catching zander on a balancer
Tackle is used similar to that used for lure. A hard whip is placed on the bait, sometimes without a nod, a reel and fishing line with a diameter of 0.2-0.3 mm. The coil can be either inertial or non-inertial.
Balancers for zander fishing
The balancers have an oblong shape, which is loved by pike perch. For catching zander and perch in February, you can use balancers 5-10 cm. The balancers are equipped with 2-3 hooks and have a good realistic game that tempts the fish.
Catching pike perch in February on silicone
Although it seems that jig fishing is possible only in summer, winter fishing for walleye is real and shows excellent results. Both classic jig heads and weights with offsets and drop-shots are used.
Tackle for catching zander on silicone in winter
They use sensitive rods that do not lose much in stiffness. Especially sensitivity is decisive when fishing on a drop-shot.
To catch a predator, a spinning rod with a length of 0.6 to 1.2 meters is suitable, which is supplied with an inertialess and a cord with a diameter of 0.1. Instead of a cord, you can use a monofilament up to 0.3 mm in diameter. You can fish for silicone using fishing rods for winter lure.
Silicone lures for zander fishing in February
Edible silicone is selected depending on the conditions and how the fish behaves, usually it is 5-10 cm.
The shape of the silicone is not important, classic twisters with vibrotails, as well as worms, slugs and others will do. For clear water, it is better to use light silicone, and for cloudy water, it is better to use brighter silicone.
Catching pike perch in February on sprat
This method of fishing is very successful for a predator, and therefore has established itself as the main type of winter fishing.
Tackle for catching pike perch
To catch pike perch on a sprat, you need to use a hard fishing rod about 60 centimeters long. For a fishing rod you will need a reel and a nod. You can choose either braided line 0.1 or line 0.2-0.3 mm.
Fishing for pike perch in sprat in February is carried out with a leash, a jig head or a large mormyshka. Mormyshka use large, about 10-20 mm.
For the production of a diversion leash, the following installation is used. A load weighing from 10 to 20 grams (the choice is influenced by fishing conditions, depth and speed of the current) is hung at the end of the fishing line. And then, at a distance of 20 or 30 cm, a leash is attached so that it is above the bottom. The end of the leash is equipped with a double or triple hook, its length should not exceed 20 centimeters.
Bait for catching pike perch
I buy a tulle for bait in the store fresh or frozen. The size of the fish is chosen small, a maximum length of 5 centimeters. The main requirement is that the sprat should not be too soft and fall apart when baited. Large specimens can be shortened from the side of the head. The bait should always have its head turned towards the predator, so it should be set accordingly.
Pescuit la spinning
For catching zander at the end of February, you can also use a standard spinning rod. To do this, you need to find places on the water free of ice and you can use jig equipment, wobblers, spinners and more.
Pescuit pentru momeală
It is necessary to use light tackle without a metal leash. There is no point in it when catching zander, since its teeth are not as sharp as those of a pike, and a steel leash will only scare away the fish. If a pike can get hooked, then it is better to use a capron or fluorocarbon leader. The main fishing line is taken in the range of 0,2-0,4 mm, the leash is slightly smaller in diameter. Zherlitami is equipped with a supply of fishing line up to 20 meters, depending on the conditions of fishing. For example, on a reservoir with great depths, the supply of fishing line should be larger.
When the zander grabs the live bait, it starts to take it to the side, thereby unwinding the fishing line. If it runs out on the reel and the fish feels a pull, they may drop the bait.
Speaking about the best hooks for rigging, you can use double hooks of number 7 or single hooks from 9 to 12. For zander, it is still better to use single hooks. If there is a tan on the vents, you should not rush to cut. As already mentioned, the pike perch grabs the prey and begins to swim sideways, with a quick hook, you can only pull the fish out of his teeth. But it’s not worth it to tighten it too much with hooking – a predator can lead it into snags or grass and confuse the tackle.
Small fish are used as bait. A special delicacy for pike perch is bleak. He loves thin elongated fish. As an alternative, you can use minnow, roach, ruff, goby. The size is chosen small. Live bait is planted by the upper fin or through the lower one, the hook is threaded into the mouth.