2012 - January 7th Trosa canal and harbour area

2012 and January 7th and this is new territory for me ! never before have i fished this late into a season yet i find myself fishing Trosa in 2012 ! when normally all me gear is put away ready for March /April time.

Johan and i had speculated about fishing Trosa as the ice formations had not really started on the rivers and canals plus December was the warmest for 250 years after the warmest November for 180 years !!

We arranged to meet our great friends , the Trosa club and met Percy the organiser of our fishing session down at the harbour area with some of his club colleagues.

A beautiful town on Sweden's east coast is Trosa .

The sun will be needed today as the temperature is already -5

Cars to your pegs  - the way i like it

Percy did a sterling job in cracking the thin ice in our fishing area

This was not a match just a pleasure session and Johan and i were here to learn of these guys who know this water like the back of their hands.

My dead maggots and worms were now lollipops and my corn were ice cubes and the only time they were not was from the groundbait bucket where they remained 'softer'. I placed pole grease on the rings as early indications meant the rings were freezing up.

Johan un-freezing his rings

Even a little hot air action was needed .

Trosa Boys were first to show with a fish each in the first minute!

Winter , -6 , and bites all the while ........warms the heart on a freezing cold day

Stefan with 10 kilos

Hasse with a nice bag of about 10 kilos

Percy with a mixed bag of roach ,skimmer ,Björkna and ide for about 9-10 kilos

Brrrr! loved every minute of the fishing using feeder and stick float.

Johan also alot and mostly on the Bolo

End of the day and we are left with Viagra keep nets !

Massive thanks to Percy and the Trosa SFK for a great day out- a day i will never forget for the fact i have never seen a water so alive in the winter !! Sjuk-vatten jag jatte gillar !!