1lb. 4oz. Eel
1 lb. 4oz. Eel
1lb. 4oz. EelAfter a great days angling it was time to relax, so out came the BBQ and on went the food. Marinated pork steaks, homemade burgers, sausages, sweet and sour cabbage, potatoes, fish, peppers and onoins were soon being devoured at the lakeside as the sun dropped. Afterwards we tucked into a few cold beers and kicked back, Karl deciding to lob a worm bait out into the lake. Some time later he was fighting a strong fish which turned out to be a major surprise, a fabulous 1lb. 4oz. Eel, a really good fish that is not often caught these days as it gets increasingly scarcer. It gave Karl 2 points for the table. Got a few flash photos of it before we slipped it back, Karl rightly delighted with his catch, out came the Jack Daniels as we talked into the early hours of the morning as a Tengmalm's Owl called in the trees nearby....
8oz. Ide
8oz. IdeSlept rather late after the late night previous, decided to gather a bit of bait in front of the house from the jetty. The suprises continued when Karl hooked and landed his first Ide, a tidy little fish that weighed 8oz., nonetheless this rare catch gives him 4 points...
6lb 14oz. Pike
6lb 14 oz. PikeAfter moving down to the top end of the bay, we didn't have to wait long for some action, my livebait float soon dissapearing. I struck into a lively Pike that fought well before I landed it, just about on a single treble hook. It tipped the scales at 6lb. 14oz., a fish that gave me another 2 points for the table. Shortly after this a series of incidents took place. Karl had a small Bleak snatched by a small Pike whilst he was reeling it in on the leger rod, then lost another small fish on the spinner. All this before the most bizzarre event of the lot...
At the waters edge at our feet a movement attracted our attention, a small Bream had washed into the shore after being deep hooked and was now the center of some unwanted attention. As we watched a Pike of perhaps four pounds materialized from the depths and launched itself into the shallows after the Bream, almost beaching itself in the process in just a couple of inches of water. It then seized the fish in a flash across its side amid a spray of water, turned with some difficulty and powered off into the depths with it's prize! One of the most amazing things I have ever seen, both of us were left gobsmacked by the sight. I then missed a run on a Bream bait a few seconds later. Finally decided to call it a day just after 16.30 and eventually made our way back to Stockholm after a wonderful few days, a thoroughly enjoyable trip in every way...
Suso in Aspö!
Video diary of the trip here of Suso in Aspö put together by Rafal...
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