2025 - Nykoping Bro - November 8th

Saturday is a open match on the Piren organised by Mats Larsson however we had nobody else wishing to take part , just i and Mats . To potentially run another match here before year end we decided that Mats will fish the Piren and i fish in the town near the bridge. I arrived at 07:30am and set up a feeder rod and started about 08:15am. I had about 25% of my fish on feeder but close in as i had nothing further out but i needed a 60gr Korum feeder to hold bottom as there was an unusual strong flow from the town all day.

Calm and no wind but cold

METMASK has it all !

METMASK stands against Bullying !

A few whips also

Up to coffee break and 90 minutes ...51

With such a strong flow in the river it was impossible to fish as you really need a 50gr Flat float ! But i had calmer water on the corner of the boards so i made use of it. After lunch i accelerated with the catch rate. Later Mats turned up after he fished the Piren so we could compare how it fished today . Both of us had located small fish and no large Bream or Ide had shown. 

Mats Larsson - KING of Gävle 25' - graced the day with his presence

End of the day saw the capture of 150 . Many Roach , Bjorkna , Ide , Hybrid , skimmer , roachrudd hybrid , Herring and Big Bleak.

2025 - Nykoping Bro - November 2nd

This time of year the Nykoping river is just right for some heavy bagging and in the past has seen fish count over 200 in a 5-6 hour session .......lets hope it goes that way?

I was up early with all the expectancy of what could happen down on the river estuary and arrived just as the sun started to rise . I managed to secure my favourite place on the 'Boards' which is so comfortable and flat for the box and equipment . When there i noticed the river had some colour presumably due to recent rains so there should be good fishing ..........lets see !? 

I set up a feeder rod , Top 6 pole to 4gr Garbolino SPT19 and a 6m whip with Metmask bagging 3gr whip float. Later i set up another 6m whip with EXNER 4gr Lucifer.

How scenic is that 

Further to the bridge as few anglers appeared 

Took a rest (cup of tea) and admired the view 

I continued to catch well but the Herring / bleak were attacking the corn constantly and i foul hooked so many . I decided to feed less ground bait and feed more corn and it worked with more larger roach/bjorkna and ide responding. 

The days scores ....126

Best ide of the day about 500gr

The days return ........Mostly Roach with several Perch (on corn) , a few Ide , few Bjorkna, a few skimmers and some strange looking fish looking like Herring ? 

Decent weight also .......approx 18/20 kilos

The herring / sil type fish i had , i think ? 

Videos and pictures from the Spring Feeder match length 

Left side of Dog section

Elite section - from the 'boards' 

Nice view of the Cormorants

New chairs

Dog section gap

Another dog section gap

Dog section - Gardening done , no fence and view to the Cormorants 

Right hand side of Dog section with more gardening has mad access far better 

2025 - Sodertalje canal - October 26th

Well !  i decided to take the opportunity as weather looked reasonable . I set up a pole and two feeder rods . I was tempted to use a Slider and Bolo rods but kept to the easy feeder option.

East parking and free on a Sunday

Mixed SONUBAITS Method Mix with a bit of Leam to get it down to the bottom in 5 - 7m of water 

Perfect feeder weather and after 5 minutes took a roach then 3 more in quick succession - this is it ! I think i shall get a netful ........errr ..... not really as bites dried up especially after i lost a hook length on a bite ? Was it a Pike ?

Took another 45 mins before another roach

A bit of rain to spoil the day but i was well covered up.

After 4 hours fishing it was just 13 roach , all good size by really why so few ? I tried pole and that was three small bites and nothing 

2025 - Phil Ackerley looking for work

 Looking for work 

In the last few years it has been rather difficult to find good work so now i try every avenue for a possible chance. 

2025 - Sodertalje canal - September 28th

With so few opportunities now to fish due to lack of necessary pole equipment plus my fave venue Trosa is now shut till 2026-01-01 due to facilitate the free run upstream of the Trout as they are most precious !?!? 

So i decided in 5 rod setups (actually only used 3 ) 

They were ; Method rod , feeder rod and slider .

 

Parking away from your peg is so strenuous  😂😂😂

The canal hardly ever used for competitions yet it fulfils all the necessary requirements like good parking , easy pathway for trolleys and most pegs (15 off) accessible from parked cars on road with a further 15 more a long the pathway with trolley use.

Started with method as i set up the other two rods , 2 roach on the bounce. The count was 10 seconds at 18m out 

Then feeder rod the MATRIX XRF 11' with braid and 6' leader

Day got better and after taking several roach on slider i decided to go feeder and that brought a few skimmers and dog roach.

53 fish for about 10lb in old money , not bad i suppose for a 4 hour session