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Lake Sevan - Armenia


msutton

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Hi all,

 

I'm going to Armenia in August at the height of the summer and I aim to do a spot of fishing in the worlds largest alpine lake - Lake Sevan.

 

It is 2,000 meters above sea level but I'm still going to take my rods!

 

I have no idea what fish might be found there but I know it is popular with fishermen locally.

 

Can anyone recommend a way of tackling such a large water reasonably effectively? I'm thinking lures as it's certain to contain something large I'm sure. Water temperature even at that altitude is about 19-22C in summer so what kind of species might lurk there?

 

I don't suppose anyone here has ever fished it though have they or knows someone who has?

 

Help! hehe

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It seems the main species are unique forms of trout, carp, barbel and some others which I cannot translate.

 

Im thinking a worm bait might work.

 

I've also found details on another smaller mountain lake. Now that would be something as none of these places are ever fished by anglers with a rod and line.

 

Apparently crayfish are in abundance too so Im thinking a small trap just for food purposes. It's legal there, unlike here.

 

Imagine, 1300sq km of lake never fished. heh

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Try a search on Google for "Lake Sevan" and/or "Fishing Armenia".

 

I came up with this - showing a picture of the lake, and mentioning fisherman (commercial) - so at least there is reassurance that some sort of fish are there .

 

http://www.cilicia.com/armo5_sevan.html

 

Good luck, and let us all know how you got on.

 

 

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World species 471 : UK species 105 : English species 95 .

Certhia's world species - 215

Eclectic "husband and wife combined" world species 501

 

"Nothing matters very much, few things matter at all" - Plato

...only things like fresh bait and cold beer...

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