Fishing will be conducted in two ways.
First we take on board of our ship in Yakutsk or Zhigansk. Our ship was build specially dedicated for
fishing trips on the Lena River and its tributaries. Optimal groups are 6-7
people max 8. There is two cabins for anglers, open deck with tent, shower with
cold and hot water available on the stops too, dining room, kitchen with
professional cook, and every navigation and safety devices needed for safety
trip on this vast and dangerous river. So we start with living and fishing from
the ship and river banks make stops in interesting spots along Lena River (2-3
days). Here our fishing goals are giant pikes (really big up to 20 kg),
sturgeons, broad whitefish, muksu and omul.
Next we go to the tributaries moving up as
high we can by ship, than changing for small boats or pontoons with engine and
go up the stream (about 80 km)with professional fishing guides (locals) for taimen,
grayling, pike, whitefish (sig), perch and most important for great adventure.
There we sleep in tents by the river and fishing or doing whatever you want all
day (we are up Nord so days are long). Usually we stay on the one river for
about 3 days and back on our ship to change place and river. At example three
days on the river Unduljug and three days on Djanishku. But of course we can
change it according to the wishes, weather conditions, water level and advices
from local guides.
During the trip we have full board
accommodation (3 meals a day making by professional cook)
During the trip we will fish both: from the
ship, boats and from the shore, in the most interesting places, and we take a
small boats to go up fishing on Lena tributaries, leaving our ship-base in the
lower parts of the rivers to camp and fishing legendary taimen, grayling and
trout in mountain
rivers and soak up the local raw nature and views. Fishing
and camping in such places makes a big impression, especially when you consider
that the from nearest village we sometimes hundreds of kilometres. When fishing
on the tributaries we camp in tents, cook meals over open fire and after
two-three days we return to comfort live on our ship and sail further for the
next adventure in the next tributary of the Lena vast river.
This kind of logistic give us best moving
possibilities – even better than by helicopter when you are transported to the
one particular place and live there to the end of the trip, and the second
reason it is much more interesting and comfortable than helicopter.
During the expedition we have
provided three meals a day prepared by our chef, local care by local professional
anglers and my humble self as a guide and interpreter.
Yacutia - Comprising half of the Far Eastern Federal
District, it is the largest subnational governing body by area in the world at
3,083,523 square km compared with other countries. It is
larger than Argentina
and just smaller than India which covers an area of 3,287,590 square km
(1,269,350 sq mi). Its capital is the city of Yakutsk.
The mighty Lena River is the second
biggest river in water volume in Russia (after the Yenisei) and 9-10th longest
in the world, yet it is virtually unknown outside of Russia. The 4,400km river
starts in the mountains to the west of Lake Baikal and snakes through north
eastern Siberia until it floods into the Laptev Sea in the Arctic Ocean.
Area: Yacutia, Yakutsk, Zhighansk,
Tiksi.
Rivers: Lena and tributaries: Unduljugt,
Yanishka and other
Fish spices: Hucho taimen (up to 30 kg),
grayling (up to 2 kg), pike (up to 20 kg), whitefish and perch. On the river
Lena trophies - broad whitefish, sturgeon, muksun, Arctic cisco.
Fishing methods: spinning, fly fishing,
other
The number of participants: 6 -7
Season: June-September
Contact:
Irek Szatlach