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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