Underwater hunting - a popular form of recreation and sports for those who do not want to sit on the ground waiting for a bite, and takes the initiative in their hands.
Most often, underwater hunting is associated with depths.seas and oceans, where in the water column are found strange or dangerous fish. In fact, to participate in such an exciting lesson you don’t have to go “to the seas”. Underwater hunting in the Leningrad region can be as exciting an adventure as tracking a large barracuda in the waters of the Indian Ocean.
Spearfishing
The ability to fish under water is peculiarhumanity since ancient times. It is well known from historical sources that this type of fishing was developed among the ancient Greeks, Japanese and other peoples from the Mediterranean to Asia.
The hunt for fish was carried out with a breath hold underwater, and the instruments were trident or strict. Later, people began to use crossbows, and scuba hunting (professional reviews say this) became a form of recreation and sports.
Underwater hunting requires:
- excellent physical fitness;
- good health;
- good reaction;
- the ability to track down and pursue prey in a non-human environment.
This is considered to be a breath hold hunt.Experienced athletes can dive to a depth of 30 m and hold their breath for up to 5 minutes. Underwater hunting in the Leningrad region does not require such serious skills, since most of the diving in local rivers and lakes occurs at a depth of 2 to 10 meters.
The Gulf of Finland
100 km from St. Petersburg water in FinnishThe bay is more transparent, which makes hunting productive. The main prey of underwater hunters here is eel, some specimens of which reach 4 kg of weight.
Also not unusual to catch a meter pike, less oftenWhitefish and pike perch come across. The most frequent trophies are bream and perch, and lucky ones are those who produce carp, which in these places grow to 10 kg.
If you come to the hunt for the southern or northernThe shore of the bay in the fall, that is the chance to catch salmon or brown trout. They can meet on stony ridges, but if you take the Gulf of Finland, the best places for underwater hunting in the Leningrad region are in the vicinity of the Birch Islands (near Vyborg). Also, these places are considered to be a good start for beginners, as the transparency of the water and the absence of thickets on the bottom allow you to acquire the skills necessary for an underwater hunter.
Peipsi Lake
If there is a question about where to go on underwater hunting in the Leningrad region, then there will be no problem with choosing a reservoir. From the smallest to the big lakes, there is fish everywhere.
The area of Lake Peipsi is 2670 km.2, and its depth is small, only from 8 to 12meters A distinctive feature of the lake are its dry shores, clean sandy bottom and visibility up to 5 m. Underwater hunters are waiting for pike, perch, burbot, ide and whitefish.
When diving it is important not to get involved in chasing andremember that the lake is now a frontier territory. You can swim in the neighboring Baltic state and notice it only by becoming a “catch” of the water police.
In this regard, many lovers of underwater fishing prefer other places, although no one is leaving the lake Peipsi.
Lakes near St. Petersburg
Some lakes for underwater hunting in the Leningrad region are suitable for diving without boats, and on some of them because of the rugged coastlines and rocky bottom, you cannot do without them.
Lakes Otradnoe and Komsomolskoye many submarinersthey love not only for the opportunity to hunt well, but also for their location in very picturesque places of the region. These lakes have a rugged coast, so it is advisable to have a boat.
The transparency here is up to 3.5 m at a depth of 15 to 20 meters. You can catch a pike, a carp, a pike perch and a whitefish, and in the waters of Komsomolskoye lake there are still peled with a golden poison. Characteristically, the visibility on these lakes is quite good in any weather.
Чтобы не отдаляться далеко от города, можно go to the Blue Lakes, so named because of the color of the water. If you choose where interesting spearfishing in the Leningrad region, the best places here. Although they do not abound with fish, like other lakes, but at a depth of 20 m here in clear weather visibility is up to 10 meters. Hunter prey will be pike, roach, crucian carp and perch.
A number of lakes can be interesting enough for underwater hunting:
- in Vysokinskoye clear water, and from prey large pike and bream, ide, perch and whitefish are most often caught;
- Mirror Lake and the chain of water bodies under Petäärview have a good view in depth, and besides the usual set of fish, roach is also found here;
- hunters for peled, carp and carp are awaited by Lake Bright and Pearl, belonging to the group of Morozov lakes;
- Lake Kopanskoe is well known to all hunters, because here underwater hunting tournaments in the fight for the Baltic Cup have been held here for 10 years in a row;
- only experienced submariners can hunt in Lake Glubokoye because of poor visibility and great depth, but the burbishers and bustards are waiting for the lucky ones;
- on Lake Vrevo, visibility is up to 5 m, but a depth of 42 meters complicates hunting.
It is important to remember that underwater hunting in the Leningrad region can be dangerous because of the numerous networks that the local population living near the lakes puts. You can not go hunting without a knife.
Narva Reservoir
The lake, artificially created in Narva, is popular with underwater hunters due to the presence of large fish and a depth of only 2-3 meters. From 191 km2 just over 150km2 belongs to the Russian side and 40km2 - Estonia.
Единственным недостатком Нарвского водохранилища is a change in visibility after several days of winds. For example, if the east wind blows, the water will be brown from peat and muddy. Visibility is only 40-50 cm.
В остальном этот водоем – идеальное место для hunting, which is recommended to start for beginners, because even they do not leave without prey. It is home to smelt, roach, pike, perch and bream. Particularly interesting is the reed hunt, which requires the skills of silent walking and the ability to notice the fish in the thickets.
Leshchevye and sudachi lakes
For hunters who prefer to hunt perch and bream from all types of fish, you should know in advance which reservoir to go to.
Bream and pike perch like warmer water in summer andlakes with little vegetation at the bottom. The pike perch spawns near stony shores or islets, therefore there are no sandy beaches in such reservoirs and the presence of a floating craft is obligatory Underwater hunting in the Leningrad region obliges to buy or rent a boat, since most of the lakes have a rugged coastline.
Из огромного количества водоемов в области судак It is found only in 36 of them, for example, in Polisto, Dviny-Velinsky, Necheritsa, Ushcho, Uritsky, Siversta, Nevedro, Yazne, and others. In addition to perch and bream, roach, white bream, glue, pike, and ide also inhabit them, and crucian carp and tench are less common.
Bleak Lakes
These fish prefer shallow depth andrugged coast with bays and islets. Typically, in such bodies of water there is a lot of bottom and surface vegetation, and the bottom is muddy, so that even on these lakes you cannot do without boats.
It is in such conditions that bleak like to dwell, butbesides them, there are bream, pike and perch (near the shores), crucians and tench. Among this type of water bodies, Karatay, Nevelskoye, Zalosemye, Ordovo and others enjoy success with lovers of underwater hunting.
Especially good is underwater hunting in the fall.In the Leningrad region, lakes are especially famous for the large number of fish, and in such reservoirs it is good to develop skills for beginners, since they are only a few meters deep and there are reeds.
Hunting in the Neva
The Neva River stretches for 74 km and is navigable.at its depth of 15 meters. Underwater hunters should be extremely cautious, and for beginners it is better not to start developing skills here, since besides the strong current in the Neva there are many submerged objects, such as reinforced concrete structures, logs and reinforcement.
Рыбы в реке много, постоянно проживает 20 видов и many “walk-throughs” from the Gulf of Finland to Lake Ladoga. You can dive exclusively from a boat, and at a depth of hunters expect a chub, grayling, and even catfish.
