Shantar Islands Fishing 13 Day Tour From Moscow

Somewhere far away at the edge of the world, a handful of islands are scattered in the cold and harsh Okhotsk Sea. Rocky and inaccessible yet at the same time, mop-headed and reminiscent of animals sleeping in the ocean. The islands are located about 300 km away from the mouth of the Amur River. They separate the Tugursky bay and the Udskaya bay from the sea of Okhotsk, and form another sea inside - the Shantar Sea, small, but treacherous.

There was a time when the Shantar islands were inhabited, now there is no one except for the weather station employees. There is, however, plenty of fish in the rivers and lakes, bears wander on the riverbanks, birds; whales, orcas, and legions of seals swim in the sea. The coastal line of the islands is a real open-air geology museum. One can often see rocks coloured in pink, red, green, and yellow along the coast - this is where jasper, marble and other rocks surface. Fishing is very diverse here. There is lenok, arctic and white-spotted char, and rudd in the rivers running on the islands. Pink salmon comes here in large numbers for spawning. In the coastal waters one may catch gobies of formidable appearance, perch, cod, European plaice, halibut, and crabs.