2025 - March 23rd - Trosa

Trosa such an idyllic town and made more beautiful with full sun however the wind was rather cold but it did not deter me going and hopefully for another net full of fish .

This time i went with the intention of larger fish and hopeful the Ide were going to present themselves more as other areas on the coast they are showing in greater numbers.

One of my favourite pegs on the whole river system where over the years i have had numerous large weights 

Starting of with the feeder and have two stick floats rods at the ready

As the morning wore on then i changed to a trotted bait and fish became more frequent however i did have an Ide on the feeder of about a kilo size.

Looking out to Sea and on the boards left hand side there must have been at least 50 anglers on teh drop shot and jig

Later just after lunch Youngest daughter Marie and husband Niklas come down with the family and i could not resist for Selma to have a go and she caught two roach direct . (I must put all the family names down on my membership , under 15s are free but must be registered , sorry Pasi)

She was so excited and wanted to hold the first fish directly .....a fisherwoman in the making

'My first fish'

Will she have a fishing box for Xmas ?

The family are due to go to the fun park in town so decided a fish picture of the mornings haul would be appropriate. 

Picture from her Mummy 

My catch which was approximate 140-160 fish and Selma said goodbye to all the fish as i emptied the net back

The family left and i carried on for another 2 hours and took about just over a hundred ( i lost count sometimes)

Most of todays fish were larger Roach mixed with about a dozen Bjorkna of size .

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2025 - March 19th -Trosa

It does not get more beautiful than fishing on a sunny spring day in the quaint town of TROSA on the East coast of Sweden. 

Every year i purchase the fishing card (years membership) and although there is a limited window of fishing opportunity it is well worth the price you pay as the fishing can be spectacular. 

Same position as the previous catch i made 

Blue sky, sun tan cream applied and here we go !

The Menu table for the expectants - 2 tins of corn and dead maggots with 3 litre of SONUBAITS River groundbait

Two whips at 3.5m and 6.5m plus a T2 pole rig and a feeder rod

Introduction to the day 

The start was immediate as a procession of 6.5m whip fish came to hand in the first 2 hours !

That first two hours realised 75 fish on the clicker

Action time 

Big Roach - 700 gr (1.5lb ish) - had many 

Fish were throwing themselves on the hook - in my case using HAYBUSA 157 size 14's

100 reached and now for some Feeder Lunch time !?

A lunch period feeder time as i ate my Råg bröd smorgas 

However there was no rest and sit back as the tip was constantly shaking with double corn on a size 10 MATRIX MXB1 - further out it was 2m deep and the same depth in fish as soon as the feeder hit the water it was shaking , non stop as the feeder and line settled over 100's of fish - i took two fish direct then put the feeder down as i wanted some peace to eat and take a cup of Tea .

More action , lets go for 200 !

Reached ! now lets go 300 !

After 6.5 hrs fishing over a 9 hour visitation ( setting up , lunch break and talking with some visitors) i decided i had better if i can lift the net up !!! ......oooo shit i forgot !

367 .........i think on another day i will go with three keep nets and try for 500

Well , after 4 aborted attempts and nobody in the area who could help i finally got aggressive and hauled the lot up with my fingers now throbbing due to that surge of strength 

Now for their return .........and yes ....everyone was a swimmer !

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2025 - March 9th - Trosa

The day before i fished my local canal in Södertälje for 52 Roach on a beautiful warm day . Today i visited Trosa the angling Mecca when the fish are 'in' . I arrived about 07:30am and already several anglers were there and catching fish , this is good news . When i took a walk you could see fish all over topping the surface so very good news indeed . The morning started quite warm and sunny but that changed by 11:00 am as foggy and cloudy weather approached and dropping the temperature drastically.

I quickly set up a feeder rod using my MATRIX ETHOS XR-F 11-10 with a small PRESTON 20gr feeder . I cast past the wooden posts and straight the way the tip was bouncing so clearly there was a depth of fish there in just 1.7m deep of water . Tip went round after 20 seconds and a Roach . Ummmm , i thought if i carry on with feeder fishing eventually i have all the drop-shot / Jigger boys casting in the same place so i decided on a pole approach and fished inline to the post in front of me thus limiting them casting into me - some of these people thinks its fair gain to cast where they want - thats Swedish fishing sometimes !

I set up two pole tops using 1.0gr and 1.5gr Garbolino SPT19 floats at about 1.5 and 1.75 depth to HAYBUSA 157 size 16 (later progressed to a 14) , also used the HAYBUSA 158 long shank hook size 12 . I fed SONU Baits DEEP WATER and CORN and BISCUIT mix , 50-50% . Started on dead maggot and Pinkie and caught from the off with 17 fish in 15 minutes ! I fished two line at 11m and close at 3m .

Earlier that morning before i started to drive to Trosa

So after 15-20 minutes the clicker registered 17 fish and they were quite small so i switched to corn - better , bigger.

83 fish recorded just on lunch time 

Progressed to 134 fish 

Then the first alternative to a string of Roach when this beauty Ide (5lb ish) gave me a scare. It came when the fishing went quiet possibly due to these in the peg

 

Followed by a second ide (2lb ish )

Followed by a Bjorkna 

About 14:00pm everywhere went quiet and no fish caught for about 30 plus minutes , really strange , maybe weather or air pressure off the increasing cold wind from the right (the sea).

I carried on for 2 hours more and decided that 200 was a nice target , and so it was !

200 fish

OMG - My hands were freezing and i was shaking rather badly as the temperature must have been below zero when we took these pictures 

Good friend Stefan Johansson turned up for a couple of hours on the opposite bank and caught 56 fish on feeder. He packed up and drove around to me to help with the photographic stuff .

2025 - March 8th - Södertälje Canal

 At the start of March the weather started to change as this remarkable winter has shown to be very mild compared to normal winters . However there is still weeks to go so the snow and cold can comeback with a vengeance ! 

Looking at social media its clear that some venues are responding to this milder weather and catches are recorded at Arboga , Lidan and Trosa as well as Nyköping.

So i decided to fish my local canal which took all of 2 minutes to drive too , it was an exhausting trip. Previous to it being iced over in the last couple of weeks in February then Stefan Johansson had a few good sessions at the same place securing 90-120 fish ........can i match this ?

From this picture you can see the clarity of the water

View to the right of the peg

Small boat coming through

Recorded 52 , some periods no bites for 20 minutes then you get a few . Not sure if Pike were putting them off ?

Many small fish that were a nuisance all day taking my pinkies off my 18s hook