Fishing in the suburbs

On the territory of the Moscow region, there are a large number of reservoirs, namely more than 400 rivers and 350 lakes, most of which are of glacial origin. To manage the water flows of rivers and meet household needs, 13 reservoirs belonging to the Moskvoretskaya and Volga systems have been built for half a century; they, like other water bodies of the Moscow region, have become a promising and favorite place for fishermen.

On the territory of the Moscow Region, all water bodies with river supply are usually referred to as basins of the so-called “main four rivers” –

• Oka;
• Moscow-river;
• IV;
• The Volga.

Reservoirs formed after the construction of retaining dams of such rivers as –

• IV;
• Study;
• Ikshi;
• Ties;
• Yakhroma;
• Cockroaches.

The Ivankovskoye reservoir, one of the most significant, was formed as a result of the construction of the dam of the same name on the Volga River in the 30s of the last century. Discharged water from the Ivankovskoye reservoir enters the Ikshinskoye, Pestovskoye and Uchinskoye reservoirs through the canal.

The total area of ​​all reservoirs located on the territory of the Moscow region and the region is more than 30 thousand hectares.

The most significant in terms of reservoir area:

• Istra 3,36 ha;
• Mozhaiskoe 3,3 hectares;
• Ozerninskoye 2,3 ha;
• Ruzskoye 3,27 ha;
• Uchinskoye 2,1 ha;
• Klyazminskoye 1,58 ha.

As already mentioned at the beginning of our article, on the territory of the Moscow region and the region, there are more than 350 lakes, the water area of ​​u5buXNUMXbwhich in total exceeds an area of ​​uXNUMXbuXNUMXbXNUMX thousand hectares. The most significant and largest water areas of the lake are

• bearish;
• deep;
• Trostenskoe;
• Pearly;
• Senezh;
• Shatursky.

TOP-15 best free places for fishing on reservoirs, lakes and rivers of the Moscow region

Istra Reservoir

Istra – located in the north-west of the region and is recognized as one of the largest in terms of area and the oldest in terms of the date of commissioning of the reservoirs of the Moscow region. The average width of the Istra is no more than 1,5 km, and the maximum is just over 4 km at depths ranging from 5-6 m. The water area of ​​the reservoir is 33,6 km².

In Istra, the largest population of fish was received by pike, perch, bream, pike perch, tench, roach, silver bream, crucian carp and rudd. In the area of ​​Timofeevo and Lopotovo, anglers prefer catching large roach from the shore, but in the area of ​​the mouth of such rivers as the Istra, Nudol, Katysh and Chernushka, they catch large bleak.

Bays with abundant vegetation near Polzhayka and Loginovo became a promising location for tench lovers. Large pike, as well as tench, are caught throughout the fishing season in the Yeremensky, Isakovsky and Kutuzovsky bays, as well as in areas adjacent to the mouths of the rivers – Nudol and Chernushka.

In addition to pike, in Istrinsky, trophy pike perch is very often in the by-catch of spinners; to catch it, it is worth giving preference to a section of the reservoir near the village of Pyatnitsa. Perch, and quite large, are caught throughout the reservoir, even for novice anglers, finding and catching it is not difficult.

GPS coordinates: 56.07812703520309, 36.80122298823893

Khimki Reservoir

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The city of Khimki near Moscow and the border of the districts – Northern and Southern Tushino, Khovrino, Kurkino, Voikovsky became a place among which the blue waters of a picturesque reservoir stretched over 9 km long and with a water area of ​​​​3,5 km². The depth of the reservoir is 7-18 m, which allows navigation, as evidenced by the presence of the river Northern port and the station.

In addition to industrial buildings on the banks of Khimki, there are the Khimki forest park, the Severnoye Tushino park, and the Levoberezhny park. This location of the reservoir allows, practically in the bustle of the city, to devote time to your favorite hobby and fish without leaving the city.

This location will be a salvation for busy people, it’s clear that you shouldn’t count on a rich catch here, problems with the environmental situation have done their “work”, reducing the fish population at times, but you can still count on catching perch, medium-sized pike, and bream. The most promising and suitable places for recreation with a fishing rod in hand are Butakovsky Bay, a bay in the area of ​​​​Northern Tushino.

GPS coordinates: 55.85225090586199, 37.461261525785865

Klyazma reservoir

The Klyazma reservoir is geographically located in the Moscow region, among the Mytishchensky, Dolgoprudny and Khimki districts, the commissioning of the reservoir after construction took place in 1937. The reservoir is more than 16 km long, more than 1 km wide, and the depth varies between 5-18 m, the total area of ​​​​the reservoir is 16,2 km².

Despite the fact that the reservoir can be reached along one of the two highways: Ostashkovsky and Dmitrovsky, most of the approaches to the coastline from the south side are blocked. Therefore, when choosing a place for fishing, you should give preference to locations located on the northern shore of the reservoir. The most simplified transfer option to the fishing spot is possible when using river transport flights.

As an object of fishing, roach, perch, pike, ruff, rotan, silver bream, bream are most popular; medium-sized catfish come across to the most stubborn anglers.

The most promising places, with the most convenient approaches to the reservoir, are located near the railway stations “Vodniki” and “Khlebnikovo”, as well as in Novoaleksandrovsky, Sorokinsky bays.

GPS coordinates: 55.989536865334244, 37.558699725826855

Pirogovskoe Reservoir

Stretching from the Pirogovskoye dam to Chitverevo for a length of 10 km and a width of more than 1 km, the Pirogovskoye reservoir became part of the Klyazma reservoir, like the neighboring reservoir, Pirogovskoye, with depths of 5 m to 13 m, allows navigation.

You can get to the reservoir in different ways, ranging from personal transport, driving along the Altufevskoe highway, as well as using river, rail and public route transport.

Promising places for catching roach, bream, crucian carp, silver bream and bleak are located nearby – Sorokino, Terpigorievo, Ostashkov. The predator is caught in the Chivirevo area and the village of Povedniki.

GPS coordinates: 55.98122849950662, 37.65251724773335

Yauz reservoir

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Having overcome the path of a little more than 220 km from the Moscow Ring Road to the Gagarinsky district of the Smolensk region, you can get to the Yauzskoye reservoir. Its length is 25 km, and its width is slightly more than 4 km, the depth of the reservoir varies between 5-20 m, and the total area of ​​u51buXNUMXbthe water area is XNUMX km².

The reservoir has six branches, the longest of which stretches for 15 km from the village of Kotikovo to Staroe Ustinovo. Three more branches are located in the southeastern part of the reservoir, in the area between the points of Arzhaniki and Petushki. The fifth branch, the most inaccessible, stretches north of the reservoir.

For successful fishing in a pond, it is preferable to use a boat to search for a promising place and fish parking.

Due to the large population of zander, there are trophies of huge size and weight, its fishing is mainly carried out in the summer-autumn period. The most promising place for catching pike perch is located near the village of Pudyshi, it is there that the pits with snags are located, in which the trophy fish stands.

Pike and large perch, weighing more than 300 g, are caught in the area adjacent to the village of Bolshie Nosovye and the mouth of the Titovka River.

At the end of summer, in the area of ​​​​the mouth of the Trupyanka and Savinka rivers, having huddled into huge “boilers”, asp, become a more desirable trophy for fishermen who arrived at the reservoir. Fishermen with feeder tackle will not be left out, with the help of which they catch roach, rudd and trophy bream at a location near the Kurdyuki tract.

For those wishing to spend a few days on the shore of the reservoir in comfortable conditions, several recreation and tourism bases have been built, the most popular of which are the fishing base “Yauza”, “Rybatsky Khutorok”.

GPS coordinates: 55.88853688163215, 35.02351307903908

black lake

The reservoir got its name because of the visually apparent black tint of water, this effect was due to the increased content of peat in the soil at its bottom. The reservoir is located in the north-east of the region, at a distance of 500 m from the intersection of the Moscow Small Ring and the Fryanovsk highway, as well as at a distance of just over 35 km from the Moscow Ring Road.

Settlements closest to the reservoir: Klyukvenny, Vorya-Bogorodskoye, Slava. At a small distance from the reservoir, among the vegetation of a picturesque mixed forest, the Ozerny sanatorium operates.

Some parts of the reservoir have a sandy bottom, but most of it is silted with peat residues and has a depth of no more than 5 m, with an area of ​​0,12 km², the water in it is very clean despite the apparent black tint from the distance.

On the shore there is a small cafe where you can have a bite to eat, as well as parking for vehicles.

In addition to pike and perch, the objects of fishing on the lake are: carp, bream and crucian carp.

GPS coordinates: 56.04086442460817, 38.20478666774151

Bead Lake

The convenient location of the reservoir near the railway station “Kupavna” and the close proximity of the Biserovskoye highway made it popular among fishermen in the Noginsk district and the Moscow region. Lake water area 0,4 km², and the maximum depth is 3,9 m.

The reservoir has a sandy bottom, which allows the water to remain clean and transparent, the banks are gentle. A pine forest is located on the western, northern and southern sides, and the eastern coast separates the Biserovskoe highway from the Vishnyakovskiye dachas.

Small pike are caught in the lake, but grass carp and silver carp living in the reservoir are famous for their size. Also, perch, carp, crucian carp, silver bream and roach received no less population, in most cases they prefer to stay on the eastern and southern coasts. The northern and western parts of the coastline are heavily overgrown, making access to water difficult, so it is best to use a boat to fish in these areas.

GPS coordinates: 55.768702850490804, 38.1174383808607

Bear lakes

The network of three reservoirs connected by canals located in the Shchelkovsky district of the region, in close proximity to the Losiny Ostrov park, can be reached by public transport or by car along the Shchelkovsky highway. On the largest reservoir, the Big Bear, fishing is paid, and on the other two, you don’t have to worry about paying, fishing is free of charge.

Small Bear, although smaller in area from the Big Bear, but the depth on it, on the contrary, is greater than that of the neighboring reservoir and reaches a mark of 10 meters. The abundant vegetation of the coastline and the adjoining coniferous forest create conditions in which watercraft are indispensable.

Fishing, due to the popularity of the reservoir, is better to plan on a weekday. Eel, carp, grass carp, pike, perch, crucian carp, roach are caught in the lake.

GPS coordinates: 55.86513230518559, 37.99761379484912

holy lake

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Turning from the Moscow Ring Road to Kosinskoye Highway, you can get to the lake with an area of ​​0,08 km ², a reservoir, is connected by channels to two more – Black and White lakes.

The depth of the reservoir is 3-9 m, the water is muddy due to nearby peat bogs, the coastline is flat and uniform, the reservoir is surrounded on all sides by forest, which makes it difficult to approach.

In the reservoir they catch pike, crucian carp, perch, ide, bream and silver bream. In the by-catch you can meet: carp, carp, grass carp and silver carp. Due to the peculiarities of the coastline and the narrow approach to the water, it is better to take a boat with you, it will make it easier to find active fish.

GPS coordinates: 55.71537498715267, 37.86905055177496

Lake Senezh

A couple of kilometers from the center of Solnechnogorsk, at a distance of 50 km from the Moscow Ring Road, there is a picturesque Senezh Lake, it covers an area of ​​8,5 km², the length is 5 km, and the depth of the reservoir is not more than 4 m. In its past, the reservoir had a much smaller water area, but after the construction of the dam and the construction of the canal between the Moscow River and the Volga, the area occupied by the reservoir increased 13 times.

Timonovskoe highway runs along the dam separating Stary Senezh and Senezhskoye Lake. There are two bays near the reservoir: the first is located in the eastern part, and the second in the southeast. Rivers flow into both bays: Mazikha and Sestra, it was they who gave the names to the bays into which they flow.

At the eastern and western parts of the reservoir, the coast is steep, and at the southern section, it is gentle with swampy approaches.

Getting to Senezhsky is not difficult, there is the possibility of a transfer, both by route transport, on your own by car, and by train by train.

On Senezhsky there is a large population of tench, bream and roach, from predatory fish they catch perch and pike, less often small pike perch. To catch bream, you should choose a section of the reservoir near the Timonovskaya dam or the Nikolsky isthmus.

For tench fishing, they prefer sites on the Old Senezh, the only inconvenience at this location will be lush coastal vegetation, so the fisherman cannot do without a boat.

GPS coordinates: 56.20893834750613, 37.01076245218502

Molokcha River

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Having originated in the vicinity of the village of Buzhaninova, Molokcha carries its waters through two regions of Russia for 77 km, in order to subsequently connect its waters with the Sera River and form a full-flowing Sherna.

Part of the Molokcha basin falls on the Moscow region, namely the Sergiev Posad district. The second half flows through the territory of the Vladimir region and its Aleksandrovsky district.

It is customary to catch a predator on Molokcha with the arrival of autumn coolness, and in the warm season, carp, bream, crucian carp, burbot, bleak and roach are caught here.

The coastline of Molokcha is heavily overgrown with vegetation, the approaches are heavily swamped and difficult. The depth of the river is small and does not exceed a mark of more than 2 m.

GPS coordinates: 56.26460333069221, 38.73010597156356

Pakhra River

“Flowing from the lake” is just such a translation from Ugrian-Finnish, at the name of the Pakhra River, which is the middle river of Moscow and the region, as well as the right tributary of the Moscow River. The length is 135 km, and the basin area is 2,58 thousand km², depths are not more than 6,5 m, and the widest place on Pakhra is 40 m in the lower reaches, 25 m in the middle.

The main source of filling Pakhra was melt water in the spring, and in summer rainwater and underground sources. The most promising places for fishing are located in the middle and lower parts of Pakhra. Its upper reaches are characterized by a fast current, shallow depths and a large number of snags and fallen trees, which makes fishing conditions uncomfortable.

In areas close to the Podolsk Platinum and the village of Boleutovo, they catch chub, bream, and ide. In the area of ​​​​the village of Zabolotye and the village of Zelenaya Sloboda, they are fishing for carp, crucian carp, silver carp, asp and pike.

GPS coordinates: 55.51854090360666, 37.99511096251811

Moscow River

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In Central Russia, Moscow and the region, as well as the Smolensk region, the Moscow River is the middle river and the left tributary of the Oka. With a total basin area of ​​17,6 thousand km², having originated in the slopes of the Smolensk-Moscow Upland, having overcome the path of 473 km to the place where it flows into the Oka, it became the main artery of the city of Moscow.

Due to the poor quality of the water, which has become such as a result of the increased volume of sewage discharged into it, the fish population in the river has significantly decreased and continues to decline. Despite this situation with the environment, there are still places where you can go fishing and have fun, these are areas in the upper reaches near Zvenigorod, the village of Ubory, Ilyinsky, Petrovo-dalny.

Glukhivskaya oxbow lake has become another promising place; carp and tench are caught on its site, and in the Glukhovsky backwater, less than 2 km long with a sandy bottom and coastal vegetation, they catch pike perch, perch, and pike.

GPS coordinates: 55.70950237764549, 37.04243099579168

Klyazma

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Flowing through the territory of 4 regions, from the Nizhny Novgorod to the Moscow region and being a tributary of the Oka, the average width of the river rarely exceeds 11 m.

As in the Moskva River, the ecological situation in the Klyazma wants to be the best, so you should take this into account and give preference to fishing locations in the lower reaches. The best locations for catching bream, zander, perch and pike are located near Orekhovo-Zuyevo.

The Petushkov area, namely the Klyazma bays, are good for catching ide, crucian carp in summer, and perch and pike in winter. The areas near Pokrov and Korolev are famous for their deep sections of the river, which are inhabited by trophy zander, pike and perch

GPS coordinates: 56.04398987671941, 40.17509304023089

Lopasnya

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Being the left tributary of the Oka, flowing through the territory of three districts with a length of 108 km, the Lopasnya flows into the Oka between Kashira and Serpukhov. The widest part of the river is 50 m, and the depth is 4 m, which allows you to fish on it without using a boat when catching a predator.

The most popular fish species in Lopasna are pike, chub, perch, bleak, bream, crucian carp, and dace. The most suitable sections of the river for catching the listed species of fish are located in the areas near the dam in the villages of Popovo, Semenovskoye, Kubasovo, and fly fishing lovers will be interested in sections of the river with stone rifts near the village of Barantsevo and the village of Rovki.

GPS coordinates: 54.9591321483744, 37.79953083700108

In conclusion of the article, I would like to note that the territory of the Moscow region is replete with lakes, reservoirs and ponds, where you can spend your holidays with a fishing rod in your hands. Although today the ecological state of reservoirs is at a low level, there are still places where the population of fish has been preserved, bringing positive emotions from its capture, you just need to familiarize yourself with our map, choose a location and hit the road.

Terms of the spawning ban on fishing in the Moscow region in 2022

Areas prohibited for extraction (catching) of aquatic biological resources:

on the Volga River at a distance of less than 1 km from the dam in the city of Dubna downstream (with the exception of the bay in the oxbow lake on the right side of the hydroelectric complex);

in the Pestovskoe reservoir:

from the mouth of the Kokotka River to the line passing through the bay from the pier of the “Rocket” type ships (on the right bank) to the military hunting base “Barskiye Prudy” (on the left bank);

the water area of ​​the Berezovye Islands at a distance of less than 500 m from the water’s edge;

at a distance of less than 100 m from the water’s edge and less than 500 m on both sides of the administrative boundaries of the village of Drachevo;

on the Klyazma reservoir:

in the Krasnaya Gorka Bay;

in the Lutosnya River and its tributaries within the administrative boundaries of the Solnechnogorsk and Dmitrovsky districts;

in the Istra reservoir:

the water area of ​​the Kostyaevsky Islands at a distance of less than 100 m from the water’s edge;

the right-bank water area of ​​the Istra River from the mouth of the Chernaya River with a belt width of 50 m for 1,1 km towards Pyatnitsky reach.

Forbidden terms (periods) of extraction (catch) of aquatic biological resources:

from March 22 to June 1 – in the cooling ponds of Shaturskaya and Elektrogorskaya GRES;

on other water bodies of fishery importance:

from April 1 to June 10 – with all fishing (catch) tools, with the exception of one float or bottom fishing rod from the shore with a total number of hooks of no more than 2 pieces per citizen outside the spawning areas specified in Appendix No. 6 to the Fishing Rules “List of spawning areas located on water bodies of fishery significance of the Volga-Caspian fishery basin”;

from October 1 to April 30 – at the wintering pits specified in Appendix No. 5 to the Fishing Rules “List of wintering pits located on water bodies of fishery significance of the Volga-Caspian fishery basin”;

from December 15 to January 15 – burbot.

Prohibited for production (catch) types of aquatic biological resources:

sterlet, brown trout (trout) (freshwater residential form), freshwater catfish, grayling, podust, white-eye, blue bream, sabrefish, bersh, lampreys, crayfish.

Source: https://gogov.ru/fishing/mo#data