Fishing

The Salento peninsula, known to all as Salento, is an area located in eastern Puglia, washed by two seas (the Adriatic to the north and the Ionian to the south), which offers a multitude of spots for shore fishing. With the increase in tourism in recent years, Salento has also seen the growth of the practice of sport fishing. Many people who spend their summer holidays in Salento wonder where they can have fun.

We are in the midst of summer, of great heat, of long sunny days. The sea water has a warmer temperature and the typical reef prey has resumed its activity. Fish tend to feed, so the appetite and predatory instinct are not lacking. However, the conditions of abnormal heat, the absence of winds and storms and high pressure tend to make fishing for specimens weighing more than a kilo complex, sometimes almost impossible. And it is precisely in this context that the fisherman will have to use...

Pike fishing is one of the fishing techniques most appreciated by fishing enthusiasts, both for the challenge it represents and for the quality of the fish that can be caught. The pike is an aggressive predatory fish , which can be fished in various inland waters, such as lakes, rivers, river mouths and canals. The fishing technique for pike is different from that for other fish, requiring the use of a variety of appropriate fishing tackle to catch it.

Pescalccacca has been distributing the Kolpo brand for years, a brand specialized in rods, reels, small parts and much more available on the site. We recently tested two new reels from Kolpo in the field: Poetico and Siciliar, models designed for different fishing specialties, which will certainly be talked about for their excellent quality and reliability.

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Fishing from the reef at sea is a classic for every angler. It represents the simplest approach to the world of saltwater fishing and, to get started in the best possible way, you need to have a series of rudiments that represent an essential basis that cannot be overlooked.

Bolentino fishing is an extremely popular fishing technique in Italy. It is a dynamic technique that can be practiced at sea from a boat or even from the coast. This technique involves the use of artificial or natural bait and different materials to build our lines. In this article we will see which materials are most suitable for practicing this technique and which are the most used techniques. Furthermore, we will also see which are the best places to practice this technique.

Basilicata is a region in southern Italy that boasts excellent fishing spots, both in fresh water and at sea. In 2019 it will be in the spotlight for Matera, elected European Capital of Culture. Probably, given the tourist flows expected for the event, it will also be the subject of visits by fishermen who will take advantage of the summer holidays to discover a very picturesque corner of Italy together with their family, without forgetting the fishing rod in the luggage rack.

The arrival of the autumn cold brings about several changes in the life cycle of fish. Prey such as carp, which live in lakes and carp fisheries throughout Italy, experience an increase in appetite before entering hibernation. This is an absolutely normal phenomenon, due to the fact that these fish feel the need to store food and nutrients in quantity, before slowing down their metabolism with the cooling of the water. This happens everywhere, both in natural lakes and in small bodies of...

Tackle fishing at sea is often considered a specialty for agonists, for lovers of a past that is probably about to disappear. Yet, given the great potential it offers in environments such as reefs or outer harbor walls, it should gain much more popularity. However, something prevents it, even though years have passed since its introduction into the panorama of sea fishing. So, for completeness in the different disciplines that we cover on the Pescalccacca blog, today we talk about it with a...

Well yes, the reel was born before the fishing rod... or rather what can be considered the ancestor of the reel or rather a simple piece of wood with wire wrapped around it and it would seem that the Egyptians were the first to use this ploy for winding the fishing line, then among other things this system is still used by some tribes in different parts of the world.

Spring time, ledgering time. Freshwater ledgering fishing starts again at the end of March and the beginning of April. The beautiful days, the general awakening of nature and the end of the hibernation of carp and cyprinids, make this period one of the best of the year to undermine the typical holds of a technique originating in Great Britain.