Lake Volgo depth map. Volgo lake

Posted Wed, 19/07/2017 - 08:08 by Cap

Volgo is a lake in the Selizharovsky, Ostashkovsky and Penovsky districts of the Tver region of Russia, 25 km south of Ostashkov, the largest in the system of Upper Volga lakes on the Valdai Hills, the fourth and last of the group of lakes through which the upper reaches of the Volga River passes, regulated by the Upper Volga Beishlot. Height above sea level - 204 m.
Volgo - consists of a system of two lakes.

Two lakes Volgo (Volgo-I, Volgo-II), connected by a channel at Bolshoy and Maly Lokhovo, stretch from west to east for 40 km, the width of the lakes is up to 4 km, the average depth is 2 m, the water surface area of ​​​​the lakes is 61 km².
Lake Volgo, as a result of the construction of the Upper Volga beishlot, significantly changed its boundaries. Previously, its length was 7 km, width - up to 2 km. Now the Volga stretches from the village of Volga (Tukhachevo), in the west to the village of Selishche in the east.
Between lakes Peno and Volgo (about 30 km), the Volga River is a flood, either expanding or contracting its boundaries. Southern Shores The Volga is more elevated, the northern ones are lower.
In some places, limestone outcrops are visible along the high banks. Springs often gush out from under the limestones - the so-called “boiling waters” with “healthy” water, the temperature of which is 6 °C all year round. In the area of ​​the villages of Kolobovo, Polki and Pochinok, the lake forms three large bows.

In the western part, near Peno, the rivers Plotichenka and Zhukopa flow into Volgo-I from the south. On the northern bank of Volga-I (length 19 km) are the villages of Kustyn and Zaneprechye. The Lemenka and Bolshaya Dubenka rivers flow into the channel between the lakes from the south, and the Kocha River from the north.

Along the northern shore of Volgo-II (length 21 km, width up to 3 km) there are two large bays. Almost in the center of the lake rises the island of Bely Plav. The northern shores of the lake are low-lying and often flooded when there is a flood. Along the banks of Volga-II there are the villages of Yasenskoye, Pochinok, Zavirye, Polki, Lapino, Volga (Tukachevo), Devichye, Kolobovo, Bor, Kazakovo. In the place where the Volga River flows from Volgo-II, the village of Selishche is located.

The water level in the lake, depending on the beishlot regime, can fluctuate significantly.

On the northern shore of Lake Volgo there are multi-layer sites Podol III, Baranova Gora, Lanino 1.

VILLAGE SELISHCHE
Selishche is a rural-type settlement (until 2001 - urban-type settlement) in the Selizharovsky district of the Tver region. The center of the Selishchenskoye rural settlement.
Located on the shores of Lake Volgo, 16 km west of district center Selizharovo, 5 km from the Skakulino railway station (on the Torzhok-Soblago line). The Selishchensky bridge across the Volga connects the village with the village of Khotoshino, and further, with the Rzhev-Ostashkov highway.
Selishchenskaya high school, House of Culture, post office, general practitioner's office, shops.
Mass grave of those killed during the Great Patriotic War, 163 soldiers are buried.
The population according to the 2002 census is 1062 people, 473 men, 589 women.
Economy
JSC "Selizharovsky Construction Materials Plant" (founded in 1951). (Closed)
Municipal Unitary Enterprise "Selizharovsky Motor Transport Enterprise".
Workshop for the production of upholstered furniture.
Recreation center "Cool Beach".

Story
In 1859, the owner's village of Selishchi, near Lake Volgo, had 34 households, 245 inhabitants. In the second half of the 19th century, it belonged to the Khotoshin volost of the Ostashkovsky district of the Tver province.
Since 1940 it has been an urban-type settlement.
The place of fierce battles with the fascist invaders in January 1942.
In June 2001, by resolution of the Legislative Assembly of the Tver Region, the working village of Selishche was transformed into rural settlement- Selishche village.

Attractions
The Upper Volga Beishlot is a dam in the upper reaches of the Volga River, forming the Upper Volga Reservoir, which unites lakes Volgo, Peno, Vselug and Sterzh into a single basin. Located 3 km below the village. Start natural park"Upper Volga".

VOLGO LAKES LOCATION
Lake Maloye Volgo

Pleasant, beautiful, but in shallow water unpleasant with a huge amount of driftwood. The trunks stick out literally from everywhere, the depth does not exceed a meter. It goes through normal water without problems and without comments. It ends at a characteristic narrowing of the banks, where the village of Lokhovo stands on both sides.

The channel between the Small and Big Volgo, ending near the village of Volga, is the most beautiful channel on the entire route. Accordingly, there are people on it. The purest running water (there is already something and somewhere to flow), selected pine forest, sand. It is recommended to park on the right bank after the village of Kobenevo, just before the junction of the right bay. People stand there quite densely, but there will always be a place, most likely, even with equipped parking (table, canopy, etc.). Further along the channel there will be a dirtier forest (again aspen, linden, etc.), although finding a decent place is quite possible.

The moment of exit from the channel into the Greater Volgo is comparable in the appearance of the Shirkov churches, only this time without any religious opium. Photographers are encouraged to ditch their paddles and get their camera ready for panoramic photography. The shores open on both sides by more than 180 degrees, in the first half of the day the sun is at your back. A poet's dream... It is also worth starting the day this way because with the recommended scheme there will be no more parking on the lakes.

Lake Big Volgo
The most big lake on the route, which makes it clear in time that it’s time to change the situation. The Big Volgo is worth skipping at once, until relaxing doubts begin as to whether it is feasible. If you get stuck on it, then there will be a non-optimal parking schedule.
The same beach and the same trees in high water. It’s better to have a good lunch in the middle: you will see a cape far away from the right bank with a bright sandy cliff. Theoretically, you can stay here overnight, closing the lake in two days instead of one, but then it’s better not to rush in the morning. The cape also evokes nostalgia because twice (in 1996 and 1999) a lovingly carved sand figure of a naked woman was discovered on it. Search, what if you find it again?

The exit from the lake passes the settlement of Selishche, which stands on a mountain. There is no point in going there to the store - the more promising Selizharovo is ahead. That’s why Selishche and its surroundings are passed through as quickly as possible, especially since industry begins here. On the way you have to dive under a bridge, between the supports of which there are half-rotten wooden supports of its old version. They are visible in any water, there are no problems with passage. After the bridge and going around the next pasture - the lake finish line; The lakes end with the first Volga dam, which is proudly called the Beishlot.

Beishlot
The beyshlot was founded in 1900 to regulate the water level and ensure navigability of the Volga in the Rzhev area. The beyshlot, as seen from the exit, was destroyed during the Great Patriotic War and restored in 1943. There is nothing interesting in the beyshlot, except perhaps the crowds of fishermen who fish from it. Four dampers; if more than two are open, then the Volga will have a flow and good level. If one is open, there is a chance of skinning in the shallows.
You need to approach the beishlot on the left; about thirty meters from it there is an acceptable exit. No one has yet been sucked into the flaps, even when they were all open at once.
Things are transported approximately one hundred to one hundred and fifty meters, it is impossible to make a mistake with the place of the new landing.

FISHING ON LAKE VOLGO
Some west of the lake Seliger, filling a huge furrow with clusters of boulders scattered here and there, the necklace of the Upper Volga lakes bent at a right angle from north to east. There are four main lakes included in this cascade: Sterzh, Vselug, Peno and Volgo, not counting the many large and small reservoirs scattered around the area, connected to the named lakes, rivers and channels.

The uniqueness of this lake lies in its two-dimensionality (Small and Big Volgo) - this is firstly, and secondly, the Volga flows from it.
I personally haven’t studied the Small Volgo thoroughly, I don’t want false information, but according to reliable sources, it is heavily snagged and literally filled with large bream and pike. The banks are impassable. The main settlements are Bolshoye and Maloye Lokhovo. After them, moving down, we will find ourselves in places that the author “trodden” and sailed for many years.
Perhaps one of the most interesting and beautiful places is the so-called “pipe” - a body of water connecting the two parts of Lake Volgo. There is one village on the shore - Volga. The bottom here has very sharp drops, from 2 to 8 m. A fairly wide and very fishy river, the Lemenka, flows here. The piles of the old bridge, canyon-like underwater cliffs, the shores overgrown with virgin forest (and you can drive on the right and leave the car in the aforementioned village), an abundance of fish - what else does a person tired of city life need. By the way, only in this village are boats dug out of whole aspen still in use among the locals.
When you get into the main lake Volgo, your gaze dissolves in the vast expanse of water - until the end of the reservoir (and the end is not visible), about 20 km, the width of the lake is 3-5 km. Here the more monotonous depths of 3 - 5 meters begin, with individual huge snag holes. The depth in them reaches 8 - 9 m.
The shores are a continuous resort, pine trees, sand, in general - just a Baltic landscape. In the last third of the lake there is the island of White Plav, very beautiful, overgrown with forest. A large sand spit runs away from it, on the slopes of which it is easy to find perches. Around there are thickets of reeds, uruti, arrowhead - but what kind of fauna is in such a flora, I think there is no need to say! On both sides of the island there are villages: Zavirye, which is considered a fishing village, and Bor Volgo. And Zavirye is considered a fishing hole because right behind the island there is a huge wintering pit with large pike perch, not even a pit, I would say, some kind of fish center: the echo sounder, if there is one, does not have time to count it!
From the island, almost to the end of the lake, a long and wide reach stretches with a bottom gradually sloping towards the channel. The bottom here is sandy and muddy without sharp changes across almost the entire width of the lake, the depth is 6 - 6.5 m. The bed (approximately the middle) is the place of residence of bream. In all directions from the channel to the banks, one can hope for a real meeting with pike perch, of which there are a lot here, especially in recent years - after the cessation of trawl fishing. The best way to look for a predator here is along a path equipped with two baits on separate reins, for example: a spinner - a twister, a twister - a heavy jig with a worm (7-10 pieces), a spinner - a jig.
There is no point in describing the details of such fishing further, because the classic follows - catch a pike perch, buoy overboard and throw a spinning rod equipped with what it bites on. With the exception of some particularly unfavorable days, the predator is in constant motion and it is difficult to find its parking place, so success depends on how quickly you move. But it’s very easy to find a place for your parking - it’s dry all around, sand and the same pine, in places birch and spruce. To the left along the stream there is a stone pier, built unknown when, and on the shore is the Chaika recreation center. It’s always good here, in the sun, in the rain, and even in winter you can find shelter. You can simply come here to relax, alone, with your family or friends. All wooden double houses are scattered throughout the forest, mainly along the shore.
The base has a fairly large boat park. The boat can be rented for both short and long periods. Considering that people fish on the lake in winter, it would be appropriate to mention that since 1999 the Chaika base has opened a comfortable winter 2-story building on the shore with all the amenities and even a dining room (this is optional). And in the summer, tired of cleaning fish, you can easily find something to do at the base and in its surroundings: mushrooms, berries, sporting events.
On the opposite bank, at the mouth of the confluence of the Bolshaya Dubenka River, there is an extensive shoal with snags, bushes, thickets and, naturally, fish. To the fish mentioned here is added ide, which is not as abundant as bream, but it also “responds” to bait and fish weighing up to 3 kg are often caught. Further, further down the lake, there will be more ide. As for records, I personally brought from here 10 kilograms of pike perch, 9.2 kilograms of pike.
The lake is crowned by the large village of Selishche. From here, in fact, the real Volga begins, but up to the beishlot (a dam with lifting gates), although it has a current, it is of a lake type. Along the banks of the river there is a sparse forest and wide meadows.
The depth of the river varies: the buoys of local fishermen indicate them. By the way, under the bridge near Selishche you can fish for ide with a crumb of black bread and roach with greens. So, sailing down the lake, we get to the beishlot, which was built before the war. Immediately after the pre-dam area, very beautiful and fishing spots begin. In the rapids of the Volga, all the fish are caught behind the beyslot, there are also asp, perch, and occasionally even grayling. There is a forest all around, replete with mushrooms and berries.
What is good about the described edges? Yes, because they are mostly passable for people with cars and at the same time there are a lot of untouched places. Surprisingly, in these places, unlike Seliger, I have never met poachers with electric fishing rods. As I already said, trawling of lakes has been stopped here.
The main bait for all types of fish is a worm, and, given the difficulty of catching it in places remote from settlements, you can do without any frills - any will do. If you plan not to “cling” to the base, it is better to take the worm with you and store it in moss. Well, if you relax on the “Chaika”, then there will be no problems - there is a farmyard nearby (by the way, there is no drainage into the lake - the ecosystem is not disturbed here).
The bait they use here is what's left of the table. Any tackle, however, as I noticed, lately pike perch has been giving preference to a golden-colored twister and a jig with a worm. These baits work well at sunset, when the sun “clings” to the trees. And during the day, the local predator likes the yellow “wobbler”. Well, and also - mugs. Chasing them here is a nice thing: the bottom is clean, and the shores are full of live bait roach.
If you want to catch perch or pike, I will say that it is better to do this at depths of 1 - 3 m. True, pike at such depths are rarely larger than a kilogram. In vast, snag-laden bays (with a depth of 1.5 - 2 m), you can have fun with a spinning rod by placing a small unloaded “spinner” or a floating wobbler-component.
This is in the summer, and in winter local anglers mainly fish here with spoons - the problem is with bloodworms - and, by the way, they also actively practice catching white fish with dough. I deliberately did not stop at fishing with float tackle. The fact is that catching bream in the lake does not, in general, present any problems - the main thing is to have a worm, bait and ropes for anchors, and be sure to set the boat in a stretched position, otherwise it will be " walk" on the anchor "ends", which negatively affects shy bream at shallow depths.

How to get there, where it is:
Now how to get to the lake? If you don’t have a car, then there is only one way: train No. 666 from Leningradskoye station to Peno or Ostashkov. You can easily get to Volgo by bus going from Ostashkov to Selizharovo. You need to get off at the turn to the Chaika base or in Selishchi. If you have a vehicle, all problems are eliminated, and without describing each end point, I will say that the most convenient way from Moscow is along the Novorizhskoye Highway to the turn to Rzhev (from Moscow to the right), and then the road itself will lead to Selizharovo. You can also drive along the Leningradskoye Highway.
I can say one thing - there are practically no impassable roads and paths: the soil here is sandy, so after any rain, within 15-20 minutes it is dry, only puddles with a dense sandy bottom remain. And I would also like to warn you before going on the road: in the summer, from time to time, seemingly out of nowhere, a black and orange cloud appears and floats over the lakes. This is accompanied by such a wind that “it doesn’t seem like much.” So, when you see an increasing cloud of unknown color and a sharp swell in the water, hurry home! Unless, of course, you want to save money on a “powerful rider” simulator and compete with waves a meter high.

Lake Volgo is located in the Tver region. It is the fourth and last of the cascade of lakes - Sterzh, Vselug, Peno and Volgo, which give rise to the famous Volga River. The peculiarity of Lake Volgo is that it consists of two parts - Big and Small Volgo. They are connected by a body of water, shaped like a pipe. It is believed that Volgo is one of the most interesting and beautiful places in Russia.

The depth of the lake ranges from 2 to 9 meters, the shores are sandy, and pine trees grow along the entire coastline. There is an island on the lake called White Plav. It amazes with its unique beauty, its entire area is completely covered with forest, and a wide sand spit runs from the island.

Fishing and recreation on Lake Volgo

The fauna of the lake and the surrounding area includes 236 species of birds and 66 species of mammals. But the main value of the Volgo is that it contains a lot of fish. The Small Volgo is filled with snags, which explains the huge number of bream and pike.

A very fishy river, Lemenka, flows into the lake. Lake Volgo has long attracted fishermen and tourists from all over Russia. The Big Volgo does not lag behind the Small Volgo in terms of the number of fish inhabiting it. In addition to bream and pike, fish such as pike perch, burbot, and perch are found in abundance here.

The flora of Lake Volgo and its coastal areas is diverse and amazing. Most of the trees are coniferous, which is typical for this area, but there are also deciduous trees. There are a lot of rare and medicinal plants.

We caught mainly pike and perch using spinning rods; we also caught two small pike perch. It’s hard to describe how pleasant it is to drag the pecked prey – you have to try it! When you feel how the fish kicks at the end of the line, how it tries to spit out the wobbler, writing a “candle” upward, how it goes into the grass (bushes), from where it is more difficult to get it, and the final stage (if you are luckier this time) - when you put a fish in a landing net and lift it into the boat.

Fishing on Lake Volgo has become more difficult in recent years. It's hard to say for what reason, but it bites much worse. To catch each specimen, you have to row kilometers (swimming) and look for it in the grass, constantly making hooks. The more you experience joyful feelings when catching each fish.

Large specimens are rarely found, mostly pike 0.8 - 1.5 kg. This is our average catch for three people for a morning fishing on Lake Volgo using a spinning rod from ordinary rubber boats with oars.

Increasingly, “advanced” fishermen are found on the water who use electric boat motors - quiet and economical to operate, but we, in the old fashioned way, reel in kilometers on oars. You have to swim a lot on a boat and it’s hard on the fisherman’s “back seat,” so we soften the wooden seats in the boats (easy “tuning” of the boat 🙂) by attaching soft building insulating material to them with tape

In addition to the fishing itself, communication with fishermen is also enjoyable - discussing interesting points, telling tales, sharing experiences. And we have someone to learn from!

Alexey Ukhanov is our main fisherman and trip organizer, a fishing fan. He used to fish in the sea at big ships, now - in rivers and lakes by boat and from the shore. From him we learn to determine the weather for tomorrow by sunset (90% probability), use new baits and tackle. And his hands are “golden”! This time it turned out that in the process of fighting with the caught pike (it is visible in the photo in the boat), our other companion Alexei cut the boat with a tee and it began to lower. We were fishing nearby and when we heard the “SOS signal”, the “in distress” Alexey moved into my boat, and our main fisherman Alexey offered to seal the boat right on the spot using instant glue (he happened to have) and a piece of material from the OZK raincoat, which we take it in the boat in case of rain. The whole process of repairing the boat took less than half an hour and fishing continued.

And this is our parking lot on the shore - in a wonderful pine forest

This time I caught all the pikes with one YO-ZURI 3D MINNOW 70 wobbler

The trip was a success. The main thing is that we brought from it - good impressions with a slight feeling of fatigue from early rises and physical activity, a week of unshavenness...

The Upper Volga lakes, which envelop the Volga to the south west of the picturesque Lake Seliger, first have a more elongated structure, and then are located in the latitudinal direction. The system of lakes with its middle part moved away from Seliger by 40 km, and by its ends - by 10. It is believed that previously these lakes formed a single whole.

The expanses of water in the lakes of the Tver region attract tourists with the beauty of their waters and pine forests, clean shores and the same clean, fresh air. Unlike Lake Seliger, they create the impression of places untouched by man and help you to retire to nature itself. The chain of Upper Volga lakes consists of 4 large reservoirs: Sterzh, Vselug, Peno (popularly Peno) and Volgo, which seem to be strung on the blue ribbon of the Volga River.

Lake Sterzh

It has a length of 12 km, a width of 1.5 km, and an average depth of 5 m.

This lake is the first in the system of Volga lakes; it approaches Seliger at a distance of 10 km and is considered the cleanest. Sterzh, among other representatives of the Upper Volga lakes, is distinguished by its rugged coastline and, in the northern part, by elevated shores. The surface of the reservoir is calm, which is why people call it a “quiet lake.” The bottom of the Sterzh is mostly pebbly and sandy. In the middle of the lake you can see the darker streams of the Volga flowing. The deepest part is the northern one; to the south the lake becomes shallow, the bottom becomes muddy and the reservoir smoothly turns into a river, up to 2 meters deep. Then, after 3 km, the river flows into Lake Vselug.

Lake Vselug

It is 14 km long, up to 4 km wide, and has an average depth of 10 m.

This deep-water lake is located among fields, meadows and pine forests. The banks of the Vselug reservoir are gentle and gradually rising. The lake is shrouded in many wooded creeks and has a strong sandy, sometimes rocky, bottom. A characteristic feature of Vselug is the presence of bottom boulders that form rocky ridges - habitats for pike perch and pike perch.

The lake reaches its maximum depth of 20 meters nearby Novoslovetsky Island (northern part of the reservoir). To the south, Vselug becomes shallow and narrows significantly, turning into a strait near the village of Vseluki, connecting Vselug with Peno.

Lake Peno

It has a length of 10 km, a width of up to 1.5 km, and an average depth of 4 m.

Lake Peno is often called “narrow lake” by local residents. And it’s no coincidence, because he coastline flat and slightly rugged, which visually narrows the reservoir. Only in the southern part does the Peno expand slightly, forming two backwaters: the western one - Grininskaya and the eastern one - Ksty.

The banks are mostly low, so during a flood, water often fills the forest - here in some places karchi stick out. The lake has a muddy and viscous bottom, the waters of Peno are mossy, with a reddish tint.

Between Peno and the subsequent Volgo reservoir, approximately 40 km away, the Volga River flowed in the lowland. In the last century, a beishlot was built a little below the river, which transformed 4 lakes into the Upper Volga reservoir. When the beyslot is closed, the Volga from Peno to Volgo floods the lowland to a width of 3 km. Such an extensive spill is also a consequence of the junction of the high-water Zhukopa River in these places. It happens that in the spring Zhukopa becomes wider than the Volga, thereby turning its waters towards Lake Peno. Thus, everything in the area is flooded with water.

Lake Volgo

It has a length of 20 km, a width of up to 4 km, and an average depth of 2 m.

This body of water in the system of Upper Volga lakes is considered the smallest and longest. Before the construction of the beyshlot, the length of the lake reached 7 km, and the width - 2. But now these figures fluctuate, since they depend on the work of the beyshlot. The northern shores of the reservoir are not as high as the southern ones. Sometimes in places of elevated banks you can find outcrops of limestone rock. In addition, springs with “healthy” water very often come out from under the limestone, the degree of which is stable throughout the year and is fixed at +6.

Near the villages of Polki, Pochinok and Kolobovo you can see three huge bows, and to the south of the village of Pochinok the lake surface is crowned by a picturesque island called Bely Plav. The water level in the reservoir also depends on the operation of the beyslot.

Around the Upper Volga lakes there are a huge number of small lakes. They are located above the cascade, transferring their water to a system of small rivers. Some of them, despite their narrowness, are quite deep. For example, the lake not far from the northern part of Sterzh reaches a depth of 30 meters. On the Upper Volga lakes you can enjoy amazing silence, admire the high pine shores and enjoy fruitful fishing.

From stories true fishermen about fishing on Lake Volgo.

Fishermen coming to the Volgo for the first time find it difficult to navigate the choice of place and methods of fishing. Especially when every day counts. Having decades of fishing on this lake behind me, I’ll try to make a map of promising places lower lake, better than someone I know. I hope this will help readers plan fishing trips in the vast area of ​​the lake. Whether you live in a tent on the shore or at a recreation center, the entire water area is at your disposal. Even just by rowing you can get to good places, but you'll have to row a lot.
   The section of Lake Volgo from Bely Plav Island to the village of Selishche is a stretch about 7 km long and up to 2.5 km wide. The relief is simple: the bottom gradually decreases from the banks and the greatest depth rarely exceeds 6.5 m. There is no channel as such here - it “ended” in front of the island. The fact is that before, before the construction of the Verkhnevolzhsky Beishlot in 1843, the first dam on the Volga, this part of the water area was a lake. Despite the monotony of the depths, a variety of fish are successfully caught on this lowest reach. Firstly, roach. It’s medium-sized, about the size of a palm, literally standing along the banks like a wall, and it’s not difficult to catch it with anything, even from the shore. This year, despite the heat, the water level is kept very high, and any fish, including good bream, began to approach the banks, near the grass. A catchable place, for example, the mouth of the Studenets stream, which is to the right of the pier on the wild beach of the Chaika base (2). In July of this year, during the day, in the very heat, we managed to lift four bream weighing 1.5 kg in a row on a side nod. Well, on a boat it’s enough to find thickets of pondweed at the exit from any bay or river (it has pink cone-like flowers above the water), feed it, not with lumps of porridge, but with some kind of loose powder, and then you’ll probably collect 200-250 g of roach. Maybe someone more respectable will step up.
   There are also such places: at the mouth of the Bolshaya Dubyonka River, in the bay near the village of Bor Volgo, around the island, at the exit from the paddling pool (7) behind the village of Zavirye and in the river flowing into the lake in front of this village. Now about the predators. The pike perch is perhaps the most attractive of them all. There is a lot of it in Volgo, but this, of course, does not mean that it is available always and everywhere. If above the island its sites are more or less local, then on the lower reach, due to the more even depths, it is more difficult to find them. The lower reach is the most suitable place for circle makers. Where else can you find a run several kilometers long and with a relatively flat bottom?! And there are no problems with live bait roach. So you can race the mugs along the route from the island to Selishchi and back - depending on the wind direction. It is more likely to encounter pike perch and large pike in those parts of the lake where the depth, although not much, still exceeds the “pseudo-channel”. Such a site (3) is located on the right bank opposite the Chaika base, between a high sandy cliff and the village of Bor Volgo. An even larger area (4) is located behind the island. Just above the village of Bor Volgo (5) a manorial estate has been preserved. There is a decent depth almost right up to the shore. The pike perch stays there almost always. It’s not for nothing that this place has long been called “Barsky Kol” - in the old days they only fished there at the bar. In the listed places, I (A. Guskov - approx.), by the way, caught my largest pike perch and pike on the Volga. Tolsty Rog (6) is very interesting - it is an underwater spit located on the left bank a kilometer below the village of Zavirye. The current of the main Volga flows into it, which cannot but attract both pike perch and good perch there.
   Those who are staying at the recreation centers "Chaika" and near the village of Bor Volgo or, with tents, in the surrounding area, will also be interested in the strait between the island of Bely Plav and the village of Zavirye, where the bedrock of the Volga passes and all the lake ichthyofauna is found. In front of the island, on the left, there is a spit leading to the village of Kazakovo, where there are perch and pike. The same spit, only with a sharper drop, is located on the right behind the island. Above the village of Zavirye there are two bays. The first, paddling pool (7), due to its shallow depth and intensive vegetation, is interesting at the beginning of summer and on the first ice. On the way out good fishing can always happen, especially in this hot summer.
   A little higher, through a rocky cape, the Vyazovnya Bay (8) crashes into the forest - after the name of the Vyazovnya tributary. There are pebbles and depths here, so you can look for perch and catch bream, roach and ide on a float. In general, above the island, the bottom topography is much more interesting, in places with a sharp change in depth, when, for example, a long three-meter “lunar” landscape ends with a good drop into an almost 10-meter-deep riverbed. So, almost opposite Vyazovenka, the high pine cape Gubinskoye Rylo wedges deep into the lake - it is here that such a deep “ditch” (9) runs through, where you can catch a predator well with a jig. Even more interesting places there is between the villages of Polki and Yasenskoye. Here, in addition to two large pits, there are many different mounds and ridges where you can really find any predator.
   The main search for pike perch is best done on a path equipped with 2 baits, on separate leashes, for example: a twister spinner, a twister - a heavy jig with a worm (7-10 pcs), a spinner-jig. There is no point in describing the details of such fishing further, because the classic follows - catch a pike perch, throw a buoy overboard and throw a spinning rod equipped with what it bites on. With the exception of some especially doomed days, the predator is in constant motion and it is difficult to find its parking place, so success lies in moving around the lake. At the end of July and in August, when moving, pay attention (if this happens) to the unusual behavior of seagulls. If you see a flock of seagulls circling over one place, then this is a “teapot”, the surest sign that a large perch is knocking small things into a heap and driving it to the surface. Don’t yawn here and throw a spinning rod at these, you know, half-kilogram (or more) perches, but you can try fishing on the “vertical”.
   On the opposite bank, at the mouth of the confluence of the Bolshaya Dubyonka River, there is an extensive shoal with snags, bushes, thickets and, of course, fish. The fish here is supplemented with ide, which is not as abundant as bream, but it also responds to bait and fish up to 3 kg are often caught. Further, further down the lake, there will be more of it, and I (A. Guskov - approx.) will stop there, but on my own behalf I will add that the fish in the lake is very clean, alive and sometimes very large - pike perch up to 10-12 kg , pike up to 9-10 kg. At the very end of the lake, like its crown, is the large village of Selishche, from which, in fact, after the dam, the real Volga begins. In the rapids beyond Beishlot, all the fish are caught, including asp, perch, and occasionally grayling.
   It has been noticed that lately pike perch has been giving preference to a golden-colored twister and a jig with a worm at a time when the sun clings to the trees at sunset, and a yellow “wobbler” during the day. And, given the smooth, clean bottom, mugs will be indispensable, fortunately the live bait roach stands like a wall along the banks. If you want to catch perch or pike, it is better to do it at depths of 1-3 m, although pike at such depths are rarely larger than a kilogram, but since the shores are quite indented by extensive snags with a depth of 1.5-2 meters, then this is where You can indulge a spinning player with a small unloaded spinner or a floating wobbler-compound. This is in the summer, and in the winter there is mainly lure fishing. Due to problems with bloodworms local residents Catching “white” fish using dough is actively practiced. Catching bream in the lake generally does not present any problems; the main thing is to have a worm, bait and ropes for anchors, and the boat must be spread out, because otherwise, during a wave, it will “walk” on the anchor “ends,” which has a negative effect on the shy bream at such a generally shallow depth.