Setting out to catch ruffe is unlikely, as it is not considered a desirable catch by many anglers and ruffe are quite difficult to target as an individual species and don’t compete very well with other coarse fish species. For targeting ruffe, anglers should expect the fish to act similar to perch, fastly striking for your small baits. For this reason, anglers should be prepared to hook the fish early into its bite, before the fish swallows the bait and the hook whole! Ruffe becomes extremely rigid once caught, defending itself with its very spiky dorsal fin and flares its gill covers. Anglers should take caution when handling this fish to prevent injury to the self and to the fish when returning back to the water.