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Our vacation in the Crimea continued, and one day we were preparing the Black Sea garfish (recipe No. 1). And also in this post are collected other recipes for cooking this amazing fish.

Only in autumn, closer to winter, does this Black Sea fish, garfish, appear on the Crimean markets. It looks pretty funny and looks like an igloo fish. It has tender, fatty and tasty meat that you will definitely like, especially since it can be cooked very easily and served beautifully.

Now, in autumn, it is the season for it; in summer and spring it is only frozen for sale, and even then, not everywhere in the Crimea, we do not have it on the market in Sudak during these seasons, but you can always buy it at the Central Market in Yalta.

Garfish - what kind of fish is this?

Sargan - Black Sea fish (but not only where else lives - read below), mmaximum length t ate with argan - 93 cm, normal length 70-35 cm, maximum weight 1.3 kg.

Common garfish is a sea, schooling fish that lives in the thickness and at the surface of the water. The garfish has an elongated and narrow body, resembling the body eel too . The scales are very small, pearly-shiny. The jaws are strongly elongated, forming a characteristic "beak", reminiscent of the beak of an ancient pterodactyl . Small sharp teeth on the beak allow the garfish to grab small prey during fast swimming - sprat, anchovy, sprat, crustaceans. MMany fishermen compare the garfish with the famous armored pike.

This fish is unusual. not only in form, but also in color. During heat treatment, a greenish tint appears in the fish, and even the broth in which it was boiled or stewed also becomes a light green pistachio color.
Being no there is a misconception that this color transformation occurs due to the high content of phosphorus in the garfish, and its bones glow in the dark (in fact, there is no glow). This feature is associated with the presence in its skeleton a large amount of the green pigment biliverdin, a special bile pigment, metabolic product. It is he who colors the bones and internal organs. You can eat a garfish and it is absolutely harmless, moreover, a garfish is a very tasty and healthy fish.
In winter and autumn, it quite often catches the bait of fishermen catching fish from the shore.It is dried, salted, baked, stewed and fried.

Recipe number 1.Garfish baked in the oven

KBJU: 100 gr fish 100 Kcal,
BJU: 16.5 gr; 5.3 gr; 0.0 gr.

Ingredients:

1000 gr fresh garfish (we have small fish 30-35 cm long)
- 5 gr white pepper
- 10 gr salt
- 5 gr allspice (ground)
- 30 gr cold pressed olive oil

Cooking

1. The fish must be gutted, that is, freed from the insides. To do this, you need to make a long longitudinal incision on the abdomen, preferably with a thin and very sharp knife, since the meat of the garfish is very tender. The fish must be washed in running water and dried with a paper towel.

2. Next, you need to cover the baking sheet with parchment and put the fish on it, after folding each fish into a ring (that is, put the tail in the fish's mouth). Brush each fish with olive oil using a silicone brush, sprinkle with salt and spices and send to bake in a preheated oven. 200 deg. From the oven for 8 min.

3. Put the finished garfish using tongs on a large dish or tray in several layers, serve with a salad of fresh vegetables.

gutted fish:

Fish prepared for baking:

Baked fish:

Despite the fact that the fish is quite inexpensive, it is quite a fatty species. Fish meat not only perfectly saturates, it contains useful Omega-3 acids that moisturize the epidermis of the skin and thereby smooth wrinkles, are necessary for proper metabolism. The presence of B vitamins improves blood circulation, it protects blood vessels from blockage, helps maintain a healthy heart and even prevents oncology.

Fishing for garfish

Below we will give a few more recipes for garfish dishes.

Recipe #2 . Garfish as a snack (dried)

This fish has small scales that extend well from the body. But in order to serve it with beer, you can not clean it and not gut it. Just roll the carcasses in salt and leave for twenty minutes. Then we hang them upside down and let them hang for about half a day.

Recipe number 3."Sprats" from garfish

Baltic canned food is inferior to this dish in terms of taste. These are not anchovies, but garfish! How to cook such "sprats"?

We take a medium-sized carcass, gut it, remove the head, fins and tail. Cut the garfish into pieces-sticks (5 centimeters long). We fill the fish with columns (that is, vertically) into a narrow deep saucepan.
Add a few peppercorns, bay leaves, a pinch of salt. Next, fill it all with vegetable oil so that it covers the fish by one centimeter. We put the dishes on the smallest fire and simmer under the lid about three hours. Such "sprats" are best served chilled, with Borodino bread.

Recipe number 4.Garfish in wine marinade

The taste qualities of this inhabitant of the Black Sea are fully revealed, however, not in snacks. In the southern fish markets, both dried and smoked garfish are sold. But, this type of cooking is not for everyone. And, here, a garfish cooked in a marinade will not leave anyone indifferent.

We clean a kilogram of fish, gut it, add some salt and fry it in vegetable oil, and for now put it on a plate.

In a deep frying pan, fry three tablespoons of flour until creamy. Pour half a glass of dry white wine, acidify with lemon juice or vinegar. Add rosemary, pepper, salt. Pour another glass of water and boil the sauce until it thickens. In it, the fish should be stewed for at least ten minutes. Serve this dish with any side dish and a slice of lemon.

Recipe number 5.Garfish scarf

This dish is especially loved by the fishermen of the Crimea. Shkara dish consists of two layers of stewed onions, between which there is sea fish. Garfish is the perfect fish ingredient for this dish. Let's try to cook a "restaurant option". For him, the garfish is cut into fillets, the fillet strips are rolled up, stabbed with a toothpick, and fried in olive oil for literally 20 seconds.

Then the wooden sticks are taken out, and an olive stuffed with lemon is placed in the middle of each fillet roll.
In the usual "fisherman's" version of the dish, you can skip this step and simply clean and gut the fish, cutting it into pieces or cutting it into fillets and cutting it too.
Next, cut the onion into rings. There must be a lot of it. Lubricate the bottom of the pan with vegetable oil, cover with onion rings. We will place the fish on them (in the restaurant version, carefully place the rolls with the olive up).

Salt and sprinkle with pepper, sprinkle with herbs (rosemary and marjoram). Top with three shavings of very cold butter - not too much, cover the fish on top with onion rings. To stew the fish, add a little water to the pan. Shkara should be cooked under the lid for 20 minutes.

Recipe source.

Garfish fish, the photo of which in itself looks quite exotic, is an amazing inhabitant of the seas. Her jaws are so elongated that they resemble a bird's beak. And since her mouth is full of small and sharp teeth, many fishermen compare the garfish with the famous armored pike and even with the pterodactyl. His jaws are very reminiscent of the beak of an extinct lizard. His body is elongated, like a fish-needle. A characteristic feature of the garfish are its green bones. And even the broth made from this fish acquires a pistachio hue. Many people think that this is due to the high content of phosphorus in the body. Idle tongues chatter, as if the garfish even glows in the dark. But it is not phosphorus that gives the fish an amazing property, but biliverdin, a special bile pigment that colors the bones and internal organs green.

There is a garfish absolutely harmless. Moreover, this fish is very tasty. Below we give a few recipes for dishes from it.

Where is the garfish found

This schooling fish is very often found in the warm seas of the eastern Atlantic. Less commonly, it can be caught in the White Sea, off the coast of Iceland, Norway, and the Kola Peninsula. In the summer in Southern Primorye and Peter the Great Bay, Strongyiura anastomella, or the Pacific garfish, is caught in fishermen's nets. The photo shows that it differs from its Black Sea and Azov brothers by a silver-bluish stripe running longitudinally from two sides. However, the jaws, which occupy three-fourths of the length of the head, are present.

The Pacific garfish is thermophilic, found mainly off the coast of Japan and Korea. The fish prefers the middle water column, and only on calm nights does it approach the surface. Both types of garfish have an ideal aerodynamic shape. A long, needle-like body is capable of developing breakneck speed. In a hunting frenzy, a garfish jumps out of the water like a flying fish. It feeds mainly on anchovy and small mackerel, after which it makes long migrations.

Garfish fish: useful properties

Omega-3 fatty acids, iodine, phosphorus, iron… Is it worth continuing this list to prove the benefits of fish as such? And the type of garfish also has its own personal advantages. First, prevalence. Despite the limited habitat in our country (industrial production is carried out in the Azov and Black Seas), the garfish catch is significant. And hence the low cost of this species. If we can afford salmon and salmon only on holidays, then enjoying garfish every day will be affordable.

The second plus of this fish is that it has few bones. Despite the cheapness, this is a rather oily look. Fish meat not only perfectly saturates. It contains beneficial omega-3 compounds that moisturize the epidermis of the skin and thereby smooth out wrinkles. A line of B vitamins improves blood circulation. This protects blood vessels from blockage, helps keep the heart healthy and even prevents cancer.

Fishing for garfish

This is a commercial species. It is caught from April to November in a net close to the shore. Private fishermen go out to sea on a boat or boat and fish with a spinning rod. This species spawns in spring, the eggs ripen, depending on the water temperature, on the 10-30th day. The fry are completely different from the adults. Their characteristic "beak" grows only towards the end of the first year of life. Garfish fish reaches 94 centimeters in length, but specimens with body parameters of seventy-five centimeters usually come across in the net. They become sexually mature in the fifth year of life. A garfish lives on average about thirteen years. Fishermen of the Black Sea often call it "sea pike" and appreciate this species for its extraordinary taste. It is dried, salted, baked, stewed and fried.

Sargan as a snack

This fish has small scales that extend well from the body. But to serve it with beer, you can not clean it and not gut it. Just roll the carcasses in salt and leave for twenty minutes. Then we hang them upside down and let them hang for about half a day. But the most delicious appetizer from garfish is "sprats". Baltic canned food is inferior to this dish in terms of taste. These are not anchovies, but garfish!

How to cook such "sprats"? We take a medium-sized carcass, gut it, remove the head, fins and tail. Cut the garfish into pieces-sticks (5 centimeters long). We fill the fish with columns (that is, vertically) into a narrow deep saucepan. Add a few peppercorns, bay leaves, a pinch of salt. Next, fill it all with vegetable oil so that it covers the fish by one centimeter. We put the dishes on the smallest fire and simmer under the lid for about three hours. Such "sprats" are best served chilled, with Borodino bread, with vodka.

Garfish fish: recipes for hot dishes

But the taste qualities of this inhabitant of the Black Sea are not fully revealed in snacks. In the southern fish markets, both dried and smoked garfish are sold. But this is an amateur. But the garfish cooked in the marinade will not leave anyone indifferent. A kilo of fish is cleaned, gutted, salted and fried in vegetable oil. We put it on a plate. In a deep frying pan, fry three tablespoons of flour until creamy. Pour half a glass of dry white wine, acidify with lemon juice or vinegar. Add rosemary, pepper, salt. Pour another glass of water and boil the sauce until it thickens. In it, garfish fish should be stewed for at least ten minutes. Serve this dish with any side dish and a slice of lemon.

Sargan fried and baked

This fish, as we have already mentioned, has a strange elongated snout, reminiscent of the predatory beak of some prehistoric creature. You can take advantage of this and serve it baked whole, with the head. Say, this is not a garfish fish, but the last pterodactyl that has survived to this day. We cover the baking sheet with baking paper, grease with vegetable oil. We turn the cleaned and gutted garfish into a ring, putting the tail into the elongated jaws. Salt, sprinkle with spices for fish. Finally sprinkle with vegetable oil. Put the tray in the preheated oven. We will bake at 180 degrees for twenty minutes.

Garfish scarf

This dish is especially loved by the fishermen of the Crimea. Shkara is two layers of stewed onions, between which there is sea fish. Garfish is the perfect candidate for this dish. Let's try to cook a "restaurant option". For him, the garfish is milled, the strips are rolled up, stabbed with a toothpick, and fried in olive oil for literally 20 seconds to seize. Then the wooden sticks are taken away, and an olive stuffed with lemon is placed in the middle of each roll. In the usual "fishing" version of the dish, you can skip this step and simply clean and gut the fish, cutting it into pieces. Next, cut the onion into rings. There must be a lot of it. We moisten the bottom of the pan with vegetable oil, cover with onion rings. We will place the fish on them (in the restaurant version, carefully place the rolls with the olive up). Salt and sprinkle with pepper and herbs (rosemary and marjoram). Top with three shavings of very cold butter - not too much. And cover the dish with onion rings. To help the stewing process, add a little water to the pan. Shkara should be stewed under the lid for 20 minutes.

Federal District: SFD

Pond type: seas

Local: maritime

Fishing season: on open water

Fish type: predatory

Family: garfish

A fish: garfish

Types of fishing: float fishing, spinning, fly fishing

Lure type: spinners, soft lures, animals

Lure type: wavering

Type of animal bait: worms, dead fish, shrimp, crabs

Sargan is a marine fish of the garfish family.

The garfish has a very elongated and narrow body, resembling the body of an eel or needlefish. The scales are very small, pearly-shiny. The jaws are very elongated, forming a characteristic "beak" resembling that of a pterodactyl. Small sharp teeth on the beak allow the garfish to grab small prey during fast swimming - sprat, anchovy, sprat, crustaceans. The color of the bones of this fish has a shade from light to dark green, due to the increased content of biliverdin.

The habitats of the garfish are the Black Sea and the western, more salty part of the Sea of ​​Azov. Enters Sivash. The main form (Belone belone) is distributed from the Mediterranean Sea to central Norway (Trondheim), comes to Iceland and to the Varanger Fjord. Found in the Baltic Sea, east to the Gulf of Finland.

The size and weight of the garfish

The maximum body length is 93 cm, the usual length is 70-75 cm, the maximum weight is 1.3 kg.

Lifestyle of a garfish

Sargan is a sea schooling pelagic fish, that is, it lives in the thickness and near the surface of the water.

Withstands wide fluctuations in water salinity, can enter desalinated zones. Winters in the Black Sea, and breeds both in the Black Sea and in the Sea of ​​Azov. For the normal development of eggs and larvae, the salinity of the water must be at least 10 ppm.

Spawning is portioned. The breeding season lasts from May to August. Caviar is deposited on algae and any floating objects, to which it is attached by means of filamentous outgrowths. The average absolute fecundity is about 15 thousand eggs, in the largest producers it reaches 48 thousand. The age of mass puberty is 4-5 years. Predator.

Ways to catch garfish

Garfish are most often caught from the shore with gear designed for long-distance casting. There is no point in chasing a flock walking near the surface on a boat: the garfish is cautious and quickly leaves any vessel.

Prospective areas for sea coastal fishing are not so common. One of these places can be a surf zone that is not protected from the wind. Usually these are shallow sandy areas extending tens and sometimes hundreds of meters into the sea. With strong tides and rising water levels, this zone can increase. The best time for coastal fishing in shallow water is late evening, night and early morning hours, when there is still not enough light.

In shallow water conditions, for successful fishing, it is necessary to use long-range casting and wading, and in the dark, also backlighting in the form of a lantern attached to the head. The best time is in windy weather with low light, muddy water and a decent wave. The combination of these factors often leads to the fact that a predator in search of small fish or invertebrates washed out of the ground comes as close to the shore as possible. In addition, the exit of forage fish is due to the movement of bottom organisms under the influence of the tidal current, which forces the garfish to follow the same pattern in search of prey near the shore. But in order to successfully catch in such conditions, you need to learn how to make ultra-long casts with any surf gear.

Another promising area for surf fishing is areas near terraces, close to the water's edge. The presence of terraces suggests a steeper relief of the coast. The depth in such places is much greater than in the flat surf zone, and the fish here feel more relaxed, so extra-long casting is not necessary. In some parts of the sea, except for the terraces, there are no other opportunities for fishing, the terrain simply does not allow it.

When fishing from rocks, tides do not play a significant role in raising or lowering the water level, so the fish is fearless near the rocky shore and it is not at all necessary to look for it by resorting to distant casts. From the rocks it is convenient to catch with spinning and float gear. As a rule, the depths in rocky places can have significant differences from 3 to 20 meters or more.

Fishing in ports is characterized by great diversity in the choice of fishing location. There are a number of hydraulic structures, such as piers or breakwaters, which can separate shallow water from deep areas. The bottoms of ships, walls of breakwaters, piles of moorings are always covered with a large number of mollusks, which feed on small fish that attract garfish.

Good areas for fishing are located near floating fish processing plants located in the roadstead or directly in the port. In addition, it should be noted that such places are crowded, there is a lot of different noise, to which the underwater inhabitants are already accustomed and do not show excessive anxiety when a person with a fishing rod appears. In some cases, the release of food waste (fish giblets, canning waste, etc.) can be done constantly or periodically, which accustoms the fish to regularly visit these places. Such places are ideal for fishing both from the shore and from any floating craft located in the port for almost the entire fishing season. As a bait, they usually use something from the local menu or use a traditional marine nozzle: worms, shrimp meat, crab meat, fish pieces.

If we talk about the mouth of a river or stream flowing into the sea, then here you can find areas with a fast current, quiet backwaters and places where there is practically no current and where flocks of garfish like to stay. Particular attention should be paid to the border of fast and slow currents, where sea water is most enriched with oxygen, which creates fertile ground for the development of aquatic flora and fauna, which in turn attracts many marine fish.

Catching a garfish with a brush

Some Black Sea anglers catch garfish in an original way - fly fishing without a hook. This is done as follows: at the end of the fishing line, a cork ball is fixed slightly larger than an ordinary pea. Then you need to make, as it were, a brush, using colored silk twisted threads about 15 cm long, at each tip of which a knot is tied. After cutting about twenty such pieces, they should be folded in half, make loops and put on a fishing line above the cork. Then lower them to the cork, straighten them in the form of a brush and secure with colored thread. Thus, you get a brush with knots at the ends of the threads.

Catch on this tackle in the morning, with the advent of the first rays of the sun. They cast it as far as possible and quickly lead it almost along the very surface of the water, and near the shore they pull it into the air with a sharp movement of the rod. This procedure continues until the garfish grabs the bait. As soon as he grabbed her, he immediately had to drag her sharply.

When the garfish grabs the bait, the knots made at the ends of the strings cling to his teeth, and even if he wants to throw the nozzle, he will not do it right away. Just this time is enough to pull the fish out of the water.

The disadvantage of such gear is that the brush in the process of fishing quickly flutters and has to be changed. But with a certain skill and a good bite, experienced anglers catch up to 5 kg of fish greedy for such a simple bait in one morning.

Catching a garfish with a petal and a hook

Another, no less original way of catching garfish was once invented by the Crimeans. The equipment is a piece of fishing line 0.6-1 m (thickness - 0.25 mm), to one end of which is tied a small (10-15 g) sinker, and to the other - a winding ring, to which a swivel and a carabiner are attached. After 10–15 cm from the ringlet, a short (3–4 cm and 0.2 mm in diameter) leash with a small numbered tee is tied, then after another 10 cm of the same length, a leash with a small white lure petal is tied (usually Black Sea fishermen cut it out of canning tin ), then, after another 10 cm, the leash with the tee is knitted again. And so on, alternating leashes with tees and petals to a slight distance from the sinker, tackle is made. To cast it from the shore, it is best to use a two-handed spinning rod equipped with an inertialess reel and a long fishing line with a winding ring at the end, through which it is easy to attach equipment with a carabiner.

Such tackle can be very lucrative if you get on a flock of garfish. The wiring is done on top of the water. Fish chasing petals are most often simply spotted on tees.

Sometimes garfish are attracted more by white-yellow petals.

Catching a garfish with a lure

Catching a garfish with a lure is an exciting activity. Lightweight spinning tackle is usually used. Fishing line - 0.2–0.25. Spinner elongated, oscillating. As a rule, with the traditional method of rigging the spinner, there are many idle bites, since it is difficult for the tee to catch on in the beak-shaped mouth of the garfish, and when it feels the metal, it immediately throws it. Anglers have come up with a way to attach a tee to a spinner on a short (4–5 cm) leash. This allows the garfish to immediately grab the tee deeply.

Sargan, if he was nearby, will not miss the moment to intercept the victim from his fellow pursuing her. Like any other predator, he acts here instinctively. This is what fishing for the Christmas tree is based on. On short (4-5 cm) leashes, two or three oblong oscillating baubles or lures such as jig with two hooks are sequentially tied to the main line. The length of these baits is not more than 30 mm, the distance between the leashes is from 20 to 25 cm. All spinners are made of silver metal and must be equipped with the same leader for the tee, as mentioned above. In many cases, especially when a large flock of garfish is found, herringbone fishing is more profitable than ordinary lure hunting.

The best time to catch garfish with a spinning rod is May-April, when it appears both near the Black Sea and the Baltic coasts. You need to look for this fish in the morning and evening dawn in shallow areas of the sea. Sargan likes rocky, shallow areas overgrown with algae, on which he lays eggs. Usually they catch, so to speak, at a glance. If you climb a hill, you can see a flock scurrying in shallow water. Then, having crept up, they throw a lure to her. In addition, garfish hunting for fry will definitely find themselves by their characteristic jumping out of the water.

Catching a garfish with a long cast

For fishing with long casts, you will need a light 7–8 meter carbon fiber rod equipped with a spinning reel or a light multiplier reel with a significant supply of fishing line with a diameter of 0.18 mm. The float is large, elongated, with a long antenna clearly visible from afar. The main sinker in the form of an olive, with dense foam pressed inside, allows you to make long casts and at the same time sinks smoothly. It is attached in close proximity to the float. An additional sinker-shotgun is installed at the end of the main fishing line, to which a thin (0.15 mm) and long (25-30 cm) leash is attached loop-to-loop. Hook with a long shank, #4-6, depending on the bait and the size of the fish. The garfish ignores coarser tackle. Float release -1–1.5 m.

In addition, a float with a built-in sinker can be used in the fishing rod equipment, which makes it easy to make long casts when fishing on top.

A rigging option is also possible, when a weighted float is tied to the end of the fishing line, and the leash is a meter away from it.

The best bait everywhere is shrimp meat. With a sluggish bite, hooking should be done with a long pause when the nozzle is in the corner of the fish's mouth.

The best fishing time is from May to September, when small flocks of garfish roam near the shore.

Wave-like bending of the body of the garfish allows you to move dynamically through the expanses of water. At the sight of prey, this brave fish is able to jump out of the water with lightning speed and overtake the victim, and when frightened, it will jump over any obstacle...

Why should a fisherman be wary of this gambling predator? How to curb it when playing and lure deliciously - you will soon find out ...

1. General description of the garfish

The garfish family is represented by 9 genera with more than 25 species. Sargan is one of the marine inhabitants with an interesting body structure. The arrow-shaped elongated body is covered with small silvery scales. Has elongated jaws. The back has a greenish tint.

The predator-garfish has small and sharp teeth, allowing it to grab small fish when moving.
The biliverdin present in the skeleton (green bile pigment) shades them to a green tint.

2. Distribution and habitats

The geography of distribution of garfish fish is very wide. It lives in African waters, Iceland and Norway. Also found in the Northern, Baltic, Azov, Black and. The Far Eastern, common garfish inhabits the waters of Russia, and the Atlantic resident of the Mediterranean.

3. Age and size

Life expectancy - up to 7 years. According to Wikipedia, the maximum length is up to 93 cm.

Israeli record

But, in November 2018, an Israeli amateur angler named Vyacheslav denied this information. A trophy 107 cm long and weighing 1635 grams was caught at about 9 am on the rocks of the Sironit beach in Netanya. A huge garfish was tempted by live bait from. And here is a photo report about this handsome man.

Record holder Vyacheslav with a catch

Trophy Gar

Record size

Record weight

However, this is really a record, and the most common are individuals reaching 70 - 75 cm and weighing up to 1.3 kg.

There is another exception, for example, a giant representative of the garfish lives in the tropics - the crocodile, up to 180 cm in size.

Life expectancy - no more than 13 years. Mostly there are individuals from 5 to 9 years.

4. Lifestyle

Predator keeps in packs. Pelagic fish, that is, lives in the water surface. Found in waters of varying degrees of salinity, able to swim in fresh water.

4.1 Reproduction - time and characteristics of spawning

The fish reaches sexual maturity in 1 year at the age of 4-5 years. The spawning period lasts from May to August. Fish spawn near the shore. The eggs have sticky threads that attach to marine vegetation. A favorable temperature for the ripening of eggs is considered to be a temperature above 10 degrees. Sargan is able to produce an average of up to 15 thousand eggs, larger representatives - up to 50 thousand. The larvae swim in coastal areas on the surface of the water. The difference from adults is the structure of the jaws - shorter. During the first year of life, they acquire the usual elongated structure for large fish.

4.2 Diet - what does the garfish eat

Small fish are the main food of the garfish. It also eats crustaceans and insects.

5. How, where, when and what to fish for garfish

Usually the garfish is located far from the shore. Approaches to catch prey or spawn. The insatiable garfish will always be near a flock of small fish that gather near rocky shores, bays and reefs.

5.1 Biting calendar - at what time of the year and day the garfish peck best

With an increase in the temperature regime of the water, the garfish go to the sea, where they can be hunted from sea transport.

In the cold, fish bite throughout the day. Favorable time for fishing in shallow coastal areas is the dark time of the day and early morning.

5.2 What weather is best for biting

It bites well in autumn and until mid-spring, especially with wind, waves from 1 m and turbidity of water. The water temperature should be less than 10 degrees. Under such conditions, the garfish for the purpose of food comes to the shore, near which small fish swim.

5.3 What are the best places to catch garfish

The best fishing distance is from 40 to 100 m. Coastline, bays, coral reefs and bays. During the ebb period, the garfish hides in drained places, burrowing into the silt up to a meter deep. Fishing on sea spits will allow you to move away from the coast.

A promising place will also be the surf zone, which goes into the sea for many meters ahead.
Fishing from the rocks can make it possible to successfully catch the garfish, as it is fearless in such places.

• fishing time - early morning;
• long throw;
• lead quickly through the water;
• bringing to the shore sharply with a fishing rod to pull out of the water;

Option 4 "Catching on a petal and a hook"
Two-handed spinning:

• 0.25 mm;
• a sinker weighing 10 - 15 g is attached to one end, a factory ring with and is attached to the other;
• at a distance of 10 - 15 cm from the ring it is attached with a length of 3 - 4 cm with a diameter of 0.2 mm with a small tee;
• after 10 cm, a leash with a petal of white baubles is attached;
• then the leash and tee are knitted again.

• wiring is done on the surface of the water;
• you can use petals and yellow.

Option 5 "Christmas tree fishing"

• on leashes - 4 or 5 cm, fasten 2 - 3 oscillating baubles or mormyshki with 2 hooks;
• silver tee.

• baits no more than 3 cm;
• leashes at a distance of 20 - 25 cm
• closing narrow spoon - 100 - 110 cm
• use silver metal lures

Option 6 "Catching with a long cast"
Carbon fiber tackle up to 8 m long:

• or ;
• fishing line with a diameter of 0.18 mm;
• a large elongated float with a long antenna;
• a sinker (olive) with built-in foam is attached to the float itself;
• weight - a pellet is attached at the end of the fishing line, to which () a leash (0.15 mm in diameter) is tied, 25 - 30 cm long;
• hook number 4 - 6 ().

• the float is released to a depth of 1 - 1.5 m;
• you can use a float with a mounted sinker;
• perhaps tie a float to the end of the fishing line and a leash at a distance of 1 m from it.

Option 8 "Catching the bombard"
Spinning up to 4 m and test 10 - 40 g:

• (0.32 - 0.35 mm) or 0.15 - 0.20 mm;
• hooks No. 6.7 (flattened to the sides and long forearm);
• tie a shock leader to the fishing line, on which to fix the bombard 10 - 40 g;
• after the bombard put and;
• 2 m fasten to the fishing line through.

• have bombards of different weights, depending on the weather and conditions;
• use 0.1mm;
• first you need to collect tackle without a leash, only with a bombard;
• you need to moisten the fishing line, for this casting is done without bait;
• when fishing line, cut slowly with a large amplitude;
• when using a cord, hooking is done only with the hand.

Famous video on how to catch a garfish - part 1

5.5 Bait for catching garfish

At the moment, there is no information about baits for garfish. I would be grateful for any information on this matter.

5.6 What baits and nozzles does the garfish bite on

Animal baits

• worm (, earthworm);
• firth worm (Nereis);
• :) also cut with skin;
• less durable;
• to preserve nereis, pour vodka into a jar of worms, close the lid and place in the refrigerator. Keep unlimited time.

5.7 How the garfish peck

Strong fish, loves to fight. The bite is confident: it sinks the float, swallows the bait and abruptly drags it into the water. Do not rush to hook so that the hook does not slip. However, with active fishing, you need to cut quickly. After a hold on, it starts to pull. When fighting, there is a struggle on the surface of the water. Getting ashore, aggressively resists.

5.8 How to catch a garfish? – Basic techniques

• with a sluggish bite, the cutting is done with a pause for a few seconds, preventing the lure from sinking to the bottom.
• in shallow water, long-distance casting and wading are used (fishing with entering the water);
• fishing on a rocky area is dangerous, as the stones have a slippery surface. For this it is better to fish from the water. The cage is attached to the belt;
• so that the landing net does not interfere during the process, it is worth holding it behind your back.
• when fishing along with a sandy bottom, a cage is not needed. Such a bank allows you to calmly grab the fish with your hand and remove it from the hook;
• make fan casts, starting along the coastline, then a semicircle in places where fish accumulate;
• the wiring speed is fast, allowing the lure to jump out of the water;
• when a predator breaks, do not stop wiring, as garfish can follow it;
• in the absence of a bite, change the lure to a different color.

5.9 The most important points when fishing for garfish

• equipment to choose depending on weather conditions, the behavior of water and wind;
• observe safety precautions while fishing;
• have appropriate equipment, clothing and polarized glasses appropriate for the weather and the place of fishing.

6. Interesting, unusual, funny facts about this fish

An interesting way of swimming is through wavy folds of the body. Quickly jumps out of the water. Swims at high speed.

In pursuit of prey or danger (fear), it is able to jump over an obstacle in the way. Large individuals can inflict damage to fishermen on boats at such a moment.

The greenish hue of the bones is caused by the presence of biliverdin (a green bile pigment) in the body, which is frightening for some gourmets. The fish is safe to eat.

7. Interesting videos about garfish fish

The video is in English, but everything is clear. You will learn how to catch a garfish with a bombard, how to properly string mackerel bait, what hooks to use and enjoy the spectacular moments of playing a garfish

8. Gastronomy

The fish is mainly caught fresh for local consumption. Used in fried, baked form. They say that garfish ear is something special.

9. Most Useful Fish Links

https://ru.wikipedia.org/ - a general description of the garfish fish on Wikipedia;

http://masterok.livejournal.com/3029616.html - a great article about different types of garfish with many beautiful photos;

http://fishinginrus.ru/stati/na-rybalku/lovlya-khishchnoy-ryby/chto-po-vkusu-sarganu?SHOWALL_1=1 - a useful article about garfish fishing, what gear to use and how to catch it correctly, with illustrations.

Sargan (lat. Belone belone) or "sea pike" - a fish of the garfish genus.

Description
Habitat: sea
Reproduction: ovoviviparous
Length of a newly hatched garfish: 13 mm
Adult length: 90 cm

The common turquoise garfish is one of the fish that can dance above the surface of the water. Faster and faster they move towards the light, just for fun or to "flight" from danger. This fast and graceful predator has a narrow body. Small sharp teeth on a peculiar beak allow the garfish to grab small prey - herring, crustaceans during fast swimming. In large numbers, garfish are found in the Black and other seas.

reproduction

In spring, the garfish begin their breeding season: along the coast, they lay round eggs, which are attached to algae and other aquatic vegetation with the help of thin sticky threads. Garfish larvae are born without a beak; it appears only in adults. In winter, garfish move to the open sea.
Many fishermen, especially beginners and holidaymakers, take the garfish for a needle fish that has grown to gigantic sizes. In fact, there are many differences between them. Firstly, the largest of the sea needles of the Azov-Black Sea basin (there are 7 species of this fish in total) - Syngnathus typhle argentatus - long-snouted or high-snouted, has no teeth, and secondly, it is incommensurable with our hero neither in length nor in weight, not to mention the color, and even more so the gastronomic qualities.

Garfish are predominantly marine inhabitants, distributed in tropical, subtropical and temperate zones of the oceans. Some of them reach a length of 1.5 m and a weight of 4 kg. This large family, numbering about 12 genera, is represented in the Black Sea by only one species, Belone belone euxini.

The Black Sea garfish, or, as it is also called, the sea pike, has a typical arrow-shaped body covered with small silvery scales. The back is green. The length, as a rule, is up to 75 cm. This schooling pelagic fish has elongated jaws in the form of a sharp beak.
The garfish is widespread in the Black and Marmara seas, as well as in the western part of the Sea of ​​Azov. Lives 6-7 years, reaches sexual maturity in one year. It breeds from late April to late August. Its migration during the year is associated with spawning, feeding and wintering.
Once the garfish, being one of the most delicious fish of the Black Sea, was rightfully included in the top five commercial species caught off the coast of Crimea. The total annual catch of garfish reached 300-500 tons. Often, large specimens came across in the nets of Crimean fishermen - about 1 m long and weighing up to 1 kg.