New places in South Sweden
We continue our work and add new camps and guides on a continous basis. This time we can present three places in the southeast corner of our country. They offer a divers fishing, from perch to brown trout plus a tackle shop who offer guided fishing! Read more after the links below:
Kulladal Fishing Camp
http://www.swedenfishing.com/en/tourismcompanies/kulladal
Furustadsgården
http://www.swedenfishing.com/en/tourismcompanies/furustadsgarden
Fiskeknuten
http://www.swedenfishing.com/en/tourismcompanies/fiskeknuten
96 cm rage
96 cm of anger
Time for another report from the southern parts of Sweden and of course it is about pike fishing. I've had some chances to go and try some new waters in my area (the area of Sommenbygd, located in the south of Östergötland/north of Småland). This means to go there and to see if the pike fishing is as good as one would think - and to see if it is good enough to promote it towards a European market. The lake of the day is a rather large one, the water is quite clear and it has got some deeper parts over 20 meters and also large areas of water between 1-5 meters. Besides pike the lake also holds bleak, whitefish, roach, tench, perch and burbot - so the pike definately has got a lot of food to choose from...
Recently rumours are saying that the pike is going really shallow, but we wanted to start a litle bit deeper, fishing around the underwater islands we found on the (not so detailed) depth chart. Using large rubber baits, starting to cast towards the island - making the baits slowly drop off into the deeper parts and the pikes that hopefully would wait there. First cast did actually render one strike on the large (>20cm) jig, but it did not set the hooks, it just left a large scar... This will be a good day!
instead of a good day for me, it turned out to be a really good day for my friend Jakob. Ha caught fish after fish, topping of with a nice one on 96 cm. Me? No, well, someone had to handle tha anchor and the camera... I did actually think of loosing the large rubber baits and go for small spinnerbaits - or perhaps to change my hobby and start with cricket or whatever. But I didn't, I kept on going on with the large ones, in black and orange, the same colour as jakob. And finally it paid off with a massive bite on the side of the island, just in the drop from two to six meters.
"This is it - the ONE"
Was my immideate reaction, and for three long seconds I actually believed it. Then the fish started to move, giving a nice bend to the rod, pumping heavily. Me and Jakob looked at eachother and he started to get the camera ready... But suddenly I could move it, it followed to the surface WAY TO EASY, and then it showed itself - a fish around 85 cm - the monster was just a cration of my imagination and the fact that I really wanted a biggie. Well, we let it go by the side of the boat,leaving me with a thrashed giant jig and a mental anti-climax. I did cath one, but it was not the ONE. No use to think of a small pike, time to focus on the rest of the day...
I actually managed to even the score, but Jakob still "won" with his 96 cm. All fish but one was caught on or around underwater islands, in connection to large shoals of baitfish. The larger ones was not in the underwater vegetation, but in the rapid slopes, close to rock formations.
And by the way - the lake is definately worth going to, but I think I'll wait with the promotion - I'll have to try it some more for myself...
Last pike of the day - attacking furiosly in the surface(!)
Softbait trolling
I have recently begun working at a full time job, which means that there is less time for fishing. But this weekend I was out with my friend Henrik, at a very nice lake.
We started to hunt for the pikes by trolling at deep water. We had just put out two rods, when we had the first strike of the day. It was a fine fish around four kilos and a great start! But then we didn’t have any more strikes at all and we decided to go into the shore for some lunch. Some hamburgers were really nice a windy and cold day like this. We spoke about tactics and what we were going to do next.
Our new plan was to go with the highest possible speed to a bay. In this bay the depth was around 3-4 meters in general. Instead of trolling with wobblers, we used softbaits. We succeeded and caught two nice pikes. The first one weight 7,54 kg and was 99 cm long. The other one weight 8,24 kg and was 102 cm long. I was lucky to take both of them.
//Markus @ TeilusFishing
New camps in South Sweden
We have also added two new places in south Sweden who can cater for the angler seeking good fishing in the lower end of the country. Read more after each link;
Garnanäs Fishing Camp
http://www.swedenfishing.com/en/tourismcompanies/garnanas
Ljungs Kula
http://www.swedenfishing.com/en/tourismcompanies/ljungskula
New camps added to website
In Central Sweden we have now added a bunch of new fishing tourism companies who all offer fishing and accommodation to the travelling angler. Read more after each link below.
Lungsundet Hotel
http://www.swedenfishing.com/en/tourismcompanies/lungsundet
Badsta Camping
http://www.swedenfishing.com/en/tourismcompanies/badsta
Forsbacka Wärdshus/Inn
http://www.swedenfishing.com/en/tourismcompanies/forsbackawardshus
Lower temperatures - Big pikes!
For internationell passionated pike freaks, springtime and summer might often be the "target season" when fishing for pikes in Sweden. As for myself, October is my favorite month hunting down the big green predator in southern Sweden. Reaching temperatures around 9-10 degrees celsius gives you great opportunities with oversized baits and medium fishing pace.
The weather can be a little bit rough if you are used to "t-shirt conditions", but it´s so worth it! Bays and drop-offs with weeds attract the larger kinds of baitfish, for example bream. I use slow sinking tails and some "magnum" rubber baits to scan the drop offs and deeper water, while the shallow areas is best targeted bit big jerkbaits and cranks. Great fishing! Hard hits! And big pikes in perfect condition! That´s what October is all about... I´ll keep the reports comin´!
