Bucho
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The wild coast of norway is #1 holiday destination for most german anglers. It was time I did my first "real" fishing vacation there. I joined a group of 3 other guys I hardly knew. We went up to Dalsfjord with 2 cars loaded with 2 kayaks and rented a house and a motorboat there.
On the first kayak trip , I tested a trolled bucktail fly behind a jet diver & action disc. Got a a number of mackerel (=bait!) , pollock and small coalfish.
Small tins were effective bait collectors, too, but also hooked (and lost) some substantial pollock that were fixated on small fry as well as a wide arry of bottom fish - given the weather was calm enough to reach ground.
Most fishing up there is bottom fishing, dropping bait 300-900`down with 50lbs tackle and 16-30(!)oz of lead. Electric reels are not uncommon as every bait check is agonizing work. I was very happy to prove my theory (why the heck not fish with tipped bucktails like they do in america??) worked... on first try
. With the help of a drift sock, I could slow winddrift enough to use 2oz bucktails in 100-200`of water and catch some nice ling on medium spin tackle.
The gaula river that leads into the fjord is known for world class atlantic salmon fishing. We didn´t encounter any, but bought some affordable licences for the clear mountain lakes above the salmon leading part which held a large number of small but very pretty browns.
To encrease their range, we used the boat to mothership our kayaks. Not really worth the trouble if you can reach the same spot by car but it was fun trying.
a 13lbs cod dwarfing an 8oz bucktail.
I like horse mackerel. Its the only trevally we got up there, strong fighters and not even bad eating.
Fishing for ling and brismark (brosme brosme) :huh: in >400`of water called for large baits and 8-16 oz of weight. The stingers were additionally tipped.
Enough strampling!
This is what a decent ling looks like. - 11kg, 128cm
from a depth of 300´bait stealing small sharks became a problem. Here´s a haul of three - two hooked, one tangled into the leader whicch should have been straightened by the 8oz bucktail an the extra 10oz weight atached to the spinner blade arm, seen under the larger sharks pectorial fin tip.
last day started with some trolling, I tried a 3 3/4 kach moor spoon as a flasher for a very small tube fly.
Good size pollock went for the fly after I lost two bigger ones on small tins.
it was so calm I could use 1,5oz bucktails in 180`of water, literally dead-drifting. Got me some nice fish on light spin tackle.
Nice ling in the 30" range
The stinger wasn´t needed for the target fish but extra-tipping it brought nice bycatch
Not sure how to call it in English, (lumb / lat: brosme brosme) but some of the best eating fish I´ve ever had.
Fantastic landscape, nice company, great fishing and a lot of ideas for a very interesting market. No seatrout, salmon or halibut but that´s up fot the next trip!
On the first kayak trip , I tested a trolled bucktail fly behind a jet diver & action disc. Got a a number of mackerel (=bait!) , pollock and small coalfish.
Small tins were effective bait collectors, too, but also hooked (and lost) some substantial pollock that were fixated on small fry as well as a wide arry of bottom fish - given the weather was calm enough to reach ground.
Most fishing up there is bottom fishing, dropping bait 300-900`down with 50lbs tackle and 16-30(!)oz of lead. Electric reels are not uncommon as every bait check is agonizing work. I was very happy to prove my theory (why the heck not fish with tipped bucktails like they do in america??) worked... on first try
. With the help of a drift sock, I could slow winddrift enough to use 2oz bucktails in 100-200`of water and catch some nice ling on medium spin tackle. The gaula river that leads into the fjord is known for world class atlantic salmon fishing. We didn´t encounter any, but bought some affordable licences for the clear mountain lakes above the salmon leading part which held a large number of small but very pretty browns.
To encrease their range, we used the boat to mothership our kayaks. Not really worth the trouble if you can reach the same spot by car but it was fun trying.
a 13lbs cod dwarfing an 8oz bucktail.
I like horse mackerel. Its the only trevally we got up there, strong fighters and not even bad eating.
Fishing for ling and brismark (brosme brosme) :huh: in >400`of water called for large baits and 8-16 oz of weight. The stingers were additionally tipped.
Enough strampling!
This is what a decent ling looks like. - 11kg, 128cm
from a depth of 300´bait stealing small sharks became a problem. Here´s a haul of three - two hooked, one tangled into the leader whicch should have been straightened by the 8oz bucktail an the extra 10oz weight atached to the spinner blade arm, seen under the larger sharks pectorial fin tip.
last day started with some trolling, I tried a 3 3/4 kach moor spoon as a flasher for a very small tube fly.
Good size pollock went for the fly after I lost two bigger ones on small tins.
it was so calm I could use 1,5oz bucktails in 180`of water, literally dead-drifting. Got me some nice fish on light spin tackle.
Nice ling in the 30" range
The stinger wasn´t needed for the target fish but extra-tipping it brought nice bycatch
Not sure how to call it in English, (lumb / lat: brosme brosme) but some of the best eating fish I´ve ever had.
Fantastic landscape, nice company, great fishing and a lot of ideas for a very interesting market. No seatrout, salmon or halibut but that´s up fot the next trip!
