It is forbidden to catch: People's Artist of Russia suspected of poaching

People's Artist of Russia, actor Sergei Bezrukov was suspected of illegal pike fishing. This is how the artist's subscribers reacted on the social network to a photo from a fishing trip.

Bezrukov posted on Instagram❶ photos from fishing on a motorboat in Rostov-on-Don. In one of the pictures Bezrukov holds a large pike in his hand.

"Rostov pleased me between performances! Thank you, Don-father," the actor added to the publication.

However, some subscribers indicated that it is impossible to catch pike now.

"Spawning at the pike. It is forbidden to catch", "And you don't have a ban on fishing now? Spawning is going on", "Pike can not be caught, it is with caviar now", "In the Rostov region, a ban on catching pike 15.03−15.04. And yesterday the so—called operation "Putin" started - boat trips with a motor are prohibited. So you, comrade artist, are a poacher," users write.

According to Rosrybolovstvo, in the Rostov region from April 1 to May 31 there is a spawning ban, which is introduced for the sake of preserving the number of species. In addition, pike fishing is prohibited in the region from January 1 to April 15.

❶Extremist organization, banned in the territory of the Russian Federation