The search for promising places on the new reservoir.

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Going fishing in a new reservoir, there are always doubts - and whether there is, on these new the water, to find efficient points and to catch the fish... to dispel your doubts, answer - fail!)) But you have some work to do...

Preparing to travel to new reservoirs, lakes or rivers begins at home. Your task is to collect as much information from fishing forums about the features of fishing on the destination area of the reservoir. If you are going on a fishing base, then carefully read her website. Especially section fishing reports and photo gallery. Fix most often mentioned in reports of the binding of the area ( Lepy, lying on the banks of the barge, the names of settlements, etc.). If these objects got on a photo catches very well. You can easily recognize them from the area.
The second stage - working with topographic maps. Both modern and 1900-1970 years ( depending on the time of creation of the reservoir, for example). These cards are present in the Internet for many resources. For example , on the website of the Russian spinning League (RSL) present the most detailed sailing directions of many rivers and reservoirs...
Found on old maps mark the tributaries, old mill buildings ( on one of the old mill from the pile and maelstrom, I'm fine fish in the Protva), bridges...
If we are talking about a reservoir with a large area of flooding, it is necessary to transfer on a modern map with reference to existing objects of the old railway bridges, the river (after the flooding they remain under water in ditches), caught in the zone of flooding of settlements, forests and ravines...

(C) Map with the river Istra and settlements before the creation of the Istra reservoir.

For example , on the Yauza reservoir from shore to shore is under water, the old road embankment. Although the reservoir is already inclusive of the years, this anomaly attracts Zander and pike like a magnet.
And Ivankovskoe reservoir has flooded bridges, the same road, a few villages. And there are sunken barges... all these places constantly spinning a variety of fish, including predatory.
The same picture, and the Lower Volga. Many sunken barges ( usually marked on the Navionics charts) , laid under water pipelines, abandoned piers with man-made rubbish around. All these places are very interesting to us, as are a great place for recreation and hunting perch, pike, catfish...
After such preliminary training, you'll create a modern topo map ( on paper you have it, or Navigator, doesn't matter) a preliminary sketch plan of your trips to the absolutely mysterious pond.
Approximately acted Alexander Volynkin, when preparing to find and explore new places in the Rybinsk reservoir. Flooded village, old riverbeds and forests, trapped in the flooding, become the subject of his study. And what came of it, take a look...

By the way, in this way preparing athletes to travel to tournaments on new bodies of water. This home study space upcoming fishing gives (always!) a very significant result... So don't be lazy and hope for the best.