Fishing for sabrefish in the spring – the best strategies

Not all anglers, even experienced ones, know how to catch sabrefish in the spring. It is during this period that the greatest activity of this schooling fish falls, it responds to almost all the proposed baits. How to properly equip blanks and what to offer sabrefish for catchability will be studied further.

Search for a place

The sichel is a schooling fish; for parking and feeding, it chooses spacious sections of rivers, bays without vegetation with a hard sandy or clay bottom. Accordingly, it is necessary to look for it in these places, and at a decent distance from the coastline. Favorite places for sichel in spring, except for the spawning period, are:

• rolls;
• boulders, snags, fallen trees underwater;
• boundary between fast and shallow currents;
• places with flow and return.

During the spawning period, this is the middle of May, the sabrefish goes up the river against the current, here all known laws and preferences do not matter. She can go anywhere, but, as a rule, she does not deviate strongly from her usual course.

Features of fishing by months

The spring period is the most successful for catching sabrefish. After a winter holiday, immediately after the ice melts, the fish stray into schools and actively scour in search of food. This behavior lasts for quite a long time, the sabrefish becomes especially voracious during the spawning period. To get the maximum catch, consider the features of behavior and fishing by months.

March

The first month of spring for most of the rivers where the sabrefish lives is not much different from February. The water has not yet warmed up, the activity of the fish is very low, only single individuals left the wintering pits. During this period, ice fishing is still practiced, using small spinning blanks and traditional winter gear for this.

April

The middle of spring already allows the water to warm up, as soon as the temperature regime is +12 Celsius or more, sabrefish will gladly begin to leave their shelters. Here you can offer her a lot of things, and she will definitely respond.

In April, it is best to use a spinning blank with small baits to catch, the most successful are:

• micro-vibrators up to 5 g in weight;
• small turntables with lurex and feathers on the tee;
• flavored silicone up to 2 inches in size.

Small wobblers will also help to get sabrefish, their depth should be no more than one and a half meters.

In April, fly fishing works great, imitation of bugs, larvae, moths will attract the attention of hungry fish instantly.

May

The end of spring is characterized for many species of fish as a period of spawning, sabrefish is no exception. Depending on weather conditions, this representative of cyprinids goes to spawn in mid-May – early June. Duration about 10-14 days. The sabrefish will grab any bait precisely during the period of going to the spawning places, the fish is so aggressive that sometimes it bites on simple red threads on the hook.

It is better to catch it on a spinning tackle, float tackle, a bottom with a rubber shock absorber, a feeder.

Both artificial variants and animals are used as bait.

Tooling

You can catch sabrefish in many ways, and often it can provide decent resistance. In order to be sure of the catch and not lose the tackle, it is worth choosing all the components correctly, and then putting them together.

Rod

Depending on the type of fishing chosen, the blank can be of different sizes. The main criteria are:

• strength;
• convenience;
• ease.

Further characteristics will be divided depending on the method of use:

• for spinning, rods are chosen from 2,4 m long when fishing from the coastline and from 1,8 m for fishing from a boat. Test indicators largely depend on the baits used, as a rule, blanks with indicators from 1-3 g to 10-14 g are chosen for sabrefish. It is better to give preference to carbon options, but you should not immediately refuse the composite.
• For feeder equipment, a blank with a length of 3,6 m or more made of carbon or composite with a test value of 80 g or more is suitable.
• Fly fishing blanks are chosen from 4 m long, while fishing is carried out from a boat.
• A Bologna rod for collecting float gear is chosen of good quality, from the coastline they prefer options from 6 m, the boat will be shortened to 4 m.

Coil

The choice of this component seems to be simple at first glance, but there are still some subtleties here. Depending on the type of gear collected for catching sabrefish, you will need the following items:

• for spinning, a variant with a spool of 2000 size is suitable, the number of bearings is from 5, plus one in the line guide. Preference should be given to proven manufacturers with good traction characteristics.
• For a feeder, choose among 3500-4000 sizes, preferably with a baitrunner. This will be quite enough, but the number of bearings should be at least 3.
• The float and the fly fishing blank can also be equipped with an inertial option, the main thing is that the chosen product should well bleed the line if necessary and be strong.

For other types of fishing, a reel is not needed.

Fishing line

As a basis, it is better to use a monofilament fishing line, choose it like this:

• for float gear and fly fishing in the spring, they put 0,16-018 mm in diameter;
• for the feeder, the diameter should be from 0,25 mm;
• for a donkey with a shock absorber or an elastic band, 0,4-0,5 mm is suitable.

Leashes are knitted from thinner options, 0,12-0,14 mm is enough for a float and a feeder, 0,16 mm in diameter is suitable for an elastic band.

The remaining components are selected individually for a specific type of tackle. universal products, such as swivels, clasps, winding rings, take a minimum size, but they must withstand decent loads.

Lure

It is necessary to feed the sabrefish, especially if you are fishing with an elastic band or spinning equipment. This will help keep the flock in place and get the best results.

Depending on the chosen type of fishing, the bait should be prepared with the following subtleties:

• for gum and feeder, they often do it on their own, the obligatory ingredients are coconut flakes and the purchased Geyser, they will help the bait rise to the middle layers;
• when fishing on a float, the bait is thrown in small balls, it is most convenient to do this from a boat, the composition also includes coke shavings and breadcrumbs;
• at night, the sabrefish sinks to the bottom, for successful fishing during this period, clay is added to the mixture, which will deliver everything to the right place.

Groundbait for fishing on a float can also consist only of ground sunflower cake. in this case “Geyser” is not added.

Bait and tackle

It is unlikely that anyone will succeed in catching fish without the right bait. For sabrefish in the spring, almost all types of animal options are suitable, but it should be understood that they will have to be selected experimentally.

For fishing with an elastic band, a feeder and a leash of sabrefish in the spring, they are suitable:

• worm;
• maggot;
• bloodworm;
• brook

For successful fishing on spinning choose from:

• microvibrators up to 5 g in weight;
• small turntables;
• silicone wrap up to 2 inches long;
• floating wobblers of small size with a small depth.

Fly fishing involves the use of artificial lures, namely flies and beetles.

In the bait used, one of the components must be the bait used on the hook.

Fishing methods

For a successful outcome of fishing, it is not enough to collect tackle, choose the right bait and bait. You must be able to interest sabrefish, for this it is worth studying each of the methods in more detail.

On spinning

Tackle is assembled from the above components, an important of which will be the leash. Be sure to put it, it will help to keep the base when hooked.

Casts, as a rule, are carried out from the coastline, then the selected bait is carried out so that it is in the middle or upper layers of the water. They choose the usual uniform, in the absence of a bite, experiment, try a stepped version.

On a fishing rod

The float in the spring is one of the most successful methods of catching sabrefish, and it is not at all necessary to launch the boat into the water for this. Before casting the bait, it is worth feeding the place a little, you can use either a pre-prepared mixture or just sunflower cake.

Next, put on the selected bait on the hook and wait. Usually, the bite occurs almost immediately, but if the school is at a distance, then you have to wait until the fish comes up for lure.

On an elastic band

The tackle is very catchy, its use in the spring still has its own characteristics. In order for fishing with an elastic band to be successful, you need to know the following subtleties:

• red threads of small length can be used as bait;
• be sure to feed the places where the hooks are located;
• make the leashes so long that the bait is located in the middle layer of water or even a little higher.

Thanks to the shock absorber, after notching and removing the trophy, you do not need to recast all the tackle, it is enough to correct the bait and return everything to its place.

On the feeder

This method for sabrefish differs in the collection of gear from catching other types of fish. The so-called garland is considered a working option; it consists of a 2 m leash and several hooks tied to it. Before casting the tackle, the place is well fed, and then the tackle itself is cast.

It doesn’t matter which fishing method is chosen, the main thing is to do everything right, then success in fishing is definitely guaranteed.

Tips for Beginners

Catching sabrefish is not difficult, but, as with other fish, you need to learn some subtleties and get used to this, sometimes capricious, fish.

Here are some tips for those who are just starting their hunt for this carp representative:

• before casting the tackle, watch the chosen place, light splashes on the water are confirmation of the presence of sabrefish here;
• during the spawning period, the fish will take on everything, but if there are no responses to the proposed delicacies, then most likely it has already spawned;
• it is better to make bait yourself, there are a lot of recipes now;
• when choosing a wobbler for catching sabrefish for spinning, preference should be given to options that are as similar as possible to fry;
• on tees of turntables and oscillators, it is desirable that there be lurex or fur, such options look more attractive.

It is impossible to tell everything, for beginners, in order to obtain the necessary knowledge, they need to go fishing more often and, by trial and error, form their knowledge base for the successful outcome of their favorite business.