Megabass Ito Vision for big asp

Another after-work short-time fishing on river Sava, and one big asp caught on Megabass Ito Vision 95 lure. Great lure for all kinds of fish! My new Prologic "Boner" rod paired with Okuma Raw reel seems to be great combination for this type of fishing. Asp, zander, barbel and chub are target fish on river Sava, and all of them can be handled very well with this gear. Casting of lures like Megabass Ito Vision is easy, and lure is flying far enough what can be important fact in asp fishing. Not only Ito is great lure for asp. My choice beside Ito are Rapala Original RT 11 cm, Prologic Savagear Prey 89, Yozuri Pins 9 cm, Yozuri Aile Magnet and some other...

I'm sorry that focus is missed on this photo. It was my mistake to leave manual focus option on lens attached to my Canon 40D, so I gave it to my fishing colleague to take photo of me and asp, but in a hurry to release fish as soon as possible, I didn't notice that lens is not focusing well . Never mind, fish is released back to river Sava, and is swimming together with another asp. Some of them are really big, up to 5-6 kg and 80 cm long. Sava downstream Zagreb is one of the hottest fishing spots in Croatia, and who knows how good it can bee with better conservation program... like real fishing Eldorado.

Good barbel on stationary Prey 69

Text Dalien, photo No Name

The barbel predatory pattern is getting better every day as the minnow spawn approaches. They are strong swimmers in the fastest currents. The presentation of just holding prey 69 in place in the middle of the stream proved to be the most efficient. Prey 69 does excellent job of running true even in the wildest current. When fishing this way strikes are brutal and often trebles get bent on the strike or initial run of fish. Not the case with mean owner hooks. Prey 69 - great tool for this specific presentation!


... I will add that some other vobler patterns are great for this specific presentation ... just to name some: Rapala tail dancer 5 cm - 7 cm or countdown 5cm - 7 cm, or some of Ujka and Ružno Pače models are proven barbel hunters.

2 hours of fishing

Yesterday after work I spent two hours fishing on river Sava. I had one barbel and one asp, both gave great fight in strong current. Next time I will take fly rod with me, and try to fool some barbel the fly. We'll see. For sure if it take fly, it will be extreme fishing in this current, and I will need to have all the luck to get it out of the water.

More photos from Curak and Kupica

The story of three catfish

(Dalien story) Today water was rising due to heavy rain yesterday and today. Rising stained water is no1 signal for heavy feeding action of catfish. Anyway, there is one place and pattern I discovered. Fishing on the drop in a slack water between main and back current  with the stand up jig head and a grub. Cast it out, wait to sink and be prepared for a strike, reel back and cast out again. The catfish strike exclusively on the drop, and today I discovered they like the SG LB grub very much since I had three catfish on the end of my line in three consecutive casts.

The first came on my light tackle and it was gone before the fight even began.
I went back to car to get my heavier gear, and took SG Boner,30 LB Power pro braid and okuma 40 raw. On the next cast I had a  strike on the drop. I got the fish fairly close to the bank quick, but then a brutal 80 metar run with no stop followed as if it realized it was hooked just then. Boner leveled with the water and smooth sound of okuma raw drag still echo in my memory. The gear was put to the maximum stress and  fish showed no signs of tiring out I think the gear held pretty well, Im especially pleased with the okuma raw drag. My line broke due to heavy curent and lot of line in the water.

I sat for a while and regained my composure. On the next cast-baaam..another one struck on the drop! This one just swam in the middle of the water column...nor he wanted to go away, nor I could drag him closer..it came un buttoned after two or three minutes...what a power. I ve caught catfish up to 20 kilos, but this was something else...I think they are stacked up due to the spawn....

Brutal day that proved SG LB 10 cm Grub in lemon fluo as the serious catfish bait, and Okuma Raw as reel that can match even the biggest freshwater gamefish...

More stuff from Robert

Graylings and browns of Gacka river

Short story and photo: Ante Jukić
Although the river Gacka is worldwide famous thanks to the beautiful nature and capital brown trouts, recently in Gacka grayling are swiming, and what kind of grayling! Due to the abundance of natural food grayling in Gacka grow incredibly fast. Last season's average size was 40-45 cm with few specimens longer than 45cm. In anticipation of more favorable weather conditions, we are reminded of some of last year's catch. Will Gacka grant us grayling 50 + this year ...?
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Iako je rijeka Gacka svjetsku slavu stekla zahvaljujući prekrasnoj prirodi i kapitalnim potočarama odnedavno u Gacki plivaju i lipljani, i to kakvi lipljani! Zbog obilja prirodne hrane lipljani u Gacki rastu nevjerovatno brzo pa je tako prošle sezone prosječna veličina bila od 40 do 45 cm a ulovljeno je i nekoliko primjeraka dužih od 45cm. U iščekivanju povoljnijih vremenskih prilika prisjetili smo se nekih od prošlogodišnjih ulova. Da li će nam Gacka već ove godine podariti lipljana 50+ ...?

Savski boleni u proljeće +++ Aspius Aspius from river Sava

Text and photo: Goran Pišćak - NoName

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kako vodiš varalicu? To pitanje je najčešće vezano za lov bolena u proljeće. Puno važnije je gdje. Prvo ga treba naći, onda još pogoditi varalicu i prezentaciju iste, a ponekad i boju. Znači, gdje? U principu, gdje se nalazi u ljetnim mjesecima, nalazi se i sada, samo što je malo suptilniji u lovu, još nema onih divljačkih rauba kad kederi bježe na sve strane u krugu 2-3 metra. Kederi još nisu skroz na površini, već malo dublje pa je i njegov način lova malo drugačiji i teži za otkriti. Treba puno više truda i iako se ne radi o 1000 zabačaja kao kod mladice, u par izlazaka skupi ih se i toliko. Ali kad srebrni torpedo od 7o-8o cm stisne u štromu pa krene u dubinu, ili punom brzinom nizvodno jednako brzo raste i adrenalin, čovjek zaboravi sve i uživa u trenutku.. Zato i idemo u ribolov, zar ne?

 

 

Winter hucho hucho from Kupa river - C&R

This beautiful hucho hucho has been caught in river Kupa at this winter. Happy fisherman is Jure Ramovž, and fish is 93 cm long. This catch was recorded and will be a part of DVD movie about Kupa walley. Congratulations to Jure, especially for releasing the fish back to the river! This fish is evidence that our beautiful river Kupa has some real beasts inside.

Fanatici ili budale na otvorenju sezone ribolova na lipljana

Što napraviti kada vam planirani vikend pokvari nevrijeme i svjesni ste da će uvjeti za ribolov biti nemogući? Pametni vjerojatno ostaju kod kuće, no nismo dopuštali zdravom razumu da prevlada. Uostalom pripremili smo sve potrebno za dvodnevno preživljavanje u surovim uvjetima Gorskog Kotara. Meso za roštilj, piće i sve ostale ribičke sitnice potrpane su u auto i odustajanja nema, iako kiša lije ko iz kabla. Otvorenje sezone na lipljana jednostavno nećemo propustiti, pa makar bili jedini na vodi. Već iz aviona bilo je jasno da su Curak i Kupica pretvoreni u bujični, blatni kanal, a i Kupa je polagano ali sigurno poprimala boju bijele kave i pravo je čudo da sam u tim uvjetima uspio na strimer uloviti jednu potočaru na Kupi. No subotnji ribolov je trajao prekratko da bi se uopće mogao ozbiljnije uzeti u obzir, pa smo već nakon sat vremena otišli do iznajmljenog apartmana. Apartman je bio mrak, ogroman, sa velikom dnevnom sobom i pogledom na Kupu koja teće i buja tek par metara ispod terase. Na terasi se te večeri peklo meso na roštilju, na velikom LCD televizoru smo gledali Porin, sa nadom da će se uvjeti do drugog jutra promijeniti.

16.05. dan je kada prestaje lovostaj na lipljana. Obično bi se toga dana horde ribiča sjatile na Kupicu u potjeru za lipljanima, no ovaj puta smo bili jedini fanatici ili budale, koje su se nećemu nadale. Ribolov na Kupici ili Curku nije imao smisla, ali se Kupa lagano počela bistriti, pa smo otišli na slovensku stranu, na neke uzvodne pozicije. Nadali smo se kakvim pastrvama no ribolov strimerima je zbog bujične vode bio gotovo nemoguć, iako je Miro uspio prevariti jednu kalifu. No zato su lipljani za divno čudo uspjevali u mutnoj vodi pogoditi naše jigove i gamaruse. Svi smo ulovili nekoliko lipljana za početak nove sezone, tako da nezadovoljstu nije bilo mjesta. Sada ostaje za pričekati da se za dan, dva Kupica izbistri i ako ne bude novih kiša, evo nas opet u našem lijepom Gorskom Kotaru...

River Trebižat - tremendous beauty of Kravica waterfalls

River Trebižat is second largest sinking river in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Beauty of Kravica waterfalls is best invitation for nature lovers to come here and enjoy in this piece of nature. Fishermen would like to catch endemic trout species that lives in this river "Mekousna trout" - Salmothymus obtusirostris.
Some info and the shape of this trout you can see here.

Klokot fly fishing promo video

Great fly fishing destination in Bosnia and Herzegovina near Bihać.
More info on www.flyfishingklokot.com