Malmasjön is a stunning venue to fish for one of our favourite species, Tench. We have visited before on a couple of occasions, this year Andy Shaw and I planned a two day session. We met up on a fine Friday evening, with the sun splitting the rocks and open blue skies. We headed southwest and before long we were at the venue and duly collected the keys for a rowing boat at the visitor centre. The lake is choked with weeed an thick lilly pads at one end, there is thich plant cover around the banksides and a boat is essential for fishing. We then set up camp besdide the boat berth. With everthing ready it was still a little early to get out on the lake, the sune was rather high, but we just couldn't resist getting out on the lake. It was decided to tackle the float rods up and we rowed out onto the lake and picked a swim on the west side of the lake that would see shade from the dropping sun first and began to fish. Even during the afternoon there were signs of Tench and bubbles began to appear in our swim almost as soon as the groundbait went in. We were usin a simple bran mix, with hemp, sweetcorn, marine halibut pellet and some chooped prawn mixed through. It certainly had the desired effect and before long we were glued to out floats as the sun began to drop. We were floatfishing over a prawn hookbait in order to deter numerous small Rudd. We waited....
It wasn't long before we got into a few fish and we were reminded just how strong these fish are. Our rods hooped over every time we struck into a fish and they fought all the way to the net. The evening session was magical and we both had a few fish, It became apparent that the fish were spawning and we were initially worried that this might effct the fishing. In the end, there were plenty of fish feeding. There was little we could do except relax and enjoy the fishing, so that is what we did.
We fished into the darkness and called it a day at around midnight, deciding to get a little rest before the dawn.
First fish of the trip for Andy went 4lb. 6oz.
Superb fishing on the first evening...
A stunning sunset...
Just a few hours later, we were back out on the lake and we went to a new swim were we had seen plenty of activity the evening before. As soon as the groundbait went in the water began to fizz with Tench bubbles and a wonderful morning session got underway. We were still getting used to the water and making a few adjustments to out float rigs. Rudd seemed less of a problem with the Tench in the swim, so Andy switch to redworm and corn hookbait, whilst I stayed on prawn. Again it wasn't lng before the fish were all around our floats and we experienced the excitemnet of summer Tnch fishing at it's best, watching on as the bubbles fizzed around our baits, willing our floats to slide away. Eventually, they did. We were treated to a wonderful morning session with some stunning Tench and memorable fish.
In the middle of the day, we decided to take a short rest in the tent before sorting out a bit of dinner over the campstove. We discussed where to fish and decided on a fairly large clearing in the lily beds. We rowed out and baited up and waited, The heat had been stifling earlier that afternoon and it was still very hot. Soon though, the sun began to drop and move around to the west and the fish came on the feed. Yet again it was a wonderful session and the fishing was superb. We had sevearl fish in succession before Andy stuck into another bite. Typically, the fish fought like a demon and as it came to the surface it was apparent it was a female and a better fish. Happily, it went into the landing net and was dult weighed. Andy was delighted to register a new personal best Tench of 5lb. 11oz. It was a particularily nice fissh, fin perfect and wonderfully coloured. We slid her back after a few photos and fished on into the evening. Periodically, the floats would dither and bobble, before sliding away. We had some incredible tussles with these fish, which hooped our 1.25lb test curve float rods over to the water surface and below and they made run after run. After each fish, there was generally a period of calm before the fish inevatably returned to the groundbait.
This one went over 5lb, a good fish in Sweden...
Strong sunlight and hot conditions didn't put this fish off the feed...
An old warrior here, a big old male...
A stunning personal for Andy best weighed in at 5lb. 11oz., this was one of the few female fish caught. The fish were spawning in earnest, next year we plan to visit earlier in the year for that elusive 6lb. plus specimen....
Another big male Tench on a wonderful evening session...
A typical Tench from this venue, another male fish...
The final morning we were up at dawn, a little tired, but still keen to try our luck We decided we would fish until 9am and then have a rest and some food before driving back to Stockholm. The sun rose and the fish were feeding and we threw out the last of our groundbait and began to fish. Again, we had fish before long and the morning slipped past quickly. We enjoyed the few fish we had on tis final morning before rowing back and getting a little sleep. We woke, cooked homemade beefburgers and ate heartily before breaking camp and packing the car. On last look at the lake and we were off, though we will be back....
A full video here, edited from the footage taken with the GoPro camera's over the two days....
It wasn't long before we got into a few fish and we were reminded just how strong these fish are. Our rods hooped over every time we struck into a fish and they fought all the way to the net. The evening session was magical and we both had a few fish, It became apparent that the fish were spawning and we were initially worried that this might effct the fishing. In the end, there were plenty of fish feeding. There was little we could do except relax and enjoy the fishing, so that is what we did.
We fished into the darkness and called it a day at around midnight, deciding to get a little rest before the dawn.
Just a few hours later, we were back out on the lake and we went to a new swim were we had seen plenty of activity the evening before. As soon as the groundbait went in the water began to fizz with Tench bubbles and a wonderful morning session got underway. We were still getting used to the water and making a few adjustments to out float rigs. Rudd seemed less of a problem with the Tench in the swim, so Andy switch to redworm and corn hookbait, whilst I stayed on prawn. Again it wasn't lng before the fish were all around our floats and we experienced the excitemnet of summer Tnch fishing at it's best, watching on as the bubbles fizzed around our baits, willing our floats to slide away. Eventually, they did. We were treated to a wonderful morning session with some stunning Tench and memorable fish.
In the middle of the day, we decided to take a short rest in the tent before sorting out a bit of dinner over the campstove. We discussed where to fish and decided on a fairly large clearing in the lily beds. We rowed out and baited up and waited, The heat had been stifling earlier that afternoon and it was still very hot. Soon though, the sun began to drop and move around to the west and the fish came on the feed. Yet again it was a wonderful session and the fishing was superb. We had sevearl fish in succession before Andy stuck into another bite. Typically, the fish fought like a demon and as it came to the surface it was apparent it was a female and a better fish. Happily, it went into the landing net and was dult weighed. Andy was delighted to register a new personal best Tench of 5lb. 11oz. It was a particularily nice fissh, fin perfect and wonderfully coloured. We slid her back after a few photos and fished on into the evening. Periodically, the floats would dither and bobble, before sliding away. We had some incredible tussles with these fish, which hooped our 1.25lb test curve float rods over to the water surface and below and they made run after run. After each fish, there was generally a period of calm before the fish inevatably returned to the groundbait.
The final morning we were up at dawn, a little tired, but still keen to try our luck We decided we would fish until 9am and then have a rest and some food before driving back to Stockholm. The sun rose and the fish were feeding and we threw out the last of our groundbait and began to fish. Again, we had fish before long and the morning slipped past quickly. We enjoyed the few fish we had on tis final morning before rowing back and getting a little sleep. We woke, cooked homemade beefburgers and ate heartily before breaking camp and packing the car. On last look at the lake and we were off, though we will be back....
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