It’s the closing of pike fishing. It is a somewhat complex period for the fisherman. Advice from Bruno Garcia, fishing guard at the Charente-Maritime federation
Bruno Garcia : What can I use in this particular time, this and not this, all these questions deserve precise answers so that everyone is comfortable, guards and fishermen.
The earthworm which is surely the most used technique during this period of closure whether natural or artificial. It is a versatile bait the earthworm, all fish feed on it without exception. You will catch a zander, a perch, a carp, a roach, a bream, … It is also for this reason that we considered that it should be included in this list of derogatory techniques. So anglers can keep practicing with an effective technique that will bring them results. Difficult to prohibit all techniques from the beginning of February until the end of April. I believe that frustrations, even if they are justified, are already sufficiently present in our daily lives.
Any tips for this worm fishing?
There are always little extras that improve the presentation. An earthworm resting on the bottom of the stream is not always very attractive to a fish. Especially since even if you thread it using a needle, it retains an often surprising activity and very regularly sinks into the mud. And there it is no longer visible at all.
The trick is what, apart from equipping it with a balloon so that it doesn’t sink into the mud?
You do not believe so well say! The trick is precisely to make it float. And using what? Well, quite simply by equipping yourself with a syringe with which you will blow a little air into different places in your earthworm, it will have the effect of making it float and make it more attractive. This technique you can use it on a static fishing or quite simply by throwing and bringing back your assembly gently by sliding it on the bottom.
If pike fishing is currently prohibited, in the short term will we be able to track trout?
The general opening will take place in 5 weeks but there is the possibility of enjoying it a little before and even now. Already like every year there is the opening before the opening, rainbow trout releases on some bodies of water in the department. The calendar is not yet fixed but you will have the information on the Federation’s website in a few days. And then at the moment the Federal water body of La Node where there was, very recently, a second spill of 100 kg of large trout. Just phone the Federation, ask for Richard for a reservation.