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!