Sturgeon fish. Fish of Siberia, inhabitants of taiga rivers Fish of Siberian rivers weighing up to 50 kg

Description. Sturgeon is a valuable freshwater fish, there are about 20 species. The body of the sturgeon is elongated like a spindle, the skeleton consists of cartilage, there are no bones. The head is elongated, pointed near the mouth, there are no teeth, the lower lip is interrupted. On the lower jaw of the sturgeon, the main organ of touch of the fish grows - 4 whiskers, which help to find food. The fins on the back and at the anus grow close to the tail. The skin is without scales; it is replaced by 5 parallel strips of bone plates (“bugs”) running from the head to the tail (1 on the back, 2 on the stomach, 2 on the sides). The color of the fish varies greatly, but usually the back is gray-black, the sides are gray-brown, and the belly is white.

Sturgeon in the natural environment is now becoming less and less common, and the reason for this is not predatory fish, which are dangerous for sturgeon only at a young age, but people, or rather poachers, who exterminate fish for caviar. Therefore sturgeon listed in the Red Book and its fishing is allowed only in some rivers of Russia (with great restrictions) and in the territories of paid cultural fisheries.

There are 3 types of sturgeon in Russian reservoirs: Russian, Amur and Siberian. Amur sturgeons are the smallest, growing up to 8-9 kg with a length of up to 1.5 meters. Russian sturgeon gain weight faster, with an adult gaining 20-30 kg of weight. Siberian sturgeon can live more than 50 years, during which time reaching a weight of 50 kg and a length of 1.5-2 meters, although cases of catching specimens weighing 250 kg and a length of 3.5 meters have been recorded. The Lena sturgeon (one of the Siberian species) is usually bred at the KRH, as it is the most unpretentious and disease-resistant. With good nutrition, it grows quickly and at 4-5 years reaches a length of up to 70 cm and a weight of up to 2 kg, like an 11-year-old individual in the Lena River.

Lifestyle. Sturgeon is a bottom fish; it lives at depths from 2 to 100 meters. Sturgeons are semi-anadromous, anadromous and freshwater. Migratory sturgeon usually spend the winter in the sea, in the fresh part of it, and in April-May they go to spawn in rivers in small schools, staying at a strong current and depth. After spawning, anadromous fish return to the sea, while semi-anadromous fish remain in the rivers. The movement of the sturgeon often coincides with the direction of the wind. Freshwater sturgeons do not migrate and live in rivers and lakes. The Lena sturgeon is a freshwater species.

Nutrition. Each species of sturgeon has a different diet. There is, for example, the paddlefish sturgeon, which feeds only on plankton, passing it through itself along with the water. The Siberian sturgeon is not particularly fastidious; it feeds all year round; its main food is the larvae of chironomids, caddisflies, mayflies, stoneflies, mollusks, gammarids, amphipods (mormysh), worms and others. Individuals older than 3 years switch to predatory food (herring fry, sprat, etc.). Lena sturgeon in the KRH are usually raised on special sturgeon feed.

Spreading. Russian sturgeon is found in the Caspian, Black and Azov seas, staying at the mouths of rivers. There is a freshwater species of Russian sturgeon that lives in the Volga River basin. The Amur lives only in the fresh waters of the Amur basin. The Siberian sturgeon, accordingly, is found in the rivers of Siberia from the Ob River basin to the Kolyma, feeding in the Ob, Taz and Yenisei bays.

In the Urals, sturgeon is found mainly in paid stocked reservoirs. IN Perm region found in the Kama River, entering it from fish farms (Nytva, Dobryanka and others). In the Chelyabinsk region it is found and actively bites in paid reservoirs: "", (near Lake Uvildy), in addition, sturgeon in past years was released into and. In the Sverdlovsk region, sturgeon can be caught in, sometimes it is caught on the rivers, and, but its fishing is prohibited here.

Fishing for sturgeon. Sturgeon, especially Lena sturgeon, feed all year round, however, catching it from under the ice is not very popular. The bite starts after 16:00 and ends at 10:00 am. The sturgeon stays in holes or near the sandy bottom, looking for food. If the sturgeon does not bite within 30 minutes from the moment of casting, then you should change the bait or fishing location. In open water, it is preferable to catch sturgeon using a solid rod 4-6 meters long with strong aluminum or ceramic rings and a reel with large supply fishing line for long casting at 30-40 meters. You need to choose a strong fishing line 30-40 lb, preferably braided, with a breaking load of more than 10 kg. Hook size 7-8. The sinker must be such that it is held in place during the current. A leash made of a smaller section of fishing line from 50 to 90 cm long with 1 or 2 swivels. In winter, sturgeon are caught using strong winter fishing rod equipped with a nod or float. Bait for sturgeon: various mollusks, fry, worms, crustaceans, pieces of fish; in winter, a bunch of worms is good. The bait should be tied to the hook with threads so that it does not fly off when casting. Sturgeon are attracted mainly by the smell of the bait.

Sturgeon is a strong fish, its bite is usually fast and sharp, but fishing can be unpredictable. The sturgeon can jump out of the water, showing a “candle” or quickly swim towards the fisherman, or it can sink to the bottom and stop, creating the appearance of a hook. In any case, the fisherman is guaranteed an adrenaline rush. Patience is important when fishing. You can’t loosen the line too much; weak jerks of the fish need to be extinguished with the rod, strong jerks with a correctly configured friction brake of the reel.

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For many representatives of the stronger half of humanity, fishing is a hobby, but not a means of profit. Although, just recently, some 100 years ago, fishing was of no importance to many as an activity purely for pastime. For many, fishing was a means of survival.

Nowadays, most anglers come to a certain, interesting place to catch a rare but valuable specimen that can leave a memory for a lifetime. Siberia and Far East It is also visited by many who like to go fishing and catch tasty and valuable fish, especially since there are many species of fish here in sufficient quantities. In addition, the places also attract anglers because fishing here is mostly free.

Some areas here are distinguished by the fact that you can only really get here in winter. Unfortunately, there is nothing to do here alone, since the places are characterized by harsh conditions, and you need to know the places. Therefore, it is better to buy some kind of ticket and go fishing as a whole team together with a guide.

Winter fishing competitions are regularly held on Lake Baikal. There are plenty of similar interesting places in Siberia and the Far East, you just need to choose the right place.

Many fishermen dream of fishing on Lake Baikal, since grayling and omul are found here, as well as pike, ide, catfish, perch and other fish, both predatory and peaceful. In addition, there are very picturesque and interesting places with wildlife.

Exact fish habitats in Siberia and the Far East

The reservoirs of Western Siberia are considered one of the richest in terms of the number of fish living in them. The Ob River is also considered one of the richest in fish resources. It can also include its tributaries. In rivers such as the Yenisei, Tom, Amur, Yaya, Lena, Kia, Mris Su, Ters, Uryuk and others great amount various types of fish.

The reservoirs of the Far East provide the largest amount of diverse fish, which corresponds to more than 60% of all fish caught in Russia. The seas of the Far East replenish the industrial catch with cod and salmon, which are highly valued for their tasty meat. As a rule, they are caught in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, Sea of ​​Japan and Bering Sea, which belong to the Pacific expanses.

The following types of fish are caught in the Far East:

• 40% herring.
• 100% crab.
• 99% salmon.
• 90% flounder.
• 60% shellfish.

In other words, at least 80% of all fish that is caught on an industrial scale throughout Russia is caught here. In addition to fish, there is fishing for algae, which accounts for almost 90% of the total in Russia.

The water expanses of Western Siberia are vast and have long been famous for their fish wealth. None of the rivers in our country has such a wide variety of valuable fish as the Ob. Here you can find sturgeon and sterlet, nelma and many whitefish: muksun, peled, vendace and others. In addition, in the Ob and its tributaries, and our Tom is also its tributary. Now in the rivers where natural conditions favorable for the life and development of fish, their species composition is diverse: taimen, lenok, whitefish, dace, burbot, pike, chebak, ide,perch, ruffe, gudgeon, char, loach and others. IN mountain rivers common grayling. They enter our rivers to spawn from the lower reaches of the Ob sturgeon, nelma, muksun. All three species are found in Kiya, they penetrate into Tom, and nelma into not large quantities sturgeon enter through Chulym and Yaya.

Our rivers are beautiful - Tom, Kiya, Yaya, Golden Kitat, Mras-Su, Uryup, Ters... Their banks are rocky, their reaches are quiet, their rapids are fast. They are beautiful and have always been rich in fish. If we give a brief “fish characteristics” of the large rivers of Kuzbass, we will make many discoveries.

In Kiev For example, from the salmon family, nelma, taimen, and lenok lived and gave offspring, and from the sturgeon family, sturgeon and sterlet. Whitefish were also found here. In Yayu Fish of the same breeds came to spawn.

And now we have in Tom occasionally taimen, lenok and, as an exception, whitefish are found.

In the rivers of Kuzbass Previously, pike, ide, burbot, roach, dace, crucian carp, and tench were commercially available. And of the low-value and “weedy” species, perch, ruffe, gudgeon and minnows are still found in abundance.

Place spawning Most of our fish are found in shallow coastal areas, covered with soft vegetation and well warmed by the sun. Eggs are deposited on last year's vegetation, roots and other underwater objects. After fertilization, the eggs stick tightly to the grass until the fry hatch. The beginning of spawning depends on the water temperature. Usually in late April-early May, pike begin spawning, sometimes even under the ice. She lays eggs at a depth of 30-70 centimeters. After 10-12 days, larvae up to a centimeter in size emerge from the eggs. Behind the pike, ide spawns, which gathers in large schools and goes to the spawning grounds. The ide prefers to lay eggs on the slopes of hollows where there is a current. Immediately behind the ide, and sometimes along with it, dace spawn. Its spawning takes place in areas of flooded floodplain with vegetation or on sandy, rocky soil in the bed of the river itself. After the dace, the perch spawns. He hangs the eggs in the form of gelatinous ribbons on the roots and last year's vegetation.

In the second half of May, chebak (roach) begins to spawn, at a water temperature of 9-10 degrees.

Heat-loving fish-bream, crucian carp, tench spawn in June, when the water warms up to 14-15 degrees. Bream spawn and usually migrate in schools; spawning usually occurs in the same place. But crucian carp do not lay eggs immediately, but in portions, sometimes until August.

Fish of valuable species, such as sturgeon and sterlet, spawning is carried out in June, when the water temperature is already 18-20 degrees. Sturgeon spawning continues until the end of July. It lays eggs on rocky, pebble soil, in a fast current. As a rule, the size of our Siberian sturgeon is 130-150 centimeters, weight varies from 12 to 24 kilograms. And it feeds on bottom organisms, sometimes destroying the juveniles and eggs of other fish.

Nelma spawn before freeze-up, in the second half of September and early October, at a water temperature of 2-7 degrees. Lives up to 23 years, feeds mainly on fish. The average size of nelma is 55-110 centimeters, and weight ranges from 3 to 12 kilograms. Muksun spawns even later - in October-November - on a sandy, pebble bottom, at a water temperature below 4 degrees. Its average weight is 1.6-1.8 kilograms, length 70-75 centimeters.

“Weed” fish- ruffe, minnow, gudgeon - in the spring they mainly eat eggs laid by other fish.

During spawning, fish lay a huge number of eggs. So, a pike spawns up to 200 thousand eggs at a time, a perch - up to 300 thousand, a sturgeon - up to 700 thousand, but out of all this quantity, only a few fish survive to adulthood. Imagine: for one bream to live to commercial size, 16-50 thousand eggs are needed! Therefore, it is necessary to protect spawning grounds in every possible way.

For fish breeding, they choose floodplain areas - areas that are flooded with water in the spring. Here, in well-warmed water, fertilized eggs begin to develop quickly, and after 7-9 days larvae appear, which gradually turn into mobile fry. As soon as the water begins to recede, the grown and strengthened fry gradually slide into the main reservoirs.

In our region, in the floodplains of the Tom, Ini, and Kiya rivers, there are many small lakes that “burn” in winter, that is, the fish in them suffocate under the ice and die from lack of oxygen.

IN last years We are seeing encouraging phenomena - fish that have not lived here before have taken root in our reservoirs. In Tom it is no longer uncommon to catch zander, it is now found much higher than Krapivinsky. In these same places, bream and carp, and even whitefish and nelma, began to be found. But so far in the region, the acclimatization of new fish is mainly carried out by pond fish farms.

They deliver it to the Belovskoye Reservoir grass carp and silver carp. These fish are herbivores and at first will act as land reclamation agents, and in the future they will acquire commercial importance. In addition to silver carp and grass carp, the Belovskoye Reservoir will eventually have bream.

Some types of fish get along well in rivers, lakes, and ponds - pike, chebak, ide, perch, ruff. Tench, crucian carp They live only in lakes and ponds.

Tom fish stocks until relatively recently they were significant. Its cold, clear waters provided excellent breeding conditions for muksun, which came from the Ob in large herds, nelma, peled, taimen, uskuch, grayling... In other years, the total fish catch in Tom approached 3,000 centners, including more than 500 centners of salmon alone.

Now in the Kemerovo region fishing practically not carried out, not counting two or three fish procurement organizations that catch no more than 500 quintals of fish per year. Most of this catch comes from Lake Bolshoy Berchikul, and in Tom, only about 50-70 centners are now caught. River pollution from industrial wastes has an impact. Sturgeon, sterlet, nelma, and grayling have become rare.

Recently, pond farming has developed in the Kemerovo region, where a valuable breed of fish is bred - carp, which feed on aquatic plants and grow quickly. Some carp grow up to five kilograms.

Fishes of reservoirs of the Kemerovo region

Fish resources

The main fish resources of the Kemerovo region are concentrated in the rivers Tom (with tributaries), Kiya, Yaya, Chumysh, and Belovskoye Reservoir.

Sturgeon family

There are 2 species living in the region: Siberian sturgeon and Siberian sterlet. Both species are rare, require enhanced protection, and are listed in the Red Book of the Kemerovo Region. The main habitat is the Kiya River. Fishing for both species is completely prohibited.

Siberian sturgeon

The species Siberian sturgeon is listed in the Red Book of Russia

The Siberian sturgeon species is listed in the International Red Book

The Siberian sturgeon forms semi-anadromous and freshwater forms. Inhabits the rivers of Siberia from the Ob to the Kolyma and further to Indigirka. The Siberian sturgeon has a blunt-snouted (typical) and sharp-snouted form. The age limit for Siberian sturgeon is 60 years. The Siberian sturgeon feeds on crustaceans, insect larvae, mollusks, and fish. The Siberian sturgeon forms a cross with the Siberian sterlet, the so-called koster.

Sterlet

The Sterlet species is listed in the Red Book of Russia

The Sterlet species is listed in the International Red Book

In Siberia, it is distributed in the Ob, Irtysh, and Yenisei. In Pyasina, Khatanga, Lena and further to the east. In most rivers there are sharp-snouted (typical form according to Berg) and blunt-snouted forms of sterlet. The largest weight of sterlet is 16 kg and length is 100-125 cm. Sterlet feeds on invertebrates, mainly insect larvae sitting on sunken snags.

Salmon family

The region is home to 5 species. The most numerous species is taimen, living in the Tom, Kiya and their tributaries.

Taimen

The Taimen species is listed in the Red Book of Russia

Taimen differs from the Danube in a smaller number (11 - 12) of gill rakers. Small specimens have 8-10 dark transverse stripes on the sides of the body; small x-shaped and semilunar dark spots are common. During spawning, the body is copper-red. Taimen can reach 1.5 m and weigh more than 60 kg. Taimen is very widespread - it can be caught in all Siberian rivers, up to the Indigirka. Taimen never goes to sea; it prefers fast, mountain and taiga rivers and clean, cold-water lakes. It spawns in May in small channels. This large and beautiful fish is a desirable catch for the amateur fisherman.

Nelma

The Nelma species is listed in the Red Book of Russia

The Nelma species is listed in the International Red Book

Nelma or whitefish. Like whitefish, nelma has rather large, silvery scales and small caviar. But the mouth of nelma is large, like that of salmon. Nelma is a large fish, up to 130 cm in length and 30-35 kg in weight. Its fatty meat is very tasty. This fish does not like salt water and, when going out to sea, sticks to the desalinated estuary spaces of the Arctic Ocean and the northeastern part of the Bering Sea. A significant part of our nelma herd spends its entire life in the great Siberian rivers, migrating from the mouth to the upper reaches

Nelma lives in the Kiya River basin and its tributaries. Cases of capture in Tom are rare. Rare species in need of protection.

Lenok

Lenok species is listed in the Red Book of Russia

Lenok the only kind in a way, it resembles whitefish more than other salmon. Its mouth is relatively small, like a whitefish. The eggs are also quite small. Lenok grows relatively slowly and extremely rarely reaches 8 kg in weight; usually it is much smaller (2-3 kg in the 12th year of life). The color of lenka is dark brown or blackish, with a golden tint. The sides, dorsal and caudal fins are covered with small rounded dark spots; during the spawning period large copper-red spots appear on the sides. Lenok does not go to sea, he lives in Siberian rivers from the Ob to the Kolyma, he is in the Far East in the Amur River and in all rivers flowing into the Okhotsk and Japanese sea. It goes south to Korea. Like taimen, lenok is a voracious predator. Large lenkas, in addition to small fish, can eat frogs and mice swimming across rivers. It also eats large bottom invertebrates - the larvae of stoneflies, caddisflies and mayflies. Like ordinary taimen, lenok is an object of recreational fishing.

Lenok inhabits small mountain rivers of the Kuznetsk Alatau and Mountain Shoria, preserved in the upper reaches of the Kiya. The species is on the verge of extinction and is listed in the Red Book of the Kemerovo Region. Needs enhanced protection. Fishing is completely prohibited.

Muksun

Muksun has from 44 to 72 stamens. This is a semi-anadromous whitefish, feeding in the desalinated coastal waters of the Arctic Ocean, from where it goes to spawn in the Kara, Ob, Yenisei, Lena and Kolyma, without, however, rising high. Muksun in the sea feeds on amphipods, mysids and sea cockroaches. Occasionally it reaches more than 13 kg of weight, its usual weight is 1-2 kg. Spawns in October - November before freeze-up, on rifts with flagstone and pebble bottoms. Muksun is one of the most important commercial fish in Siberia; its catches are measured in tens of thousands of centners.

Peled

The Peled species is listed in the International Red Book

The peled or whitefish is easily distinguished from other whitefish by its terminal mouth, the upper jaw of which is only slightly longer than the lower jaw, and a large number of gill rakers (49-68). The color of the peled is darker than other whitefish; there are small black dots on the head and dorsal fin. It does not go out to sea, only occasionally being caught in the slightly salty water of Kara Bay. If the omul is an anadromous whitefish, and the tugun is mainly river, then the peled can be called lake

Muksun and peled are rare species coming from the Ob River. Fishing is completely prohibited.

Grayling family

Siberian grayling

The Siberian grayling differs from the European grayling in its large mouth size (the upper jaw reaches approximately the middle of the eye). The teeth on the jaws are more visible. The coloring is the same as that of the European grayling, but varies greatly: in large rivers there are light-colored forms, in small taiga streams - dark ones. The typical Siberian grayling lives in the basins of the Kara (where it lives together with the European), Ob and Yenisei rivers. To the south it goes to the Altai mountain reservoirs and the river. Kobdo in Northwestern Mongolia. Black grayling feeds mainly on the larvae of caddisflies, stoneflies and amphipods and, on occasion, diversifies its menu with flying insects that have fallen into the water and the eggs of sculpin gobies. The East Siberian grayling, which differs from the typical form in that its dorsal fin is shifted to the front end and the body is covered with smaller scales, reaches 44 cm in length. It inhabits the eastern part of Siberia, found in the rivers Pyasina, Taimyr, Khatanga, Lena, Yana, Indigirka, Alazeya, Kolyma and rivers of the Chukotka Peninsula.

Siberian grayling is a widespread mass species that lives in the Tom, Kiya and their tributaries. Needs protection. Sport fishing is permitted.

Pike family

Pike

Pike is common in northern waters Europe, Asia and America. Common pike is found in Russia in the basins of the Black, Azov, Caspian, Aral, Baltic, White, Barents Seas, the Arctic Ocean and the Sea of ​​Okhotsk (the Anadyr River, some rivers of the northwestern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula). It is not found only in lakes Issyk-Kul, Balkhash, in the reservoirs of the Crimea and the Caucasus, and in the Amur basin. Common pike reaches a length of more than 1.5 m and a weight of 35 kg or more. Found among thickets of aquatic vegetation. The body color is spotted, light stripes are located across and along the body. Depending on the nature and degree of development of the vegetation of the coastal zone, pike has a gray-greenish, gray-yellowish or gray-brown color, its back is dark, its belly is whitish, with gray specks. In some lakes there is a silver pike. Pike prefers rivers with a slow flow, lakes, and tolerates an acidic environment well. Pike has an elongated, arrow-shaped shape. The head is very elongated, the lower jaw protrudes forward, the teeth on the lower jaw are of different sizes and serve to capture the victim

Pike is a widespread mass species. A valuable object for sport and recreational fishing.

Carp family.

The most numerous. The region is home to 15 species. 10 of them have economic value (dace, ide, roach, bream, silver crucian carp, golden crucian carp, carp, tench, white carp, silver carp).

The ide inhabits the waters of Central Europe and Siberia up to Kolyma. An inexperienced fisherman can easily confuse the ide with a roach or chub. But the ide differs from the roach in having smaller scales and a greenish-yellow iris; from the chub - a higher body, a relatively short head, crimson-red ventral and anal fins. Young ides have a more silvery color than older ones; with age, the ide's back becomes much darker, but the sides and belly remain silver, and the fins become brighter in color. Ide lives in large lowland rivers, lakes and reservoirs. It is especially numerous in rivers with floodplain lakes. Juvenile ide feed on zooplankton and algae; older fish feed on higher vegetation, mollusks, insects falling into the water, and sometimes fish fry. The food of ide is very varied. Ide grows quite quickly. In some pond farms, yellow-red ide, the so-called orpha, is bred. Orpha is very beautiful and is often kept as an ornamental fish in large bodies of water, such as fountain pools or large aquariums.

Gudgeon

The gudgeon is the most famous species. It is found in almost all of Europe, except for its northern and southern parts, up to the upper reaches of the Lena, and is also found in the Amur basin, but is absent in other rivers along the Pacific coast. The common gudgeon lives in rivers with weak or medium-speed currents on sandy or pebble soil, in streams and flowing ponds. It reaches a length of 22 cm, but larger than 15 cm is rare. This is a small fish, well distinguished from other fish due to its appearance: its body is greenish-brownish on top, silvery on the sides and covered with bluish or blackish spots, which sometimes merge into a solid dark stripe, its belly is silvery, slightly yellowish; the dorsal and caudal fins are mottled with dark dots, the others are grayish. There are whiskers at the corners of the mouth. This coloring camouflages the typical bottom minnow well; inhabitant, matching the color of the bottom.

Golden crucian carp

Golden crucian carp differs from another species, silver crucian carp, by a smaller number of gill rakers on the first arch (golden crucian carp has 23-33, silver crucian carp has 39-50). The back of crucian carp is usually dark brown, with a greenish tint; the sides are dark golden, sometimes with a copper-red tint; paired fins are slightly reddish. It is widespread in the Middle and Eastern Europe, as well as in Siberia to the river. Lena. The common crucian carp lives in swampy, overgrown reservoirs, in floodplain lakes; it is rare in rivers and lives in areas with slow flows. Crucian carp are particularly fond of waters with silty soils. For the winter, crucian carp burrow into or survive even when, in cold, snowless winters, small standing reservoirs freeze to the very bottom.

Silver crucian carp

The silver crucian carp differs from the common crucian carp in the large number of gill rakers, silver coloring of the sides and abdomen Goldfish introduced to North America, to ponds Western Europe, Thailand, India. Recently it has taken root well and has become a commercial fish in Russia, in the lakes of Kamchatka. Compared to golden carp, it is more attached to large lakes and is found in large rivers. It usually grows somewhat faster than the common goldfish, reaching 45 cm in length and weighing more than 1 kg. Zoo- and phytoplankton are quite important in nutrition. Silver crucian carp are bred in ponds where carp cannot live, or they are planted in carp ponds.

Dace

The common dace is distributed throughout Europe east of the Pyrenees and north of the Alps, in the Crimea, the Caucasus and the lower Volga, as well as throughout Siberia, except for the rivers of the basin Pacific Ocean. The dace lives mainly in rivers and flowing lakes. Siberian dace, also called chebak and megdym. Lives in rivers and flowing lakes from the Ob basin in the west to Kolyma in the east, numerous in lakes Zaisan, Teletskoye, and Baikal. The Siberian dace reaches 33 cm in length and weighs 350 g. It feeds on bottom animals, and the composition of its food varies significantly depending on the composition of the benthos in different reservoirs. For the winter, it enters en masse into uninterrupted rivers, and in the spring, still under the ice, it begins to descend into the Ob.

Bream (a valuable commercial fish, more widespread than other species of this genus. In the north, bream reaches the White Sea basin and the eastern part of the Barents Sea (Pechora River), acclimatized in the reservoirs of Siberia (Lake Ubinskoye, Ob River), Kazakhstan (Lake Balkhash etc.). Bream prefers calm, warm water with a sandy-silty and clayey bottom and is therefore common in river bays and lakes. The color of the bream varies depending on the age of the fish, the color of the soil and the water in the reservoir. Small bream is gray-silver, in. At an older age, bream darkens and acquires a golden tint. In peat lakes, bream has a brown color.

Tench

Tench got its name from the word “molt”, since when taken out of the water, it immediately changes color. Tench is distributed almost throughout Europe; in Siberia it is found in the middle reaches of the Ob and Yenisei. Its thick, rather wide body is covered with tightly fitting small scales, and there are small bright red eyes on its head. The mouth is very small, with a short antennae at the corners of the mouth. The pharyngeal teeth are single-row, elongated into a small hook. The color of tench depends on the color of the water of the reservoir where it lives; Usually its back is dark green, its sides are olive green, with a golden sheen; in rivers and clear lakes it is always yellower than in shady, heavily overgrown ponds. Tench reaches 60 cm in length and 7.5 kg in weight. Tench prefers to stay in the bays of rivers and lakes, overgrown with reeds or soft underwater vegetation - urut. He usually stays alone. Before wintering, it gathers in flocks and winters in deep places, sometimes buries itself in the mud. Tench feed on small invertebrates.

Roach

The roach is found throughout Europe east of Southern England and the Pyrenees and north of the Alps; in rivers and lakes of Siberia, in the basins of the Caspian and Aral seas. The roach is easily distinguished from other species by the orange color of the iris and the red spot in its upper part. Residential roach is found both in small rivers, almost streams, in ponds, and in large rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, and quite often in each of these reservoirs it occupies one of the first places in numbers among other species. Most of the food consists of algae, higher plants, larvae of various insects, mollusks and other organisms.

white cupid

White carp is a large fish, reaching more than 120 cm in length and 30 kg in weight. The color of the back is greenish or yellowish-gray, the sides are dark golden. Along the edge of each scale (except for those located on the belly) there is a dark rim. The belly is light golden. The dorsal and caudal fins are dark, all others are lighter. Golden rainbow. The peritoneum is dark brown. Amur in its adult state almost exclusively consumes higher vegetation, both underwater and terrestrial, going out to floodplains and floodplain lakes (for which it is called grass carp). Double-row pharyngeal teeth, strongly serrated, with a longitudinal groove on the chewing surface, crush food well. The intestinal tract is long, 2-3 times the length of the body. The places where grass carp feed can be easily noticed by the abundance of floating feces, reminiscent of the excrement of geese and ducks. Grass carp grows quickly, about 10 cm each year. When reared in ponds, grass carp is an omnivorous fish: it eats soft underwater vegetation, picks off young shoots of hard vegetation - reeds and cattails, and readily consumes feeding from various terrestrial vegetation, plant leaves, and vegetables; He also uses animal food - small fish, worms, insect larvae, and artificial feed such as bran and cake. It is especially promising to grow it in cooling ponds at thermal power plants, which are usually heavily overgrown with aquatic vegetation.

All species, except silver carp and grass carp, are widespread and numerous. They are the main objects of recreational and sport fishing.

Grass carp and silver carp are acclimatized in the Belovskoye Reservoir and are not found in other reservoirs. They are objects of sport and recreational fishing. Species that have no economic value are widespread: gudgeon, verkhovka, minnow, Siberian char, Siberian spined loach.

Catfish family

Catfish is a large fish, reaching 5 m in length and 300 kg in weight, inhabiting the rivers and lakes of Europe from the Rhine to the east. The catfish goes north to the south of Finland, south to Asia Minor, the Caspian and Aral seas and the rivers flowing into them. The color of the catfish is variable, usually olive-green, almost black on the back, the belly is white, and there are irregular spots on the sides. A small reed form that lives in the southern part of the Aral Sea, intensely black in color. The dorsal fin of the catfish is tiny, barely noticeable, and there is no adipose fin. The upper jaw bears two long antennae, the lower - four shorter ones. The huge mouth of the catfish reveals it as a predator. Indeed, the catfish is a voracious predator, eating small fish, frogs, and large bivalves. There have been cases of catfish attacks on waterfowl and dogs crossing rivers. Still, the gluttony of catfish is greatly exaggerated. Typically, catfish stay in deep places, under snags, and in pools near dams. Large catfish are a desirable prey for sports fishermen. Typically, catfish are caught in the summer, during the period of intense feeding, on bottom fishing rods baited with a frog or crayfish, or on a track.

American channel catfish is acclimatized and lives in the Belovo Reservoir.

Family Chukuchanaceae.

Representatives of this family - black buffalo and largemouth buffalo - are also acclimatized to the Belovskoye Reservoir. Both species are of great economic value. Rare and in need of protection species.

Chukuchan

Chukuchan inhabits the waters of the Arctic Ocean basin in Eastern Siberia from Indigirka to the east and throughout North America, in the Bering Sea basin to the river. Anadyr. In the rivers of Siberia, it forms a Siberian subspecies (Chukuchan lives in fast rivers with a rocky bottom. Reaches a length of 60 cm. Males are smaller than females. It becomes sexually mature at 5-6 years. Spawning occurs in May - June. The eggs are quite large, with a diameter of about 2 mm. The mating plumage of males is in the form of small epithelial tubercles on the rays of the anal fin. Juveniles feed on small invertebrates and diatoms, while adults feed on larger benthos.

Since ancient times, the rivers of Siberia have served as spawning grounds for valuable salmon and sturgeon fish. Currently, most of the spawning grounds in the Kemerovo region have lost their former importance for the reproduction of salmon and sturgeon herds due to pollution by industrial waste, gold mining, and gravel mining.

The Kiya River remains the cleanest, as evidenced by the composition of the ichthyofauna (selma, sturgeon, taimen, pike perch, burbot, in addition to the ubiquitous roach, dace, perch, pike).

Sports and recreational fishing have developed in the region; fishing was carried out only on Lake Bolshoy Berchikul and the Belovskoye Reservoir.

In the 80s, bream and pike perch were quite rare in ichthyological collections (observation point-kurya Lachinovskaya of the Tom River), but now their numbers in the Tom River have increased sharply.

According to the Kemerovo Fishery Conservation Inspectorate, the number of taimen and grayling in the region as a whole has increased in the last few years.

In Tom, there are now frequent cases of catching sturgeon, sterlet, and nelma, although, of course, these species remain in the category of rare.

Perch

Perch is one of nine genera of the perch family.

An ordinary perch is dark green on top, the sides are greenish-yellow, the belly is yellowish, 5 - 9 dark stripes stretch across the body, instead of which there are sometimes dark irregular spots; the first dorsal fin is gray with a black spot, the second is greenish-yellow, the pectoral fins are red-yellow, the ventral and anal fins are red, the caudal fin, especially at the bottom, is reddish. The color varies significantly depending on the color of the soil;

Perch stays mainly in places with a quiet current, small and medium-sized ones in summer - mainly at shallow depths, in places heavily overgrown with aquatic plants, from where they rush at small fish, large perches always stay in deeper places. Perches are extremely predatory and voracious and eat all kinds of animals that they can: small fish, fish eggs, insects, worms, tadpoles, crustaceans, especially amphipods, and large ones - crayfish.

Burbot

Burbot is the only cod species that has migrated from sea waters to fresh waters. Burbot has two dorsal fins, the first is small (9-16 rays), the second dorsal and anal fins reach the caudal fin, but do not merge with it. The head is somewhat flattened. The upper jaw protrudes forward. The burbot has a well-developed barbel on its chin. The jaws and vomer are armed with bristle-like teeth. The body of the burbot is covered with small cycloid scales, located deep in the skin, secreting abundant mucus. Body color varies greatly; usually the dorsal side is green or olive-green, mottled with black-brown spots and stripes. The throat and belly of the burbot are gray. Burbot has retained the cold-loving nature characteristic of the cod family. Burbot is especially numerous in the rivers of Siberia, where it is commercially fished. Burbot loves clean and cold waters, usually found on rocky soils. Sometimes it goes into the pre-estuary spaces of rivers. Burbot breeds under the ice in winter.

In the waters of the reserve, 1 species of lamprey (class cyclostomata) and 33 species of fish belonging to 11 families live permanently or come to spawn: lampreys - 1 species (river lamprey); salmon - 2 species (lenok, taimen); whitefish - 8 species (nelma, omul, vendace, muksun, river whitefish, peled, broad whitefish, tugun); grayling - 1 species (Siberian grayling); pike - 1 species (common pike); carp - 11 species (golden and silver crucian carp, roach, dace, common and lake minnows, gudgeon, ide, bream, tench); loaches - 2 species (loach loach, loach); cod - 1 species (burbot); sticklebacks - 1 species (nine-spined stickleback); sculpin - 3 species (Siberian and variegated sculpin, stone sculpin).

In the sandy sediments of the left bank of the Yenisei live sand miners - the larvae of the Siberian lamprey, the only Yenisei representative of the class of cyclostomes. Their development lasts 4 years; adults spawn in spring in tributaries on shallow pebbles; after spawning they die.

Sturgeon, nelma, muksun, vendace are semi-anadromous fish, the rest of the species are residential, although some of them are capable of significant migrations within the reservoirs of the accessory system of the Yenisei. By type of spawning substrate, most species are lithopsammophiles and lithophiles, which is due to the abundance of pebble and sandy-pebble soils in the middle Yenisei basin. The timing of spawning varies, but the group of spring-spawning fish is the most numerous. Due to the low production of zooplankton in the Yenisei and especially in its tributaries, benthos plays the main role in the nutrition of peaceful and partly predatory fish species.

Both types of sturgeon are widespread in the Yenisei - Siberian sturgeon and sterlet. Until recently, despite intensive fishing, they maintained high numbers, but now they are literally dying as a result of extremely intensive and predatory poaching outside the reserve. For sterlet, the Yenisei basin is the eastern edge of its range. To the south of the reserve are the most important spawning grounds for sterlet - the channels of the Vorogovsky multi-island. Spawning occurs at the end of May - June. Males reach sexual maturity in the sixth to seventh year of life, females in the seventh to ninth year. After intensive summer-autumn feeding, the sterlet lies down for the winter in pits located in the middle reaches of the Yenisei.

The Siberian sturgeon forms two morphologically similar ecological forms on the Yenisei: residential and semi-anadromous. Residential sturgeon constantly live in the middle reaches of the river, its feeding and rearing areas are located mainly on the left bank, and juveniles stay in shallow water, in dams and channels, and older individuals prefer deeper areas. Semi-anadromous sturgeons feed in the Yenisei Bay and the inner delta of the Yenisei, rise upstream to spawn and winter together with the resident ones in pits in the middle reaches. Spawning in both forms occurs in June-July, mainly in the Vorogovsky multi-island area. Sturgeons mature late: males rarely reach age 17, females reach age 19, usually 2-3 years later. Sturgeon, like sterlet, is a typical benthophage, however, sterlet feeds mainly on sandy-pebble and pebble-stony soils in the central part of the river bed, and sturgeon feeds on the sands near the left bank, which takes them out of competitive relations.

The largest numbers and species diversity of fish are characterized by the coastal areas of the Yenisei, Kurya and channels - places with a developed fauna of bottom invertebrates. Cyprinids constantly stay here: soroga or Siberian roach, ide, dace, gudgeon; Bream is occasionally found, a species acclimatized in the 1960s. in the Krasnoyarsk reservoir and over the past 30 years has spread throughout the Yenisei. Perch, ruffe, burbot and pike are also numerous. Cyprinids are characterized by a mixed diet: their intestines contain macrophytes, diatoms, and zoobenthos; During the mass summer of insects, they are often present. In juvenile perch, burbot and ruffe, bottom invertebrates play the main role in nutrition. In the food of adult perch and burbot, fish are of primary importance. For spawning, many species living in the coastal part of the Yenisei use the floodplain flooded in late May - early June. The substrate for spawning is submerged dead plants.

In autumn, spawning aggregations of tugun, a small short-cycle whitefish, form in the coastal area, forming local herds on the Yenisei, confined to tributaries. This species matures early: males most often in the third, females in the third or fourth year of life. At the end of August - beginning of September, the tugun leaves the tributaries of the Yenisei and spawns at the end of September - October on sandy and pebble soils.

In the second half of September - October, in the Yenisei section of the reserve, semi-anadromous whitefishes appear in the Yenisei section of the reserve - nelma, vendace, omul, and occasionally muksun; concentrated muksun shoaling is observed only in downstream rivers.

Nelma, like sturgeon, forms two ecological forms: residential and semi-anadromous. The feeding areas of migratory nelma are the delta and weakly saline areas of the Yenisei Bay. Residential salmon feed in the river, apparently forming a series of local herds. The spawning grounds of both forms coincide. Mass maturation occurs in the tenth or eleventh year of life, sometimes 2-3 years earlier. The main spawning grounds of nelma are the channels of the Vorogovsky multi-island. The sex ratio is shifted in favor of males, which is probably explained by the fact that males skip one spawning season between repeated spawnings, and females skip at least two seasons.

Vendace rises along the Yenisei to the mouth of the Podkamennaya Tunguska, spawning in October on sandy and pebble soils. Later than other whitefish species, omul appears in the Yenisei section of the reserve. The course of the omul here is sparse. The high proportion of omul of older age groups in the lower reaches of the Yenisei and its inverse ratio in the Ob suggest that the feeding and rearing areas of the omul spawning in the middle Yenisei are located in the Ob Bay and the Gydan Bay, i.e., there is a single Ob-Yenisei omul herd.

The tributaries of the Yenisei are also rich in fish. Grayling, lenok, taimen, which are more abundant in the right-bank tributaries, and river whitefish live here. On reaches with aquatic vegetation, ide, perch, and pike are common. Common minnow, loach, spined loach, and all 3 species of sculpins are common almost everywhere in the tributaries. There is also burbot, which grows here much more slowly than in the Yenisei. Grayling, lenok and taimen use tributaries of the Yenisei up to IV-V orders inclusive for spawning and feeding. In the Yenisei itself they are few in number and stay mainly in winter, while a significant part of the fish spend the winter in the tributaries. In the spring, immediately after the ice drift, and possibly still under the ice, the spawners rise to the upper reaches of the tributaries, where in late May - early June they spawn on the pebbles. The decline after spawning is gradual. The diet of juvenile taimen is quite varied and includes juvenile fish and various benthic organisms. Adult taimen is an obligate predator; in addition to fish, its stomachs often contain small rodents, chicks of waterfowl, and occasionally even muskrat. Lenok and especially grayling have highly seasonal changes in their diet, which includes benthic invertebrates, adult flying insects, eggs and juvenile fish.

River whitefish spawn in tributaries in the fall, at the end of September - October, and remain there for the winter. In the spring, producers flock to the Yenisei; Some fish remain in tributaries and are distributed among quiet sections of rivers. Bottom invertebrates, mainly mollusks, are of primary importance in the diet of whitefish.

In the upper reaches of the river. In Birobchan, while there is an abundance of pike, grayling, lenok and taimen are practically absent - this is probably due to the chemical composition of the water and lack of oxygen: one of the main sources of nutrition for the river in the upper reaches is the runoff from numerous raised swamps. The listed species inhabit in large numbers only the middle and lower reaches of the river, which here acquires a mountainous character, a strong slope of the riverbed, high flow speed with an abundance of rifts, rapids and riffles.

Numerous floodplain lakes of the reserve are inhabited by gold and silver crucian carp, lake minnow, and nine-spined stickleback. Perch, pike, sorog and ide were found in both floodplain and mainland lakes. Tench is very rarely found in the lakes on the left bank of the Yenisei. In spring and autumn, during floods, a temporary connection is formed between some floodplain reservoirs and the Yenisei, which allows many species of fish access to places rich in food. Some of them remain here during the period of isolation from the Yenisei.

The middle course of the Yenisei River in the area of ​​the reserve is of great importance as the area of ​​​​the main spawning grounds for sturgeon and whitefish and the concentration of wintering pits for sturgeon and sterlet.

For many representatives of the stronger half of humanity, fishing is a hobby, but not a means of profit. Although, just recently, some 100 years ago, fishing was of no importance to many as an activity purely for pastime. For many, fishing was a means of survival.

Nowadays, most anglers come to a certain, interesting place to catch a rare but valuable specimen that can leave a memory for a lifetime. Siberia and the Far East are also visited by many who like to go fishing and catch tasty and valuable fish, especially since there are many types of fish found here in sufficient quantities. In addition, the places also attract anglers because fishing here is mostly free.

Some areas here are distinguished by the fact that you can only really get here in winter. Unfortunately, there is nothing to do here alone, since the places are characterized by harsh conditions, and you need to know the places. Therefore, it is better to buy some kind of ticket and go fishing as a whole team together with a guide.

Winter fishing competitions are regularly held on Lake Baikal. There are plenty of similar interesting places in Siberia and the Far East, you just need to choose the right place.

Many fishermen dream of fishing on Lake Baikal, since grayling and omul are found here, as well as pike, ide, catfish, perch and other fish, both predatory and peaceful. In addition, there are very picturesque and interesting places with wildlife.

The reservoirs of Western Siberia are considered one of the richest in terms of the number of fish living in them. The Ob River is also considered one of the richest in fish resources. It can also include its tributaries. In rivers such as the Yenisei, Tom, Amur, Yaya, Lena, Kia, Mris Su, Ters, Uryuk and others, there are a huge number of different species of fish.

The reservoirs of the Far East provide the largest amount of diverse fish, which corresponds to more than 60% of all fish caught in Russia. The seas of the Far East replenish the industrial catch with cod and salmon, which are highly valued for their tasty meat. As a rule, they are caught in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, Sea of ​​Japan and Bering Sea, which belong to the Pacific expanses.

The following types of fish are caught in the Far East:

• 40% herring.
• 100% crab.
• 99% salmon.
• 90% flounder.
• 60% shellfish.

In other words, at least 80% of all fish that is caught on an industrial scale throughout Russia is caught here. In addition to fish, there is fishing for algae, which accounts for almost 90% of the total in Russia.

Species of fish living in Siberia and the Far East

Grayling

Grayling belongs to the salmon fish species and is the most common species inhabiting water bodies located closer to northern latitudes. The largest numbers of this fish are found in the rivers of Siberia. He prefers rivers and lakes with clean water, at the same time, the water should be cold.

The most common individuals reach a weight of about 1 kilogram, although there are specimens weighing up to 3 kilograms. Despite this, a grayling weighing 6.8 kilograms was caught.

This fish is considered omnivorous, since its diet includes midges, grasshoppers, flies, algae, mollusks, and insect larvae. If he comes across eggs of other fish species on his way, he will eat them.

Prefers to stay close to riffles, near huge stones, on the thresholds, etc., where fishermen with gear are waiting for him. Grayling can be caught both with a regular float rod and with a spinning rod or fly fishing rod. When using various spinners, preference should be given to smaller specimens. If you take a larger bait, you can catch more big fish, although in this case you will have to wait much longer for a bite.

It belongs to the whitefish family, and is also a valuable industrial fish. This fish is found in any large river Siberia. Fish is valued due to the presence of sufficient nutrients in the meat.

Muksun grows up to 75 cm in length and can gain weight up to 12 kilograms, although most individuals are found weighing no more than 2 kilograms. Despite this, fishermen catch more catchy specimens, weighing up to 7 kilograms. If a fisherman catches a fish weighing about 3 kilograms, then this is a huge success for him. This fish is caught with nets if there is no ban, since in some regions there is still a ban.

It is not necessary to catch this fish with nets, since muksun responds well to artificial baits such as flies.

Another fish that represents whitefish. The largest populations of this fish are observed in the Ob and Yenisei rivers. The fish prefers fresh waters, although it can live and develop in semi-fresh waters. Whitefish are also found in Kamchatka. As a rule, you come across individuals no more than half a meter long and weighing no more than 3 kilograms. Despite this, a fish was caught, weighing about 11 kilograms, which grew to a length of 84 centimeters.

Basically, this fish is caught in nets, but it bites well on a fishing rod or spinning rod. As bait you can take both living objects, in the form of mollusks, insects and larvae, and artificial baits that imitate the movements of living objects in the water. Edible rubber baits are very popular.

This fish is a prominent representative of the carp family, and is widely distributed both in Europe and Siberia. The ide is considered an omnivorous fish, but prefers rivers or lakes with warmer water. Therefore, the main places where you can find ide are ponds, lakes and rivers, but not in the mountains, where there is cold and clean water.

Ide grows up to half a meter in length, weighing about 3 kilograms, although in some rivers of Siberia individuals weighing up to 9 kilograms have been found. Ide is caught using ordinary float tackle or spinning rods equipped with artificial catchable baits.

The most favorable time for catching it is after dark. It can also be caught using regular worms.

This fish is also a representative of the whitefish, but the largest of them. Prefers rivers and river basins located closer to the Arctic Ocean, as well as reservoirs of Siberia.

On average, individuals are found weighing about 10 kilograms, and nelma grow up to 50 kilograms. It has unsurpassed taste characteristics. Thanks to such taste characteristics, this species is caught very intensively, therefore, in some areas of Siberia it is prohibited to catch it.

It is almost impossible to catch this fish using a spinning rod, so it is caught industrially.

Another representative of the whitefish, the largest populations of which are recorded in Lake Baikal.

The omul grows to a small size and can weigh no more than 8 kilograms. Omul can be caught all year round, both from the shore and from a boat. He takes small baits that are brightly colored. Quite often it is caught with ordinary fish, meat, or simply foam rubber. In winter, this fish can be found at a depth of up to 200 meters, which requires special gear. Therefore, winter fishing for omul is fraught with serious difficulties.

The pyzhyan is found in various reservoirs of Siberia. It grows up to 0.8 meters in length and can reach a weight of about 5 kilograms. This fish is caught using cast nets or seines. Amateur fishermen use ordinary tackle and bait. The diet of this fish includes insects and their larvae, as well as mollusks.

This fish prefers rivers that are located closer to the North. Most of this fish is in such large rivers as the Lena, Yenisei, Ob, etc. Occasionally, you can find specimens more than a meter long and weighing almost 100 kilograms. It is better to catch this fish in spring and summer using a seine.

This is a fish that belongs to the salmon species, and which prefers freshwater bodies of water. Lenok is widespread in Siberia and the Far East. Prefers to stay on rifts, as well as in mountain rivers. Lenok is considered an exclusively predatory fish that feeds on living organisms such as flies, mollusks, insects, worms, etc. Lenok is caught exclusively on a spinning rod, using various spinners, wobblers or flies for effective fishing.

This representative of salmon is listed in the Red Book. It is prohibited to catch taimen in almost all bodies of water. Likes to be in fresh but cold water. He doesn't go to sea. It can grow up to 2 meters in length and weigh about 80 kilograms.

Pike is a predatory fish that inhabits almost all water bodies of Russia and Siberia, and the Far East is no exception. Individual specimens weighing up to 35 kilograms and more than 1 meter in length are not at all uncommon here. The most productive periods for pike hunting are considered to be spring and autumn. Pike are caught mainly using spinning rods, using various artificial baits.

Dace prefers bodies of water with running and crystal clear water. He is caught with ordinary float rods. You can use a worm, maggot, bloodworm, ordinary bread or porridge as a hook bait.

Burbot is the only representative of codfish that prefers fresh water bodies. It is most widespread in places that are close to the Arctic Ocean. In addition, it is found in almost all taiga zones. Mostly individuals weighing no more than 1 kg are caught on the hook, although there are individual specimens weighing up to 25 kilograms.

Burbot is more active during cold periods, and it spawns exclusively in winter, in severe frosts. Since burbot is also a predatory fish species, it is better to catch it using animal baits.

This is the only representative of the Chukuchan family that can be found in the reservoirs of Siberia and the Far East. Chukuchan is also a predatory fish and prefers baits of animal origin. Therefore, it is better to catch it using mollusks, worms, insects and their larvae.

Chebak

This is a representative of the carp family. Distributed throughout Siberia and the Urals. Although the fish is not large, most specimens are found weighing about 3 kilograms. Chebak does not refuse either animal or plant food, therefore, it can be caught with any type of bait, and it is caught with a regular float rod.

Peculiarities

The most main feature fishing in these places means dispersing bodies of water over a large area, which are not so easy to get to without special transport. No less important feature– these are current bans on catching certain species of fish that are listed in the Red Book. Therefore, fishing in Siberia and the Far East is fraught with some difficulties. In this regard, there is nothing to do here alone, especially without special permission.

The advantage of fishing in these places is that there are simply a huge number of fish species. Free fishing is allowed on most reservoirs. Despite this, there are already areas where the territory is either privatized or leased. To get to such an area for fishing you will have to pay a considerable amount of money.

Fishing in the Far East is especially important in the autumn, when grayling is caught. During this period, a huge number of fishermen come here.

The most interesting place is considered to be the Ob River, as well as a pond in the immediate vicinity of the village of Razdolnoye. Here you can fish under a license with a limit on the number of fish caught. An equally interesting place is Lake Tennis.

No less interesting places await fishermen in the reservoirs of the Tomsk and Omsk regions. In the Far East, fishermen choose the Seas of Japan and Okhotsk, as well as Peter the Great Bay, tributaries of the Kolyma and Indigirka. These places are considered one of the most interesting for fishing. Pollock, lenok, taimen, char, grayling and other types of fish are caught here.

In other words, Siberia and the Far East are real paradise for fishermen.