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!

Rönningen, Hälsingland 21st August

Third time for me fishing at this lake close to a friends country house outside böllnås. The first two were a complete disaster with not even a bite... The lake is stocked with rainbow trout but they are not easy to catch! Got to the lake this time at around 06.30 and fished two rods on the ledger with salmon egg power bait. After about two hours without a bite a re-cast one of the rods and as soon as the bomb landed i saw a huge swirl in the water in the same spot ( i think the bomb pretty much landed on a fish) after a couple of seconds i started getting very small bites and struck. The fish went crazy, jumping out of the water several times and putting up a great fight. After about 5 minutes i managed to land the fish, a lovely rainbow trout weighing in at 1.9kg. I kept the fish and it was eaten for lunch!

Better late than never! Dreviken July 2010

Should have put up these pics a while ago... Me and Al headed out to the spot at Dreviken for the day. Plenty of smaller fish and some very beautiful Rudd. Inlcluding a good specimen for Al. One small pike for me too. No sign of the big pike that can usually be found here so another trip back in order. I don't remember the weights so hopefully Al can fill them in.

Zander; 15th July 2010

At long last, my first Zander!

A stonking Perch at dawn, 1lb. 14oz., a really thickset fish....

Horribly over exposed in blazing sunshine, but you get the picture, a nice Pike...

A very scenic venue, stunning everywhere you look and not a soul in sight....

An overnight fishing session at Albysjön alone tonight and it went very well indeed. Zander was the main hope, having never caught one I decided this was a likely place to catch one. I arrived at 7pm. and set up two rods on the rod pod, with eletronic alarms to help in darkness. Bait was rather tricky, most of the fish caught being very small, managed a small bream and a few Roach and got the baits out about 7.30pm. Not long to wait, when at 8pm. a screaming take registered on the left rod and a great fight followed as a good Pike fought all the way to the bank. It weighed in at 4.36kilo, just a tad under 10lb., a great start to the session.

Was happy to catch a few Loi for bait at dusk and put out a third rod on a quivertip with a live Loi as bait on a simple paternoster. Nothing for a while, then at 11pm. the quivertip bounced back, the line went slack and I wound down and struck. Not much of a fight in all honesty, but I knew before I saw the fish this was my first Zander, finally! The fish weighed 2lb. 3oz., a small fish, but I was delighted all the same.

The rest of the night was frustrating as my few livebaits ran out, the fish too small really. Dawn came at 3am. and I managed a few fresh baits. Put a Roach out on a free roving float at eight feet depth and it was soon taken, a good scrap this time and a superb Perch the result! 1lb. 14oz, went the scales, a super fish that was really deep and thickset. This lake has a reputation for big Perch and this fish was a taste of that. Not much doing fish wise for the rest of the morning, but very enjoyable due to the incredible scenery and wildlife. Over the course of the night I saw a Moose (a bit too close for comfort), Roe Deer, a Badger, a Fox, several Beaver and a Mink!

The lake itself is worth more attention, though three fish over 10 hours is rather hard work I reckon that on the right night the fishing might be quite good...

Grinda - A new fish!

Out to Grinda for the day. Not really fishing planned but took a rod along, fished ledgered worm in very deep water. Was very surprised by the two fish cought! I've never seen anything like this before. Apparently called a Hornsimpa and very rare these days in Swedesh waters, they are a protected species and normaly live in very deep water. A very strange looking fish! I didnt weigh the two caught and the swedish record is only 330 grams.

Stockbysjön May 9th

First time at a new spot today, was talking to a guy walking his dog while fishing at Kyrkviken and was told this small lake was full of specimen Rudd so decided to check it out. After a slow start I started getting bites although extremely hard to strike on, very slow bites with the float sliding slowly into the water. After some trial and error the fish started coming in. To my surprise I cought ONLY Rudd during the whole evening... Around 20 fish in the most perfect condition I have ever seen. The two largest weighing in at 1lb 7oz and 1lb 12oz! Specimen fish. Back today and tomorrow for another try as i'm sure there are even bigger ones here for the taking! I'll try and remember my camera next time so I can get some decent pics, its pretty much impossible with the iphone!

Lidingö May 3rd

Fourth time out at Kyrkviken for this year, still very quiet with just two fish taken. A very small Perch after about an hour and then a very nice Perch weighing in at 3lb 2" both fish taken on ledgered worm. This fish proving again that this spot is very very good for big Perch. Back again soon for another try...

Sandasjön; 17th Febuary 2010

Karl Stein with a 1lb 10oz. Rainbow Trout caught through the ice. You can see the amazement in his own eyes....

This fish puts Stein in joint first place with Ed, both of them having caught the same species at the same weight...

An enjoyabe few hours ice fishing at Sandasjön, Karl, Simon and myself droping out in mid morning. Karl immediately got off to a flier when he hooked a Rainbow Trout almost immediately, the fish throwing the hook off when it surfaced! Thinking we were in for a trout bonanza we fished on. A few small Roach followed, then a small Perch. Then Karl struck a small nible and found himself fighting a lovely Rainbow Trout which fought really well. Managed to get this one out, it went 1lb. 10oz. on the scales, giving him a place at the top of the table. Karl's first fish in about six months this! A really nice day out in good conditions, not too cold today...

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....