How to fish a fish?
What angler does not dream of catching a big fish? Such that fishing will be remembered for many years, and maybe even for a lifetime. It is the process of…

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Why keep fishing records?
In this article we will try to reveal all the advantages of maintaining fishing statistics and cadastre of fishing places. Such an approach to fishing will provide an opportunity to…

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To make fishing fun
Ice fishing - a popular form of recreation in our country. However, people do not always know how to organize it. Ice fishing requires particularly strict adherence to the rules…

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Korean winter fishing
Recently, one of the good friends of the site makuha.com.ua returned from a business trip to South Korea. Since he is an avid angler, in spite of the frosty season,…

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Tips on choosing a used outboard motor

When buying a device such as a boat motor, do not rush. Especially if this product is used, there is no unambiguous advice when choosing such motors, but there are special moments that you should pay attention to when buying them. There are two types of used motors:
– motors that were not used very often, or simply lay in the warehouse for a long time;
– often motors are used, but sold due to some combination of circumstances: severe damage, the purchase of a new engine, the sale of boats, and others.
Used boat motors should be considered only if the motor was stored in a warehouse or in another heated room. If this room was not heated, it means that every winter this motor froze and thawed several times, and there is a rather big risk that such a device is either in very bad condition or not working at all.
Such faults can be identified by disassembling such an engine (which happens infrequently at the time of purchase), or by ear during start-up. Continue reading

Congratulations, you’re on the hook!

Sometimes, even among professionals, unfounded rumors can be born. Confirmation of this fact wording – “all gear is replaceable.” Of course, instead of the rod you can adjust the nearby birch tree. Instead of a fishing line, the anchor chain of the ship is quite suitable, or the same in terms of parameters, taken from the native neck. But what about crochet? The silly representative of the class of aquatic vertebrates (in the sense of fish) fundamentally ignores any innovations and still clings exclusively to the banal hook …
A bit of history
According to Congratulations, you’re on the hook!, the hook was invented about 20,000 years ago. With such a statement, you can agree or not – eyewitnesses are not found. Continue reading

Ice screws - an important element of the fisherman’s winter outfit
In the run-up to winter, many experienced fishermen and amateurs face a difficult task, namely, the choice and purchase of an ice drill. This element of the winter outfit can…

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Selection of fly fishing rods
There are so many tackles in real fishermen for catching this or that fish, and no one of them is confused in this diversity, despite all sorts of trivia, which…

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July fishing
July is probably the very month of the summer season, when the sun is warming with all its might. For a fisherman, this month can be described as not the…

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