Roach is a very beautiful and very common fish. Her body is silver with red fins. When the cold comes, this fish goes to the depths. In the rivers, the roach tries to stay closer to the channel. You can also easily find it near the whirlpools, pits and cliffs.
Fishing in the winter usually starts in a couple or three days, and sometimes a week after the first ice, because at that time the fish starts to nibble well. Fishing goes throughout the winter. However, this fish is extremely sensitive to sudden changes in air temperature and atmospheric pressure. At this time, she falls into a depressed state, the more often the weather changes are observed, the longer she will be in this state.
The success of fishing depends on several factors. Fishing for roach on the first ice is successful because the fish actively swims and feeds, but the greater the thickness of the ice, the more capricious it becomes. During thaws, nibble improves markedly. Also, roach pecks well at a steady temperature, especially on cloudy, windless days when atmospheric pressure is stable or gradually drops.
You should pay attention to the fact that roach is a school of fish that walks in shoals. And if you quickly managed to catch several fish, then the place was chosen correctly, you can catch quite a lot. In this regard, roach fishing in winter is not much different from other seasons.
Somewhere around mid-February, roach begins to show strong activity, especially during snowfalls in almost calm weather. In winter, roach fishing is very successful at the confluence of small rivers and streams, as well as in shallow water in the coastal zone. Sometimes this fish is perfectly caught even at the very shore at a shallow depth. A rather good result is obtained by fishing in places and reservoirs where there is a discharge of water, as well as near the coast, where an air layer is formed.
Roach is a fish that is very voracious and constantly actively searches for food. The main part of her diet is made up of fry and crustaceans, however, she also does not disdain plant foods, especially during the nourishing period.
This contributes to the fact that roach can be fed. Catching roaches in the winter implies that for feeding, before starting fishing, it is necessary to cajole the hole with pieces of dough or bread crumb.
Various lures and flavors should be used carefully, as roach is a very careful fish, this can scare it off. It is good to catch roach on bloodworms, worms, larvae and various insects.
From ice, roach can be caught with a nod, mormyshka or a fishing rod. Especially successful fishing for mormyshka. A fishing rod is less likely to bring a good catch, because it is well caught in well-known water bodies and well-fed places. In contrast, mormyshka makes it easy to catch all the space and layers of water, and its game provokes fish to bite.
It should be noted that fishing roaches on a rewinder is not always successful, because this fish does not really respect unwound mormyshki. A lover of fishing on this tackle, in order to succeed, must skillfully imitate all movements so that the roach takes the rewinder for some larva or insect and grabs it.