Rafting and Fishing on Mrassa

A special role in spinning fishing is played by raft fishing, when the boat moves independently with the help of the current or wind. The speed then, as a rule, is low, which is why fishing itself is quite convenient and very rational. Since almost all the time is spent only on “clean” catching and weak adjustment of movement. But a considerable area of ​​water is fished in a day. And the fruits are usually appropriate.

Fishing by rafting on the river

Such fishing was very common before, but even today, with the increasing popularity of spinning, it has not lost its importance. It is very relevant if the fish stands sluggishly and does not want to chase an energetically moving bait.

Finding schools of standing predators is certainly not easy - the water area is huge and it is sometimes not always possible to foresee the situation on the reservoir. Consequently, an active search, as a rule, gives better results than a theoretical discussion of the presence of pike perch in a certain place.

Fishing by rafting with a fishing rod

There are two active search methods - trolling and raft fishing, often with jig baits. Still, trolling in a new place that has a complex bottom topography takes time: first you have to study the area, find the optimal passage places, select bait - in a word, there are moments that slow down the search.

As a rule, raft fishing involves vertical trolling while drifting, when you need to test the bottom under a moving boat. Fishing is not very exciting, but it can be very effective, since you can move along the hummocks and hollows with heavy bait. The only problem is where does the wind and current take the boat? It’s great if you come across places where fish suck. And when not? Perhaps the boat is drifting in the center of the channel hole, and the active predator is a few meters away from it near the edge of the dump and simply does not see the bait, or does not want to, and is chasing it?

Finding fish while rafting

I prefer to look for fish a little differently. When fishing with a raft, do not knock on the bottom. And casting fishing with a simple stepped retrieve. This makes it possible to view different levels of the river bottom, for example, the edge, the foot and the slope, where pike perch often stand. Of course, fishing is also made more complete - we cast, control the wiring - everything is as always, but without anchoring the boat, which we do not regret.

Water rafting is an excellent opportunity for fishing

When looking for concentrations of predators, it is possible and even necessary to combine different fishing methods. Fishing by rafting is like a rare comb, but you won’t be able to cover everything. For example, it is better to catch promising pools, as well as snags, with a jig bait. From an established boat, changing several places. There is always the opportunity to catch a fish hidden in a secluded corner, which is waiting for the spinner in the snags. When fishing by rafting or trolling, it is not always possible to put the bait under its nose, since it is difficult to find the predator’s site; you must first “tap” the bottom or study it using an echo sounder. Therefore, when a boat drifts past a bend, I often fish the spit, leaving the pool for later. Relatively straight river sections are the main place for fishing with jig baits during the drift.

Straight sections are the main place for fishing when rafting

In calm periods, and on rivers where there are high banks and when the wind is moderate, the boat moves calmly with the current. Fishing is comfortable and very productive. On the way back you can troll again. It cannot be said that this fishing method is worse or better than raft fishing. Sometimes a predator bites better on a jig bait jumping from the shore and moving downstream, and sometimes on a wobbler moving against the flow; it also often happens that both methods work equally effectively. Fishing from a boat with bait casting is used in almost all bodies of water. When we talk about jig-spinning during raft fishing as a method of searching for the concentration of a predator, it is important to remember that the effectiveness is very dependent on the latitude of the reservoir.

Read about jig fishing :

• Catching pike perch with a jig
• Choosing a spinning rod for jig fishing

Rafting fishing on narrow rivers and canals is more fun and effective. Where, based on the outline of the banks, you can guess the bottom topography, where you need to cast and how best to place the bait. And when the current is weak and the boat does not move quickly, then one passage is enough for reconnaissance.

On larger bodies of water, jig exploration is also very effective, but there should be more passes. To fully explore a certain chosen area, you need to make at least a couple of swims, sequentially studying each dump. During the period of fishing by rafting along the main Volga, the result can be achieved by casting, rather than knocking, a jig bait on the bottom. If you catch a fish, it’s great, but when you don’t, the conclusion about the absence of fish is very hasty.

Rafting and fishing in Siberia. From Lake Baunt along the Tsipa and Vitim rivers: description

We will cover more than 600 km, overcome 115 powerful rapids, rapid rifts and rapids, following each other. We will finish the route on the Vitim River, at the bridge of the Baikal-Amur Mainline.

The group is accompanied by 2 experienced instructors. We will go on 4- and 6-seater catamarans Raftmaster and Sterkh. We will cross Lake Baunt on motor boats, and row along Tsipa and Vitim - rowing for 5-6 hours a day. We go fishing along the way, and in the evening we will have delicious fish delicacies at our table: fried, smoked, fish baked in foil, lightly salted pike fillet with lemon, pike cutlets, fish soup. We cook food over a fire. All group members participate in cooking with the participation and assistance of instructors. There are also a lot of berries and mushrooms along the route - we will collect them at the stops.

We spend the night in tents for 2-3 people.

Please note that there is no cell phone service on the route, the terrain is wild, and instructors will only have a satellite phone for emergencies.

Baunt is a beautiful lake located in the north of Buryatia in the Bauntovsky Evenki region. The Tsipa River flows from Baunt, which flows slowly for the first 220 km, to the Uya weather station (2-2.5 km/h), and then the most interesting thing begins - Tsipa, squeezed on all sides by ridges, meanders, gaining strength before breaking through the mountains Babants. This section contains as many as 119 obstacles in the form of rapids and shivers - emotions are guaranteed!

In general, the Tsipa rapids are characterized by very large shafts up to 4 meters and barrels. The most serious obstacle is rapids No. 49, where Tsipa loses more than 5 meters of height. After such adventures, we simply need to take a break - just below the cascade, at the mouth of the Tsirik, a good bathhouse and winter hut will await us.

The next 150 km of rafting along the Vitim will also be powerful - the speed of the flow of Siberian rivers allows you to conquer the vast spaces of Transbaikalia, traveling brightly and lively. Despite the route's mileage, the travel schedule is calm - time is provided for rest and fishing.

The alloy can be divided into three sections.

1. Lake Baunt and Nizhnyaya Tsipa to the Uya weather station (250 km, 8 days). The river flows in a basin, the width of the river in some places reaches 250-300 m. The flow speed is 2-3 km/h. There are many lakes and swamps along the shores, but we will always find a parking place. Sometimes there are sections on the river with a high slope, but, in general, it will be calm - there are no obstacles, except for rare short riffles. On this part of the journey we will catch pike: here it reaches incredible sizes and is very tasty because it lives in the purest water. In the river, in addition to pike, you can catch perch, and in the tributaries you can catch lenok and grayling. An excellent opportunity for fishing and training in catamaran control!

2. Tsipa from the Uya weather station to threshold 119 (130 km, 4 days). This is the most interesting and technically most difficult rafting section on the route. Below the mouth of the Talakit, the Tsipa splits into several channels, and soon the valley becomes a deep winding gorge, turning the river into a turbulent torrent. We walk quickly and pass obstacles, and we first examine the most difficult rapids from the shore. The width of the river is 50-100 m, the average speed of the current is 10 km/h, in rapids and rifts it is 18-20 km/h, and in high water on some rapids - up to 30 km/h. In a section of 115 km - from the mouth of the Talakit River to the mouth of the Kadyrin (Kadran) River - 119 rapids, rifts and riffles are concentrated. The length of the rapids and rifts ranges from several tens to several hundred meters! In the most powerful rapids the height of the swells reaches 2.5-3 m, and in high water - 4-5 m.

On this section we will understand that each of the previous 250 kilometers of stretches was not in vain and we will get real pleasure from passing obstacles and riding on the shafts!

3. Tsipa from the Kadyrin River to its confluence with the Vitim River, Vitim from the mouth of Tsipa to the village of Vitim (270 km, 6 days). Below threshold No. 119 Tsipa becomes calmer. Here, at a distance of 140 km, there are 56 natural obstacles scattered: rifts and rifts. If you are lucky with high water, then many of the shifts and riffles will be very powerful - with a high standing shaft. Tsipa flows into Vitim with a calm stream. We will be able to take a breather, stop and admire the beautiful views - for example, the high rocky cliff on the right bank of the Tsipa. Wonderful place! Then everything is more or less calm - we will walk along the section from the mouth of Tsipa to the village of Bambuika - here the Vitim River has no major natural obstacles. Near the village itself, the river emerges from the mountains into the Muya Basin, and below the village a final surprise awaits us - a series of strong registered rifts with a high shaft. The average current speed in the area is 8 km/h.

Take fishing gear with you: spinning rod, a set of spinners, leashes, fishing cords, pliers for pulling out hooks and landing nets. Fishing in Siberia is amazing!

Casting and wiring

When fishing from an anchored boat with a fairly strong current, it is better to alternately use long and small casts in any direction. Then it is possible to fish the maximum covered area from one place, leaving no gaps. When raft fishing, everything is different. It’s better to prepare in advance for the fact that you won’t be able to cover everything. It is important to realize that you need to find pike perch in schools, and not places where they stay compact. They will be the next target.

The purpose of fishing using an alloy

Schools of predators usually consist of several hundred animals in autumn and spring. Of course, such a quantity cannot be accommodated on a “handkerchief”, and the frequency of viewing the water area by casting gear should not be small in order to detect such a school.

When fishing by rafting on a small or medium-sized river, you need to move exactly above the channel depression. If there is no wind, then, as a rule, such movement occurs by itself. After all, the current is strongest above the riverbed, where the boat is pulled. Of course, the wiring speed will then be quite high, but this inconvenience is inevitable. But when casting to each of the banks, the bait will move to depth from the shallows. This is important; there is no other way to avoid snagging on snags and various vegetation. The boat is quickly carried downstream, which threatens to break. Of course, you need to fight for the bait, trying to remove it with jerks of the rod. If it doesn’t work, you can break the fishing line or start the engine and climb to the hooking point, removing the gear, but this is a waste of time.

No need for long casts when rafting. An exception can only be when fishing on wide channels and rivers, including when the current has carried the boat down a steep bank and pulls it along the slope, and course correction gives a very short-term result. There is only one thing left - long casts to catch part of the promising zones in one cast. In general, it is more profitable to use relatively short casts. When the depth is approximately 8-10 m at the fishing site, the bait will be under your control throughout almost the entire span of the retrieve, and you can easily maintain the optimal interval between strikes.

The next important fact is the duration of each transaction. I would like not to delay it unnecessarily. Since it is unknown what awaits you behind the next smooth bend in the river. Suddenly the source of some stream appears there, steep? You can’t assemble thirty meters of cord in an instant, and you may be late in casting to the intended point to set the required trajectory of the bait.

During the period of rafting on a large current, many promising places may remain missed, but upon repeated passage, your chances of success will increase, because the necessary adjustments have already been made to the tackle regarding the weight of the baits.

About fishing in a fast current, read the article: How to fish in a fast current

Repeated passes increase your chances

The boat moves with the flow, the contours of the shore, the bottom topography, as well as the depth of the reservoir under the boat change... Each cast, you need to evaluate the area: where are there more opportunities for a bite? There is only a second or two for this, no more. Since in just a couple of seconds a boat can swim several meters, leaving the unexplored area overboard.

As a rule, the highest bank is fished. Near it there is almost always a steep slope, on which predators often rest. Only when submerged trees or large bushes begin to be found under the shore, will it be possible to make an unscheduled cast in the other direction.

Undoubtedly, there are fish in the snags, and there can be a lot of them in this place, although an attempt to catch them by rafting usually ends with a strong hook. The clutch “screams”, and if three to five jerks did not help to pull the bait from the tree, then you have to clamp the spool so as not to lose all your gear, because if the craft has a tiller control, then you will have to start the engine alone in this situation, most likely you will not work.

In the summer, many fishermen also begin to experience problems with their boat engine due to overheating. Therefore, the coolant must be replaced once a season. The cost of replacing coolant is low.

It is better not to touch the snag for a while, so that then, having anchored, you can fully fish it with jig baits or wobblers, as well as using vertical lures.

Guide - rafting and fishing rivers of the Sayan and Baikal region

Rafting on the rivers of Siberia - Brief abstracts about rafting rivers will help you choose a route and your vacation will be productive! Usually a tourist and a fisherman have two weeks of vacation. Time is very valuable! A tourist plans several days for active recreation - rafting/trekking, and devotes the other day to relaxing on Lake Baikal. The exception is fishing routes - where the more on the river the better - all for two or even three weeks! I hope short theses about our rivers will help in choosing a route!

Rafting season on the rivers of Siberia - southeast - end of May, June, July, August, September and beginning of October in some places

RAFTING ON THE RIVERS OF SIBERIA - RIDGE - KHAMAR DABAN AND HANGARUL RIDGE Rivers Utulik, Khara-Murin, Snezhnaya, Temnik, Khangarul and Zun Murin, Dzhida,

• Until mid-July there are a lot of ticks on the Utulik River.
• Snezhnaya and Temnik in June you can go - good water level! There is a high risk of flooding between the 12th and 15th of June - a cyclone. There are no ticks on Snezhnaya.
• July is the wettest and floodiest month!
• The rivers are short - level of average difficulty - passed by tourists with 5-6x experience in 1-2 days (Utulik) - 3-5 days (Snezhnaya, Khara Murin).
• When the water rises, the rafting immediately ceases to be languid and the background category is 5k. Start from the shore of Lake Baikal and from the Tunka Valley.
• Can be combined with trekking in the mountains glorified by Vizbor up to 2000 altitude.
• Horse routes go to Utulik from Slyudyanka and try to break the journey of one day into two days - Horses have an inflated rental cost, three times the total for the country. From Zhemchug it’s quite inexpensive to go to Zun Murin and you can go to Utulik and Khangarul.
• The river routes are rich in canyons, waterfalls and in general, these are world-class rafting routes!
• The finish line is on Lake Baikal and on the Zun Murin River, 50 km from Lake Baikal and the drive to Olkhon is 500 - 600 km. It is closer to Chivyrkuisky Bay - 400 km.
• You can relax on the eastern shore of Lake Baikal in the area where the rivers enter the lake... knowing the corners of the coast secluded from cars! Having 2-3 days for rest - It is better to plan a holiday on the Circum-Baikal Railway or use the service of renting a ship for the whole crew and sail to Listvyanka, Bolshiye Koty or Bolshie Koty or B. Goloustny on the western shore of Lake Baikal, and if you have time/money, further to Olkhon.
• If relaxation on the shores of Lake Baikal is not a priority, you can visit the Khamar Dabana Mountains - Sable Lakes, Chersky Peak, Lakes of the Serebryanka River, Taltsinsky Char and other accessible mountain nodes and lakes.
• A separate route along the Temnik River is worthwhile

Rafting on the Utulik River Interesting for those with rafting experience and those who want to go for a run in the mountains (you can carry a load on horseback). 50 km of trekking through the pass along the most popular trail of Lake Baikal. Waterfalls, peaks, cedars - Khamar-Daban in all its glory! Rafting 50 km short without stretches. Several complex and beautiful rapids of 5ks - Chizhik, Mangutaisky, B. Mordovorot - can be navigated easily if necessary. Lots of grayling. Optimally 4-5 days of rafting. Suitable for those who need a sports river for several days with trekking. Or a leisurely rafting with a track at the beginning of the route.

Rafting on the Snezhnaya River Helicopter or “tractor” delivery for rafting 150 km (Shibetuy River) and 100 km (summer Bayri). In the upper reaches there is good fishing for grayling and lenok. Quite a deep river - numerous powerful and slalom rapids of 3-4x. The presence of several rapids of 5 ks (Mongulgolsky, Gray Yamka) and 6 ks (Toad and Snezhinka). They also attract tourists with experience. Optimally for a sports tour, 6-7 days with a helicopter transfer. Beautiful canyons! Fishing tour - 12 days or more!

Khara-Murin Helicopter transfer or on foot. Slalom rapids from the river. Narin Gol 150 rapids, of which four are 5ks and a dozen are 4ks. Good fishing for grayling. The upper canyon 6ks - above the Dzymkha tributary - is popular and visited by kayakers. Water route 4+ ks - from the confluence with the Narin Gol river. Further rafting 30 km with rapids 4k and the Rubicon rapid - easy to navigate - 5-6 k. The valley expands and again enters the Soybatskoye gorge with 20 rapids of 4-5ks. You can walk half of the river to the lower gorge, just like on Utulik on foot through the pass. The river is beautiful! You can make a trek to the lakes and waterfalls of the Serebryanka River. Serebryanki waterfall 10m. In a sports tour with a helicopter transfer (there are no others except walking), you optimally need 7-8 days for the entire Khara-Murin. Photo album of Hara Murin >>

Temnik Rafting on the Temnik River is closed during the Baikal Nature Reserve stage. But you can raft before or after the reserve. Our developed version of rafting along the Temnik is a tractor casting with time fishing on the river 4x. Set up camp in front of the reserve and a canyon with rapids. Passing a canyon with a dozen rapids and a rapid Tunnel 6ks - return on foot along a 5 km trail to the base camp and a helicopter or horse drop. Excellent fishing for taimen and lenka. Thresholds 4-5 ks. 150 km of rafting. It flows into Gusinoye Lake in Transbaikalia. Tour for athletes and fishermen - two weeks. The drive to Lake Baikal is 200 km.

Khangarul ridge - the Zun-Murin River and its tributaries the Hangarul, B. and M. Urgudei rivers.

• The region is similar in climate to Khamar-Daban but somewhat drier.
• The river flows into the river. Irkut. From here it is 80 km to Baikal and 400 km to Olkhon.
• In the mountains of the Khangarul range you can make trekking and horseback riding routes along unusual table mountains up to 2700m high.
• Four rafting rivers - M. Urgudei, B. Urgudei, Zun Murin and Khangarul. Tumusun and Margasan for kayaking.
• An unusual and special mountain region. And the Hangarul River is simply a Hit of all times!

Photo album about the fishing expedition to Khangarul >>

Hangarul Pearl of the Baikal region. Hangarul is a fabulously beautiful and fishing river. Thresholds 3-4 ks. Great fishing. Transfer by helicopter or horseback tour and transfer from Zhemchug village. Rafting and fishing - 7-12 days. Very beautiful and amazing river HANGARUL! Turbine threshold! Canyons of Colorado, Ivan Tsarevich, Koschey! I recommend it to all fishermen who are attracted by beauty and adventure! The confluence with the Zun Murin River - below the Shurik rapids, fishing ends. But the river is beautiful and runs through a picturesque gorge. Just a few years ago, before the era of airboats, the Zun Murin River was rich in lenok along its entire length...nowadays the airboats come to this far. Shurik and the fish have not been in the river for the last two days of rafting! Excellent fishing only above the pores. Shurik and on the Hangarul River. Rafting and fishing on Khangarul with helicopter transfer >>

B. and M. Urgudei Rivers, where you can go out during the traditional transfer to Zun-Murin. Taiga 2-3k beautiful streams. Large grayling. Rafting 2-3 days and rafting along the Zun-Murin. In almost a day's time you can reach Bolshoy Urgudei. The pass is 2000 m and a panorama opens up for 100 km around! Descent down 20 km and on the Bolshaya Urgudei River. You can continue crossing the second pass and reach the upper reaches of Zun Murin.

Description of the Zun Murin River basin and routes >>

Zun-Murin A large river in its basin. Traditionally popular with fishermen and tourists. Many people go every year traditionally. Slow rafting 3-4ks. Amazing places in the middle section where the river meanders into the gorge. Tours on water vessels are organized to the village of Shurik. There are no fish in the river in this area anymore. Actually after pores. Shurik - there is a simple rollout from the river 70 km with 3x shifters.

RIVERS OF THE EASTERN SAYAN BURYATIA (South-East) Rafting on the rivers of Siberia Rivers flow in the mountain nodes of the Big Sayan, Tunkinskie Goltsy, Kitoi Goltsy, etc. Altitudes 2700 -3100.

• The rivers Irkut, Kitoi, Bolshaya Belaya and tributaries, Oka and tributaries. Drier climate.
• The wettest month is July, which is also the warmest. Fishing periods are the end of June and September.
• Unlike Khamar-Daban, the season opens in East Sayan in June - there are practically no ticks and generally less midges than in other areas.
• The combinations with horseback riding tours and trekking are wonderful. The presence of such interesting and iconic attractions as the Valley of Volcanoes, Topgraphers Peak, Lake Khara Nur, Khoito Gol Springs, Shumak, Zhoigan

Irkut Upper section 50 km - in the area of ​​​​the village of Mondy - a traditional section for a weekend hike - past this section there is a road transfer to the Oka Sayanskaya, Urik and Kitoi rivers. In general, the upper Irkut continues with rapids and further to the village. Shimki. From the bridge to Nilova Pustyn to Shimoki - 25 km with several rapids 3ks - a beautiful section - But for some reason we don’t visit it! Middle Irkut - Zyrkazun Gorge 80 km - massively popular for weekends - 2x. An excellent route with children for 2 days as the end or beginning of a vacation on Lake Baikal. Beautiful! Quite dynamic - an analogue of the Katun from Chemal only in a beautiful mountain gorge. In the future, I think motor rafting will be carried out on powerful multi-seat boats. There are temporary areas - rafting and fishing on request. We only drive at the request of groups.

Kitoy Legendary river 5ks (High 6ks). The timing for normal 5ks is August\September to minimize flooding. Fishing for taimen and lenok. The first stage is easy up to the Upper Canyon 30 km surrounded by mountain peaks in the form of castles! Upper canyon 2 km - waterfall runout 100 m - rafting of four rapids - Vereteno and Vint 5ks, Unexpected 4ks and Weekend 3ks. Next 40 km dynamic rafting to Motkiny Cheeks - rapids 4+ks. In the canyon, the runoff of the Waterfall Threshold is 600 m. There are 40 rapids of 4-5 ks in the canyon. The snag in the “crossing the Kitoi near the Motkin Gol River” node - when the water in the river rises even a little, the category increases significantly - the group is trapped in the cheeks at the crossing! After pr.63 there are several pressures that are simply dangerous to go into deep water! Even more dangerous than the more categorical upper section of Motkiny Cheeks. The section - Shumak - Fedyushkina River is also beautiful and rich in fish - LENOK, TAIMEN. After Motkiny Cheeks the rafting is 150 km fishing and very beautiful.

Tributaries of Kitoy - Shchumak, Ara Oshey, Bilyuty

Shumak - is especially interesting in terms of organizing a combined walking (horse) water tour route - After a week-long route in the mountains, rafting along the Shumak River (with canyon outrunning) and Kita -4x. For sports tourists and fishermen with or without experience. Rafting on the Kita from the confluence with Shumak 150 km - fishing rafting with rapids 3ks - Bilyutsky cascade. Needed for the route - Shumak Springs - Shumak-Kitoy rafting - 2 weeks. 5-7 days mountain part and 5-7 rafting. Complete passage of the Shumak River

Ara Oshei - The mountains in the upper reaches of Ara Oshei are very colorful! And you have to stay there! Take a hike into the surrounding labyrinths of the mountains. River 4+ks. There is a waterfall. Rafting 40 km. You can arrange to ride horses onto the river in Khoito Gol. Rafting two three days and Kita - with Motkin Cheeks 5x. For those who are looking for an unusual route and want to see and walk Kitoy. It is even possible for ships to drift higher than the upper canyon and raft along it. This route will be more difficult than pure Kitoy with a car transfer!

Tickets - Essentially a class IV kayak river. Kayakers loved it very much - beautiful waterfalls and canyons. There is no special power. There is Feng Shui. Many rafters go up from Kitoy even with catamarans. For 15 km of rafting along beautiful rapids. In general, the rafting is about 35 km from the very top. This requires several days on catamarans or bubbles.

Bolshaya Belaya and its tributaries – Urik, Dayalyk, Khonchin, Onot

Rafting on the rivers of Siberia

Bol. Belaya Routes - Bolshaya Belaya - from the end of the “non-passable cascade” (Kayaker creeking 4 km - 3-4 classes) 230 km of a beautiful river. Rivers Hait - Bolshaya Belaya - A wonderful lost route - the gorge of the River Hait 5x and easy rafting along the Bolshaya Belaya 180 km - one of the best expedition routes in the Baikal region. Little-visited river 4ks. Excellent fishing for lenok, taimen and grayling. The horse ride is easy and beautiful across the pass. An excellent route for a fisherman. Rafting 180 km. 3 km area for carrying things and piloting the vessel. Several areas of robbery with wiring between stones. A beautiful canyon in front of the Haight River. Below the Haight River there are 100 km of rafting without guiding along many kilometers of rifts with small reaches. A beautiful and unique river. An excellent combination option with a horseback riding tour in the Urik Squirrel Mountains and a visit to the famous Bata Gol mine! For fishermen who love the lost world with excellent physical shape!!!

Onot One of the most difficult legendary and beautiful Sayan rivers - 150 km rafting - More than a hundred obstacles and more than 30 rapids 5-6ks. Several canyons with waterfalls. We are planning tours on the Onot River. For tourists with 5x experience and good physical shape. There will be drifts of bubbles and catamarans. The Uzino River, which flows into Onot, with a cascade of 6k rapids, is promising.

Urik One of the most famous Sayan rivers. You can go route 4 and 5 - and 5+ ks (Khara Zhalginsky Canyon). We conduct tours in 4 categories. All summer - SEVERAL RACES OVER THE SUMMER. Cool fishing for lenka! On the river there is a grandiose waterfall for Siberia! Complex and dynamic rapids. Rafting 180 km. The iconic canyons - Ambarat Gol, Devil's and Red - are beautiful and dynamic! Suitable for tourists with or without experience. A treasure for fishermen - grayling, lenok, taimen! Traffic on the route is sporty - 7 days. With fishing up to 14 days. The presence of children over 12 years old is possible - this is a walk around the Ambart of the Golsky Cascade - 2 km. URIK AND KITOY - PROBABLY OUR BEST TOUR OFFER IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

Dayalyk is a rarely visited beautiful fishing river. It has the character of a continuous shift of 3-4ks in a wonderful canyon section. Several thresholds 4ks. Transfer to the river by helicopter or through passes. Very beautiful, fishing and just fire! Photo report of the helicopter transfer of our expedition!

Khonchin Passed by us in 2021 Great river! Rapids 4-5ks - The lower canyon is beautiful! Untouched nature and shores. In the middle section of the river there is a gorge and a cascade of rapids 4+ - six rapids of a steep slalom type. To the lower canyon there is 30 km of dynamic rafting with countless beautiful rapids of 3-4ks. Lower Canyon - 5 rapids 4-5ks. Waterfall. 10 thresholds 3ks. Darkness of grayling. The best time is June for spring floods.

Oka Sayanskaya and its tributaries - Dibi, Tissa, Senza, Zhom-Bolok, Khoito Oka The most visited and popular river(s) for rafting in the EASTERN SAYAN. The entire basin of the Oka-Sayan River is a unique variety of rivers. The river originates from a plateau at an altitude of 2100m. The tributaries on the left side flow from the Bolshoy Sayan ridge. From the border of Tuva and Buryatia. The region is famous for the Volcano Valley and numerous mineral springs. Through the watershed of the Angara and Yenisei, from the Buryat side, horse-drawn vehicles are transported to the rivers of Tuva. Many people begin tours along the Oka-Sayan with a visit to the Valley of Volcanoes. You can raft along the Oka tributary and go to Baikal, or if you are interested, you can walk along the Oka-Sayanskaya.

Oka-Sayanskaya This is a global immersion into the world of almost untouched nature of Buryatia and into the amazing palaces of the Orkho-Bom Gorge. 280 km of rafting. There are many shivers with shafts up to a meter. There are 10 with shafts of about two meters. Of these, 60 km are in the labyrinth of the Orkho Bom mountain gorge among peaks and rocks. Large panoramas open around every turn. THE RIVER IS WORTH SEVERAL VISITS!!! The route can be covered in 5 rafting days. Usually in 6-8 days.

Dibi It’s like a specially created river for families on an expedition. Remote lost river. Get the car through the pass. Easy rapids in remarkable canyons. Comfortable and Feng Shui-friendly clearings for camps. Convenient route distance. Combined with an equestrian stage through the mountains near the border of Mongolia - an unforgettable family expedition tour. Excellent fishing for large grayling. Rafting 60 km. 4-5 days.

Tissa There is a car transfer along the river to the Yenisei. It is very interesting to visit the Tissin lakes for fishing and rafting to and along the Oka. You can ride above the lakes on horseback - an excellent rafting route of 30 km with 4x rifts and a waterfall. Wonderful mountain landscapes. Lakes full of fish - a fairy tale! Great fishing! Rafting 2 days 40 km from the lakes. 2ks.

Senza Along the river there is a transfer to the Khoito-Gol springs and the beginning of the trail to the Valley of Volcanoes. Below the sources the rafting is 60 km. 2ks. Interesting as a stage after the Valley of the Volcanoes of an uncomplicated beautiful rafting with fishing with children and families. Many opportunities for trekking to the mountains on rafting! Trophy grayling. Secret fishing - upon request. Khoito Gol springs and rafting on the Senza River >>.

Zhom-Bolok A unique river in Russia, which flows in a bed of solidified lava! Indescribable park setting on the banks of Zhom-Bolok! There is a certain feeling of being in Jambalga... in Shambhala! The four-kilometer waterfall section is good for rafting. In two rapids 4ks - Touchy, Billiard. Option 3ks. Catapult 5ks. The cascade is short - it’s better to do a rafting camp with us and go through it several times! After the cascade, EVERYONE moves to R. Oka. In general, rafting 5x is the passage of the entire Zhom Bolok - with two blockages - they can be walked, but in general they are more dangerous and more difficult than the rapids! You can combine with Lake Khara Nur, with horseback riding tours, with rafting on the Sayanskaya, Urik and rivers of Tuva. An option for tourists who have visited the rivers of Karelia and Altai.

Rafting on the rivers of Siberia - Rivers of Tuva

• In the absence of adequate helicopter transportation, the route along the rivers of Tuva is an expeditionary tour from Buryatia in 16-18 days.
• The rivers of Tyva flow in a short mountainous section, with the exception of the Belin Kaa Khem river, comparable in scale to the Oka Sayanskaya or Kitoy.
• There is vileness!
• The rivers are varied - the most accessible for casting and rafting is Izig Sug 3ks casting for 3 days through the cult springs of Zhoigan!

• The most difficult river is Biy Khem 5ks, the most interesting Belin is Kyzyl Khem Kaa Khem, Dodot.
• They take tourists away from the end of the rafting, just as they raise the grief of the fishermen from below along Kaa Khem and Biy Khem - airboats and Old Believers. There is an automatic release with a longer rafting on flat water
• A lot of loitering local motor workers
• Tuvans have difficult relationships. It can be difficult.
• There are rivers with transport from Kyzyl - Ulug O, Bash Khem. Bash Khem is an interesting river.
• The popular rivers are Balyktyg-Khem, Belin, Biy-Khem, and Dodot.

Rivers of Mongolia Those who are willing to spend time and money on pick-up and drop-off in the form of a jeep tour are welcome to Mongolia. The yards are not complicated.. There are beautiful places. More details in the article..

Rafting on the rivers of Siberia - Transbaikalia and North Baikal

The vast spaces of these regions and the length of the rivers are what characterize these areas. The routes along them are expeditions of 15 days. Mama Muya Chuya, Mama, Kirenga, Karenga, Vitim - we are not considering.

Rivers Tsipa, Chaya - map

Chaya Transfer from Severobaikalsk through the pass by car. Rafting 300 km 4ks. Several canyons and cascades with rapids. Verkhnechaysky, Chaysky, Dransky cascades. Fishing throughout the rafting. A beautiful route for fishermen. Route 15-19 days. Previously, we started from Irkutsk on a comet through Lake Baikal to Severobaikalsk. NOW THE COMET IS CANCELED ONLY BY TRAIN TO SEVEROBAIKALSK OR A PLANE TO UST KUT AND FURTHER..

Tsipa A tributary of the Vitim breaks through the mountains with a series of powerful rapids with swells up to three meters. It originates in the large Baunt Lake. The route is a somewhat over-hyped fisherman's dream - big pike in the lake basin, lenok and taimen at the river mouths. The transfer is different - to Lake Baunt, to the UYU weather station, to the gorge of the Tsipa River. Rafting 500 km. 150 obstacles 11 rapids (shivers!) 4a-4c difficulty categories - shafts up to 3 meters. More than 30 shivers 3 ks. From 13 days and above. The first part - a 200 km lake and river in the Beinst Basin - is passed under motors. Gorge with rapids - 100 km. Exit along Tsipa and Vitimmu 200 km. Finish at BAM. With travel to Taksimo or Severobaikalsk airports. Schemes of the Tsipa River Rafting on the rivers of Siberia

Plumb fishing using a boat

Nowadays, sheer glitter is very popular. Why? It turns out that everything is extremely simple: if we talk about the relevance of the time spent fishing, then with this method of fishing much less time is used than when fishing with a spinning rod. This fishing is no less effective than spinning fishing, and sometimes even surpasses it. There are two directions - fishing on the river, as well as on the lake or reservoir. If we talk about the seasonality of such fishing on a lake or reservoir, then the fishing is good, from about early spring until approximately the end of June. And the next peak occurs from September until severe frosts. You can fish on the river all season long, even in intense heat. And such flashing with an alloy sometimes gives not a bad result. In the fall, you need to look for fish in the pits; the method of rafting on a boat, gradually fishing the river, gives good results.

Plumb fishing using a boat

What tackle should you choose for trolling from a boat? Fishing rods for vertical trolling, 50 cm or more in length, as well as a spinning rod, but it must be sensitive so that you can feel with your hand when the bait goes down to the bottom. For vertical fishing, it is better to use a simple reel (Neva type) or a multiplier reel; they are much more convenient than inertia-free ones. The rods are equipped with monofilament, which has the lowest stretch and it would not hurt to have fluorescent tones. The thickness of the fishing line depends on the weight of the bait and the fishing depth. Often, a fishing line with a thickness of 0.15 to 0.42 mm is used. You can also use braided fishing line. When using braid, the tackle becomes very sensitive, and when hooking, the fish is caught easier, literally with one movement of the hand.

Sheer trolling rod

Several illustrative examples of raft fishing

In particular, you are rafting down the Manguta River. This is a narrow, although very fast-moving river. The steep banks provide good protection from the wind, and therefore it is almost perfectly suitable for alloy jigging. Bites most often occur either on a dump near a high bank or on a riverbed ditch. Accordingly, when searching, it is necessary to alternate casts to the right, and also at the same time downstream, so that the bait falls near the water’s edge, and slightly to the left and up.

In the first episode, after casting, the bait almost immediately “finds” the bottom, then it has to move down the sloping slope. It is necessary that it touches the ground after 2-7 second pauses. It is easier to achieve this by throwing it down the stream. Because at the initial stage of guiding the boat is carried more quickly by the current and catches up with the bait, as a result of this the pauses, which on a steep slope are usually too long, are reduced. The bait has passed the drift and approaches the boat along the flat bottom as the boat at the same speed. However, the duration of the pause remains the same - after all, the distance to the boat has changed, as well as the angle at which the line leaves the “tulip”. At the boat, the pauses increase steeply. We play along two or three times with the tip of the spinning rod, wait for one or two seconds (an extremely effective method against sluggish pike perch, which accompanies the bait, but refrains from attacking), and if there is no bite, we exhaust it.

In another case, it is necessary to do wiring from a slightly shallower to a greater depth. There is a steep drop over which the bait will begin to hover, and due to the fact that you did not modify the bait, throwing upstream is justified. At the initial stage of wiring, we carry out the winding in 1.5-2.5 turns of the coil more energetically, and at the last - short and leisurely. The casting angle is lower or higher upstream depending on the weight of the bait and the desired duration of the pause. Closer to the left bank it is a little shallower - about 1.5 m. It is not customary to look for pike perch there. In fact, there are fewer predators there, although there are some, so on days when trolling boats move along the right bank one after another, you can try to fish the shallow part of the river. It is necessary to cast perpendicular to the current.

In the lower reaches of Enotaevka the picture is different. The channel ditch is small and pressed against the right bank; closer to the left bank there is a wide zone of obvious shallow water, over which the current is noticeably weaker. With a slight wind of any direction, the craft moves on a channel ditch. The distance to the bank dump is 7-12 m. Casting is carried out upstream in order to place the bait in shallow water near the edge. The wiring turns out to be short, which is very good for Enotaevka, since there are enough snags at the bottom. We alternately cast to the right and then to the left. First you need to understand where the pike perch is currently located, as well as where it is the largest.

Fishing by rafting

The weather disrupts plans and prevents new ones from being built. In days of forced fishing downtime, I offer a note from the spring issue of Nizhny Novgorod Fisherman. I hope this reading will be useful for someone. Or at least entertaining, since it is, perhaps, in principle impossible to surprise with anything in our time.

The slow flow of a small river carries a compact inflatable boat. A fisherman in an inflatable. Casting a crank downstream, slowly rotating the reel rotor, a bite, there is! – a handsome roach poses in a landing net in a minute, only to swim away in another minute to heal wounds from sharp hooks...

I consider rafting fishing on the small rivers of the Nizhny Novgorod region one of my favorites. The constant movement of water, changing landscapes, various unexpected encounters with representatives of the animal world - I really, really love all this. And I’ve been practicing for 15 years now, since 2004, when the author of our magazine, Vladislav Andrianov, and I rafted in a few days along the beautiful Uzola from Kovernino to the Volga. And then there were Usta, Vetluga, Kerzhenets, Urga, Piana, Kudma and many, many times Linda. I keep planning to raft along the Seryozha and Tesha, but every time I make a choice in favor of more familiar rivers... maybe this year?

In terms of dynamics, raft fishing has no equal. You can’t “break through” 10 km of a river on foot in a day, and on rivers like the Urga, fishing from the shore in most areas is completely impossible - there are simply no approaches to the water. So boat, boat and more boat.

Watercraft

Kayaks, kayaks and single-oar boats are not very suitable for one reason - the oar is loose. The current constantly changes the position of the angler in relation to the casting places; sometimes you need to row back a little to level the boat, and then, throwing the oars, take up the spinning rod and make that one and only cast that the stubborn current will allow. You can slow down the rafting speed with the help of a drift anchor, which I have talked about more than once on the pages of our magazine, but even with a drift anchor you absolutely cannot waste time “taking and putting down” the oar. On the wide Volga channels, I occasionally practice rafting on a single-oar botnik - where the work is carried out not point-by-point, but more over areas, there is always time for “pick up and put down”. But on small rivers - no, I personally find it inconvenient.

As a result, it turns out that if not a kayak, not a kayak, and not a single-oar botnik, then the choice of watercraft for rafting on a small river is an ordinary inflatable “comb”. And here there are options.

1. You were dropped by car (friend, wife, taxi) to point A, you pumped up the boat and rafted to point B in a day, where you were met again by car. In this case, the boat can be anything, there is no need to drag it and things, you can take the latter and in abundance. The main task of this option is to find people willing to take you to the river and take you out of it. The taxi, of course, will go where and when you say, but it will cost a lot of money. Sometimes I travel from Verkhniye Pechery by taxi to Kudma - in 2021 prices, the transfer cost about 500 rubles. He picks up his wife in his car after work, because if you spend money on a taxi again, it will cost more than 1000 - that’s too much. But if it suits someone, let them take note.

2. You yourself came by car, lowered the boat, rowed 5 km upstream and slowly rafted to the car. Our author Vladimir Fednov spoke about this option not long ago. Or, as a variation: upon arrival, I went downstream the same 5 kilometers, and then rowed up to the starting point. But this is worse: I don’t really want to row at the end of a fishing trip, let alone early in the morning, when it’s cool.

3. Option of our other author - Dmitry Buhonov. I arrived by car, pumped up, went rafting, after a few kilometers I finished the rafting, hid the boat and things, ran on foot to get the car - I arrived at point B. I can tell you from my own experience that walking after hard fishing is easier than swinging the oars: you get tired of sitting during the day, so it’s even nice to walk while warming up. And the speed of movement is higher: you walk lightly 5-6 kilometers per hour, and row at most 3, and if along rapids and rifts, then even less. In general, this is quite a working option.

4. Option without a car. I started from the Moskovsky station, took the train, got off in Kiselikha, walked to the river, went down to Rekshino, took the train again - and home. There are other, no less interesting, routes associated with public transport. You don’t depend on anyone, and the travel budget is quite acceptable, but there is one drawback - the weight of the luggage. My two inflatable boats are quite suitable for the three previous options, but are absolutely not combined with the “pawn”. At the very least, I can roll one of these two boats into a 120-liter comfortable backpack, but taking into account food, water and gear, it still turns out to be heavy and inconvenient - the total weight of the luggage is more than 15 kg. I googled the Internet and found the easiest option - a boat made of Finnish thin PVC called LAS-2. It weighs about half as much as its analogues (the full set is only a little over 6 kg) and should help expand the geography of my fishing trips or, at least, make the already familiar routes more enjoyable. I undertake to tell you in more detail about the new product in the next issue of our magazine.

Tackle

The main goal of my rafting fishing trips is white predator: ide, chub, and in some cases asp. On almost any rafting trip, unwanted pike bites occur, which end with the expensive bait being cut off. And, it seems, a small metal leash suggests itself, but on rivers with clear water the hand does not rise to coarse the tackle, and on rivers with less transparent water I follow the already developed stereotype... In general, I often fish without any leash. And I put up with the loss of bait on the sharp pike teeth. But in general, there is an understanding that a thin (from a vole, for example) and short (5 centimeters) metal leash does not particularly harm fishing, and reduces the number of cuts quite significantly. If the shine of a “fresh” metal leash is annoying, you can let it sit in some damp place and let it oxidize.

The favorite spinning rod for rafting fishing for seven years now is Smith’s Inter Boron XX 53MTH, which is only 159 cm tall. In general, it is much more convenient to fish on rafting with short tools. Although on wider rivers, such as Vetluga or Kerzhenets, it is quite appropriate to use slightly longer ones.

Reel Daiwa Luvias 2506. Cord is usually 0.4 PE Varivas Light Game Super Premium. Yes, it is expensive, but 150 meters bought in unwinding is enough for several seasons of frequent fishing. As an alternative, I’ll name the Daivo eight-core J-Braid x 8 with a diameter of 0.6 PE. It will be a little cheaper with quite comparable quality.

Lures. 90% of these are cranks up to 40 mm. In more or less clean areas, the use of shallow water (SR) engines, such as the Chubby 38F or Hellion 40 SR, is justified. However, by mid-August, many areas are so clogged with grass that there is no choice - only super-shallow ones. The same wobblers, but in the SSR version or, for example, the Camion Magnum SSR from Smith, to which not only the chub of small rivers, but also the ide responds well.

I give the remaining 10% to the turntables. There are situations when the cranks of a white predator “do not start”, at this time high-quality rotating spoons can save your fishing. The best, in my opinion, are handicraft spinners - they have more than once saved float fishing on the most uncool days.

Last year I became interested in “cockroaching” - that’s what we call fishing with floating silicone imitations of insects, at the suggestion of Konstantin Kuzmin. It’s much more convenient to “cockroach” from the shore - and it’s easier to make throws, and the fish’s exits to the bait are clearly visible... But once I found myself in a situation in Urga: chubs “as fast as they can” rush to a wobbler that has fallen on the water, but don’t take it. Silicone “cockroaches” would be just that useful there: it’s convenient or not convenient, and you could leave it for half an hour. Now I take a small box with several cockroaches with me on rafting trips - someday they will definitely “shoot out”.

Tactics and technique

Compared to coastal hunting for white predators, fishing from a drifting boat is quite primitive. Constant movement does not allow you to “unravel” a passive predator; in the vast majority of cases, guiding along a specific trajectory can be only one. No, in principle, anchoring and breaking through some element of the river relief is quite possible, but this is always a waste of time, so you can afford this kind of stop only a few times during the rafting, and not constantly. (If it’s constant, then it’s no longer rafting fishing, but fishing from a boat using points - a topic worthy of attention, but for a separate article.)

There is no point in listing all the possible options for a predator to stay - a bite on a small river can be literally anywhere! Turns, blockages, a grassy island, the entrance and exit from a riffle and, conversely, the entrance and exit into a hole, bushes or tree branches hanging over the water - all this needs to be scratched, scratched and scratched again. Well, I’m saying that fishing is primitive: the more casts and retrieves you make during the day, the greater the chances of holding a small river trophy in your hands: a weighty ide or chub. Along the way, of course, other fish fly in: the ubiquitous pike, perch, dace, rudd... these bites generally diversify rafting fishing, but do not please as much as the “thunderous” blows of a chub or the solid tumbles of an ide. The prestige of catching the last two in the amount of 800 grams is undeniable for me.

I recently talked about light equipment in a separate article, so today I will emphasize the importance of only two things: drinking water in sufficient quantities and repellent. For several years I have been using a compact ThermaCell fumigator against mosquitoes and midges. Look carefully at the final photo of this article - this is the June mass emergence of midges on Kerzhenets. If you get into this “flock” without repellent, believe me, there will be no time for fishing at all. I always treat sneakers and knee-length pants with anti-tick spray. Of course, the chances of catching a tick are greater during coastal fishing, but in any case you still have to get to the river... Take care of yourself!

Lure for raft fishing

As everyone knows, one of the essential characteristics for a jig bait is its weight. For fishing while drifting, you will need bait that weighs significantly less than when fishing the same point with an anchored boat.

Jig baits for fishing

The bait moves with the current almost at the same speed as your boat, as a result of which the influence of the current on the boat and on the line is greatly reduced. In particular, if for fishing from a place in a certain section of the river, heads weighing 25.7−45.5 g are used, then when fishing using an alloy, 14.5−22.5 g is enough.

It may seem that the spread between 25.7 and 45.5 g, between 14 and 22.5 g is very large. The weight of the bait depends very much on the direction of casting (down, up or across the current), on the difference in the strength of the current that passes under the boat, as well as on the place where the bait passes, and on the nature of this wiring. It is impossible to predict in advance what is the best way to lead - with a slow reeling line or a fast one, with minimal steps.

Twister

Often, in unknown places and in strong currents, I use twisters mounted on a jig head, because this is the most universal method. Baits with an articulated combination of sinker and hook are not bad only for places with a flat bottom and not very fast currents. If the terrain is difficult, there is no need to be tricky - just use a jig head. The bait moves along a complex trajectory relative to the current, while at the same time it simply scribbles along the bottom, then ends up in some hillock or “plows” the soil, and the “maneuverable” hook often overlaps with the line. There are no such problems with a jig head. Dragging the bait along the bottom without almost leaving it sometimes turns out to be an extremely effective method.

Twisters for fishing

Hook

A large hook is required, although with a short shank. The wiring speed is high, and the “fanged” one, it seems, will not have time to enter a convenient position for attack. If the bait is significant, then there can be a lot of false bites (I never attach additional tees to the jig head ring). But the fish swallows a small bait and firmly sits on the hook. In areas where snagging may occur, it is best to use hooks that can be confidently unbent on the braid used. Of course, there is a chance that they will be able to straighten up when catching large fish, although, in my opinion, such a chance is small.

Rafting planning

Despite its apparent simplicity, it is a very important aspect of the whole undertaking. Of course, it is advisable to first collect information about the section of the river that you intend to visit.

When I talk about “rafting,” I don’t mean fishing, when we go upstream an nth distance in a boat with a motor and then go down. Yes, and this is also an “alloy”.

But I want to talk about a true fishing tourist adventure.

I will omit the aspects of delivery to the starting point, as well as the issues of departure home. This is different for everyone: the presence or absence of a vehicle, the convenience of bus or train service, etc. These are all side issues of the journey itself.

For me personally, “rafting” is moving along small rivers, with their constantly changing conditions, constantly searching not so much for “fishing spots” - they themselves float past, but choosing the optimal methods, methods and techniques of fishing.

Route

Fishing by rafting in the cold season

In cold autumn or spring water, pike perch can often be found on stretches with a leisurely current. If there are no snags and stumps at the bottom, and the differences in depth are not very pronounced. Then the flock is often distributed along the riverbed at 90–250 m. In such a situation, it is more interesting and also more profitable to fish while drifting. Without anchoring, in order to find out where the larger pike perch are located without wasting time. This is not always easy to do. Large fish very often become mischievous, and as a rule, pike perch from 0.5 to 3.5 kg are caught with a twister. In truth, this is a normal situation; for fishing, we are looking for schooling fish. Although if there is confidence that, in addition to small pike perch, seasoned pike perch have also come out of their dens to plunder the river expanses, it makes sense to try to seduce it with other baits. First, you need to find out whether the size of the potential prey is currently important for large pike perch. Also, in addition to large twisters, you should also try vibrating tails with intense play. If there is no expected result, all that remains is to try “passive” baits - made from foam rubber or polyurethane foam. It happens that they are the ones who “shoot”.

When using baits with a hinge combined with a sinker head, overlaps of the hook with the fishing line are certainly possible, however, this happens at the time of fishing, not reconnaissance, and this is by far the least evil. We can already see that, say, from this bush to the shore along the ditch there are pike perch and, probably, they will not go anywhere in the next two to three hours. Lost two to three minutes due to overlap - no big deal; in the worst case scenario, we’ll catch one or two less pike perch, but after experimenting with baits, we’ll be able to catch a seasoned predator. In an area with a clean bottom and a not very fast current, heavy castmasters can be used with success. And at the same time, the composition of the fish caught may change slightly - pike and asp will be caught more often.