How to catch trout

The greatest interest for the angler-athlete is sea trout (or salmon trout), lake and brook (or char).
Lake trout is found in Ladoga and Lake Onega, and cold-water lakes of Karelia and the Kola Peninsula. Special forms of it are found in high mountain lakes in the Caucasus and Transcaucasia. It feeds mainly on small fish, and insects and their larvae.


Brook trout or char, inhabit many swift and cold-water rivers of the European part of Russia. Vulgaris in Karelia, on the Kola Peninsula in the Baltic Sea basin. There in the Caucasus and the Crimea.
In appearance and color is different from other trout. Are characteristic red or orange spots, surrounded by a bright rim. The brook trout is very similar to juvenile lake trout river span. Even the experts do not mention the anglers, it is difficult to distinguish between them. Color, shape and number of spots in brown trout vary depending on the characteristics of water bodies. Usually weight 300-500 g, occasionally there are individuals in the 1-2 kg.
Trout spends most of his life settled. Makes small movements in search of spawning grounds and sometimes during floods, rising in both upstream. Spawning even in the same river lasts from October to February, when the water temperature 1-6 degrees. Spawning areas - small and fast rapids.
The best time biting. Fed throughout the year, except during spawning, the hottest days of summer and the sudden turbidity. In the summer of zhiruet mainly in the morning and evening. In the north, feeding in the white nights. In spring and autumn, and in cold weather feeds almost all day.
My favorite bait. Feed consists of small crustaceans, insects and their larvae, fish eggs, and sometimes for big trout and small fish, mostly minnows.
Habitats. In summer, the medium-sized trout kept in small groups on the rapids of rivers, choosing zatishnye sites. Large prefers deep space near the shelter, a fallen tree in the water, large rocks. He likes to stand on the piled up - going aground in depth, with steep banks, which in the stream of water strikes, and on the border of fast and slow flow. From his hiding place, it makes the rush to grab fallen into the water insect. The brook trout is skittish and immediately swims away, if not carefully angler moves on shore.