Delta of the Volga River, including the Astrakhan State Biosphere Reserve. Volga Delta: description, features and interesting facts
The first mention of the Volga River dates back to ancient times, when it was called as "Ra". In later times, already in Arabic sources, the river was called Atel (Ethel, Itil), which means “great river” or “river of rivers”. That is how the Byzantine Theophanes and subsequent chroniclers called her in the annals.
The current name "Volga" has several versions of its origin. The version about the Baltic roots of the name seems to be the most probable. According to the Latvian valka, which means "overgrown river", the Volga got its name. This is how the river looks in its upper reaches, where the Balts lived in antiquity. According to another version, the name of the river comes from the word valkea (Finno-Ugric), which means "white" or from the ancient Slavic "volog" (moisture).
Hydrography
Since ancient times, the Volga has not lost its grandeur at all. Today she is largest river Russia and ranks 16th in the world among the longest rivers. Before the construction of the cascade of reservoirs, the length of the river was 3690 km, today this figure has decreased to 3530 km. At the same time, navigable navigation is carried out for 3500 km. In navigation, the channel plays an important role. Moscow, which acts as a link between the capital and the great Russian river.
The Volga connects with the following seas:
- with the Azov and Black Seas through the Volga-Don Canal;
- With by the Baltic Sea through the Volga-Baltic waterway;
- with the White Sea along the White Sea-Baltic Canal and the Severodvinsk river system.
The waters of the Volga originate in the region of the Valdai Upland - in the spring of the village of Volga-Verkhovye, which is located in the Tver region. The height of the source above sea level is 228 meters. Further, the river carries its waters through all of Central Russia to the Caspian Sea. The height of the fall of the river is small, because. the mouth of the river is only 28 meters below sea level. Thus, throughout its entire length, the river descends 256 meters, and its slope is 0.07%. The average speed of the river flow is relatively low - from 2 to 6 km/h (less than 1 m/s).
The Volga is fed mainly by melt water, which accounts for 60% of the annual runoff. 30% of the runoff comes from groundwater (which supports the river in winter) and only 10% brings rain (mainly in summer). Throughout its length, 200 tributaries flow into the Volga. But already at the latitude of Saratov, the water basin of the river narrows, after which the Volga flows from the city of Kamyshin to the Caspian Sea without support from other tributaries.
From April to June, the Volga is characterized by a high spring flood, which lasts an average of 72 days. The maximum level of water rise in the river is observed in the first half of May, when it spills over the floodplain territory for 10 or more kilometers. And in the lower reaches - in the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain, the width of the flood in places reaches 30 km.
Summer is characterized by a stable low-water period, which lasts from mid-June to early October. Rains in October bring with them an autumn flood, after which a period of low-water winter low water begins, when the Volga is fed only by groundwater.
It should also be noted that after the construction of a whole cascade of reservoirs and regulation of the flow, fluctuations in the water level became much less significant.
The Volga freezes in its upper and middle reaches, usually at the end of November. In the lower reaches, ice rises in early December.
Ice drift on the Volga in the upper reaches, as well as in the section from Astrakhan to Kamyshin, occurs in the first half of April. In the area near Astrakhan, the river usually breaks up in mid-March.
At Astrakhan, the river remains ice-free for almost 260 days a year, while in other sections this time is about 200 days. During open water the river is actively used for ship navigation.
The main part of the river catchment falls on the forest zone, located from the very source to Nizhny Novgorod. The middle part of the river passes through the forest-steppe zone, and the lower part already flows through semi-deserts.
Volga Map
Different Volga: Upper, Middle and Lower
According to the classification adopted today, the Volga in its course is divided into three parts:
- The Upper Volga captures the section from the source to the confluence of the Oka (in the city of Volga). Nizhny Novgorod);
- The Middle Volga extends from the mouth of the Oka River to the confluence of the Kama;
- The Lower Volga starts from the mouth of the Kama River and reaches the Caspian Sea itself.
As for the Lower Volga, some adjustments should be made. After the construction of the Zhigulevskaya hydroelectric power station just above Samara and the construction of the Kuibyshev reservoir, today's border between the middle and lower sections of the river passes just at the level of the dam.
Upper Volga
In its upper course, the river made its way through the system of the Upper Volga lakes. Between Rybinsk and Tver, 3 reservoirs are of interest to anglers: Rybinskoye (the famous "fish"), Ivankovskoye (the so-called "Moscow Sea") and the Uglich reservoir. Even further downstream, bypassing Yaroslavl and as far as Kostroma, the riverbed passes through a narrow valley with high banks. Then, a little higher than Nizhny Novgorod, there is the dam of the Gorky hydroelectric power station, which forms the Gorky reservoir of the same name. The most significant contribution to the Upper Volga is made by such tributaries as: Unzha, Selizharovka, Mologa and Tvertsa.
Middle Volga
Beyond Nizhny Novgorod, the Middle Volga begins. Here the width of the river increases by more than 2 times - the Volga becomes full-flowing, reaching a width of 600 m to 2+ km. Near the city of Cheboksary, after the construction of the Cheboksary hydroelectric power station of the same name, an extended reservoir was formed. The area of the reservoir is 2190 square km. The largest tributaries of the Middle Volga are the rivers: Oka, Sviyaga, Vetluga and Sura.
Lower Volga
The Lower Volga begins immediately after the confluence of the Kama River. Here the river, indeed, can be called mighty in all respects. The Lower Volga carries its full-flowing streams along the Volga Upland. Near the city of Tolyatti on the Volga, the largest reservoir was built - Kuibyshevskoe, on which in 2011 there was a disaster with the notorious motor ship Bulgaria. The reservoir of the Volga hydroelectric power station named after Lenin is propped up. Even further downstream, near the city of Balakovo, the Saratov hydroelectric power station was built. The tributaries of the Lower Volga are no longer so full of water, these are the rivers: Samara, Eruslan, Sok, Big Irgiz.
Volga-Akhtuba floodplain
Below the city of Volzhsky, a left branch called Akhtuba separates from the great Russian river. After the construction of the Volga hydroelectric power station, the beginning of the Akhtuba was a 6 km canal extending from the root Volga. Today, the length of Akhtuba is 537 km, the river carries its waters to the northeast parallel to the mother channel, then approaching it, then receding again. Together with the Volga, Akhtuba forms the famous Volga-Akhtuba floodplain - a real fishing eldorado. The floodplain territory is pierced by numerous channels, saturated with flood lakes and unusually rich in all kinds of fish. The width of the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain averages from 10 to 30 km.
By territory Astrakhan region The Volga makes a journey of 550 km, carrying its waters along the Caspian lowland. At the 3038th kilometer of its journey, the Volga River splits into 3 branches: Bold Curve, City and Trusovsky. And in the section from 3039 to 3053 km, the city of Astrakhan is located along the branches of the City and Trusovsky.
Below Astrakhan, the river makes a turn to the southwest and splits into numerous branches that form a delta.
Volga Delta
The Volga delta first begins to form in a place where one of the branches called Buzan separates from the main channel. This place is located above Astrakhan. In general, the Volga delta has over 510 branches, small channels and eriks. The delta is located on a total area of 19 thousand square kilometers. In width, the distance between the western and eastern branches of the delta reaches 170 km. In the generally accepted classification, the Volga delta consists of three parts: upper, middle and lower. The zones of the upper and middle deltas consist of small islands separated by channels (eriks) 7 to 18 meters wide. The lower part of the Volga delta consists of very branched channel channels, which pass into the so-called. Caspian peals, famous for their lotus fields.
Due to the lowering of the level of the Caspian Sea over the past 130 years, the area of the Volga delta is also growing. During this time, it has increased more than 9 times.
Today, the Volga delta is the largest in Europe, but is famous primarily for its rich fish stocks.
Note that vegetable animal world The delta is under protection - the Astrakhan Reserve is located here. Therefore, amateur fishing in these places is regulated and not allowed everywhere.
The economic role of the river in the life of the country
Since the 30s of the last century, electricity has been produced on the river with the help of hydroelectric power stations. Since then, 9 hydroelectric power plants with their reservoirs have been built on the Volga. At the moment, the river basin has sheltered approximately 45% of industry and half of all agriculture in Russia. More than 20% of all fish for the food industry of the Russian Federation is caught in the Volga basin.
The logging industry is developed in the Upper Volga basin, and grain crops are grown in the Middle and Lower Volga regions. Horticulture and horticulture are also developed along the middle and lower reaches of the river.
The Volga-Ural region is rich in natural gas and oil deposits. Near the city of Solikamsk there are deposits of potassium salts. famous lake Baskunchak on the Lower Volga is famous not only for its healing mud, but also for its salt deposits.
Upstream ships carry oil products, coal, gravel materials, cement, metal, salt and food products. Downstream supplies timber, industrial raw materials, lumber and finished products.
Animal world
Tourism and fishing on the Volga
In the mid-90s of the last century, due to the economic decline in the country, water tourism on the Volga lost its popularity. The situation was normalized only at the beginning of this century. But the outdated material and technical base hinders the development of the tourism business. Motor ships that were built back in Soviet times (60-90 years of the last century) still sail along the Volga. Water tourist routes quite a lot along the Volga. From Moscow alone, motor ships run on more than 20 different routes.
It flows through the European part of the country, and its mouth is located in the Caspian Sea. Officially, it is believed that the length of the Volga is 3,530 km. But if we add some more reservoirs to this figure, it turns out that the length of the queen of Russian rivers will be 3,692 km. Volga is longest river throughout Europe.
The area of its basin is 1 million 380 thousand square meters. km. Interestingly, there are already mentions of the Volga in the writings of the ancient Greek scientist Ptolemy. He calls it "Ra" in his studies. And the Arabs once called the Volga the word "Itil", which means "river".
Burlaki and Volga
For all times, the Volga entered history due to the use of heavy barge work. It was necessary only at a time when the movement of ships turned out to be impossible against its current, that is, during floods. During the day, the burlatskaya artel could travel up to ten kilometers. And the total number of working barge haulers for the entire season could reach six hundred.
Sources of the great river
The river originates at Not far from the village of Volgoverkhovye, several springs spring from the ground. One of these springs is recognized as the source of the great Volga. This spring is surrounded by a chapel. All springs in this area flow into a small lake, from which, in turn, flows a stream no more than a meter wide. The depth of the Volga (if we conditionally designate this stream as the beginning of a great river) here is only 25-30 cm.
It is believed that the Volga exists mainly due to snow. About 60% of all its nutrition is due to melting snow. Another third of the Volga is provided by groundwater. And rain food accounts for only 10%.
Upper Volga: depth and other characteristics
Moving further, the stream becomes wider and then flows into a lake called Sterzh. Its length is 12 km, width - 1.5 km. And the total area is 18 km². The rod is part of the Upper Volga reservoir, the total length of which is 85 km. And already behind the reservoir begins called the Upper. The depth of the Volga here averages from 1.5 to 2.1 m.
The Volga, like most other rivers, is conditionally divided into three parts - the Upper, Middle and Lower. The first big city on the way of this river is Rzhev. It is followed by ancient city Tver. The Ivankovskoye reservoir, which stretches for 146 km, is located in this area. In its area, the depth of the river also increases to 23 m. The Volga in the Tver region stretches for 685 km.
There is a section of the river in the Moscow region, but on this territory it occupies no more than 9 km. Not far from it is the city of Dubna. And next to the Ivankovskaya dam, its largest tributary in the Moscow region, the eponymous one, also flows into the Volga. Here, in the 30s of the XX century, a canal named after. Moscow, connecting the Moscow River and the Ivankovskoye reservoir, the waters of which are indispensable for the economy of the capital.
Further downstream is located. Its length is 146 km. The depth of the Volga Uglich reservoir- 5 meters. which is the most northern point Volga, has a depth of 5.6 m. Behind it, the river changes its direction from northeast to southeast.
The depth of the Volga and other indicators in the middle and lower sections
The section of the Middle Volga begins at the point where the Oka, the largest right tributary of the river, flows into it. On this spot stands Nizhny Novgorod - one of the largest settlements Russia. The width and depth of the Volga are as follows:
- the channel width is from 600 m to 2 km;
- maximum depth - about 2 m.
After the confluence with the Oka, the Volga becomes more and more wide. Near Cheboksary, the great river meets an obstacle - the Cheboksary hydroelectric power station. The length of the Cheboksary reservoir is 341 m, the width is about 16 km. Its greatest depth is 35 m, the average - 6 m. And the river becomes even larger and more powerful when the Kama River flows into it.
From this point begins a section of the Lower Volga, and now it flows into the Caspian Sea. Even further upstream, after the Volga goes around the Togliatti mountains, the largest of all its reservoirs, the Kuibyshevskoye, is located. Its length is 500 m, width - 40 km, and depth - 8 m.
What is the depth of the Volga in its delta? Features of the great river delta
The length of the delta near the Caspian Sea is about 160 km. Width - about 40 km. About 500 canals and small rivers are included in the delta. It is believed that the mouth of the Volga is the largest in all of Europe. Here you can meet unique representatives of the animal and flora- pelicans, flamingos, and even see the lotus. Here it is already difficult to talk about such a parameter as the depth of the Volga. Max Depth rivers in its delta is, according to various estimates, up to 2.5 m. The minimum is 1-1.7 m.
In size, this section of the Volga surpasses even the deltas of such rivers as the Terek, Kuban, Rhine and Maas. He, like the river itself, played a very important role in the formation of the first settlements in these territories. There were trade routes that connected the Lower Volga with Persia and other Arab countries. The tribes of the Khazars and Polovtsy settled here. Presumably in the 13th century. here for the first time appeared a Tatar settlement called Ashtarkhan, which eventually became the beginning of Astrakhan.
What is unusual about the Volga Delta
The peculiarity of the Volga delta is that, unlike other deltas, it is not a sea, but a lake. After all, the Caspian Sea is inherently big lake, because it is not connected to the oceans. The Caspian is called the sea only because of its impressive size, which makes it look like a sea.
The Volga flows through the territory of 15 subjects Russian Federation and is one of the most important water arteries for industry, shipping, energy and other important areas of the state.
Approximately 46 kilometers north of Astrakhan itself. It is the most extensive river lowland in Europe and covers an area of about 12,000 square kilometers.
The climate in the Volga delta is sharply continental. However, it softens a little due to the proximity of the Caspian Sea. The temperature in summer can reach +40, and in winter it can drop to almost -14 degrees. The Volga Delta (photo below) rarely freezes hard, and there is practically no snow in winter.
These places are characterized by a special diversity of the animal world. Here you can meet pelicans and even flamingos. Sturgeons are found in the water. Unfortunately, the lowering of the water level in the Caspian Sea is reflected in the river delta. It dries up, and in winter it began to freeze. Thus, the delta is no longer of such significance for nesting birds. Although it still retains its role during seasonal migrations.
Fauna and flora
The Volga Delta is a happy owner of one of the rarest plants - the lotus. No one can still say for sure where he came from. This area is considered to be its northernmost habitat.
The diversity of fish is affected by the increase in commercial fishing in the delta. Because of it, the number of many species, such as sturgeon, herring, and vobla, is declining.
The Volga Delta, or rather its waters, are actively used for land irrigation, in the construction of power plants. In this regard, in order to restore the population, fish species that have never been in these parts are launched into it. It can be said that the delta ecosystem is becoming almost artificial.
reserves
The situation is saved by being located in the delta. It was opened in 1919 and was one of the first in Russia. The task of the reserve is to preserve the diversity of flora and fauna. Thanks to this, the Volga delta and the territory of the protected area are inhabited by more than 280 species of birds and about 60 varieties of fish.
To visit the surroundings, you must first leave a request on the website or call the office of the Astrakhan Reserve by phone. It will be necessary to indicate the length of stay, the number of people, the presence or absence of transport for delivery. Also, after the dates of the visit are approved, it is necessary to come to the office, which is located in Astrakhan, and obtain special documents giving the right to be in a specially protected natural area.
Rules in the reserve
The reserve in the Volga delta also has strict rules, the implementation of which is necessary to preserve nature in its original form. For example, it is forbidden to catch or pick up baby animals that may be encountered on the way. Do not break bushes or tree branches, even if they seem to be already dried up. Silence is required so as not to disturb the peace of the surrounding world. Of course, it is forbidden to make fires and leave any garbage behind.
Short list of rules:
1. Stay on the trail.
2. Do not light fires.
3. Do not break trees, shrubs, do not pick flowers.
4. Take all rubbish from the trail with you.
Such rules will help not only show people the natural beauty, but also preserve it in its original form.
The Astrakhan nature reserve is not the only one in those parts. The area of the Volga delta is quite large. The closest neighbor of the first was the recently opened Bogdinsko-Baskunchaksky reserve. It was established in 1997. It includes Mount Bogdo, Lake Baskunchak and the Green Garden. The reserve was created to protect and preserve in its original form the unique salt lake Baskunchak and Mount Bolshoye Bogdo, highest point On its territory there are many unique species listed in the Red Book. For example, the steppe and curly pelican. There are 22 species of such birds in the reserve. 47 species of animals and a large number of plants are also protected.
Fishing
Fishing in the Volga River delta is allowed only within special bases. It is worth noting that there are a great many of them. Representatives of some meet the guest in Astrakhan, at the airport or train station, and from there they are taken to the territory. After the end of the tour, they are taken back to the city. Each guest's personal catch is offered to be smoked and given to him as a treat. Such services are provided, in particular, by the Delta-Volga fishing and hunting base. There are about fifty such places in total. Most of them are located in the Kamyzyak region.
Bases for anglers
Experienced fishing enthusiasts prefer to settle down on fishing complexes. As a rule, the main choice is the local base. The Volga Delta is located very close to it. This is mainly due to two things. First, the water lowland is included in nature reserve. Secondly, a special permit is required to stay there. A similar document is automatically issued to all visitors to the fishing base. While the "savages" get it with great difficulty. Also, when choosing a fishing base, we can say that fishermen are served there by well-trained rangers who know the area very well. They will help you choose the best place so that visitors get the most out of spending time with a fishing rod in their hands.
When is the best time to fish?
Fishing in the Volga delta is most successful in the lower reaches of the reservoir, mainly in spring or autumn. At this time, the most suitable weather for long and comfortable fishing. Moreover, the months that are better to choose for a trip are March-April or September-October. Why these particular dates? They were chosen due to the fact that at the end of April the water is already beginning to become cloudy, which negatively affects the bite. Spawning also begins, during which the huge ones pass through the delta. And predators are not up to bait. And in May, fishermen will begin to pester a myriad of midges, which can make any stay in nature almost unbearable.
Thus, in order to have a good time, it is better to book in advance the base you like for March or September and enjoy the beautiful views and excellent catch in the Volga River Delta.
At the end of August, when our Astrakhan trip was almost over, we spent the whole day in the Volga Delta. Where it flows into the Caspian. There is no longer that big and full-flowing river, there are dozens of channels-veins.
And around - amazing, wild, untouched nature. I have never met a more sacred place. Wild migratory birds, legendary lotuses. Add to this a fast boat, temperatures in the mid-30s, and great company. Well, not a buzz?
1. The main stream of tourists comes to the delta to go fishing. At the base "Ark" they are met with a glass of vodka, and ready-made boats are standing at the pier. 
2. We are not fishermen, but photographers. Therefore, we were all loaded into one motorboat, under the control of an experienced helmsman. 
3. This is our "huntsman", Alexander Matveich. Awesome man. All the way he told funny jokes, poisoned stories about fishermen. Then he switched to a story about the local nature and living creatures. 
4. In these places, the delta is a border zone. Well, you can't come here without a pass. But its absence does not bother anyone, the main thing is not to fish without a license, but you can swim. 
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6. There is no clear boundary between the river and the sea, it is very difficult to determine where the Volga ends and the Caspian begins. 
7. The navigable part is not the Volga at all, but an artificial canal, which is called the "main bank". Ships from different parts of the world meet here. This one is Iranian. 
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9. A variety of birds are found here, sometimes even pink flamingos. But we arrived unsuccessfully - there were only gulls and swans. 
10. Swans are cool, with a big orange beak. It is a pity that it is very difficult to get close to them - they fly apart. 
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13. One swan let us in. 
14. He was wounded and could not fly away. 
15. The second attraction of the Volga Delta is lotus fields. The fields are very conditional, since there is only water around here. 
16. There are also water lilies. 
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18. We were a little late with our arrival - many lotuses have already faded. 
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20. When the flower sheds its pink petals, these "pods" that look like showers remain. 
21. From this violet "soul" you can pick out seeds, lotus "nuts". They are very tasty, although peculiar. And they say it helps with constipation. 
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23. Small "veins" are dangerous for motor boats. The depth here does not exceed 50-70 centimeters, and the engine nozzles are often clogged from dense vegetation on the bottom. 
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25. A couple of times we still got stuck, and Matveich, swearing, climbed under the boat to clean the engine. 
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27. If it were not for the boats that sometimes sail, one gets the feeling of complete unity with nature. Very, very quiet, beautiful, warm. 
28. You feel free, like this seagull. And all the problems, difficulties big city, which is now thousands of kilometers away, seem just as distant and trifling. 
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31. The next morning, after breakfast, Matveich came up to us, and looking slyly, called us with him. On the pier lay a huge catfish in human height, caught by the "huntsman" early in the morning. 
32. It was time for us to get ready for the return journey. And what we saw after the delta, you already know :) 
On the territory of our vast country there is a unique region, a real fishing El Dorado. There is more water here than land. Here, reeds stand in a thick wall along the banks, and lotus blooms in the backwaters. Here is the realm of waterfowl and fish. Here, the waters of the mighty Volga River meet the gray waves of the Caspian Sea, and more than 120 species of fish inhabit them. It always bites here... Below Astrakhan, the Volga overflows with numerous channels, and only one of the watercourses, and far from being the most full-flowing, continues to bear the name of the great Russian river.
Channels washing countless islands, eriki, as well as lakes, ilmen, rivers occupy an area of more than 2.5 thousand square meters. km. and stretch from Astrakhan to the Caspian Sea itself.
The Volga Delta is inhabited by more than 120 species of fish. Among them: catfish, asp, pike perch, pike, bream, carp, crucian carp, rudd, roach, vobla, blue bream, silver bream, tench, sabrefish, silver carp, sturgeon, beluga, stellate sturgeon and others. The fishing season begins in the first days of April, when the famous Volga roach is pre-spawning. They catch it on a worm, maggot and corn with fishing rods or a donkey. Together with vobla they take silver bream, bream, rudd, crucian carp and carp. Spinners at this time are hunting for a large asp, a catfish that has just emerged from a winter stupor, a thick roe perch. At the very edge of the reed stands a pike, heavy before spawning.
Delta climate thanks to its geographic location and the proximity of the sea is warm and humid, but sharply continental. In summer, the thermometer reaches +40°C. In winter - sometimes it drops below -20-25°С. At the end of March, the channels of the delta are completely free of ice. A little later, the "upper" Akhtuba and Volga ice passes through them, coming from Volgograd itself.
At the end of April, the landscape of the delta is changing every day - century-old willows are turning green, hanging with branches over the yellowish-gray wall of last year's reeds, and young shoots of fresh emerald growth are already breaking through from below. Life is waking up, picking up the pace. Winter is gone, and a whole long summer lies ahead.
In early May, the flood begins. In Volgograd, the doors of a huge dam are opened, and millions of cubic meters of melt water, gathered from the very sources of Mother Volga, rushed down to the open spaces in order to go through one of the channels of the delta to peals, merge with the salty waters of the Caspian Sea and finish their nearly four-year run.
There were times when the Volga water traveled many kilometers from source to mouth in just forty days. Caspian sturgeon and beluga went up to Tver and entered the Moskva River, and near Kuzminki they caught Caspian salmon - white salmon. Much water has flown under the bridge since that time. Blocked by numerous dams, the great river rotates the turbines of power plants. The famous Russian sturgeon is no longer near Tver, nor near Moscow, not even beyond Volgograd, behind the first dam from the mouth, it is a rarity.
Only in the Volga delta you can see nature in its original form. Two-meter sturgeons come across here, and two-hundred-kilogram beluga sturgeons fatten their sides on the peals. Having reached a noticeable weight, this sturgeon fish becomes an active predator. In the spring, she will not miss either a large roach or a small asp impaled on a powerful donkey hook. The fight with the beluga will remain in my memory for a long time. Beluga fishing is licensed, carried out according to the “caught and released” principle, but it’s not a pity to let such a king fish go. Enough of those unique gambling minutes when the heart sank and the hands numb in the fight against the river giant.
In May, during the high water - the very move of the fish. Fishers have a hot time - Putin. There is the famous Caspian herring (Zolom), sturgeon, stellate sturgeon, roach, bream. Sport fishing in May is not easy, but very interesting. In just a day or two, the water can rise several meters, in the morning you can hardly recognize the outlines of yesterday's shores. By the end of May, the water rises at one, high, but still constant level, and then, already in June, it begins to gradually fall. This is where the main trouble awaits fishermen: in the lakes, swamps, backwaters and even puddles left from the flood, myriads of bloodsucking mosquitoes and midges are born - there is nothing to do on the river without mosquito nets and repellents. In June, asp, perch, zander, and catfish are perfectly caught by spinning. If you settle with a donkey equipped with a feeder, somewhere at the exit of a pit with a snag or under the edge of a reed-covered shore, you can get a large carp.
Summer is in full swing in July. The hot southern sun heats everything around to enveloping nausea. There is no salvation either day or night, only at the very dawn in the evening and in the morning it becomes a little easier to breathe, and you can fish for an hour or two. But even she feels that lethargy and drowsiness that covers all living things in unbearable heat, when every movement turns into torture. It is at dawn that annoying mosquitoes, hiding somewhere from the heat of the day, appear and eat our brother fisherman with pleasure. Only the carp does not care. Even on a hot afternoon, when the sun goes off scale at 50 ° C, the carp splashes, frolics, and its appetite does not diminish at all - it pecks at the worm, and at the porridge, and at the cake.
On the peals there is a riot of greenery - lotus, reeds, water lilies, and among them flocks of golden rudd, striped perches, bronze carp, spotted pikes lurk in ambushes. All this can be seen if you have a mask and fins. The water is warm, 22-24°C, settled after the flood and visibility is already one and a half to two meters.
Closer to August, mosquitoes almost disappear, waiting for swimmers right at the exit from the water and harassing anglers. Although it is still very hot, a light breeze makes breathing easier every day, and by the end of the month the heat begins to subside.
In August, the bite of a predator is revived, large asp is activated, pike perch, large catfish are more often caught along the edges of the pits. Golden rudd is caught on a lure on peals. Often a carp sits on a small lure, and it is not only pleasant, but also honorable to defeat a strong man weighing about ten kilograms, with thin perch tackle. They still take large bream and carp for the bottom - for a worm, shell and cake. Exciting, exciting fishing!
