Overview of the start of salmon season on the river Strelna.

Our NEW Chavanga web page and NEW Blog

                                    https://www.chavanga.com/   

                         https://www.chavanga.com/blog

Vasil Bykau

Strelna River is attractive with plenty of salmon, which are collected in the spring on the lower portion of the river. In the future, the salmon is distributed along the river and its fishing requires great effort. But always remain areas where you can expect a good catch. The first is the mouth of the river and parking salmon among waterfalls and stretches with rapids located upstream.
In this season early spring has led to a rapid and significant decrease in the water level in the river. Salmon quickly overcame the main waterfall near the camp and scattered along the river.
High temperatures and low water levels have led to a decrease in the activity of the fish on site near the mouth of the river. Fresh fish rising out of the sea, but not too eager to respond to the flies. More effective was salmon fishing in areas 2-6 km upstream. Here, in late May    the fresh sea salmon and autumn fish regulary come across.
It is pleasant to note the very good condition of fish we caught.  Everage weight was 4,5 kg, max to  7 and 8 kg.
By mid-July the water warmed up to 24 degrees. The last torrential rain caused the water level rise and an increase in its temperature. We could expect an increase in salmon run from the sea to the river. But the big difference in water temperature between the sea and the river ( 10  to 24) stopped the movement of salmon. Interestingly, the salmon stopped responding to fly in areas with waterfalls and deep stretches. At the same time it was possible to note the decrease in the number of sea trout in the river  - in  the mouth and  waterfalls. Usually in June and July, you can catch here a great number of trout. Obviously, with such a significant increase in water temperature   the sea trout was gone away. May be.  But the salmon and trout have kept activity in the parts of the river with good current, located 2 km upstream  of our camp. Here, we caught some salmons weighing up to 8 kg, which were able to get good  parking and had to adapt to the warm water of the river. Still, it was difficult to clearly point out the most effective fly. Salmon have been caught on a completely different bait. So, as always, we first of all pay attention to the correct position of the fishermen and the correct presentation of the fly.

http://chavanga.com/
https://www.facebook.com/chavanga/

Salmon fishing in Russia. Some results of the beginning of 2016 season.

Our NEW Chavanga web page and NEW Blog

                                    https://www.chavanga.com/   

                         https://www.chavanga.com/blog

Vasil Bykau

The second and third weeks of June were characterized by a further lowering of the water level in the river and rising water temperatures. This is the usual dynamics of the state of water in June. Salmon, who appeared in a river in autumn, adapted to warm water and bought dark gray, slightly yellowish color. The activity of this fish was not great in the warm water. The largest specimens appear the least activity. Therefore, the main object of fishing at this time was the salmon, which appeared in the river in May and June. These fish are more adapted to the summer water and retain a good reaction to the artificial flies. Sometimes there was a paradoxical reaction of salmon on the high temperature of the water. By the third week in river water temperature reached 22 degrees. Typically, this temperature is accompanied by low activity of salmon. But it is precisely these days were the most productive. It could be noted the increased activity of salmon, which rose out of the sea to the river and good reacted to the bait. Although we must admit that the end of June the average weight of the caught fish steadily declined. The largest specimens were caught by us in the first and second week of June. The third week was characterized by the appearance in the river small male - grils, weighing about 2-2.5 kg. Their appearance usually means the end of the spring salmon run. This year the spring run was finished 2 weeks earlier than usual.
In general, there are 3 main factors that influenced the activity of the fish and the impact of salmon fishing in the first part of the season.

1. The unusually early spring, the season has shifted by about 2 weeks in advance
2. High temperature water at a relatively high level of water
3. Low activity of autumn run  fish
4. Not a bad activity of spring run  and summer salmons
5. The relatively high average weight of fish we caught
6. Quickly change the behavior of salmon, its position in the river and the reaction to the fly.


From the curious events of this period, I would like to mention the new case detection of food items in the stomach of caught salmon. The salmon was caught in early June, 10 km from the mouth of the river. It was silver color salmon  weighing about 3 kg. Apparently, the fish got into the river from the sea about one or two weeks ago. We could not let her live. With the opening of the stomach we found it about 20 caddis pupae. This finding suggests a selective and sufficiently prolonged salmon feeding on  insects. This demonstrates once again that sometimes salmon interested in natural food items. Therefore, we should not ignore the non-traditional methods of  salmon fishing, which are often very effective.

https://www.facebook.com/chavanga/

atlantic salmon, fang von lachs in Russland, Kola Peninsula salmon tours, penisola di Kola, salmon fishing in Russia,