This southern cozy city is located on the coast of the Sea of ​​Azov. It is located on the shores of the bay of the same name. A favorable climate, an abundance of delicious vegetables and fruits, a safe vacation by the sea and numerous entertainments for every taste attract here residents not only of many Russian cities, but also abroad. However, there is one more important circumstance due to which people from neighboring regions come to the Taganrog region. We are talking about fishing, which in numerous local reservoirs, judging by the reviews, is simply excellent.
Taganrog is located in the southeast of the Miouinsky Peninsula, protruding into the bay in the Sea of ​​Azov. The old part of this ancient city, founded by Peter the Great at the end of the seventeenth century, is located on Cape Taganiy Rog, from which the name of the settlement went. It is surrounded on all sides by water. Apparently therefore, fishing in Taganrog is so common. Moreover, there are a lot of places for fishing.
Is it worth fishing in the bay
Taganrog is a coastal city, so lovers of "quiet hunting" have to choose between sea or fishing in freshwater bodies of water or rivers. In recent years, the ecology of the bay is poor.
In the hot summer months, seawater here literally a kilometer from the land overgrows vegetation. Therefore, fishing in the Taganrog Bay for fishing rod is almost impossible. In the best case, you can catch a bull from the shore.
Those fishermen who have small boats go deep into the bay for a kilometer or a half, where the real hunt begins. Here you can fish zander and a large bream.
Warm southern Azov is an ideal place not only for a beach holiday. Many are attracted to fishing. In Taganrog, you can catch delicious fatty fish in the bay. Numerous shallows and streamers create the most optimal conditions for this. Fishing in Taganrog in the bay begins, as a rule, in early spring and ends in late November - early December. You can catch on any tackle.
Features of fishing
In general, the fish of the Taganrog Bay is plentiful, in addition, judging by the reviews, it is very oily and therefore tasty. Therefore, observing the rules and the timing of its capture, you can get a lot of pleasure and return home with a rich catch. Ram and fish with a weight of more than one kilogram are also found. However, fishing in Taganrog, as elsewhere, must be carried out according to the catch rules, otherwise they will be fined. You can fish with the help of wobblers and hesitators, donkeys, retractable leashes, etc. Fishing by nets and other devices that are used by poachers is prohibited.
The coast of the Taganrog Bay is built up with numerous fishing and tourist resorts. Many of them are completely crowded during the season.
Gobies
They are fished almost everywhere in the Taganrog Bay. Gobies are considered the most common fish in the Sea of ​​Azov. And even without knowing the special fishing skills, each person can easily catch them for dinner. If you choose the right place, then, as the locals say, in a couple of hours it can pick up several buckets. Many even consider gobies to be “weedy” prey, since its active bite sometimes prevents them from catching larger and more valuable species, such as bream or asp. Larger and more delicious fish are caught in the depths of the bay from a boat.
Almost any shore is suitable for fishing bull-calves. For this, it is not even necessary to leave the city line. Many locals go fishing directly from the harbor pier or on the marina at the yacht club. These places are relatively deep - about five meters, so they are considered very prey. The best season for catching a goby is the hot summer months. This fish is especially numerous during the period of "flowering" of the bay.
Taganrog fishermen even use special gear for gobies. It is a steel bar with a length of about twenty centimeters, on which three or four short leashes are fixed. With the help of this home-made gear for each cast several fish are caught at once, which significantly speeds up the fishing process. Almost everything is suitable as bait: it can be worms or pieces of meat or fish, and bread, and corn.
Chekhon
This most striking representative of the cyprinid family is a schooling fish. Its size in the Taganrog Bay does not exceed half a kilogram. Fishing for sabrefish is considered a very exciting pastime, both for experienced anglers and beginners. The spring months are considered the most suitable time for fishing this fish. In May, fishing in the Taganrog Bay is more efficient. This season, the fish is incredibly active and attacks virtually any bait. The fact is that at this time she begins pre-spawning zhor. Therefore, in May in the Taganrog Bay it can be caught in large quantities.
Ponds
Fishing in Taganrog and the surrounding area is very common. And especially this applies to the bay. Recently, however, due to poor environmental conditions, many fans of "quiet hunting" prefer to fish in ponds and rivers located in the vicinity of the city. The most popular water bodies of Taganrog are the Mius estuary, the Daryevsky and Maryevsky ponds, such large water arteries of Krynka, Mius, etc. In the vicinity of the city there are many paid bases full of fish, and you can have a good rest here. Fishing in Andreeva Bay (Taganrog) is also very common.
In the city itself, two water arteries flow: the Bolshaya Turtle and Malaya. For some time even carp could be caught in them. And today the rivers are littered, and therefore there is no opportunity to fish in them.
Daryevsky Pond
It is located near Taganrog. Daryevsky Pond is a great place to relax in the lap of nature and, of course, for fishing. This is a large elongated body of water, in which, judging by the reviews, pure water. One half of it is fully landscaped. There is a beach, volleyball court, gazebos, shops, toilets, a platform for water. Entrance to this part of the Daryevsky pond is paid. Separately, you need to pay for fishing. The coast on this part is planted entirely with coniferous trees, the territory is very clean. Fishing here costs three hundred rubles per day for each person. But, as the reviews indicate, it's worth it. Here you can get great pleasure from fishing and, most importantly, a good catch. The other part of the pond is wild; entrance to it is free. However, here the coast is overgrown with reeds, although there are still open places for access to water. In the Daryevsky pond there are mirror carp and common carp, the famous grass carp, pike, carp and silver carp.
Maryevka
This pond is located twenty-five kilometers from Taganrog along the highway to Fedorovka. Common carp, perch, carp, rudd, etc. are found here. The body of water is paid. The fishing conditions here are as follows: two bottom and two float fishing rods are allowed per person. It is forbidden to fish in nets from any watercraft. On the shore of the pond there is a base with gazebos of the “bungalow” type, barbecue, where you can cook not only barbecue, but also caught fish.
As experienced hunters testify, fishing in Taganrog on Maryevsky Pond is famous for good specimens of carp and carp. Most often they are caught on the donkey or spinning. Maggot is used for small prey, and corn is used for large prey. Maryevsky pond is divided by a dam. This is a great place for families as well: everywhere there are paid stationary tables with benches. Most of the reservoir is surrounded by wide forest belt and dense vegetation. This gives the impression that you are relaxing on the shore of a forest lake.
Fishing in Taganrog on Mius
This river, with a length of about two hundred sixty kilometers, flows both in Ukraine and in the territory of our country. It originates from the slopes of the Donetsk Ridge and flows into the Miussky Estuary in the Taganrog Bay. The Mius River is a real expanse for fishermen. At the beginning of spring, pike and perch are caught here, then ram. On Mius in the Neklinovsky district - from the headwaters of the estuary to the borders with Ryazhen you can constantly meet fans of "silent hunting." Here you can also pull out the prey - the scavenger, the bream, the white-eye. They are here called the "caresser", because these three fish are very similar to each other.
Crucian fishing
Somewhere at the beginning of April, the Mius river takes spawning for spawning. But keep in mind that fishing in Taganrog is prohibited for this fish. The sewn one is listed in the Red Book, and even if it gets hooked, it must be released. Otherwise, the fisherman is liable for a fine of several thousand rubles for this fish found in his garden.
A little later, somewhere in the middle of April - closer to May, silver crucian swims into the river. Locals mostly prefer to catch it on a feeder. The best place to catch this fish is the lower reaches of the river, to Ryazhenoye, and at high water - in Krynka and Bolshekirsanovka-Kulbakovo. I must say that there is much less production above the dam.
Together with silver crucian carp, a fisherman enters Mius to spawn. However, its fishing is prohibited from the fifteenth of April to mid-June. Well, and when it’s very warm, a carp slips into the river from the estuary. On Mius, they catch more from the shore and in the middle. To do this, use a variety of equipment and bait. In Mius, according to reports of anglers, quite often comes across a silver carp weighing up to two kilograms. Sometimes, under favorable conditions, larger specimens are also found. In some reviews, you can read about the capture of a ten-kilogram production. In this area also caught bleak, silver bream, gudgeon, perch, as well as catfish and pike.
Sometimes in Mius comes across asp. This fish is large enough, reaching twelve kilograms. She mainly prefers sections below the dam and rapids and wide rifts.
Limitations
In Taganrog and its surrounding reservoirs there are certain restrictions for sport and recreational fishing. For example, you cannot catch here five hundred meters above or below the dams. It is not allowed to fish in the Miussky estuary on the site from Nikolaevsky to the bridge located on the Taganrog-Mariupol highway. On March 1, an operation called “Putin” begins here to control all places of spawning or migration of aquatic biological resources in the waters of local reservoirs.
Since that time, the spring fishing restriction has come. Throughout the river, law enforcement agencies monitor and catch those who use nets and so on. The fact is that during this period there are restrictions on the size of fish allowed for fishing. For example, the norm for roach is sixteen centimeters from the snout to the middle of the caudal fin. If caught prey is less, then it must be released, otherwise the fisherman will be fined.
Chance of biting
For beginners of “silent hunting” there is a specially compiled calendar of activity of fish that live in the Taganrog Bay and in the water bodies surrounding the city. For example, carp, bream, gudgeon and tench are best caught between the beginning of May and the end of September. The same can be said of the sabrefish. Bleeding is active for a month more: the decline of its bite falls in October. The silver carp zhor begins in June and ends in late July.
As for predatory fish, fishing in Taganrog, for example, lasts eight months for a pike, however, in July, a noticeable decline in the bite is observed. The asp is well caught from mid-May to the fifteenth of April. Then there is a lull for two weeks, and from the first of May until the end of July fishing can be resumed.
In general, in June, almost all species of fish that live in the Taganrog Bay and in local freshwater bodies of water and rivers have increased activity. Here, with the same success, you can catch both the bream and ide, rudd, catfish, bream and crucian carp.
Ice fishing
Winter in the Taganrog region is short and relatively warm. The snow here does not linger for more than one or two weeks, and the temperature very rarely drops below minus five degrees. However, if this happens, then in frosts lasting more than five to six days, the Taganrog Bay freezes. At this time, you can walk on the ice, ski and, of course, go fishing.
A huge number of people rush to the bay for the weekend to feel the excitement of ice fishing.
Winter fishing in Taganrog begins in mid-December and lasts until the first thaw. In local estuaries there is a huge amount of ram. Usually already on the first casting of fish, fifteen-thirty-centimeter lengths literally throw a hook lowered into the hole.
In reservoirs of Taganrog, crucian carp is excellently caught. And if earlier it was believed that this fish can be caught only on a warm day and in open water, today this statement has long been disputed. Today, crucian carp from the ice is also very successful in the region. It’s enough to just follow some simple rules, and fishing for this fish on a frosty winter day will be no less prey than on a summer one.
Moreover, the Taganrog Federation annually holds the championship of the city in fishing from ice to mormyshka. For many years in a row, the venue for the competition has been Andreeva Bay.
In the vicinity of Taganrog there are many paid reservoirs where you can engage in "silent hunting" all year round. Most of the locals head to the local rivers, where roaches are well caught from the holes. The best sections are the edges along steep coasts, backwaters, bays with a depth of more than one and a half meters, river pits and exits from them.
Recommendations of experienced "winter roads"
There are a lot of fishermen in the winter months on the Taganrog reservoirs, so you should arrive at the reservoir early. For those who fish in the bay, experienced winter people recommend that you definitely bring rubber shoes with you. The fact is that there is always water on ice.
In winter, within one pond, weather conditions can change dramatically. In order not to depend on them, local residents take tents with them. Due to the frequent fogs over the Taganrog Bay, it’s good to have a compass and a navigator to help you navigate the area.
In local waters, battering ram is also well caught. They are fishing for cake or semolina made of red tinted from semolina. Bloodworms, worms and maggot, judging by the reviews, in almost all Taganrog reservoirs, fish are completely ignored. Bait is practically not used here.