Nedre Rudan; 16th January 2010

Ed with the first fish of 2010, a lovely ice caught Rainbow Trout weighing in at 1lb 10oz. The fish took a maggot baited mormonsk hook whilst it was being jigged in midwater..

Always awaited, the moment the fish comes up through the hole in the ice and you get to see wgat it is you have hooked...

Simon waits it out in harsh winter conditions, scenery stunning today...

My homemade ice fishing rod, put together from an old feeder rod which snapped at the base. No trout fell to this on today though....


A nice day out today, it being the first trip of the year For Ed, Jim, Simon and Al, ice fishing for Rainbow Trout at Nedre Rudan. The lake is rather small, though is a good lake for Rainbow Trout, he lake record here is just over 15lb.! Brown Trout and Char are also present in smaller numbers, the Char being difficult to catch. In summer season the presence of Carp, Mirrors and Commons, as well as a small number of Grass Carp and a head of Tench make this venue very interesting indeed.

today though it was Rainbow Trout we were after and Ed duly landed a very nice fish of 1lb.10oz.(3Pts.) after about an hour, a great way to kick off the years fishing. A small Perch to myself was the only other fish taken on a tough day when the fish seemed to be rather inactive, lots of anglers at the lake failing to catch today.

2009; Final Points Table

Another year gone by, 2009 a rather quiet one fo fishing ion comparison to previous years. Will be remembered as the year when Karl Stein almost failed to register a single point on the table, a truly remarkable achievement....

As always the bonus points to be awarded at the end of the year for biggest fish of every species that scored on the table, with 12pts. going to each. In addition the heaviest overall fish of the season gets a further bonus of 12pts.

Biggest scoring fish of each species as follows;

Rainbow Trout; Ed; 2lb. 1oz.; Rudasjön; May 29th.
Seatrout; Simon; 1lb. 2oz.; Strömmen; September 10th.
Pike; Ed; 13lb 2oz.; Dreviken; May 26th.
Perch; Ed; 1lb. 14oz.; Lidingö; May 31st.
Bream; Al; 4lb.3oz.; Tyresö Slott; April 23rd.
Ide; Rafa; 3lb. 8oz.; Dalarna; June.
Rudd; Al; 1lb 1oz.; Lovon; June 7th.
Sik; Al; 1lb 5oz.; Tyresö Slott; April 17th.

All the above fish are rewarded 12 Points, in addition the largest fish, Ed's Pike is also awarder 12 Points as heaviest fish of the year...

FINAL POINTS TABLE; 2009

1st. Al; 96 Pts.
2nd;. Ed; 70 Pts.
3rd Rafa; 30 Pts.
4th. Simon; 28 Pts.
5th. Phil; 4 Pts.
6th Tom; 3 Pts.
7th. Kev; 2 Pts.
7th Karl; 2 Pts.
7th. James; 2 Pts.

So there it is folks. 2010 has now begun and the slate is clean again. Ice fishing is now a viable option, which i will be organizing in the coming week now that it is safe on the lakes. Hopefully Zander will become a feature this year, possibly also Carp and Tench also. Perhaps also a week fishing somewhere. Thanks for the company guys over 2009, hope you all land a few monsters this year..

Ready for ice-fishing?

Who's up for trying this method of locating the fish?

Malaren; 13th October 2009

The best fish of a great days fishing for Pike, this one just an ounce under 10lb.

A superb fish of 9lb. 6oz. for Simon on a Zalt plug....

A lovely fish of 6lb. 13oz. opened my account for the day...

A superb day out fishing today for Pike on Lake Malaren with Jamie and Simon on the boat, jerkbaits the main takers of fish today. After a slow start with just a single jack Pike for Jamie the fishing rapidly improved in the afternoon with relocation to a sheltered bay which found the Pike attacking the lures freely for a hectic hour in which 15 fish were taken, 8 for Jamie and 4 each for Simon and myself! Simon had the first good fish when a lovely 4.25kilo(9lb 6oz.) fish snapped up his Zalt lure. Simon quickly followed this with another fish not far off 6lb, again on the Zalt. I was late into the action, eventually had a nice 3.10kilo(6lb. 13oz.) fish on a surface running Belly Buster. This was quickly followed by what proved the best fish of a superb day when I took a cracking 4.50kilo(9lb 15oz.) fish, just an ounce under 10lb., this time on a Buster Jerk. The fishing then went quite with the Pike apparently off the feed for the evening. Thanks to Jamie for the day, the boat making all the difference when it comes to this species....

Waxholm; 27th September 2009

Rafa and a superb 0.72kilo(1lb. 11oz.) Perch. Big Perch do that to some people...

A lovely 0.50kilo(1lb. 1oz.) Perch for Karl saw him off the mark for the year on the table...

Fishing into a Waxholm sunset....

A great days fishing for Perch today at Waxholm, which always produces the goods at this time of the year. A lot of fish were taken during the course of the day, many of them reasonably sized Perch, with stacks of smaller fish and on a few occasions Pike were launcing themselves at our hooked fish as we drew them from the water. Myself, Linda, Karl, Rafal and Phil O Keefe all fished today and everyone caught good numbers of fish around the 3/4lb. Mark, as well as a few nice Roach and a couple of Bream. Ledgered worm was, as usual here, the killing method. Better fish came to Phil, with fish of 0.47(1lb.) and 0.50kilo(1lb. 1oz.), while Karl also chipped in with a fish of 0.50kilo(1lb.). Rafal topped the pound mark early, with the first really good Perch of the day, yet still managed to save the best for last, with a cracking Perch of 0.78kilo(1lb. 11oz.) late into the evening. This venue is capable of producing very large Perch indeed, well above 2lb. certainly, with perhaps a 3lb. fish a real possibility here as the fish gather to feed on the huge shoals of Bleak that gathere here at this time of the year. The fishing here doesn't last longer than threeor four weeks before the baitfish diperse to deeper water and the Perch follow. Always nice when the fishing is truly excellent and this was one of those days

Lidingö; 16th September 2009

Ed and Perch; the bugger weighed in at 15oz.!

Six hours today produced some nice Perch and a few roach, all on the legered worm. The livebaits were hit a couple of times but the baits were dropped each time. It seems the bigger fish may have left for deeper waters, we noticed a big drop in water temperture today. Nice photo of the biggest fish posted, as you can see the weather was rather nice this evening, super light in this shot, almost makes Ed look healthy...

Strömmen; 10th September 2009

1lb. 20z. Seatrout on Legered worm for Simon in the afternoon sun!

Just a couple of hours at Strömmen today in the afternoon, the sun beating down. Fishing was excellent though, lots of bites and plenty of small Perch and a few nice Roach too. A Perch of 1lb 2oz. (2 Pts.) fell to my rod before Simon stole the show with a lovely Seatrout of the same weight, a 3 point fish. I will be doing a night session here as soon as I have the time off!

An Oldie and a Goldie...

Me with a Tench that weighed over 5lb. Class photograph dug up whilst I was home in Dublin.
The hair is even better looking than the fish, check out the expensive Jimmy Nail shirt...

Early Days fishing for Rudd in Dublin. Laugh it up boys!

Couple of cracking old photos for you lot! Any slagging and I won't lend any of you any more livebait or worms!

Leksand ,june 2009

Another visit to Leksand in Dalarna,at the banks of Dalälven river ended up with accidently(as usual)catching massive ide (thanks,Alan).The river was fish wise unexciting,just couple of tiny perch caught on ledgered worm after hours sitting around.

It was caught on the stick with attached line,float and hook that was for Suso to trash around,with bit of corn for colour effect.It clicked 1.6kg!!! with approx.45 cm length.Amazingly enough at the same spot was captured possibly the same fish 2 years ago,in similar manner.Back then it had 1.45kg.Or maybe I wish that white fish can be territorial as well.With absolute lack of its own species or another (rudd,bream,pike etc.) in the neighbourhood of jetty it was the only thing I ever spot in the water.

Nyfors; 4th August 2009

3lb. 2oz. Bream..

A warm still day, not a lot going on fish wise!

A rather dissapointing day, ended up at Nyfors after most other sites proved to be crowded with sunbathing swedes! Best a surprise in the form of a 3lb. 2oz. Bream that came from the margins on a float rig, a nice bonus giving 3 points. The afternoon was dead, though stayed on until 8pm. after Ed and Karl and the family departed, only to find more frustration. Around 7pm I had two runs on the livebaits I had legered, one fish came of after a few seconds, the second dropped the bait. Annoying after waiting all day for a run....

Möya; 2nd August 2009

1lb 6oz. from the lake this afternoon in blazing sunshine...

Much sunnier conditions today, a scorcher of a day in fact. Spent the whole afternoon and early evening fishing at the lake and must of caught a couple of hundred small perch on the worm before resorting to float fished live baits in the hope of a bigger fish. Two takes soon followed, one fish coming off, the other landed and weighed in at 1lb. 6oz, a really nice fish. Would like to spend more time at this lake as I feel it could hold some very big specimens due to the huge numbers of small fish in the lake for Perch to grow big on...

Möya; 1st August 2009

A cracking Perch of 1lb. 13oz., this on taken on legered worm....

A couple of days spent on Möya on the Stockholm Archipelago saw me fishing a small lake at the north of the island I know holds some lovely Perch. Wet conditions saw me spend just a couple of hours fishing legered worm in the late afternoon, a lot of small perch taken before I eventually struck into a powerful fish that gave a super scrap on the quivertip rod. The fish, a really dark coloured individual, tipped the scales at 1lb. 13oz.

Lidingö; 21st July 2009

A nice Perch of 1lb. 1oz. on a float legered perch livebait....

Lidingö the venue again today in tough conditions, really windy and squally conditions, the fish not feeding well at all. One nice Perch was taken, a fish weighing in just over the pound mark...

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.