The Pikeperch

Points of recognition of the Pike-Perch

The pikeperch is torpedeo-shaped and elongated and tapered head. Its color can vary from light gray to goldbrown. About his back there are lateral stripes towards the sidelines of the pikeperch, the colors are faint dark. The pikeperch is very common in the Netherlands and Belgium and the pikeperch is not threatened with extinction, according to the IUCN status. The length which a pikeperch could reach is about 1 meter and 20 centimeters. The pikeperch is a solitary fish and lives alone.

General

The pikeperch is mainly found in deep, open water, also in the rivers. I used to successfully fish for the pikeperch in Ijmuiden, near the locks. I was mostly fishing in the night hours with a drainage system of a large factory. This factory warmed cooling water discharged into the canal. Also, the pikeperch found in brackish water, Ijmuiden the sea and the locks give access to the ships. The walleye spawn from April to May. The males make in shallow water a pit that exposes the roots of aquatic plants. The eggs laid there by the female pikeperch and the male guards the eggs and with fin movements he provides fresh oxygenated water. The young larvae can not tolerate too high lightintensity and when exposed to it they can die of it. The young pikeperch eat small animals such as water fleas etc. The larger pikeperch has a preference for smaller prey compared with the pike, the pikeperch has a much smaller mouth.

Where does the pikeperch original came from

The pikeperch has its origins in Eastern and Central Europe. At the end of the 19th century the pikeperch was released in the Netherlands, to help out the fishery industry. The competition between both species (pike and pikeperch) is essentially limited because pike and pikeperch have very different prey preferences and hunting techniques. In clear deep water, the two species are also usually concentrated in large densities. Today, the decrease of the phosphate content of the water and bottom mud and a reverse trend seems to be the pike position in many places to have recovered well. On the lakes and the small rivers is the pikeperch position decreased significantly. Causes for this are less rich in nutrients from the water, but especially to intensive poaching and commercial fishing with gill nets may be the cause. On the big rivers, the pike position is pretty good . The pikeperch still clearly represents a significant economic value, due to the highly valued meat and because of the large number of anglers that with fairly advanced materials and boats on the species fished. A recovery of the pikeperch position is highly desirable from an economic standpoint. Ecologically speaking, the pikeperch is an exotic in the Benelux, but he has long been established and has its own place in the ecosystem taken without demonstrable cause damage.

How to locate the pikeperch

All places with soil obstacles. With this i mean every place on the bottom with some different structure; branches, freshwater mussel fields, vegetation, rocks, or even bicycle thrown into the water. Because of such obstacles to the soil surface is nothing to see, we rely on our own experience or that of other fishermen to find them. From a boat, and with the use of a fish finder, are easier to locate the places, where the way, we can notice the presence of fish. Better to locate all man made ​​visible obstacles. These are, bridges, locks, piers, shoreline reinforcement, construction poles, embankments, etc. The soil profile. This is the most difficult to locate without a fish finder, but here are the sites where we are the most attention to. The pikeperch would stay like the transition from shallow to deep water. This may be the channel, turning basin, down a bank reinforcement, or a deep well.

Pikeperch tips

Pikeperch fishing you could do in many ways, passive and active, with or without a float, with live or artificial bait. For all these ways to fish there is a typical fishing pole, which does not mean that you made ​​without the other can combine. The subsequent enumeration here is therefore only a guideline. However, there is no all-round rod to find which one can do everything.

Float Rod

Ideal length, around 3.5 meters for fixed and floats around 2.7 meters for sliding floats. Probably the most common pikeperch bait. When a float rod, the emphasis on a smooth action. You begin to feel the spine until it far into the handle is bent. One advantage is that you rarely lose your live bait when you throw. You can still choose a heavy and light construction for the rod. The light version is best used for small bait fish, while the heavier version previously used for large bait or dead bait.

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