Perch; Albysjön; Tyresta N.P.; 4th July 2012

 A 360 degree panorama of the swim at Albysjön, it doesn't get more scenic. A stunning place to fish, the lake contains Pike, Zander and Perch and has a reputation for big specimens of the latter...

 1lb. 7oz of Albysjön Perch, first fish of the day which tok a float paternostered Bream..

 1lb 8oz. later took a Roach on the same rod...

The rods set up on the pod, bite indicators ready to go...


An afternoon and evening session saw me land two good Perch at this fabulous location on my first outing of the year. Will try ro get out a bit more soon. Both fish took float paternostereed livebaits over a rocky bottom...



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Marlin fishing; Puerto Rico, Gran Canaria; 22nd June 2012

 Marlin boats at dock, Puerto Rico. We took Cavalier, the boat with the best catch rate...

 Setting up the rods, ten of which were trolling from the back of the boat on the surface..

 Ealry in the day on the deck of the boat..

 Bryde's Whale, one of the 'medium sized rorqual whales. 12 metres long and around 25 metric tonnes, a really impressive sight...

 Above and below, the huge game fishing Penn and Shimano multiplier reels...

 Above; A 150kg Blue Marlin goes nuts behing the boat! An amazing experience, it took two german anglers 20 minutes to get this fish into the boat...

 The fish alongside the boat. All fish here are catch and release...

One last shot...


Fished for Blue Marlin on the sport fishing boat Cavalier! A superb day out, lasting six hours, from 9am, costing just 60 Euro. Fishing with the backdrop of Gran Canaria on a stunning day was incredible and the boat was surrounded by seabirds, turtles and even a whale on one occasion. Flying Fish were also seen.
 The fishing was trolling on the surface and Blue Marlin are the main quarry, though, Dophin Fish, Wahoo, Albacore, Bigeye and Bluefin Tuna are also present. This type of fishin is a waiting game and we all relaxed on the boat until, after three hours, all hell broke lose and a Marlin struck one lucky anglers bait. It tore 400 metres of line off before going airborne, before the lad got strapped into the chair and a twenty minute fight began. The photos I got speak a thousand words and it was an amazing experience just to see one caught.
 Another couple of hours passed and it seemed as if nothing else would strike, hen right at the death a Blue Marlin came in from the left of stern and grabbed a lure, releasing it without being hook. The fish wanted more though and ploughed into another lure and a reel began to scream. Incredibly it was my rod! We rushed to wing the other rods in as line screamed out and the fish ran. When I got strapped into the fighting chair there was 800 metres of line gone. Then the fish jumped and threw the lure..
 I have never been so gutted in my life folks, I can tell you. I decided I will come back, next holidy doing three or four trips, cos I gotta get one someday. Anyone else wanna tag along?


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Dammtorp; Tench Fishing

 1.41 Kilo, a lovely Tench late on the evening on float fished maggot....

1.13Kilo, this fish came almost straight away..

Spent the evening Tench fishing at Dammtorp with Ed, whilst Karl dropped out to get his face into a photo before heading off.
 We were using float tackle, standard wagglers, I used maggot as bait while Ed opted for gilthead worms and a grain of sweetcorn. We grounbaited with a litle sweetcorn as well as loose maggots and I had a bite immediatel. A small Rudd! Then another bite. Another small Rudd! Then another bite..
 I was expecting a Rudd but the fish pulled back far to hard and started to fight in a manner that meant only one thing, Tench. After a good scrap on light line Ed slipped the net under her and I had my first Dammtorp Tench of 1.13kilo. Took a photo and slipped her back and fished on. It was three hours later before any action, despite Tench bubbling in the swim occasionally. I eventually loose fed some  maggots with th catapult, soon fizzing bubbles began to rise to the surface and after what seemed an age the fish had followed the trail into my swim. Bubbles were all around the float for a few minutes before the fish took my bait and the float lifted upwards. This fish almost did not know it was hooked and practically swam into the net for me before going ballistic! The fish was a cracking deep specimen of 1.41kilo, nice. Ed then had a reasonable Rudd, before frustratingly lossing a Tench before we packed up in fading light...

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Dammtorp; July 2011

 Andy Shaw with his first Tench; 1.66kilo.

Spent the evening at Dammtorp with Andy Shaw. We float fished with gilthead worm and sweetcorn as bait, always a good bait. At about 4pm Andy got a small Ruud, before losing a good fish, almost certainly a Tench. A while later Tench bubbles fizzed about his float, before it sailed away. The fish gave him a great fight before we slipped the net under it, a long female fish that weighed 1.66kilo despite having just spawned. This was Andy's first Tench and he was well happy with himself.
 The rest of the evening was, to say the least, frustrating. Fish bubbled everywhere in the swim, perhaps four or five fish, yet the floats registered only line bites as the fish swam around our baits for two or three hours without touching them. We concluded the fish had either detected our hooks and heavy braided line or they were preoccupied feeding of the small pellets I had groundbaited the swim with. Next time we will try light mono line and bait smaller hooks with maggot, groundbaiting with the same...

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The year so far!

Been a bit lazy but finally the fish so far this year!

Pike 2.33kg

A veeeeeeery small pike! My new record! (smallest), worth a point though?

Pike 2.8kg

1,17kg Gös

All taken at Krykviken, Lidingö over two sessions in June. Looks like this new spot is a winner! i'll be back there again.

Albysjön; 17th May 2011

 1lb 10oz. of Tyresta Albysjön Perch, a cracking fish....

 Simon with a jack Pike, the first of the year. This one took a worm!

 1lb. 12oz. Perch taken on a float paternostered roach at the end of the session....

 Tyresta Albysjön, a nice place to fish in every way....

The same 1lb. 10oz. fish pictured above, a close up photograph this time...

 A third fish of 1lb. 12oz. which hit a legered worm minutes after the second fish, most likely these two were part of the same shoal moving throught the swim, explaining the siular size. A really well marked Perch this one...

Close up shot of the same well marked fish, a super specimen...

The venue today was Tyresta Albysjön and it turned into a memorable days Perch fishing. Almost immediately I had a cracking Perch of 1lb. 10oz. on a legered worm. A few hours passed where plenty of half pounders fell to worm, before Simon caught a jack Pike on the same bait! A five hour session was coming to a close when my roach livebait was taken, having missed an earlier run I was relieved to strike into this fish, a cracker which tipped the scales at 1lb. 12oz. I was just done releasing this fish when my legered worm rod was ripped off the rod rest and i struck into another fanrastic Perch, again 1lb. 12oz. though a nicely marked fish this time. The short session came to an end at 3pm., which just goes to show even a few hours out can really produce some good fish...



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Sandasjön; 15th March 2011

A full day out ice fishing today for Karl and myself and started in or usuakl spot. A cracking day of bright sunshine and we were basking in the sun with not a lot to do for 40 minutes before my rod went straight over and i was into a cracking Rainbow Trout that fought really well for three or four minutes before we saw it....

Al in action, look at the bend in that rod...

Finally got the fish to come up after a bit and handed it out, what a cracking Trout it was, my best to date, and not far of 4lb. My scales didn't have batteries though, so I put it down as a thre pounder to be safe and decided to release it to fight another day...

The head on that. The best part is it's back in the lake to be caught again....


Not a lot happened for a while after that, no bites at all, so we had a bit of lunch...

Karl in action, look at the bend in that forceps. The first man I've ever seen to eat a flask of noodles on a frozen lake, with a medical instrument....

After lunch we crossed the lake to a now favourite spot. I drilled my first hole and had a bite almost straight away, duly landing a 1lb. Rainbow Trout. Karl was having a frustrating time. After pimpling his bait for all of ten minutes he put the rod down for a minute, had a bite, just a tap, before the whole rod and reels were hauled across the lake at lightning speed before the whole lot dissapeared down Karls hole! It was funny, poor fish, poor Karl...

A nice pounder, my second of the day...


It wasn't long until I did the hat trick, a really delicate bite, a Roach I thought as I struck. not so though, another Rainbow Trout of 1lb. 3oz. this time...

Take the smile of yer face, number three this one...and yes I need a haircut.


Karl then had a couple of bites which didnt develop, a really frustrating day for him. Just to rub salt into the wounds I picked up a fourth, a slightly bigger creature of around a pound and a half this time. Took a photo of the trio, the last of which Karl is probably eating as I type this.

A trio of Rainbow Trout on the ice...

All in all a very good day for me, a very bad one for Karl, though he did enjoy getting out all the same. This is by far my best catch of trout, last time here was more regular with just the one fish caught, a fish of 2lb 3oz., a very good start to the year for me...
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Ice melting in the coming weeks, a full season to look forward to yet, might manage another trip out on the ice yet though...

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League Results 2010

Totals For the league as follows for 2010 after years end...

1st. Ed 70pts.
2nd. Al 67pts.
3rd. Karl 3Pts.

These totals include bonuses for biggest individuals of each species. Ed took largest Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Bream, and Hornsimpa. Al had the largest Pike, Zander, Perch and Rudd.
Several species not caought at all during the year, notably, Silver Bream, Seatrout, Salmon, Eel and Tench...
Best of luck this year lads, hopefully we will all get out a bit more this year, not a lot of free time available to everyone last year.

Nedre Rudan, 16th September

Out at Nedre Rudan today, a very good lake for Rainbow trout. Arrived around 08.00 and started float fishing with maggot. After about 10 minutes the float went under and I struck into a small but hard fighting fish. Was please to see it was a bäcköring (brook/brown trout) very beautiful fish weighing in at 12oz (I have new digital scales finally). About 2 hours later I had a very strong bite on float fished prawn and was shocked to find a pike on the end of the line!!! It weighed in at 3lb 4oz. The old guy sitting close to me insisted that fish be killed. He is a member there and they dont want the pike eating the Rainbow trout. Bit of a shame really. About an hour later another good bite and this time a 2lb 7oz Rainbow trout, a very hard fighting fish and good fun on the match rod! There were fish jumping clear out of the water (up to a few feet!) all day which was quite a site. Not really many bites for me but the guys using flies were pulling in loads. A good lake and worth more attention in the future. Our camera is broken so a few pics here from the phone.

Early September 2010

Waxholm Sunset, always a stunner it seems...

A Perch of around a pound from Älbysjön...

Motoring out on the archipelago, rods ready to go...

Karl at sea on the Baltic...

Perch from Waxholm, both gassed up from deep water and taken home for the table. The smaller fis just over a pound, the larger a 1lb. 9oz, specimen that gave a great scrap on the light feeder rod...



A few snaps here from the first week of September. Last Tuesday Karl and I were invited out to Dalarna by Nick and we spent a few hours in the boat fishing on a breathtaking evening, though alas, no fish were taken, all this at the same time Ed was pulling out his 4kilo Pike! A really nice evening all the same...

A few das previous Karl and I had an early morning fish on Älbysjön, a little dissapointing, though we did get a couple of bites each. I had a couple of reasonable Perch of around a pound weight, though I had left the scales behind, so no points for the forgetful...

Last of all a good day at Waxholm yesterday, lots of Perch caught by myself, mostly smal but a few better fish caught to, pictured above. During the course of the day lost three reaaly hard fighting fish, certainly big Perch. This site is outstanding in late September for Perch, will be back soon. Will add points to the table for Ed's Rainbow Trout and Pike, as well as the Waxholm Perch.

Kyrkviken, Lidingö September 8th

At a different spot on Kyrkviken in Lidingö today, rushed down after work arriving around 6pm, very slow start to the day with just a few small roach and perch after a 30 min wait. Cast in the live bait rod with a quite large roach as bait and after only about 5 minutes the float was gone and i struck into a very hard fighting pike. Weighed in at around 4kg (my scales not the most accurate) A very fish and a great fight!