Fishing in November: shore and boat fishing, biting calendar 2023

November for many anglers is considered, and is a dead time of the year. Unlike warm summer days, moderately warm autumn days in the
Indian summer of September , in November the weather is no longer happy – rains and frosts begin. Visibility is poor in the northern regions, and the day is short. And the fish bite not so actively anymore. Nevertheless, even on these late autumn days, the fisherman may not stay at home, and not be left without a catch.

Features of fishing in November

There will be three main factors affecting the biting of fish on November days:

1. Decrease in water temperature.
2. Reduction of daylight hours.
3. Changes in water level in reservoirs.

They affect the biting of fish the most. A decrease in daylight hours will be less significant for southern latitudes, but significant for northern or temperate ones. A drop in water temperature will affect biting almost everywhere. In November, the water in almost all water bodies ceases to bloom, and there is less zooplankton in it, which is the main food for small fish.
November is a sad time for most anglers, and for some it means less competition and pressure, which makes it possible to catch record fish [/ caption]

The thermocline is completely destroyed – the water has a smooth temperature change from surface to depth. Moreover, in most cases, if in summer the water was warmer to the surface, now the water will be warmer at the bottom and colder closer to the surface. It will be quite simple to determine this moment – the usual morning fogs near the reservoir, typical for August-September, practically disappear in November or become less dense – this means that the temperature regime has changed from “summer” to “winter”.

A decrease in temperature makes schools of non-predatory fish go to great depths, and small fish will also be less common at the coastal edge in cold waters. The fry are already growing up and sinking into the depths. However, the predator walks closer to the shore.

Pike is October’s number one fishing target

As you know, the pike is not very fond of warm water, in October-November with a cold snap, its metabolism is activated and its behavior becomes more active – it greedily takes
spinning baits and live bait. Other predators are also more active.
The pike is especially aggressive in autumn [/ caption] Another factor also affects the behavior of the predator – the clarification of the water. Cold water contains fewer microorganisms, so it is more transparent. Pike, perch and a number of other predators, for whom vision is the main factor in finding food, will feel much more confident. However, a decrease in daylight hours still affects the behavior of fish, the time during which the predator actively feeds will be less. A decrease in water temperature is a determining factor in the nutrition of non-predatory fish. As you know, the bulk of those in the CIS countries are carp fish species. This genus belongs to the stomachless fish. To maintain metabolism, they need to constantly eat, absorb food. With the onset of November, the metabolism decreases, the fish moves to greater depths, where the water is warmer, but at the same time catching it can be more successful.The fact is that the fish is more heaped than in summer, when it is scattered throughout the reservoir, and if you pick up a key for it, you can fish well. With the appearance of the first ice on water bodies in November, it is often possible to start
winter fishing season .

However, be careful not to fish off the ice if it is dangerous. For example, in rivers it is often possible to fish near the edge of the ice, being actually on the shore, and there is no need to go to the lake where the ice has risen, but has not yet matured.

The third factor is the change in water level. It is most pronounced in small rivers with fast flow. With the onset of autumn rains, the water level in them rises, and fish often pass to wintering areas in deep pits. Usually in
September , when the water level is minimal, the fish tries to leave them, and in November they can return. It depends on the water level, on the amount of precipitation. For large rivers, lakes, ponds, the change in water level is less significant.
Fishing in November is possible both from the shore and on the first ice [/ caption]

What kind of fish is caught in November – what for what and when

November is one of the best seasons for spinning pike. Here you can indicate different types of fishing and varieties of modern spinning, which work in the fall for pike –
jig fishing ,
fishing with wobblers ,
twitching minnow ,
fishing with classic spinners ,
fishing on the track . Any kind of fishing will be successful, even fishing with
surface luresunder certain conditions. Features of pike fishing with spinning: https://tytkleva.net/lovlya-xishhnoj-ryby/spinning/strategiya-i-taktika/kak-pojmat-shhuku.htm In some areas, you can perfectly catch perch from the shore. Of course, one can argue with this, but the author is convinced that the perch, on the contrary, with a cold snap goes closer to the coast, especially to places where there is enough aquatic vegetation, reeds, cattails, and other plants. There you can fish well for different types of tackle – from a float rod to girders, a spinning rod and a rod with a side nod. Spinning fishing November 2021 – what attachments to use, where to look for a predator, postings: https://youtu.be/-TqpIyVWHZg
BurbotIs another autumn predator. With the onset of cold weather, it becomes more active, begins to actively take on bottom gear. Perhaps, burbot is the only predatory fish that is caught mainly on donks.
Calendar biting burbot in the fall – October-November the most promising months for catching a predator on the bottom tackle [/ caption] Pike perch begins to bite well in late September and early November, especially large. At this time, his bite is shifting, he practically ceases to go out to hunt for fry at night near the coast – because these fry are simply not there anymore. At the same time, you can catch a fairly large pike perch. Zander for jig – in November it is possible [/ caption]

Small Peaceful Fish

Roach , silver bream,
dace and
bleak at this time begin to be caught a little further from the coastline. However, if the water near the shore is warm, there are some kind of inflowing warm streams, then it can be found there as well. It’s all about the abundance of natural food near such places. However, if schools of perch are near the shore, they drive these fish out of the grass, and they are already found only closer to the channel or in deep places of the lake. The main tool in the search for fish at this time is the echo sounder. https://tytkleva.net/lovlya-mirnoj-ryby/opisanie-i-povadki/plotva-osennyaya.htm

November bream

The bream continues to take the bait, but at a lower intensity. In this month, he strays into large flocks and goes to wintering places – to wintering pits. The flocks are clearly visible on the echo sounder. For fishing, you can use bottom tackle and side fishing rods,
fishing on the ring .
Fishing on the ring from a boat schematically [/ caption] “Technogenic fishing” is a factor that city fishermen often have to deal with in November. The fact is that water effluents from the city, even after treatment facilities, can be warm and rich in substances attractive to fish. One of the objects of such “technogenic fishing” is crucian carp. In November, the author was catching half a kilo of gorgeous crucians in the warm reservoir of the BOS of a chemical plant, where at one time he worked as a watchman. The water there is safe, this is confirmed by the analysis of the expertise, which is handed over once a week – which cannot be said about water in “uncontrolled” reservoirs. In some other bodies of water, where there are factors of increasing water temperature, for example, in swampy forest lakes, crucian carp also perfectly takes in November. True, for some reason it is small there, but at the chemical plant just some pigs are caught.

Where is the fish in late autumn

There are two tendencies in the behavior of fish in November – predatory fish move closer to the shores, carp, non-predatory fish move to the depths. November is a great time for fishing with
bottom gear , nipple,
feeder .
Fishing teat [/ caption] Almost always the fish is near the bottom layer. The fact is that there are no natural shelters in the water column, the vegetation begins to die off, and there is not too much food there – worms, bugs and other insects try to avoid the cooled surface layers. However, on sunny, quiet days in small stagnant reservoirs, even bream sometimes comes out closer to the surface. The fish already, unlike the sunny summer months, prefers not to stand under the shade of trees and bushes. On the contrary, the most desirable areas for her will be areas with good visibility in the water, that is, for a predator, these will be open shores. Perhaps with thickets of reeds, but not with trees hanging over the water.
Open spaces are chosen by both predatory and peaceful fish [/ caption] However, with a stronger cooling, closer to the formation of a normal ice edge on the surface, even the pike moves closer to depth. But burbot, on the contrary, can even stick out its muzzle on the shore, especially at night. Finding a place to fish will very much depend on the nature of the body of water. It is difficult to give precise universal recommendations here – fish behave differently in different places. Again, the most faithful assistant to the fisherman will be a boat and an echo sounder, especially when fishing for non-predatory fish.
The picture that a high-quality echo sounder “draws” on the screen [/ caption] Video reports about fishing – November 2021: November spinning fishing: https://youtu.be/9Vy4IEb1SUc Zakidushki and donkey fishing – catching carp, asp and pike perch in October : https://youtu.be/ZcoBxnM3C94

What tackle and who to catch in October

With the arrival of the cold weather in autumn, there are changes in the set of fishing tackle that the angler uses. Of course, everyone has their own favorite tackle, and here it will rather be a matter of principles and habits. However, you often have to change the nature of fishing, for example, go to another body of water, find another fish that you can catch.

Spinning

The pike is the main target of most spinners in the fall. In November, larger pike begin to take, which usually behaved very passively in the summer months. It has been noticed that small pike can still take in warm water, even in the upper layers, near the shore in the grass – the so-called grass pike. But large individuals in warm water do not feel well, probably even get sick. When fishing for pike in November, they mainly use silicone baits. These are mainly large vibrotails. They are placed on spaced jig rigs or large jig heads.
Jerky fishing is the second method that is practiced as spinning fishing in November. Almost always only pike is caught. Anyone can bite, but more often a large one is caught, since the size of the bait itself is quite large. Fishing in November is more successful at the beginning of the month, or
even in Octoberwhen the water is still foggy in the morning. During cold matinees, a large pike, according to the author, comes close to the boundaries of aquatic vegetation, where it can take on large wobblers and jerks. Jerky are good because they have a very slow speed and efficiently fish the water area. https://tytkleva.net/lovlya-xishhnoj-ryby/opisanie-povadki/shhuka-osenyu.htm Track (trolling) is another subspecies of spinning fishing. Of course, other rods are used there, different reels, which distinguishes the track from modern spinning. Nevertheless, it is worth considering this type of fishing here, many spinning anglers use this method. They usually fish with wobblers, which at a certain boat speed have a certain diving depth. They use an echo sounder to see both the play of the bait and the attack of the predator, the behavior of the fish, the bottom topography,directing the boat at the required speed strictly along it.
When trolling at depths of 2-4 meters, pike is often caught. It is practiced by those who do not have a
boat.or has good neoprene waders and a warm suit underneath to wander even in cold water. It should be remembered that at this time the perch tries to avoid a fast current and tries to stay in quiet places – creeks, bays, can go to oxbows with an increase in the water level after rains, as well as to shallow tributaries of large rivers. In lakes, perch also keeps in shallow water. Features of catching perch in the fall: https://tytkleva.net/lovlya-xishhnoj-ryby/opisanie-povadki/okun-osenyu.htm small and medium spinner spinners.
Rubber in late autumn, according to the author, is best in the form of a passive worm, twister or cancer. However, small vibro-tails should not be discounted either. Of the spinners, the traditional Mepps numbered from 0 to 2 are good, they have one drawback – very low weight, which is why they can only be caught on an
ultralight . The author does not recommend fishing with a spoon with a sinker in the absence of an
ultralight – the game of the spoon categorically deteriorates, the perch does not take this at all. As an alternative bait, you can take a cicada on a perch.
Long petal cicada [/ caption] Pike perch and burbot are two types of fish, the nature of fishing for which with spinning at this time is very similar. Approximately the same tackle is used, a jig rig with a movable hook and an elastic band, the same spinning rod of fast or medium fast dough and 2.4-2.8 meters in length. Burbot more and more often takes during the day – in the early autumn months it was possible to catch it only at nightfall. Pike perch takes both in the dark and in the daytime. Both fish are caught at this time on spinning from the bottom, burbot can come close to the coastline.
Zander for jig – in November it is possible [/ caption]

Feeder fishing and bottom tackle

Feeders, donors, other fishermen who use tackle without a float and with a sinker / feeder to catch non-predatory fish get a good chance to overtake the quantity and quality of the catch of all floaters.
Feederists have more chances for success in November than ordinary floaters [/ caption] At the same time, there is no need to hesitate to change places. Usually, the fish in November does not move so much in the reservoir, and it is often difficult to attract it only with the help of bait. And if there is no bite, then it is better to change the place, which is especially important on a short November day.

Catching bream

The main and most desired prey among feederists at this time are bream and crucian carp. https://tytkleva.net/lovlya-mirnoj-ryby/leshhevaya-rybalka/na-fider.htm In places where there are other types of fish, carp, tench, you can try to catch them, but they bite much worse than in summer and early autumn. Better to focus on catching crucian carp or bream. Small fish such as silver bream, roach, dace also bite well. However, this is not the most desirable prey for a doner angler. Often, catching a trifle indicates that there is no bream at a given point of fishing – often a flock of bream scares off small fish. Fishing for roach in November, where to look, what to fish for and how – video report on fishing from the shore of the reservoir: https://youtu.be/Xwpa5-Z4MNo Fishing for bream can be done on a
feeder ,
method ,
boilies, pacifier. There is no point in using a donk without a feeder when fishing for bream and crucian carp. Fishing boilies for bream is a very good way that the author got acquainted with several years ago. You can
cook them yourself , or you can buy them at the store. For bream, only sinking boilies are used; on
floating ones, you can not see a single bite. Bream refuses to take food in the water column and takes only from the bottom. Similarly, for the nipple, it is better to use hooks without foam and with a nozzle, and set the leashes a little longer.
Installation under the flat method [/ caption] Nozzle – worm, maggot. Vegetable baits work at this time as well as in summer, and here it is important to choose your own key for the fish – to use different types of baits, their different methods of preparation. However, the most versatile bait of animal origin will be a worm, and it almost always makes it possible to catch fish. If you don’t feel like messing around with the fishing “kitchen”, you can just buy worms.

Maggot is also good, but it requires frequent replacement – the worm lives in water much longer.

We catch crucian carp in November

Catching crucian carp differs from catching bream in that crucian carp takes a nozzle not only from the bottom, but also in the water column. Basically, he prefers to collect larvae and insects from the stems of underwater plants – hornwort and reeds. It often keeps among reed stalks. For crucian carp, it is sometimes important to throw the nozzle under the very reeds to the opposite bank.
The boilies should be floating and the nipple hooks are supplied with foam without a nozzle. If the fisherman masters the autumn fishing of these two types of fish, then he will definitely be able to catch the other with a feeder or bottom tackle.

Fishing on a float

Float gear is usually set aside at this time of the year. The float is most convenient when catching medium-sized fish temporarily, when it is important to determine the moment of hooking as accurately as possible. In other cases, it is easier to fish with bottom gear, which provide greater coverage of the water area, and also allow you to fish where the float is not very convenient – for example, in pits in a river with a strong current. However, hobby floaters can find good fishing spots, especially when fishing with a match rod.
Universal match rig [/ caption]
Match gearat this time is able to bring the greatest success. With its help, it is easy to transfer the coastal zone, from which the perch can knock out all the underwater inhabitants. They catch her in pits where bream can live, huddling in flocks before the onset of cold weather. Or they catch places where other fish of the carp genus can feed. However, lovers of short rods without a reel are also busy at this time. By this time the fry of the last year is growing. Usually the fish are not too large, about 15 cm in length. They can be very tasty fried in flour and butter. They live a little further from the coast than in the summer months – sometimes you have to tune in to fishing in places with a depth of up to 3 meters. “Technogenic fishing” is flourishing in the city limits,where such roach happily keeps at the places where warm drains flow into the river – there you can fish roach not only in November, but even in winter.
The Bologna fishing rod allows you to catch roach at a long distance [/ caption] For fishing roach, use soft “fluffy” baits: bread, steamed barley, semolina porridge.

Never roll the bread into balls! They are planted with a piece of crumb, slightly flattened near the hook.

Experience is already important here, the ability to cook, put on a hook. If you don’t want to mess around, you can buy maggot. The bite on them is worse, but the hooking is more reliable, it is easier to catch. The author does not recommend using the worm – the roach pulls it off more often. You can plant bloodworms, but who wants to bother with a small nozzle with chilling hands in the autumn wind? Perch is the second float trophy in November. They catch him in the coastal zone, for a worm. It usually lives under egg-pods – such large green stems that are under water in winter and form a cover on the surface in summer and bloom with beautiful yellow flowers. A perch is caught with a float rod, using a worm as a nozzle. In the summer, the author would recommend the fry. In November, fry is difficult to get. The perch bites correctly, and here the main task for the fisherman is to find the big one. Small perch stands in large flocks,the larger ones are more often kept one at a time.
Therefore, where there are small bites, such places need to be bypassed. Fishing is effective on the rivers – the current is slow with the arrival of autumn, the nozzle floats for a long time, it does not drift to the shore much, the fish has time to notice and grab it in any case.
Rotan– another fish that is caught with a float rod from the shore. For bait, use a worm or rattan offal. As in any tackle for rotan, the author recommends putting a small winter spoon with a long body and a float, showing a bite on the rise, instead of a hook. When a rotan grabs a spoon, the float rises out of the water and (or) lies on its side, the spoon will immediately show this instead of a hook. Usually, when he is already drowning, it is too late to hook, the hook is in his belly and you cannot get it out of there, and the bite on the rise allows you to catch him by the lip, remove, a long spoon allows you to do without an extractor. Catching rotan from the shore can occur even after the formation of an ice crust – holes in the ice can be punched by throwing a heavy stone at it.
Spinning rotan [/ caption]

Winter fishing – November is different

Winter fishing in November in mid-latitudes is an exceptional phenomenon only if winter comes early and the ice rises early. A fisherman should take lifeguards with him, with which he can climb onto the ice, having fallen through – without them it is almost impossible to do this. If necessary, you can hold onto the fishing box – it will not sink for a long time. It is better to go ice fishing in November together. However, if they fish in the north or in Siberia, where the winter is early and frosty, then November is the time to start ice fishing. They say that in Siberia, dace catching in November is successful. Fishing in November on the first ice – video report: https://youtu.be/uQ2tRMMMoPQ Where permitted, it is imperative to fish on
winter girders… With a cold snap and the formation of the first ice, fishing with girders is especially successful. The author went with a friend on such a fishing trip to fish in November on the ice, there were still banks near the coast, and I had to go on the ice in waders. The ice was only about 6 cm thick, and it could easily be broken through with an ice pick. By the way, it is better to carry the latter on thin ice, it is lighter and more convenient, and if there is a thick handle it does not sink in water – an
ice screw can be accidentally drowned. So, during that fishing for two, we managed to catch twenty kilograms of pike in three hours of fishing on the zherlitsy!
Flag – one of the most popular types of winter gutter [/ caption] You can also
fish with a spoon ,
on a balancer… Pike, perch, rotan are caught. You can fish from the walkways for boats or washing clothes – usually boats are not used on the shore and walkways at this time, and you can just fish in the ice holes for washing, without going out on the ice and without endangering your life – no fish is worth it.
Pike perch on the balancer [/ caption] This time is also good for fans of
jig and float fishing. If you have the opportunity to walk on the ice, you can fish for bream quite well, especially at considerable depths.

In general, the author considers the winter jig as a rather strange tackle, which does not have serious advantages over the winter float rod, it is better to fish in November with a winter float, but maybe he just fell in love with the float too much.

The float rod will allow you to fish in a strong current, and at great depths, and at -30 degrees, when it is impossible to play with a jig because of the freezing line.

Fishing in November before the ice forms – can you fish from a boat

It is recommended to fish in November until the first ice from a boat using a spinning rod or from the shore with bottom gear. The boat makes it possible to bypass sections of the coast, which are swampy and inconvenient both for passage and for arranging a fishing place before the frost begins. For a feeder, the solution to this problem can be a feeder platform – it is much more convenient to fish from it, especially at this time of the year. An excellent solution would be a neoprene diving jumpsuit. It is warm and does not allow water to pass through, you can not be afraid of splashes.

Be sure to use a life jacket!

Fishing in late autumn is a labor undertaking, but that’s why it is interesting, it is important to know who and what is biting, in November it is especially important [/ caption] Fishing in November from the shore to the float and spinning is also possible, but less effective. Be sure to take neoprene gloves for fishing – you can not wear both of them at once, but change your hands so that the second one gets warm while the first one puts the hook on and removes the fish. Otherwise, numb hands are guaranteed, as a result – a cold and other troubles. You do not need to put on both, the hook clings to them very strongly, it is better to have one hand free.

Fishing directly in freeze-up

As soon as a crust of ice has formed on the reservoir, but has not yet grown stronger, all fishing stops. Except, perhaps, the cases of fishing in holes for washing clothes and the above-described catching rotan with a brick, which breaks through the ice crust and throws a float with bait there. If there is a desire to fish, and there is a crust of thin ice on the reservoir, it is better to go to another reservoir, where it is not yet available. You can fish on rivers when the ice is not frozen in the middle. A good option would be fishing with a summer jig with a side nod – it allows you to perfectly control the point of immersion of the nozzle, you can fish both in the ice hole and at the edge of the ice, without fear of catching on it.

Ice grip is a rather unpleasant phenomenon. This must be remembered by both the spinning player and the floater.

Fishing on the first ice

The first ice must withstand the angler in full gear, that is, have a thickness of at least 5-6 cm, and preferably from 10 and more. The first ice fishing in November can only be possible with good ice thickness. The most attractive way of fishing is with girders. Walking will be better than an ice screw.
For trolling, this time is also good, but you need to be careful. Typically, trolling or balancer fishing involves frequent movement and it is easier to get into the area with thin ice. In suspicious places, it is better to touch the ice with an ice pick, so as not to fall into the lane and not fall under the water. In any case, you should not go to places with great depth, far from the coast and alone. You can fish with a float or jig. This is the safest way to fish – you can choose a place, check the thickness of the ice there, make sure that it is sufficient, punch 3-4 holes, feed them and fish calmly without putting yourself at risk. The trophies can be perch, roach, bream, as well as other fish – crucian carp, rotan.
Fishing in November on the first ice is an effective and dangerous activity! [/ Caption]

Bite calendar – photos and explanations

On the Internet, you can often find such “fishing calendars”: Often they are accompanied by loud headlines, such as “Calendar of fishing in November 2021 on the first ice” or come out on request “Calendar of fishing in November 2021”. They do not deserve one hundred percent trust. Especially in November, when the fish bite is specific, random. But, the general trends of such calendars are correct, according to this calendar of biting fish in November 2021, it is clear that in late autumn you can count on biting burbot, pike, bream, perch:
Fishing calendar for November 2021 [/ caption]

Weather and its effect on biting

The phases of the moon, as well as atmospheric pressure and wind direction, should not be taken into account. In November, the best bite will be on warm, sunny and calm days, when the surface of the water warms up slightly. The fish then behaves more actively, both predatory and peaceful. Often you can even observe how on such a day the fish comes closer to the shore – this is clearly noticeable in the clear autumn water that has become. Accordingly, on cloudy, windy, cold days the fish bite worse.

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