Large River · Granite · Xinjiang, CN

Qilitan Fishing Village 七里滩渔村

Irtysh River landscape and fishing in the Burqin
Tomorrow · Not the day for it
Forecast · Tomorrow
Not the day for it
Not much stacked in your favour today. Worth an hour if you are nearby, not worth the special trip.
40% projected
Conditions on the water · Tomorrow
Estimate
Level
Light rain recently
No gauge reading
Water temp3.4°C
ClarityVery coloured
Weather2°C
WindN 22 km/h
Pressure1028 hPa
Rain · recent6.5 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 mm

No gauge on this water — readings are regional estimates from weather, not a live gauge.

Water temperature for Pike
Cool — slow
3°C est.ideal 8–18°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Pike
When
1 July onwards, once the statutory closure lifts, through to freeze-up / 7月1日法定禁渔期结束后至封冻前
Where
A fishery village on the Irtysh in Burqin county, 16km from the county town and about 7km from the Colourful Beach, built by the Burqin Hongtai Fishery…
Why this works
Poor — river flow is working for you, but water temperature is the limiting factor today.
Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

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Evidence
Records-basedModerate confidence

Based on species-occurrence records, not local invertebrate surveys.

Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • ⚠️ The Irtysh mainstem at Burqin is CLOSED 1 April – 30 June, and unlike Heilongjiang and Guangdong, Xinjiang's closure explicitly includes angling (禁渔期间严禁一切捕捞(垂钓)作业)
  • Outside it: one rod, one line, no more than two hook points; no boats; no fish finders or video-assist devices; no live aquatic bait
  • 🚫 The BURQIN RIVER — the tributary, not the mainstem — is closed YEAR-ROUND as burbot spawning ground; the town and the river share a name, so be certain which water you are on
  • 哈巴河县山口水库 is also closed year-round
  • / ⚠️ 额尔齐斯河布尔津段每年4月1日至6月30日禁渔,且新疆的禁渔明确包含垂钓。开放期内:一人一竿一线,钩尖不超过两个;禁用船艇;禁用探鱼器与可视钓鱼设备;禁用活体水生饵料。🚫 布尔津河(支流,非干流)为常年禁渔区,系江鳕核心产卵场;县名与河名相同,务必确认所在水域。哈巴河县山口水库亦全年禁渔。
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Gallery · 2
  1. Irtysh River landscape and fishing in the Burqin
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Conservation note

Northern pike (白斑狗鱼 / 乔尔泰, Esox lucius) is the legitimate fly target and the only species scored here. 🚫 CRITICAL: this river system also holds 北极茴鱼 (Arctic grayling), a NATIONAL CLASS II protected species — anglers have been criminally convicted and imprisoned for rod-caught grayling in Altai, with individual fish valued at ¥1,250–5,000. 哲罗鲑 (taimen) and 细鳞鲑 (lenok) are BOTH national Class II protected species under the 2021 名录 — angling for wild lenok is illegal, and Heilongjiang's own agriculture department releases it as 国家二级水生保护动物. Know what you have hooked, and return anything that is not a pike. / 白斑狗鱼(乔尔泰)为合法对象鱼,也是本条目唯一计分鱼种。🚫 重要提示:本水系同时分布国家二级重点保护动物北极茴鱼,阿勒泰地区已有多起以鱼竿垂钓北极茴鱼被追究刑事责任的判例,单尾核定价值1250至5000元。哲罗鲑与细鳞鲑均为2021年名录所列国家二级重点保护水生野生动物——垂钓野生细鳞鱼属违法行为,黑龙江省农业农村厅亦按国家二级水生保护动物进行增殖放流。务必辨明鱼种,非狗鱼一律放流。

The full read · show the working · for Pike · confidence 50%
How the 30 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature15 × 30%4.5
Flow90 × 25%22.5
Clarity85 × 20%17.0
Feeding Time55 × 15%8.3
Pressure80 × 10%8.0
Limiting factor: Water temperature (3.7°C) is outside Pike's preferred range (8–18°C)= 60
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitymodelled from regional profilemodelled
What would change the calculation
Warmer water — toward the 8–18 °C ideal band — would lift the temperature score.
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
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