Skarnsundet Fishblog

Yesterday we continued fishing our new discovered spot. Fishing with coalfish and mackerel fillets in depths between 90 and 130 meters, we managed to catch some nice redbass and ling again. The rigs we use are kept simple to avoid tangle and high costs, if we get snagd. A running boom with a flowing pennelrig trace combined with fluorocent muppets or tubes does the trick. Sinkers between 300 and 600 grams are much enough, if the current is not too strong. A 30-50 lbs rod with a 2-speed multiplier reel filled with 0,20 mm braided line is perfect for the job.

Here is the catch of the last night, starting with a 1,5 kg redbass.

Here is my first ling ever of about 4 kg!

And a nice redbass.

Thanks for looking!

Tight lines, Kevin 

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Yesterday Phill and his guests from Austria were fishing a spot, which produced some good redbass in the last few days. The tackle they used was a simple paternosterrig with attractors like glowing muppets and small pieces of bluey on  2/0 hooks. In the first drift they got a hard strike on a strip of bluey and everybody was sure that this was not a red bass. The fish started taking line from the Shimano Tekota reel, mounted to the 50 lbs Antares rod and shook its head several times. Finally the fish reached the surface and the surprise was big. A strong 7,5 kg ling was hanging on one of the small hooks. 

Me and Tom had our day off yesterday and we headed out to a new mark, we have not fished before. Unfortunately it was out going  water and the results were rather disappointing. A few nice cod and a tiny ling was all we could get. We headed back to a spot, where others were  able to get one or two nice ling and tusk. The depth was only 100 meters, which made it very easy to fish. A big chunk of mackerel on ledger boom rig was lowerd down to the sea floor and the first drift began. Only 3 minutes passed, when we both got a strike. We both hooked into some good fish and a 3 kilo ling and a 4 kilo tusk were the result. Absolutely amazing fish!

The run of big coalfish is still in the fjord. These really strong, hard fighting fish have an average weight of 6 kilo and are able to take 80 meters of line in one run. Here is an example.

Thanks for looking!

Tight lines, Kevin 

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Fishing for pike with surface lures is one of the most spectacular fishing methods. Watching the pike chasing your lure in the reeds or shallow weedy bays can be addictive. The lakes around Steinskjer offer some great fishing with surface lures like poppers and stickbaits. Especially in the summer months, when the water temperatur is increasing, the pike get more active, too. Several fish in a few hours is not uncommon in those waters. Pike to 10 kg have been caught in the past years and fish around 5 kg are always possible. A light jerkbait rod with a low profile multiplier reel is just right for this type of fishing. Lures like Rapala Subwalk or floating jerkbaits of Salmo and Strike Pro are deadly in the shallow parts of the lake.

Me and Tom gave it a go on Tuesday and we caught 3 fish, one weighing around 3 kg. We missed a lot of fish, which missed the lures when they were attacking. The pike always strike when you do not expect it, absolutely amazing!!

Thanks for looking!

Tight lines, Kevin 

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Hello fans..... :-)

Here I gonna post some nice fishing videos our customers made during the last 3 weeks. Especially the one with the kayak is very impressing. Fishing the strong current of the Skarnsundet  in a kayak is something completely new, but very effective at the same time. With a kayak you can reach spots, where other people scare the fish with the engine of their boat. I think especially the sea trout fishing in the spring time could be cracked with the kayaks. Matt, our guest and kayaking expert, have had great success fishing for coalfish, pollack, cod and other species. By the way, his 9,5 kg coalfish towed him around for a while......!

Anyway, here are the videos. Other videos will follow soon!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAkVOqJVk30

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHZKMNVMhrA

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuEdvzhh6cU

Have fun watching!

 Tight lines, Kevin 

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The last few weeks gave us a really good run of big coalfish in the Skarnsundet area. Fish around 8 kilos are not seldom at the moment and bigger fish around 11 kg have been caught. These migrating fish follow the huge shoals of "brisling" (small herring) into the inner Trondheimsfjord to feast on them. 

Best methods are speedjigging and longline fishing. On speedjigging you will get the bigger fish as you fish more for the quality. For second, on the light tackle these coalfish are a serious fighter!!

Here are some pictures of the last week!

This young lad from the Netherlands caught his biggest coalfish ever on a ultra light spinning rod! The 8 kilo fish fell to a 80 gram speedjigg. Well done and congratulations!

Thanks for looking!!

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Hello

Last week we had 2 lovely halibuts from the skarnsundet, 1 weighing 7 kilo and the other, which was caught with me a couple of nights ago weighing 12 kilo!! Both were taken on the same mark on very similar techniques! Paul Channing from England who had been with us fishing from the shore for a week with great sucess and Plaice to 3 pound asked me if we could have a try for a halibut so on his lastnight we gave it ago!! Fishing with medium heavy spinning rods we were not exspecting on his fist drop down to hook such a lovely fish!! After 35 min the fish was netted and weighed, I tried for another 30min to retun the fish but sadly it died!!! im sure it will not be wasted thou!!Paul with his Halibut!!

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Here is Jan with a 1o1cm cod taken on a Blue shad in 18m of water!!!

Thanks for looking

 Phill

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Gerard and his fishing mates experienced a great week of fishing here at the Skarnsundet Fjordsenter. Even the poor weather did not keep the lads away from going fishing every day and night. As they been here a few times, they knew when and how to fish the right spots in the area. The results were great and good sized cod, coalfish and whiting couldn´t resist to fall for their lures. Here are some nice pictures of their weeks fishing.

I hope you had a nice and relaxing time here! See you soon!

Cheers, Kevin 

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Hello everyone,

today we continue with our guests from P&S, who have been here last week. I think you enjoyed your time here, and I hope we will see us again.

You see Holland is still in the tournament......

cheers and thanks for looking...

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On our day off, me and Tom had a go for......yes, the halibut! The drift was quite strong and it was hard to fish depths of about 40 meters. We went a little shallower and caught some nice cod on a whole herring. Coalfish started to show up on the surface and I switched to a pirk. When it hit the bottom I had a fish on straight away. I couldn´t move it and then it took about 40 meters of line with the first run. Now I was sure that this fish was a halibut, we even had to follow it with the boat. It took about 10  minutes untill it came to the surface and, well, it was a foul hooked 9 kilo cod. I have to admitt that I was a little diappointed, but in the end it was still a beautilful fish, which really fighted hard. Here it is.

Thanks for looking!

Cheers, Kevin 

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