PlanetSeafishing.com

26 pound cod for guest, shore fishing Norway!! Skarnsundet

2010-03-07T21:48:43+00:00

Hi everyone

Had 3 guests from the South of England here this week, Stu and Ray made this there 3rd visit over to try and beet there previous PBs, they braught Wayne with them this time to join in on the action!! The lads had a great time from the first session when Wayne got stuck in to a nice 14 pounder!

That first session also produced some quality to haddock to over 5 pound and many other codling!!
Ray had a great afternoon from the end of the pier on the second day with this lovely 20 pounder!

We fished a new mark on the 3rd day that I had had a couple of nice sessions on before they arrived but Stu had the best fish of the week with this loveky 26 pounder!!

The last day the lads had a session on the dabs with plenty of fish for all of them during the week the lads had a fantastic week and so did I!!

I now have 6 weeks remaining for next winter season, if anybody is intrested in coming over please email me for details!

Thanks for looking

Phill

www.skarnsundet.com
phill dot dale at hotmail dot co dot uk

Monster 49 pound cod, shore fishing Norway!! Skarnsundet

2010-02-09T11:46:07+00:00

Hey

Had the best week ever, this week with a group of lads from the british sea anglers! 7 lads came from thursday to Tuesday, they arrived on thursday afternoon and as soon as we were back at the centre the rods were out and they were straight on to the pier! Within a couple of minutes there were cod and Haddock coming in and then the doubles started I think the best one from the pier was 19 pound but that was nothing compared to what Straumen had to offer the lads with this massive 49 pounder!!

Then the next night came a 48 for Nicki!

And last night was finished off with this lovely 45pounder!!

It was a fantastic for the lads and me as a guide was over the moon!! Fish kept coming all week with big Haddock upto 7 pounds!

Also many cod were taken upto 20 pound and a 28 pounder!
Mick with an 18 pounder!

Dave with a lovely cod from the landing!

Col with a coalie

A nice Dab

Thanks to the lads for supporting me with my shore fishing!!!

As most of you know im running the shore fishing trips over here so if anybody is intrested in coming over for a week you can email me for any details at phill dot dale at hotmail dot co dot uk!

Youn can download our shore fishing broucher at www.skarnsundet.com

Thanks for looking

Cheers

Phill

The Landing and a 14 pounder! Skarnsundet

2010-01-29T16:17:19+00:00

Hi everyone

Went to fish a mark called the Landing lastnight! Bit rough with the snow but it kept fairly warm and there were plenty of codling around, all about 2-3 pound size there must have been a shoal hanging around!

Had about 5 this size then I got one a bit better!

Cracking cod at 14 pound

Not many pics but I ended up with 8 codling and the cod! All were taken on herring and CART and I had a bite a chuck! 4 hours was enoghe thou then the snow started to get heavier so I packed and drove the 3 mins back home!! Nice and easy mark, hope to see some better fish from it soon!!

Thanks for looking.

Have a look at our website www.skarnsundet.com were you can download our shore fishing broucher!!

Cheers

Phill

30 pound of cod and a great afternoon! Skarnsundet

2010-01-24T19:44:43+00:00

Hey

Went down to Shammys bank, which is the furthest end of Straumen this afternoon! Got there for 12 and packed in at 4! Had 4 cod and 2 codling! It must have been around 30 pound! My best fish was just over 8 pound and the codling were about 3 pounders! I fished write on the edge of the hole to see if the cod were still feeding there on the flood as the food starts to get washed back in again!!
One of the codling!

As the tide turned the better fish seemed to arrive!

The fish were in fantastic condition and were all taken on Cart and Herring!! Smaller baits this time thou, maybe that was why I didnt get any bigger ones!

Thanks for looking!!

Cheers

Phill

www.skarnsundet.com

A nice cod, shore fishing Norway! Skarnsundet

2010-01-21T14:55:45+00:00

Hello

Went down to Shammys bank last night for 2 hours, had 2 codling and this nice 13 pounder!! Photos arnt great, it was blowing, cold and I was on my own!!!

Shammys bank is about 300 yards from the slipway in Straumen its the end of the hole, nice and easy to fish and you can fish it for much longer!!!

Thanks for looking

Cheers

Phill

www.skarnsundet.com

A fantastic weeks shore fishing in Norway! Skarnsundet

2010-01-19T08:13:00+00:00

Hey

Had my mate Wayne (Shammy)over to have a weeks shore fishing this week, with some cold weather forecast it was gona be a cold one!! Worst it got to was -20, but the doubles kept coming so we kept warm!! Had some fantastic and aftert the first couple of days it started to warm up again! Cod was the target species and trying to fish marks at different states of the tide and light! Wayne had the biggest cod at 18pound! Well done mate!

And an 11 pounder

The fish were in fantastic condition

The Haddock were also showing in good numbers and sizes!

A plump 8 pounder for me!

And a well marked 14 pounder!

All in all a very good weeks fishing!

If anybody wants info on shore fishing here you can download our broucher at www.skarnsundet.com and we still have places available for this season and next!!

Thanks for looking

Cheers

Phill

Big spurdog from Norway!

2010-01-14T12:37:34+00:00

Friend of mine set a new Norwegian record with a spurdog at 21.8 lbs last weekend. Big fish, and in addition it was taken from the ice! The cold has obviously hit us as well, and a lot of fjords is covered with ice at the moment. Really fun fishing!

Check out some more pics here: http://www.fiskersiden.no/forum/index.php?showtopic=51318. Its in norwegian, but theres really no need to read

Some more pictures from the same place here: http://www.fiskersiden.no/forum/index.php?showtopic=51366. Halibut and spurdog…

Shorefishing Norway, Skarnsundet!!

2010-01-12T09:45:25+00:00

Hey

Got back to Norway on Thrsday after having 3 weeks at home for xmas! Didnt get out when I was back in England so I was keen to get my gear out! flying back into Trondheim from Stansted the captain said it was a sweltering -27 degrees at the airport!!! Anyhow didnt fancy fishing when it was that cold so I held off until last night when it warmed up abit and went out to give it ago! Got down to straumen, which is only 10min from my house and its an easy mark to get to when there is alot of snow around! Started at 3 and I was back in my van by 6! Had some fantastic fishing and got a glimpse of the Northen lights! Ended up with 8 fish most around 3-4 pound, 1 at 6 pound and the best just over 10! Should of had 3 more but they just werent staying on!!
First fish, a nice resident codling in Straumen!

Biggest fish of the night, a plump 10 pounder, which I think was full of spawn!!

Last fish of the night, that went in the pot!!

Sorry about the poor pictures, not so easy in the dark on your own! Got a guest coming for week tday thou so hpefully will get some better pics!!

Were still taking booking for this season and next, you can download our broucher at www.skarnsundet.com

Thanks for looking

Cheers

Phill

Rigs for Norway & Iceland (homemade)

2010-01-07T15:44:43+00:00

Hello guys some of my rigs for on cold evenings

Esca fishing lure - first trial.

2009-06-26T09:40:23+00:00

Read about it on here - contacted the company in Bergen and got the larger blue light lure in no time.
Took the treble it came with off and placed the device after a 7 inch swedish type lure on the end of a christmas tree - lug and mackrel on the hooks too.
Tried a favourite spot about 1 1/2 miles out, in 55 metres deep water - the line went out and as soon as it hit bottom - bang - hauled it up and it ws a torsk - (brosme in norway) - of about 3 lbs, some 15 seconds tried again and same result - this time a torsk about 12 lbs, then a good sized haddock - 4/5 lbs, then a very small ur (not sure of the uk name but its bright orange and the eyes do interesting things with pressure change.)
My coullegue had 1 ling of about 5 lbs.
we then tried somewhere else but no luck.
Its a local saying that when the wind is from the north east you get no fish - ive not had much luck when that is the case and it was so last night - we met a party of very despondent anglers who were out at the same time - no luck at all. When we told them about the esca - i think they would have had one each, there and then.
This device definately works and works well - i think that bait is important, but not 100 percent. I did have fish that went for other lures on the tree, but most bit on the esca.
So you have a lure that is completely new - its the only elecronic lure on the market right now and probably for quite some time.
It works - the company even gaurantees the money back if it dosent.
You spent lets say 300 pounds on your rod and tackle, 10 pounds per lure - the boat cost several thousand pounds the whole point of the set up is fishing - you even loose the lures reguraily so what is 17 pounds -.
.