30th July - Sodertalje Canal once again beckons

Last fishing day for Mick on his Swedish holiday so we took the horrendous journey of driving 700 metres (3rd gear engaged once) to 'the pegs' . We had the day before fed the fish so as to make sure they were there , will they be ? Any Carp ?

      Mick was now very used to this peg so he was direct on same length / depth / rig / feed . It started a little slow but he was first to take a Bream of about 3lb (1.25 kilo) then a further Bream of similar size with Skimmer , Roach and Perch.

      Meanwhile on my peg i struggled with only a skimmer and two roach and few Perch . I tried worm corn and dead reds but nothing substantial . Then for a middle two hours we both struggled as the sluss gate allowed ships / boats / yachts / pleasure craft of all descriptions to pass through.

      Then the fish returned and Mick again started to take some sizeable samples as his net started to get more populated but mine was still very slow however like someone had thrown a switch then my peg came alive and Mick's went quiet-ish ! So now my turn but unfortunately my fish were small with nothing over a kilo , probably best was a 2lb (900gr) however i took many roach of dumpy 4-12oz size (190-360gr) .

 

What a venue ........it has it all ; Deep water pole fishing (T5-T6) , Bolo and Slider . Feeder not really an option as too many ledges that could snag you . Pegs could be up to 40 as Kommune clear them quite often but an easy 'Strimmer' to clear . .........i would like to have a slider match in early November ????

No scales but at the weigh in i would say 25lb (12 kilos) He had double that on his first visit a couple of weeks earlier .

Well behind of Mick but with more Roach and small skimmers , estimate 18-20lb (8.0-9.0 kilos)

Hej Då Sodertalje canal from Mika Carrson 

MICK's favourite Swedish words he has picked up :

'JA JA MEN SAN'