A taste of winter
The end of October usually means rather "pleasant" temperatures in the south of Sweden. But sometimes the winter gives us a glimpse of what is to come. And that has happened now; chilly nights and even snow in some parts. Still, if you choose the right clothes, it is perfect for fishing!
Another day of fishing and another day of trying out a new location, the water temperature had dropped 4 degrees since last week, now showing 6,3 C. Where to locate the pikes when in a new water? A question that a lot of anglers ask themself when going abroad, there is a lot of oppurtunities and spots that look great. But it might take som time to find them. I always recommend that you choose a place where you can get the latest news about the water and the fishing, on www.swedenfishing.com you'll find a good selection of those types of waters, with good accomodation (trust me, it is nice with good accomodation in the autumn/winter in Sweden...)
Well, back to the fishing, we started out in the shallows with jerkbaits and rubber baits, but no luck. We noticed that the fish was congregated deeper, from 5-8 meters, and the pike would probably be close to this. So we did go deeper, but after a couple of hours - still no luck. Desperate times calls for desperate measures, we went for trolling. Just to locate the fish and then be more effective.
On the sonar we could see a large sschool of baitfish on 6 meters, unfortunately my wobblers did only manage to hit 3 meters, and to top it off the water was really like muddy... So there was not a lot of positive energy in the boat. But just when the boat passed the baitfish, and the wobblers should be in the beginning of it - I recieved a strike on my lure. Not a very big fish, but a truly necessary one to boost our selfesteem. And it had a really nice condition, really high and fat.
Quick photo and then release, and the next fish then attacked my friend Jakobs lure. This one was bigger, fighting really hard and we did nurish some dreams of a big mama. After a couple of minutes, the fish was close to the boat and...
Well, what happend next? A classic, the only thing that we saw of that fish is what the photo below shows.
After this we did actually have to leave, but we will back soon. Better prepared for the pelagic pikes, with dead baithfish and floaters! (no more "bonna-trolling") I'll keep you updated!
