Despite its miniature size, the fish, called dace, is a huge success with fishermen. Fishermen catch it both out of a sense of excitement, and for use in food or for attachments as live bait. Yelets is a fish common in many regions of Russia. It has many subspecies, but they do not significantly differ either in appearance or in habitat.
This fish is small in size, reaching an average length of 20 cm and a weight of about 200-300 grams. In some regions, dace grows up to 30 cm and weighs 400 g. Its head is short, triangular, ending with a mouth directed downward. The body seems to be compressed laterally. The fins are quite large compared to the body, especially the tail. Yelets - fish is very maneuverable and due to this increases interest in sport fishing. The back of the fish is greenish-gray, along its surface there is a dark gray longitudinal strip that distinguishes this creature from its relatives. Along the strip are orange scales, which are interspersed with silver highlights. As you can see, dace is a pretty fish.
This fish has long been considered a catalyst that determines the purity of water. Elets prefers rivulets with an accelerated course, but it is found in lakes and other bodies of water, where the water is clean, saturated with oxygen and food. The latter are bloodworms, river plankton, larvae, insects, worms and other near-bottom small inhabitants, as well as the roe of other fish. To be a predator, that is, to eat other fish, the dace is not allowed in its size. With the warming and departure of small insects, the dace feeds on them, rising to the upper layers of water. This pond fish loves shallow, but with a clay or rocky bottom.
Spawning of dace occurs in different areas at different times, with water warming up to six degrees above zero. In most regions, this is approximately April-June. During this period, the dace migrates to smaller streams, where the water clears and warms up faster. The spruce roe is large (about 2 mm), fertility - 4-15 thousand eggs. Spawning places are stones, various underwater ledges of the coast and flooded areas of vegetation. Yelets - the fish is quite strong, fast flow is not considered an obstacle for it, this is facilitated by the laterally compressed body shape. Such rivers as Pechora, Kosva, Sylva, Harut, Usa and others, as well as lakes (for example, Chusovskoye) are ideal for this aquatic inhabitant. Thus, dace is a fish that lives next to salmon (grayling, brook trout, whitefish, etc.).
As already mentioned, dace is a fish, which is a very popular fishing object. There are various ways of catching it: to post with a fishing
rod, fly fishing gear, fine bottom equipment, etc. It is easy to determine where to fish, because it is not shy and the water in its habitat is clean. The dace is fed throughout the year, even during spawning. The best time for fishing is considered morning, as well as the period after dinner. During freezing, dace is caught on sunny days. The variety of food of this fish allows you to successfully use both vegetable and animal bait as a nozzle. The elk and maggot have the greatest success with dace. Well, he takes a worm (preferably a piece), dough and bread. The fly is caught by fly fishing on a dry fly, with significant experience on a simulated insect in flight, which the fish grabs in a jump out of the water.