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Spinfishing in Serbia... it will take you only a few
casts...
Basic Facts about Serbia
This is
where we are...
located in
Central and Southeastern Europe
Borders?
Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria to the
east; Albania and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the
south; and Montenegro, Croatia and Bosnia and
Herzegovina to the west...
official name -
The
Republic of Serbia
This is our flag
Capital?
Belgrade
Population?
8 million
History?
former Yugoslavia
Language?
Serbian
Official
Currency?
Dinar
Politics?
Noup, wrong place...
Economy?
hehe...
growing!
Territory?
88,361 square km
How to say
.......
in Serbian?
Hello -
ZDRAVO
What's up? -
Shta ima?
Any fish? -
Ima li ribe?
How big it is? -
Koliko je velika?
Reduce it dude! -
Smanji malo :-)
Fishing lure -
Varalica
Bad day -
Losh dan
Again -
Opet
See you! -
Vidimo se!
Fish
bites another fishes tail!
-
RIBA RIBI GRIZE REP! (speech
excersise...)
not easy to
pronounce, but it's worth/fun practicing...
So, where do we
fish?
Rivers,
just to mention a few...
Danube
Tisa
Sava
Velika Morava
Danube - Tisa - Danube
…588
km of the International River Danube makes our lives easier
and helps us land big fish :-) If you have seen Danube in
Wien (Austria), well... it's not even close... it's huge,
it's muddy, and we love it!
… 164 km of it. Enters from the North (Hungary), and ends it's
journey in Danube. At springtime tends to
be huge, fast and muddy, but later on, it's gentle
and lazy... Used to give more fish long time ago...
… 207 km of it... comes from the
west (Slovenia, Croatia) and ends in Danube, right
at the heart of Belgrade!
Runs
trough Serbia with moderate pace...
Still can surprise with big fish!
West (308km) and South Morava
(295km) meet and form Velika (GREAT) Morava
(185km)... ends in Danube. Used to have more fish...
Still very nice... can't resist to cast into...
...
network of around 900 km of channels... located at North of
Serbia. Built for river transport and melioration...
but of course, serves us well for fishing...
From it's
entance to Serbia Danube grows bigger and
bigger
Boat fishing... late
autumn fishing on Tisa (was a bad
day!)
Under the bridge...
Sava runs trough Sremska Mitrovica
A view at
Great Morava
DTD channel... where
you find rocks, you find
pike-perch...
Lakes, not
too many of them, but still enough to enjoy lake fishing...
Bovan
Zavoj
Vlasinsko
Borsko
Srebrno
BEAUTIFUL! 500 ha of clear water. Lovely nature.
Camping destination for many... Around 7 km long,
and very deep as well. Fishing? Yes!...
European catfish, pike-perch, chub, perch...
Zavoj lake is an
artificial lake. A few little villages are resting
at the bottom of it since 1963! It's nearby the town
of Pirot. Great fishing destination...
Formed
in 1949. 12 km long and from 1 to 3 km wide. Biggest
and highest (1213m). Surrounded by three mountins.
Visited whole year long. Fishing and hunting... no
complaints!
Formed
in 1959. at 438m altitude... 15 km away from miner's
town Bor. Turist destination,
with lots of weekend houses and two hotels. Good
spot for fishing of course.
Relatively
close to Belgrade (129 km)... very popular amongst
campers and fishermen. Danube is only minutes away! 14 km long and in average
300m wide. Rich with fish... big fish!
photo
...
and just to mention a few more: Celije,
Knicko,
Garasi, Perucac, Palic, Djerdapsko,
Belocrkvanska
jezera...
eng.
"Lake" = "JEZERO" on Serbian
Nearest saltwater is Adriatic
Sea (Montenegro)... only 45 min flight away from Belgrade!
What do we fish?
When it comes to spinfishing,
we do like to fish for PIKE (Esox lucius), WALLEYE/PIKE-PERCH/ZANDER (Stizostedion lucioperca), CHUBB
(Leuciscus cephalus), EUROPEAN CATFISH (Silurus glanis),
ASP (Aspius aspius), LARGEMOUTH BASS (Micropterus
salmoides), PERCH (Perca fluviatilis), RIVER CHAR
(Hucho hucho), BROWN TROUT (Salmo trutta morpha
fario) & RAINBOW TROUT (Oncorhynchus mykiss), BARBEL
(Barbus barbus) etc.
PIKE (Esox lucius)
PIKE-PERCH
(Stizostedion lucioperca)
EUROPEAN CATFISH
(Silurus glanis)
CHUB
(Leuciscus cephalus)
ASP (Aspius aspius)
Toothy pikes over ten
kilos are reported each year... biggest caught was
around 18 kg... "someone" has seen over 20 kg...
:-)
10 and more kg are
something we read about form time to time. 14 +
is maybe the biggest (reports are that we can expect
bigger ones..)
We're all dreaming of hundred kilos
catfish! In
2006. there were nice ones spinned out from
Danube... around 90 kg!
We do love CHUB!
Proud on our record ... 5,2 kg and 88 cm in
lenght... Average is maybe
300 - 400 g
How to resist spinning
for ASP when he is in the hunt chasing pray fish...
Lucky if we catch 3-5 kg Asp... but there are bigger
ones..
LARGEMOUTH BASS
(Micropterus salmoides)
PERCH (Perca
fluviatilis)
HUCHEN
(Hucho hucho)
BROWN TROUT (Salmo
trutta)
BARBEL
(Barbus barbus)
Not as big ones like
we can see on tapes and DVDs, but still good enough
to enjoy fishing them. The biggest was around 4
kg
Unfortunately, it does
not grow big in our waters, but still it's fun to
catch... great fighter! 300-500g are good ones
:-(
Used to be a lot of
them... now we sadly talk about it... biggest one
caught spinning was round 30 kg! Top fighter!
Beautiful fish...
Brown trout... whether
you're flyfishing or spinning, gives you lots
of pleasure! In still water grows much, much bigger
then in our rivers and creeks, where they are 2-3 kg
max... (more then 20 kg in lakes!)
Barbel, "the torpedo".
If you catch a bigger one, you'll know what we mean!
Regular is 1 to 3kg... over five is a line breaker!
What do we read?
Fishing newspapers and
magazines that are available are domestic
RIBOLOV (bi-weekly fishing newspaper), RIBOLOVACKI
MAGAZIN (monthly fishing magazine), RIBOLOVACKI
TROFEJ (bi-weekly fishing magazine), RIBOLOVACKA REVIJA,
TOPFISHING
and BISTRO.
As you can see, word RIBA
means FISH on Serbian :-)
Specialized magazine for
spinfishing we don't have, yet... but we can always find
some good article of interest browsing through our fishing
magazines.
Could happen that
you've
already heard for some of the brands mentioned bellow?!
Hand crafted, tank tested top quality balsa lures like ALEX,
UGLYDUCKLING, CALYPSO, KZV etc ... GOLDY, high quality
plastic lures, as well as ORKA, one of the finest soft
plastic lures we know, and we all carry in our bags!
Tradition and quality, these
two words comes to mind. Don't hesitate to visit the
following websites!
Lots of others ... Some have very small production
of hand crafted lures per month, but the
quality is outstanding...
Spinfishing in Serbia?!
Fishing stiles and preferences?
Using boat?
- It's alowed at most of our waters... but an
average fisherman still fishes without it.
Tackle we use?
C&R?
Catch & Release! Luckily,
we can see more of it year by year. Especially young people
are aware of the necessity to preserve and protect....
Fishing licenses?
You don't have to pass any test to get a fishing
license in Serbia. Unfortunately, there is no unique
license for the whole territory. It's all divided,
and if one wants to fish all the country around, it
would cost well over 100-150 $ per year.
Market? Well, not to big, and not to rich... but
profit is profit!
Nearest saltwater is Adriatic
Sea (Montenegro)... only 45 min flight away from Belgrade!
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