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With the onset of winter, many avid fishermen put spinning rods aside and take up winter fishing rods. Neither hard frost nor snow drifts can stop them. With the appearance of ice on the reservoirs, a completely different fishing begins, but no less interesting than summer fishing. After all, you can catch almost any fish from the ice, including pike perch. But the specificity of fishing involves the use of completely different baits.
The shape and color of the spinner for pike perch
Pike perch prefers long, narrow-bodied and fast-moving lures. This means that any other forms are not suitable for catching this predator. This is due primarily to the physiological structure of the jaw of this fish. Compared to pike, whose mouth allows you to swallow wide baits, pike perch is more focused on small fish and pike bait is not suitable for it.
In winter, baubles will be the most suitable, with a length of 5 to 10 cm and a weight of 8 to 18 g. Moreover, the game at different intervals of the winter season should be different. On the first and last ice, this should be a frisky game, and in the dead of winter, when the zander is less active, there should be the same sluggish and bait game.
Each spinner is characterized by the presence of its game. Before use, it is desirable to know how the spinner plays under various conditions. This must be done either in a reservoir with clear water, where clear water will allow you to monitor the game of the bait, or at home in the bathroom, which is very problematic. This additional information about the lure will help make fishing more productive.
Spinners for vertical spinning have a number of advantages over balancers. Unfortunately, most anglers do not use these advantages in practice.
The color of the spinner also plays an important role in the process of winter fishing, although the silver shade is considered the main one. This is due to the fact that pike perch prefers bleak to another fish, and it just has a silver color. Therefore, silver baubles are more effective in catching zander. Lures with a golden tint work, but much less often than baits with a silvery color. In this case, it all depends on the nature of the reservoir, as well as the fish, which is the main source of food for pike perch in this reservoir.
Pike perch take the bait more actively if it has red plumage on the tee or a cambric of the same shade is installed. Therefore, on all spinners, you should install the main accessory, consisting of red plumage. It is believed that it is the red color, especially at great depths, that is most noticeable for zander. Despite this, many experts argue that at great depths the color of the bait does not play a significant role. In the first place here comes the credibility of the spinner and its resemblance to a real fish.
Not bad pike perch takes baits that have a copper color, as well as spinners, which are made of two plates of different shades, such as copper and silver.
Technique for zander fishing on a lure in winter
It makes sense to note two main types of vertical spinner postings:
- The first method. First you need to know how deep the reservoir is at the fishing spot. When the lure reaches the bottom, the latter rises up by 40 cm. This will be the main depth of fishing. After that, the bait quickly rises up to 30 centimeters, without sudden movements, after which the bait drops sharply to the bottom by 10-20 cm. Then a pause is made, after which the game cycle continues.
- The second method. It is characterized by a sharp movement of the bait up and the same quick return to its original position. After each cycle of movement up and down, a pause is made. The interval is chosen experimentally.
The fact is that pike perch attacks the bait at the moments of pauses. The pause interval can be within 1-3 seconds plus the time of movement of the spinner during the period of lifting and lowering.
In the midst of winter, when pike perch loses its activity significantly, the technique for using spinners is somewhat different. Up and down movements are carried out in shorter periods of time, and the height of each lift is limited to 5 cm.
Examples of catchy zander lures
In the photo you can see a number of the most effective spinners for pike perch. The basis of each effective spinner is its game. The game of the bait must be believable, which is very fond of zander.
Spinner “Sudachya”
This lure can be used to catch both walleye and trout. Since the bait is quite heavy, it is more convenient to use it for fishing at great depths or in the current. This bait can be found in various colors, such as:
- silver;
- gold;
- copper.
The material for its manufacture can be brass or cupronickel. According to old and experienced fishermen, pike perch bites perfectly on baubles made of pure silver or pure copper. Naturally, no one will make a baubles from pure gold. Despite this, there is information that once archaeologists, during excavations, discovered an object similar to a lure made of pure gold. In addition to pike perch, this lure also attracts other predators such as pike and perch.
Spinner “Boat”
This spinner is characterized by the presence of an interesting two-stroke game. It is equally effective both at great depths and in shallow water. The game of the spinner lies in its ability to plan. The bait can be supplied with either a single, double or tee on a chain.
Spinner “Vlasovskaya”
This spinner, along with others, also has an interesting game that can interest zander. It can be equipped with various types of hooks, both by soldering and using a chain. It has some similarities with the spinner “nurse”, but the game of each of them differs in individuality.
Spinner “Ray”
The center of gravity of this spinner is located below, near the tee itself, so its play is different from that of other lures. During the fall down, due to the peculiar design, the spinner changes the trajectory of movement. She goes to the side, falling on her side, which very plausibly resembles the movement of a fish. It is effective both when catching zander and when catching other predators. Hook fastening can also be varied.
Spinner “Nurse”
An excellent spinner that lives up to its name. Thanks to its wavy shape, this lure is great for attracting pike perch in winter. In the process of falling, the spinner assumes a horizontal position, after which it begins to go to the side. Such a game cannot but interest an underwater predator, such as pike perch.
Spinner “Uchinskaya”
This is a heavy lure with a specific purpose to catch a predator in strong currents and at great depths. Pike perch never remains indifferent to the game of such bait. The body of this spinner is made of two plates of different metal: gold-silver. Plus, red plumage or red cambric is attached to the tee, which works flawlessly on a predator such as pike perch.
Video “Catchable lure for zander”
Catchable lure for zander. How it works. Yuri Philosopher. 2015