Champions at fishing : Ukraine

Eighth World Ice Fishing Championship host Ukraine took first place among 14 national teams in Pechenizke Lake, 60 kilometers east of Kharkiv over the weekend on Feb. 5-6.

Last year's champions U.S.A. managed an eighth place finish while Poland took the silver medal and Latvia the bronze.

The final team and individual results can be found here: http://www.fsfu.kharkov-fishing.org/files/finish.pdf.

Ukraine is becoming more and more popular with tourists for their superbly serene lakes that are perfect for fishing but in winter, the lakes take on a whole new dimension. The peaceful white wonderland is an even more tranquil setting for a fishing trip as anglers can sit and practice with lines, fish hooks or spears to make a catch. There are a few things to look out for when searching for the perfect place to go ice fishing in the Ukraine.
Remote Area – When you want to relax and enjoy a peaceful setting, the best places can be found in remote areas of wilderness in the Ukraine. Look for quaint village locations that are set near river complexes within the Ukrainian National park for superb ice fishing and a chance to experience Ukrainian village life.
Species Fish – When you go ice fishing, it helps to choose a remote and relatively undisturbed lake that holds a variety of species of fish. Look for locations that include around 12 species for a more interesting assortment of fish.
Good Accommodation – When you take an ice fishing holiday, you want to spend as much time out on the lakes as possible and less time worrying about cooking and finding food in a remote location. Look for purpose built log cabins that can cater to your needs and cook your group meals in-house and even prepare your catch of the day.
Amenities – When you travel in winter, you want to ensure there are adequate facilities to keep you warm and comfortable throughout your trip. Look for accommodation that contains a sauna, electric heaters and a relaxation room to warm you up after a day on the ice.
Expert Guides – Ice fishing can be challenging and exciting, but also a dangerous sport. Ensure you visit a river complex that offers expert guides that are on hand to give you advice and training on the ice.
If you are looking for the best places to go ice fishing in the Ukraine, you could benefit from a fishing experience with Fish and Chizh. Their comfortable accommodation and expert guides can help groups up to 10 people enjoy a winter break on the ice. To find out more about their facilities, boats and resident fish; visit the Fish and Chizh website.

A good location you can find here .But also is recommend TISZA river .LYUTA river is another good place to go.

Fishing in Bulgaria

A friend from UK want to come in july in Sunny Beach (Bulgaria) on a holiday with his family.He ask me where to fishing in that country.After i speak with some old friends from there i find some resources and i will post of course on the blog,for all the people who want to go fishing there.

1. Sweet/fresh water (Siluroides) – (Alburnus alburnus), grey mullet, chub (Mugil cephalos), carp (Cyprinos carpio), sheat-fish (Silarus glanus), (Perca fluviatilis), pike (Esox lucius), pike-perch (Stizostedion lucioperca), (Salmo trutta fario), (Salmo gairdneri irideus), (Salvelinus fontinalis). Most of these fishes are over 2kg and can be prepared and eaten or returned in water depends on wish. There are lots of small kind fishes for fun and food. Harpooning in sweet water is forbidden in Bulgaria. Forbidden time for fishing concerning spawning, month May for all sweet water fishes, only for (Salmo) in mountains Oct. to Dec. For anglers Black Sea (salt water) is allowed the whole year.
2. Black Sea / salt water fishes - (Mesogobis), (Mugil cephalus), (Liza aurata), blue fish (Pomatomus saltrix), tunny (Palamis sarda), turbot (Psetta maxima maeotica), (Trachurus mediterraneus ponticus) and small dog-sharks (Squalidae). Harpooning allowed the whole year. There are no dangerous fishes in Black Sea. Also the only kind of shark, the dog-shark is small (15 kg. Max.) and never attacks people. The only way to see and catch such a shark is to go with a boot 4-5 km from the shore and to fish them in deep water.
A good map from Black sea is here.
But i also recommend Burgas Lake.I little describe by this lake.
This lake is an open firth (known also as Vaya lake) of roughly oval shape with maximum length of 9.6 km, maximum width of 4.5 km. and a surface area of 2760 ha. Its depth at places reaches 1.3 m. Thus the Bourgas lake is on the first place rated by size among the natural lakes in Bulgaria. It is separated from the sea by an extensive sand bar where the industrial sector of the town has been built on. Today the Bourgas lake is linked with the sea by a channel ending with a sluice. The rivulets Aitoska, Sandardere and Chukarska flow at the lake’s western part. There are insignificant seasonal and annual fluctuations of the lake’s water level.A rich plant and animal life is a typical feature of the Bourgas lake. It is surrounded by a ring of reed growth which forms in the westernmost part a very large bed. More than 60 species of invertebrate have been found there along with over 20 fish species. So far 254 bird species have been recorded on and around the Vaya. Many of them are rare for Bulgaria or for Europe and 9 of them are among the globally threatened species. Some of the birds like Herons, Cormorants, Black-winged Stilts, Grebes breed there, while other species, mostly Ducks, Geese, Pelicans and Swans spend the winter or roost during migration. This was the main reason to put the lake in the European IBAs List.
An area of 379.4 ha located in the lake’s western part has been designated as a protected site to preserve the breeding colonies of Night Herons, Little Egrets, Squacco Herons and other water birds. Of the wintering species of greater conservation interest are the Pygmy Cormorant – up to 5800 ind.; the Dalmatian Pelican – over 300 ind.; the White-fronted Goose – over 20 000 ind.; the White-headed Duck – over 2000 ind.; the Red-breasted Goose – up to 6450 ind.; the Pochard – over 13 000 ind.; the Shoveler – over 6000 ind.; the Tufted Duck – up to 16 000 ind. Of the breeding birds the Cormorant numbers over 200 pairs, the Night Heron numbers up to 10 breeding pairs, the Little Egret – over 25 breeding pairs, the Squacco Heron – about 10 pairs, the Grey Heron – over 15 breeding pairs, etc.
In the past the Bourgas lake was of the highest bioproductivity in Bulgaria. Annual amounts of fish harvested from Bourgas lake came to hundreds of tons. After the oil refinery ‘Neftochim’ was built the lake’s economic value was almost completely lost. Its ecosystem was especially hard hit during the 1970-ies when no treatment of the refinery effluents was even attempted. However, for several years now pollution of the lake waters has been terminated and it has started gradually to restore its former valuable biodiversity. 

More than 20 types of fish and 254 types of birds can be observed in the region. Apart from nesting birds, tourists can observe some species that rest there during their migration period. As a result, Vaia was named an ornithological spot of European importance.

In 2001, the channel connecting the lake to the sea was cleaned, allowing sea fish to enter Vaia. This provided suitable fishing conditions. Yet, the fish that is most often caught there is carp. 

For those who want more info about the trip or fishing can contact me at the email address.

Some tips for node at fishing

Node Snood

Node Double Knotless                                    
 

Node Longline
         

Node Palomar

Node Rapala

Node Albright

Node Butterfly Dropper

Node Double Swiwel

Node Perfect Loop

Node Snell

Node Grinner

Node Blood night

Node Uni Knot

Node Plastic Coated Wire Leader

Node Drop Loop

Node Blood

Node Half Blood

Node Clinched Half Blood

Node Centauri

Node Spider Hitch 

Node Arbor

Colorado Fly Fishing – Bait Huckin' vs. Fly Fishin'

It was one of those fishing trips. You know, everyone catches fish but you, you loose six or eight of your most expensive streamers, it rains buckets, and you sink the boat. That’s right; I got skunked at Steamboat Lake over Memorial weekend.

I was determined to show those meat huckers (worms and power bait) that a well chosen and strategically placed fly was as effective as anything a conventional fisherman could load on a hook and hang under a bobber. Well, no such luck, I got stomped.

The fish were rising like mad on a midge hatch, and I threw everything in the box at them. I could swear I saw a hefty rainbow nudge my fly to the side to eat the natural laying only centimeters from my damn near perfect replica. As we watched the group of 12 year olds add another 18” fish to their stringer (full loaded, I might add) I decided it must be a lake thing. I don’t fish lakes often.

I usually have good luck with a streamer in faster moving water, so I head for one on the several tributaries hoping to get the boat up far enough to make a make a few good casts. No such luck, here comes the wind. Determined and frustrated, I proceed to lose several of my best streamers in the dense shrubbery surrounding the mouth of the creek (can’t retrieve them since the current is too strong to get the boat any further up the creek).

On the way back to camp we are passed by a couple of boats with stringers of fish crashing off the bows of their boats (hmmm, are they just rubbing it my face, or are they tenderizing the meat?)Questioning my decision to become a fly fisherman, I head over to the dock to pick up my 5 year-old son and a fresh styro of night crawlers. I'll let my son fish the meat before I crumble and load one up on the spinner myself. Surprising, no luck with the meat either, and hear comes the rain. I throw my arms up and ponder my karma activity of the past year.

We charge for shore as the lake turns to white caps. The rain and lightning moves in fast. Did I mention that we got the boat for free and have no clue what to do in the rain? We pull the boat up close to shore near our camp, outside of the no-wake zone. We leave all of our gear and head for the soggy camp.

Well, apparently it’s best to leave your boat in protected cove in the no wake zone. From what we could tell, our boat was hammered with 300 to 400 gallons of water from the waves and boat wakes from boaters rushing back to the dock. Yes, it sank in 18 inches of water. I didn’t realize a boat could sink in 18” of water! All of our gear is floating around the shore. The gas tank and gear which included an Orvis waste pack with hmmmm, some 500 plus flies. Every box any fly had to be opened and dried on the dashboards of our trucks.

We bail the boat, load the truck and haul our soggy gear and crippled egos back home.

Next memorial day, it’s back to the river!!!