Fishing

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.

The autumn months are among the most profitable times for sea fishing. Whether practiced from shore or from a boat, the sea has the best of itself to offer before winter arrives. Not only for the large quantity of fish still in activity, but above all for the entry into play of cephalopods (cuttlefish, squid, squid), typical November and December prey. And again, again for November and December, it is time for mackerel and horse mackerel, fishing from the boat despite the dropping...

The blowfly larva, better known as maggot or cagnotto, is one of the main baits for fishing and is suitable for attacking almost all fish present in our waters, both fresh and salty. Given the great demand from fishermen, it is produced artificially using meat waste (mainly poultry), there is also maggot produced using fish waste, but the latter has inferior characteristics compared to that produced with meat as it tends to sink with more effort.

The Bibi is a marine worm present in almost all parts of the world, it is part of the Sipunclidae family and there are over 300 species in total, in our seas alone there are at least ten different species