Perch; Lidingö; 12th July 2009

1lb. 13oz. Perch, a really aggresive run on a Roach livebait, a great way to start the evening...

1lb 13oz. Perch

1lb 3oz. Fish, this one took a Loi livebait...

15oz. Perch, this fish barely under the 1lb. mark...


A super evening session tonight at Lidingö, the Perch feeding again. Best of the lot was a 1lb. 13oz. fish, a real belting take and scrap from this one to open the evenings account. Next a fish barely under the 1lb. mark, before finally a lovely fish was taken at 1lb. 3oz. on a small Perch livebait. Two runs were missed when both baits were taken at the same time, a sure sign these are shoaling fish arriving in the swim as they patrol the area.

Lidingö; 6th July 2009

A super Perch of 1lb. 9oz. from Lidingö today....

1lb. 3oz. Perch, the last of the evening.....

Just an ounce under the pound mark at 15oz., a very slim fish this one!

A really good evening at Lidingö today, the Perch really have arrived in numbers now. Three decent fish were taken on live Loi, which were easily caught on the float today. In addition to the fish photographed above a total of five other runs were also missed, two on the roving float fished bait later in the evening and three on legered baits.

All the above fish were taken on the bottom on the legered bait. All were taken on a simple trace with just a single hook, a size 4 lip hooked live bait and the same rod accounting for all three fish. The other rod was rigged with a treble hook set up and several takes on livebaits were dropped before a run developed, which leaves me thinking the fish felt the hooks. Will be fishing with singles from now on as a result, as there was no problems hooking the fish with this set up at all, the baits all taken confidently head first and striking immediatly resulted in nicely mouth hooked fish.

Fished at a different spot to usual today aftr the favoured area was occupied on arrival, this was a sroke of fortune as it turned out as I managed to find a much more suitable spot for fishing with space for up to four anglers. Baitfish easily caught here and there were plenty of Perch in the area. Surely a few two pounders to be had over the next couple of months, perhaps even a three pounder....

Tyresö Nyfors; 22nd June 2009

Had only just cast my first livebait when this jack Pike struck it, this before a very interesting night fishing session that was frustrating, yet some thing of a success nevertheless....

Tyresö Nyfors, Älbysjön was the selected venue for a crack at night fishing for Zander and arrived at 8pm. in order to secure some baits. A few small Perch were soon picked up on a float fished worm, though the hoped for Roach and Loi were not at first. Immediatly hit a jack Pike on the first cast. A short while later Linda had a lift on her bite indicator, then nothing. An inspection of her bait revealed a badly mauled bait towards the rear, no typical razor cut Pike tooth marks though, rather Perch or Zander the culprit. Fish activity was high with shoals of baitfish began scattering on the surface as they were attacked from below by unseen predators. As darkness fell I had more bites and dropped runs, mangled live baits the result. A small Bream and a two Roach all taken from behind and were scored roughly and crushed towards the tail, feel these baits were hit by Zander which dropped the baits. Then another fish hit on a larger Roach and an exremely powerful fish, surely a big Pike, hooped the rod over after a few moments when it seemed to realize it was hooked. This fish bit through the line, I can only assume the bait swam back over the mainline, was then engulfed and the teeth did the rest. Linda had another bait marked badly before the feeding spell passed and activity dropped off.

A frustrating night yes, but interesting all the same. Figure the problem is too much resistance on the leger rig causing dropped runs, which in itself is a classic sign of Zander, which do not like resistance. Using a heavier lead might well be the answer, the heavier the lead the more static it stays and the fish will pull line through the eye of the lead without dislodging it and feeling resistance. Float fishing with nightlite inserts for visibility might also prove very, very efficient.

Will try another few sessions at night for Zander. Securing good bait is key, small Roach, Bleak or especially Loi being the fisrt option if possible, perhaps arriving earlier and concentrating on these might be an idea.(A throwing net would be ideal, bait fish are everywhere in the lake in the margins.) Given good quality bait and some refinemnts in the rigs I figure some good results could be had from this lake with regard to Zander, as well as some very big Perch and Pike also before the fall of darkness...

Lidingö; 8th June 2009

6lb. 9oz. Pike

6lb. 9oz. Pike

A nice perch of around 12oz.

Out to Lidingö in the afternoon, proved to be rather slow as expected, a cold windt day. A few small Bream, Perch and Rudd were taken on the legered worm, the best fish a Perch of about 12oz. Best fish of the day came right at the end of the day when my Rudd livebait was snatched and the bite alarm went into overdrive. A great scrap followed, the fish running really well three times before it was landed and weighed, the fish a Pike of 6lb. 9oz.

Malaren; Lovon; 7th June 2009

1lb 1oz. Rudd

1lb 1oz. Rudd

Malaren lake at east side of Lovon, the whole area is known as a superb predator fishery, with Pike, Perch and Zander fishing excellent in the area....

Popped down to this site for a morning session after identifying the area as one of Stockholms best Zander venues, though was left thouroughly frustrated by a total lack of small bait fish in the area. I failed to catch a single bait sized fish all morning and had no deadbaits with me, this meant the predators went unfished for all day. My frustration was made even worse when a boat appeared close by and the two anglers aboard caught several Pike into double figures on jerkbaits! With no natural baits caught and no artificial lures in my bag I was, by then, well pissed off!

The day wasnot a total disapointment however. One lovely Rudd of just over a pound was caught from amongst the reeds, with another good fish lost, offering some consolation on the day. Both fish took a slowly sinking float fished worm...

Lidingo Sunday 31 May

Out to my favourite spot today, boiling hot day which probably affected the fishing a bit. Pretty slow start with only lots of very small Perch on floatfished worm. Two livebaits out and after about an hour the float went under and headed straight for the reeds... First decent perch of the year and it put up a very good fight. Weighed in at 0.85kg (1.9 pounds) Lost a couple of decent sized Bream and eventually got one in weighing in at 0.76kg (1.7 pounds). Not a bad day and a few more points for the table, heading back to Rudasjon tomorrow with hope's of a monster rainbow trout, apparently they run up to 5kg!! so fingers crossed...

Rudasjön Friday 29th May

First time out at this lake, just by the pendeltåg station at Haninge. Arrived around 10am and started float fishing worm, lots of small Perch, Roach and Rudd. Also fished ledgered worm and was setting up the livebait rod when i noticed the ledger tip bent over. Thought it was a Tench at first but was happily surprised to see a rainbow trout! My first ever. Weighed in at 0.92kg. Shortly after was bringing in a small float fished Rudd when a jack pike grabbed it from right in front of me. dropped off when I tried to pull it out and attacked the Rudd again the second I dropped it back in the water. I moved over the livebait rod and cought it after a few minutes, didn't bother weighing it as it was so small. A few more small fish and then it died down till around 3.30 when the float went under again. This time with prawn as bait. After a great fight I finally brought a beautiful 1.26kg Rainbow to the bank. I'll be heading back to this lake for sure, and soon.