2025 - April 13th - Sodertalje canal (nr. the Golf)

 I decided to keep local and because this canal is only 300m away i thought to give it a go. When reaching the water it looked very clear and no algea in the water so it will be tough and it proved so.

After only 2 hours fishing and three small pole caught Perch i decided that it wont show any decent fish today . It really needs a few more warm weeks to get the Bream , skimmer , Bjorkna and Roach in the area.

Well i lost a feeder and a leader and a pole rig - that made me stop and go home and get the gear ready for the Orebro match on Easter Monday (21st)

Great pictures , shame about the fishing

SCUM PEOPLE 

2025 - April 6th - Nykoping - Pegs expected for oncoming feeder matches

On April 26th (previously listed as 27th) we have a one off FREESTYLE feeder match some 5 hours long.

(On April 5th Mats Larsson and i cleared a few pegs on the Dog section.)

View of the proposed pegs for the Dog section 

Pegs 1,2,3 mostly shingle and larger stones - easy for tackle box and platform if you want 

Peg 4 is larger stones but still comfortable and can use platform

Pegs 5,6,7, is mixture of stones and mud so box just in the water with platform if you want (the mud is not deep)

Pegs 8 and 9 is stones and shingle - very comfortable for box and platform 

Pegs 10,11,12 mostly shingle and easy for box and platform

- It would appear to be a clearer bottom over 30m out for most pegs - Pegs 3 and 4 known for a few snags closer in.  

View of the proposed pegs for the Elite section 

Pegs 1-5 platform pegs 

Pegs 6-9 Can be Platform pegs but the bank is flat so box can be on the land , if you want ?

Peg 10-12 platform peg 

Peg 13 Between trees can be platform but the bank is useable

Pegs 14-17 Platform if you want but bank is stable (peg 17 on the boards) 

Previous articles in 2024 of the pegs 

https://drpiscatorial.blogspot.com/2024/04/2024-nykoping-april-1st-peg-creation.html

https://drpiscatorial.blogspot.com/2024/04/2024-nykoping-april-5th-final-peg.html

2025 - April 5th - Nyköping

With the match being called off it gave Mats and i a chance to clear some pegs out ready for the future matches . I arrived about 07:30am and started to hack down all the stalks from pegs 1-4 . Mats arrived and we started on enlarging all other pegs where needed.

 

Peg 1 is the rock in the water 

Then peg 2 

Then further pegs further to the right 

Cut out several pegs and made better - in video i missed out peg 7 but the Dog section will still gave us 12 pegs 

Mats started of really well and had 8 fish before my first . Then i started to take Ide and Mats continued to catch Ide with Bream . I could not catch a Bream and so Mats feeling sorry for me took his latest captured Bream into my net so i did not go without 😂😂😂😂

However Mats continued to catch well and soon amassed 20 plus fish ( i estimated he had 26). Mats stopped fishing at 15:30pm but i carried on for another hour and i took a total of 18 ide and 4 Bream .

Hooray!, my first Bream of the day and not a free one from Mats 😂😂😂😂

At 16:30pm i decided to call it a day as i was still quite cold and wind blasted 

2025 - April 3rd - Trosa

Exceptional warm weather had descended upon Central Sweden and the window of opportunity beckoned as the coming weekend looked rather grim with cold and wind !?!?! 

Fave place on the corner was commandeered again when i arrived about kl 09:00am , i was fishing by 09:45am ish .....first 5 casts was 5 roach .....this place is insane!

Glorious Trosa - Mecca of so many species of fish and rich in weights to earn.

With so many Ide thrashing the surface i tried up in water tactics but it failed however i changed to 6m whip and took the only stamp Ide of the day

 

Some of these Roach were staggering with many in the 1-1.5lb bracket (450-700gr ) A few were approaching 2lb (900gr) 

Net 1 about 100 fish plus a good ide for about 20 kilos (45lb) 

Net 2 - a lot more fish and more weight as it was a struggle to lift up - i estimated about 150 fish for about 35 kilos (75lb) 

2025 - March 31st - Trosa

With good forecast weather coming in this week i decided to take the opportunity to fish Trosa on my Birthday ........i arrived at 07:30am and started fishing about 08:15am with two stick float rods and two 6m elasticated whips.

Bait was simple .......Just corn !

Stefan Johansson was fishing opposite on the feeder hoping like me for some Big ide

The Day was spectacular as i fished for some 6 hours catching non-stop with majority Roach , about 10 Bjorkna , one Perch and one Ide (small) .........just staggering the amount of fish in the system and we are yet to see serious shoals of Bjorkna, Ide and Bream.

Guy on Left is Steig Gilbert , great friend from our working days at Scania Trucks and Bus as design Engineers . I know his Mum and Dad very well. On the Right is Hans one of Trosa AFK Bailiffs , great guy .

 

Both of them trying to count the fish 

 

All the best gear and bait from Swedens finest 

2025 - March 29th - Nykoping Landstracken

  I decided to visit Nykoping for a test to see how well it can fish this early . Last weekend Mats Larsson took 2 Ide and 7 Bream on a cold blustery day , i wonder how it will fish for me ?

 

Setup 2 x MATRIX Horizon Distance and 2 x MATRIX ETHOS XRF ........mostly on helicoptor rigs

The days ingredients 

View from behind and my car 100m away.

View to my left 

View to my right

View in front 

Decided on two rods , one at 30m and one at 45m

Now the wind comes !?!?!

Then i found a pack of Ide

The mix !

Last fish of the session and the biggest 

Well , thats was frustrating day as first 3 hours and no fish but when the wind came towards me everything changes and i took 9 Ide and lost one in the last hour but no Bream or other fish