The Southern Urals is famous for its unique landscapes - these are forests, and mountains, and rivers, and lakes. Only in the Chelyabinsk region alone there are more than three thousand lakes, the total area of which exceeds 2000 km 2 . Moreover, the mirror area of their majority does not exceed 0.5 km 2 . The Ural lakes are traditionally considered the most favorite place for recreation and fishing for both local residents and tourists.
One of the places that the Chelyabinsk region is famous for is Lake Aydykul (on some maps it is also designated as Alakul). Located in the Kunashak district of the Chelyabinsk region, approximately 100 km north of Chelyabinsk and 150 km south of Kamensk-Uralsky, it stretched 8.3 km from north to south and 4.5 km from west to east. Merged with the Aktyubinskoe and Mamynkul lakes, the area of the Adykul mirror is more than 25 km
2 . The average depth is about 3-4 meters (maximum - 5 meters). The water in Aydıkul is bitter-salty, alkaline. The bottom is mostly sandy, with a slight admixture of silt. In some places there are places with a completely muddy or rocky bottom. The water in Aydykul is quite muddy (in winter visibility is usually 1.5-2 meters, in summer - no more than half a meter). The coast of the lake is swampy with thickets of reeds.
Located on one of the branches of the ancient Scythian path connecting Asia with Europe, the Aydykul lake was supposedly got its name from two Scythian words: “hell” - stop and “kul” - wet pasture, wet meadow, pond, lake pond. Ailin Bashkirs who settled here in the 18th century began to call it Ailinskoye, or Lunnoye, lake (from the word "Ay" - Moon).
Like other Chelyabinsk lakes, Aydıkul is famous for its fishing. The main fish is carp and crucian carp (the so-called gold and silver are found). Crucian carp are small here - on average, they weigh about 300 g, carps are up to 2 kg. About one ton of crucian carp is caught in just one summer season. Also in Aydıkul there are whitefish, ripus, peled, pike.
To get to Aydykul Lake, you need to get to the turn on n. Kunashak (about 140 km from Yekaterinburg or 60 km from Chelyabinsk), turn north and move towards Lake Uelgi. At the crossroads in front of n. Takhtalym is necessary to go east towards n. n. Halitovo. Having passed this settlement, after about 6-7 km of traffic along, if you can call it, a country road, there is Lake Aydıkul. It is best to move along a forest path that runs along the main path.
To stop there is a recreation center on the west side. The lake is leased, and therefore, in order to fish, you will have to purchase a ticket, preferably without a catch limit. Entrance to the parking lot is also charged.
On weekends, many fishing enthusiasts gather on the shore of Aydıkul. Almost any flat piece of land turns into a tent camp or parking lot. There is enough space on the water for everyone. Fishing is carried out mainly from boats at a distance of up to 100 m from the coast. At the same time, some like to catch in the reeds, while others - in clean water.
Going to Aydıkul Lake, it is better to take firewood with you, since it is quite problematic to find them on the spot.