Fishing trips: Trophies of the Khabarovsk Territory

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Khabarovsk region is very interesting for organizing a fishing adventure. In addition to the main river - Amur - there are opportunities for fishing in truly wild places, such that can be reached only by helicopter. These are the rivers of the Sea of ​​Okhotsk basin (trophies - Siberian taimen, grayling, coho). Rivers flowing into the Tatar Strait (trophies - chum salmon, pink salmon, sim, Sakhalin taimen, grayling). Rivers of the Aldan basin (trophies - Siberian taimen, pike, whitefish, flax). There are more accessible rivers, which can be reached without a very expensive helicopter transfer. These are the mountain-taiga rivers of the Amur basin. They can be reached using the combined version of the automobile + water (on a motorboat) transfer.
Most species of fish that inhabit the Khabarovsk Territory (the Amur River + its tributaries; rivers that flow into the sea, etc.) are not accessible to fishermen of central Russia and southern Russia in their local waters. Therefore, fishermen from all over the country and foreign fishing enthusiasts go to these regions in the hope of meeting with trophy specimens of the local inhabitants of the rivers.
The main coveted trophy of such trips is Siberian taimen. This is a very strong fish that grows to very large (50+ kilograms and 1.5+ meters) sizes.

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But such instances are very rare. Taymy often weighing 7-15 kilograms are often caught, and fish weighing more than 20 kilos are already considered trophy. To preserve the taimen population, this fish is caught on a catch-release basis.

Tackles for a trip to the rivers of the Khabarovsk Territory should be selected taking into account the possibility of meeting with such giants. Spinning (it is better to take 2 - main and reserve) with a length of 8 to 10 feet and a test for the weight of baits to 56-70 grams The coils (just better 2, just in case) are strictly power, in dimensions from 4000 along the Shimano line, possibly sea class with the SW index.
Braided line from 20 lb to 40+ lb. It is possible to use shock leaders from fluorocarbon with a breaking load of 20-35 kilograms.
A set of baits should include spinners # 3-7 on the Mepps scale with different petal shapes - such as Aglia, Comet and Long. The colors are yellow, brass, silver, with additional coloring of the petal with dots, stripes, etc. It is worth taking with you wobblers of the class of minnow size 100-140 mm with SR and MR deepening, one-piece and two-piece. Hooks on baits should be tested for strength and, if necessary, replaced with more powerful ones from OWNER or DEKOY. It often happened that the regular hooks with which the lures are equipped, the trout simply broke when biting ...

This season, Alexei Shanin went to one of the tributaries of the Amur River in order to improve his personal record in taimen. About this journey the channel AnglersZoom made a film, which I invite you to watch. In the process of searching for the fish of his dream, Alexey will tell about tackles, equipment, taimen habits and the intricacies of finding places for this fish ...

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