A professional fishing championship was held in Moscow

Within the framework of the festival "Moscow — on the wave. The Fishing Week of the Summer in Moscow city project and the Moscow Seasons series of events ended on June 1 in the capital. The professional fishing championship ended.

The participants competed for the result and cash prizes: the winner received 1 million rubles, for the second and third places — 500 and 300 thousand, respectively.

"Somehow you will have to justify why you caught it so badly that everything was torn off, the crocodiles pecked," said Semyon Ryazantsev, an angler, with a smile.

Compliance with the rules was monitored by professionals. According to the judge of the first category Mikhail Goltaev, despite the fact that the feeder must be filled in a certain way, participants can throw more bait than they should in order to win.

The Deputy Head of the Judicial Committee of the Hunan Province Fishing Sports Association (China) arrived at the fishing championship Zou Jiaping.

"Yesterday we managed to go fishing in the Moskva River. I was lucky, I caught it, even if it was a small one. But this is my first fish caught in Russia," he said.

In the final of the tournament, a solemn weighing of the catch took place. Following the results of the competition, the organizers noted the high level of preparation of the participants and emphasized that experience, choice of gear and luck remain the key factors of victory.

Last year, travel service experts Tutu.ru We told Izvestia about the best fishing spots in Russia. According to experts, the Astrakhan region could definitely compete for the title of the most fishing region in the country, there are many paid and free fishing spots in the region.