Volsk-Balakovo (Russia). Want to catch fish? You here! Part 2.

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Back to the waters of the Volsk-Balakovo. This stretch of the Volga river gives you the opportunity to catch predators spinning in completely different conditions. On the most radical the Volga is very strong for serious depth, which involves the use of a spinning heavy class (upper test load in the 70-80 gr would be at the time).
On the anomalies of bottom topography, tending to the coastline, the Kingdom of pike. It is everywhere. There are areas ( on the map marked in red), where after casting to the shore, the fall of the lure even with only the first of clay the edge of a toothy bite should be almost instantly. Usually the anomalies are well read on the coastline ( depressions and protrusions Bank have continued under water).In such places there are and driftwood, so that uncoupled equipment bait on an offset hook is necessary.
If you move away from the coastline into 100-200 meters, start the patrimony of the perch. Almost every bottom structure to the sounder visible symbols. You just have to put the boat upstream and to apply the bait to the marked in the Chartplotter point, and the fanged bite will not keep you waiting! In such places possible, and a meeting with a mustached giant catfish...
If you go to the tributaries, like the Big Irgiz, or branched from the root of the Volga ducts type Revoke or numerous volozhka, you can use the tackle class easier. It will be quite sufficient the rod from the top test in the region of 40 grams. On the corners of the Irgiz and Revoke on the coast edge there are blockages from snags. Sometimes it seems that they are literally stuffed with pike. On the local pits in the same places a real-life encounter with a walleye. Trophy walleye here not a frequent visitor. He was more comfortable on the Volga. But the "food" perch weighing 1 to 1.5 pounds are present in quantity... Equipping lures is best done with offset hook, although there are places that catch with open hook (jig head or a swivel snap with double).

In some volozhka's (Sovchoznaya for example) the bed is a real submerged forest! The trees rise above the bottom in 4-6 metres. Predator very much. Catching only uncoupled mounting.
Closer to the fall until freeze-up become interested in numerous backwaters. Them with the main channel of the Volga visit winter Parking huge shoals of white fish. Behind her comes a big pike. Here virtually no current, and you can apply rods of medium-heavy and middle class from the top test 28-38 grams. Of baits work well large vibrating lures and large foam fish (15 cm at the time).
When you catch in these places ( and on the Volga, and in the ducts with voloskami) and your lure passes through, any anomaly, whether it is a hill, a pit or a snag, you have to be alert...Although you have to be alert always ((C) benny Jo). After all, you are in that part of the Volga , where at any time possible a meeting with the fish of your dreams!

Well, as an illustration to this post I suggest you watch the second part of the film Alexander Volynkina, where he, along with Alexander Korolev fishing it of the aforesaid water area. And if in the first part, luck was not accompanied by our heroes, the second day, "everything was"...)))

PS. On the map marked in red the places where I successfully caught a pike and a pike perch, caught on a fishing trip in Balakovo...