Fishing base “Fishing Farm. Fishing in October: who, what and how to catch What is caught on the Volga in October
Mid-autumn - best time for catching pike perch and asp, which just feed on the Volga. The deserted shores are gradually turning gold. The stingy sun warms less and less. The average daily temperature typical for these regions in October is about 10 degrees Celsius. At night it’s even less – about +5 degrees Celsius. In the mornings, thick fog often hangs over the water. Fishing on the Volga in October may coincide with the first night frosts, which are quite common here in the middle of the month.
The water in the river gradually cools down, and large pike perch have to leave shallow areas, which is taken advantage of by all the visiting jig-spinning fishermen. The water level periodically rises, and people swim from the Volga to Akhtuba whole schools of pike perch.
Fishing in the Astrakhan region in October is the time to watch for pike perch on the riverbed edges. Perch or pike can also be caught there by a lucky fisherman. Large pike perch are usually caught by trolling or trolling. To attract his attention, deep wobblers are used. The advantage of trolling is the ability to fish fairly large areas, which accordingly increases the chances of success. Pike perch can settle not only on the edges, but also swims into holes filled with snags. It is not so easy to get it from there; ordinary baits here may not be very effective, since they will cling to anything except, in fact, the fish itself. Therefore, you need to use a jig without hooking with a wire pin, which protects the hook and prevents it from picking up foreign objects. Fishing in Astrakhan in October coincides with the period of zander’s famine, which will intensify throughout the month day after day until November. The October pike perch bite, especially if we take into account the end of the month, may well be comparable to June. 
Fishing in the Astrakhan region in October – optimal time for catching sheresper (asp). It is caught at this time in shallow areas of the river bed, as well as near a protruding coastal cape in breaker streams. In addition, it can peck near flooded bushes. At the end of October, the probability of catching an asp weighing more than 5 kg rapidly increases. In small channels, large asp often hang out almost near the shore and feed there on passing schools of fry.
More than one asp continues to actively peck in October. Blackback deep bass and pike may also be on your hook. At this time, catfish are not caught so often, but the probability of catching them still remains quite high. Experienced fishermen do it this way: following the chosen place with the current, they wave the rod. Thanks to such movements, the bait “plays” at the bottom, attracting the attention of the fish. To keep the boat on course, you can correct its movement using a short oar. You can also slow down if you feel like you are moving too fast. This method is very effective when fishing over holes. It is possible to catch catfish using a donkey.
Fishing on the Volga in October is the time when you can still hook a carp, which stays in muddy areas under steep steep banks or swims in pits filled with snags. By this month, the carp's diet changes, and it begins to give preference to food of animal origin. In accordance with this feature, it is necessary to select bait. Attract the fish's attention with the meat of barley shells. Toothless fish similar to them are also suitable as bait. Among artificial baits, boilies are suitable for catching carp. Although, in principle, sometimes it even gets caught by a twister or vibrotail. The carp’s task during this period is to eat before winter, so it feeds all day long. Accordingly, biting is possible from morning to evening and this situation will continue until the end of October. And if the autumn turns out to be warm, then a couple of weeks in November. In addition to carp, during October fishing on the lake you can catch buffalo.
One of the best ways spend a vacation in nature without giving up the usual benefits of progress - fishing in Astrakhan in October. The Fishing Hall fishing base offers comfortable rooms for two with a shower, air conditioning, orthopedic mattresses, satellite TV and Internet access. An additional advantage is that there is a Russian bathhouse on the territory of the complex. The base rents out equipment and boats. Taking care of the convenience of vacationers, “Fishing Hall” has opened the opportunity to pay for services bank cards. Hurry up to reserve your place. The maximum number of guests is 12. For room reservations and other questions, please call.
September brings long-awaited coolness to the shores of Akhtuba. However, often during the daytime the temperature environment, may exceed +30 0. As the water temperature drops in the reservoirs of the Astrakhan region, water blooms stop. At this time, algae settle to the bottom, and promising fishing spots open up in previously overgrown reservoirs. At the same time, fish that live in floodplain reservoirs, such as pike, buffalo, perch and tench, begin to show high activity.
However fishing in the Lower Volga in September has a greater focus on catching predators. At this time, predatory and feeding fish usually stay in places with strong currents, closer to the riverbed, where the water is a little cooler and contains more oxygen.
Predatory fish such as pike perch and asp are becoming increasingly active. On Akhtuba, pike perch becomes most active in the second half of September. And in those places where there is a strong current, asp “cauldrons” can be observed more and more often - these are schools of predators hunting for fry and small fish. During this period, the asp hunts not only on the rifts, but also on the whirlpools formed above the holes.
Catching catfish on Akhtuba in September continues on shallow reaches and riffles using the trolling method. But at the end of the month, the owner of the river increasingly hunts near the riverbed holes. Catching a mustachioed predator with a quok at this time is no longer as effective as a month earlier, the reason for this is the autumn winds and quite strong water disturbances. Therefore, in September, the priority becomes catching catfish on a donk, deep-sea trolling with wobblers with deep depth and jigging in pits.
In September, on the ilmen and lakes of Astrakhan, a more active bite of perch and pike begins. During this period, the striped predator can be caught with fry, of which there are a lot during this period, and with artificial baits, wobblers and spoons. At this time, pike can be caught on eriks and lakes by trolling in places with significant depths in the area of channels, and from the shore using spinning baits and live bait.
Some fishermen install twisters on a side leash, in front of a 14-20 cm lure, then when hunting for pike, a good measured perch sits on the twister.
Fishing on the Lower Volga and Akhtuba in September for white fish , also pleases fishermen with good catches. At this time, on sandy reaches where there is a silty current with good depths of 3-6 meters, bream is excellently caught. Catching this fish primarily occurs on a dock, a donk with an elastic band, and a feeder.
Where there are large floodplain lakes, narrow but deep eriks connect each other, buffalo and tench bite excellently on a crayfish or dung worm. The bite lasts throughout daylight hours, and the peak of activity occurs at dawn. It is at this time that the largest individuals are caught.
Still active in reaches and shallow waters catching Volga carp in September . At the same time, the capture of trophy carp on Akhtuba in September is much higher than in the summer months. The cooler the water becomes at the end of September, the more often this fish leaves the shallow sections of the river to its favorite places. These are, first of all, snags located under steep ridges and cliffs. In a word fishing in September on Akhtuba and Volga - This is almost the height of the “velvet season”. At this time, you can still swim, sunbathe, fish, and enjoy local berries and fruits.
With the arrival of October, golden autumn begins in the lower reaches of the Volga. The banks of the rivers already seem deserted, and asp and pike perch are fattening in the water with might and main. This is the most promising time for catching predatory fish. Usually the temperature in October averages +10-12 0 C, and at night it drops to 5-6 0 C. The first frosts begin at night towards the end of the month and can reach -5 0 C. morning hours You can see thick fog on the rivers.
Particularly successful fishing for large pike perch in the lower reaches of the Volga in October . The water level in Akhtuba periodically rises and at this time a lot of pike perch enters there from the main Volga. In October you should look for this fish on the deep edges of the riverbed. Large perch and pike are also often caught in these places. It is good to catch fanged fish at this time by trolling with wobblers with deep depth. The largest pike perch in October is caught on the path. However, the search for fanged predators can be carried out not only on channel edges. Snags located in deep places are also an excellent place where pike perch can be caught well with jigs in October.
In October asp fishing in the Astrakhan region pleases fishermen with quality trophies. You can find it on breakwaters, riffles or near flooded bushes. The closer to the end of the month, the larger the individuals come across, starting from 5 kg and above. Especially such prospects open up in Akhtuba. In October, large humpback and pike continue to bite in the lakes. It is also possible to get catfish as a trophy. In October it is caught using vertical trolling or bottom tackle. The method of vertical trolling in deep holes is especially effective in October, where not only catfish, but also other predatory fish can become prey.
In October there is still a good chance of catching a large carp. They look for this fish in October in deep-sea places, in deep snags under steep banks with a clay bottom. At the same time, the carp’s diet now includes more animal food than plant food. Most successful fishing for carp on the Lower Volga in October , occurs on the meat of barley shells. It is also effective to catch carp at this time with bottom tackle using boilies. Active feeding of the carp occurs all day long. In October, as a rule, the carp bite lasts until the end of the month, and when autumn is long, until mid-November.
Many anglers who fished in Astrakhan in the autumn know that in November, in the Volga Delta and on Akhtuba, relatively warm weather can last until the end of November. During the daytime, the temperature can be +6 and even 8 degrees, and at night it can reach -7 degrees.
Therefore, for avid fishermen fishing on the Lower Volga and Akhtuba in November , it’s still a relatively hot time. However, at this time you already need to have warm clothes and everything you need for comfortable fishing in late autumn.
At this time, pike perch are greedily biting on Akhtuba, and individuals from 2 kg and above are often caught. During one trip of the jig bait, 2 or even 3 fanged bites can occur. At the same time, along with the pike perch, but at relatively great depths, a solid bersh is biting. This fish, which is similar in appearance to pike perch, has more tender and tasty meat.
Fishing for asp in November on the Volga and Akhtuba continues. And they catch it all in the same places, in strong currents near flooded bushes and trees, or near coastal breaker streams. However, placing the bait should occur either in the middle water horizons or closer to the bottom.
Even in November, there are still small chances of catching Volga catfish. They catch it with bottom tackle, and use frogs or live bait as bait. Pike and perch are caught in eriks and lakes, until the freeze-up. In November, these predators bite frequently and greedily.
Fishing on Akhtuba and the Lower Volga in the fall is an exciting time to catch a predator that is in its feeding period. The 2017 fishing calendar for the Astrakhan region advises going fishing on the Volga for trophies. You will learn where and what kind of fish to catch on the Volga and Akhtuba in the fall, and what fishing bait to use at this time of year. The fisherman's calendar will reveal the secrets of catching pike, perch and asp in October on Akhtuba and the Volga. Take note of our fishing calendar 2017 and come for autumn fishing in the Astrakhan region.
Fishing on Akhtuba and Volga in October means fishing for large predators: pike perch and pike. Indeed, the largest, trophy specimens of pike perch and pike are caught in October-November. And of course, perch continues to be caught well at this time. Fishing on Akhtuba and the Lower Volga in the fall will be successful if you study the fishing calendar for the Astrakhan region for 2017 before your trip. The principle of the fisherman's calendar for the fall is simple - green indicates excellent bite, yellow indicates good, and red indicates unstable. However, the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain is such a unique place for fishermen, where you can catch even those fish that bite capriciously.
Fishing calendar for October - Akhtuba and Lower Volga
| What fish to catch on the Volga and Akhtuba in October | Fishing on the Volga Akhtuba in October - bite forecast for October | |
| October 1-15 | October 16-31 | |
| Asp | ||
| Vobla | ||
| Rudd | ||
| Bream | ||
| Perch | ||
| Zander | ||
| Carp | ||
| Som | ||
| Pike | ||
Features of fishing on the Volga and Akhtuba in October
The fisherman's calendar for October notes the activity of fattening pike perch and asp on the Volga and Akhtuba. It is in October that it comes best time for catching predators on the Volga. The average temperature in October in the region is +10 degrees, at night it drops to 4-6 degrees. The first night frosts begin in the middle of the month and can reach -7 degrees. There is sometimes thick fog over the ponds in the morning.
With the onset of autumn cooling, the fish move from shallow waters to deep places. If in summer, on warm, quiet evenings, on almost any river or channel one could see whitewash splashing here and there, then in October the surface of the water becomes almost deserted - all underwater life has sank lower, closer to the wintering pits. Carp and crucian carp bite less often and only from the bottom at a decent depth, while they also become very sensitive to the weather. At this time, bream almost does not feed in the shallows, but prefers to stay in holes and gutters.
And predatory fish The autumn glutton continues. Pike seems insatiable, pike perch and perch are still voracious - they need to have time to gain more fat before winter.
Activated in cold water The burbot is now eating up after the summer hunger strike, when it hid from the heat in holes and under snags in the depths. In October, you can still catch catfish - the autumn catfish takes live bait or artificial bait, but only if you put it under its nose - it no longer leaves the hole it has chosen for wintering, and does not go out to hunt in shallow waters.
In mid-autumn it is good to catch (it is also called “Volga pike perch”). You can catch it with the same tackle and bait as pike perch, plus it is often caught on a worm on a donk. And although it is often smaller than pike perch, its meat is even tastier - juicy and sweet.
Fishing gear in October on Akhtuba and the Lower Volga
Artificial baits when fishing should be used in brighter colors (especially on cloudy days) and with a higher specific gravity, since in search of the treasured trophy you will have to “break through” a considerable layer of water to horizons of 4-9 meters, where at this time all the large fish begin to accumulate preparing for winter. Considering the low water temperature and, accordingly, the lower mobility of a large predator, the bait should be retrieved at a minimum speed and with long pauses.
In October, you can still use the usual gear for catching predators: girders, mugs, spinning lures, trolling, donkeys and float rods with live bait. An onboard deep-sea fishing rod with live bait and vertical lures from a boat work well. But an ordinary blind float can be used infrequently, only when the sun heats up the shallows. Bait should be used only of animal origin: worms, maggots, bloodworms. All peaceful fish switched to eating “meat”.
At night for frog, cutting (pieces of fresh fish) or large worm can be successfully fished
From mid-autumn, a large jig with bait or bloodworms and large oscillating spoons begin to work effectively on predators, so fishing on Akhtuba in the fall, October, as they allow you to attract a predator with a good game even with minimum speed wiring. From October on Akhtuba it’s time for jigs.
What fish to catch on Akhtuba and Volga in October
Fishing for pike perch in October
The fishing calendar for October advises catching large pike perch on the Volga and Akhtuba using jigs and spinning rods. In October, as the water gradually cools, pike perch leave shallow water areas. The fisherman's calendar recommends looking for pike perch in October on deep riverbed edges, where you can also catch large perch or pike. Fishing on the Volga in October will be productive if you fish by trolling with a deep-sea wobbler. Large pike perch should be caught on the track. Pike perch also chooses deep snags, where it is better to catch it using jig baits with non-snacking rigs. The zander's hunger in October will continue until November, gradually intensifying. The fisherman's calendar for October recommends not to miss this period - at the end of October the pike perch bite on the Volga and Akhtuba is the best of the season.
Asp fishing in October
Fishing on the Lower Volga in October, as noted in the angler’s calendar, is famous for catching large asps. This month, asp are caught on riffles and breaker streams near the coastal flooded bushes. The closer the end of October is, the larger specimens of asp can get on your hook. Asps weighing 5 kg or more can be caught in some eriks, where giant asps often stand right next to the shore and eat the fry stretching along the shore. According to the fisherman’s calendar, fishing on Akhtuba in October allows you to catch a trophy asp.
Fishing for pike and perch in October
Fishermen confirm that October continues to be a wonderful time for catching predators on the Volga and Akhtuba, and the active bite of large fish in the lakes does not calm down. So, if you are going fishing in the Lower Volga during this period, take some gear for pike, you won’t regret it.
Catching catfish in October
The fisherman's calendar for October reminds us that this month there is still an opportunity to tempt a mustachioed giant to bite. They are caught in October using bottom tackle and the vertical trolling method. In general, vertical trolling over holes in October becomes especially effective; this method catches not only catfish, but also other predatory fish.
Catching carp in October
Fishing in Astrakhan in October still leaves the opportunity to catch. You should look for carp in deep places with a clay bottom under steep yars and among snags. The fisherman's calendar emphasizes that the carp's diet is shifting from plant foods to animal foods. Therefore, it is better to catch carp in the fall on the Volga using the meat of barley shells (toothless ones), as well as boilies using bottom tackle. The carp feeds actively throughout the day, gorging itself before in winter, so its good bite lasts until the end of the month, and in the long autumn it stretches until mid-November. Sometimes there are even cases of its being caught on a spinning rod when fishing with twisters, vibrotails or foam fish in typical carp areas.
Autumn fishing on the Lower Volga and Akhtuba in November can give the fisherman a lot of pleasant impressions, bites and solid trophies. Active biting of predatory fish, mild temperature conditions - this is what the fisherman needs in the fall. Take note of our fishing calendar for October 2017 and come fishing in the Astrakhan region.
In October, I managed to go fishing on Akhtuba in the Astrakhan region. We were there for a week. Despite the long journey of 1600 km one way (a day on the road), it’s worth it!
We managed to extend the summer a little - capture a few warm days. Almost every day there was a clear sky and the sun was shining (even on cool days).
We are already accustomed to economical holidays in tents. And as an alternative option, you could use rooms in the Akhtuba club, which was located nearby.
In the first two days you could swim and sunbathe. During the day the sun heated the air to +25 degrees, and the nights were cool.
My nephew and I fished from simple inflatable boats without a motor, so we didn’t sail far from our anchorage.
Our hopes for the movement of pike perch were not justified, so we had to be content with catching perch with a spinning rod.
I would like to especially mention our friends from Rzhev, who invited us to this fishing trip. They became owners of interesting trophies.
Vladimir caught a silver carp weighing 35 kg using a spinning rod from a boat. It took him several hours to pull out this fish and bring it to the base. As Vladimir notes, it is difficult to convey emotions at the moment when the trophy was in his boat.
Leonid Vasilyevich distinguished himself by catching several specimens of large asp.
On some days, the temperature at night dropped to several degrees below zero.
The water in the buckets was covered with a crust of ice.
One day, early in the morning there was heavy fog, so that the other shore was practically impossible to see.
But this did not last long. As soon as the sun rose, it quickly restored order and restored the cloudless sky.
Even in cool weather, we, like cats, enjoyed the rays of the sun and had fun sitting in the chairs.
Every day we monitored the weather forecast on several sites. On one of them there was information that it might rain one day. This scared us a little, because... After heavy rainfall, local roads turn into insurmountable obstacles even for SUVs and you have to wait several days for them to dry.
Thank God this forecast did not come true and we returned home as planned. We got to the ferry across the Akhtuba River without any problems.
At the market (which is open 24 hours a day) in Kharabali we bought delicious local watermelons, melons, tomatoes, bell peppers and onions.
There you could also buy fish for every taste: dried, smoked, small or large, balyk.
We were satisfied with the trip and the vacation in general, since it turned out to be interesting and quite economical - the costs were less than 5 thousand rubles per person (transport costs and food).
