22-03-20 Does TROSA AFK ever check the anglers fishing at the weekend ?

I have seen over many years anglers (if you can call them anglers) take so many fish out for food or fertilizer on gardens or they have so many cats!

 Can these people be that poor that they have to rape waters to stick some 50 large IDE into their freezers  (Verified by a trusted source from the last weekend ) I am totally convinced many if not most of them have no fishing permits.

PROBLEM WITH TROSA :

- No Bailiffs perambulating the river bank checking for permits , checking for illegal taking of fish.

- They need more signs to promote CATCH and RELEASE and where applicable for fish to be taken they should be of strict numbers .

- There is signage that is clear enough for these morons to see. They need challenging as only way to put them of coming to Trosa or any other place in Sweden.

- If caught by officials (laugh !) without Licence - banned for a year and name publicised on TROSA website / Facebook pages .......oooooops , cannot do that as against their Human Rights ! - WTF !!

- If caught with excess fish over the take limit then banned.

- Show a rule where fishermen must fish at least 5m apart as .... (i hope they can swim as that will be my answer the next time they come close )

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Signs like this (VIDEO BELOW) are good but completely overlooked - if you do not stamp your authority on the ' rape-anglers' then they will laugh at you and just take the piss . Please consider placing more authority on the fishing in Trosa or otherwise you will lose many anglers (like me ) who will give up as they pay for their Season fishing card and they know like me that these horrible people definitely will not have a licence to fish . Wake up Fishing clubs and communities and start to apply pressure on this low life scum who want to TAKE and never GIVE !!!

Personally if this is not actioned upon i shall continue to write throughout Sweden and other countries about this AND I SHALL NOT PARTICIPATE IN FISHING TROSA BUT GO ELSEWHERE TO WATERS I KNOW ARE PROTECTED !!  

22-03-20 Trosa - practice session with good friend Stefan

With the recent warm weather i decided to try Trosa for about the 4th time since Christmas to see if the fish are responding to the increased temperatures . 

When arriving into the town i decided to view the weir at the top of the town to see if fishing looked feasible . On arrival there was about several foreign anglers throwing our really amateur gear with floats that were sending our beacons they were that big and standing out . It didn't matter to them as they were after what they could take , they took out a lot i later found out . 👎😡😡😡😡😡😡

I decided to carry on up to where the river widens to the harbour area opposite the Bohmans Hotel. There i met up with good friend  Stefan Johansson who i have known for many years . He is a great specimen angler and environmentalist who respects his fishing and the fish that are caught in terms of catch and release . 

Earlier that morning in Sodertalje ;

Trosa weir

Stefan prefers a centre pin for moving water fishing - takes me back to those Trent days when so many anglers used them for perfect control .

Classic Centre pin 

Stefan with yet another Ide , he had 11 in total !

Cracking fish and his best was 2.650 kilo

Great weather day , in fact too bright and when the towns folk and other anglers came down causing much disturbance the fish backed of.

My place just upstream from Stefan and just the one fish for my toils 

Just the one , but a nice one 

Back home and it was Leicester 2 Brentford 1 to cap a great day 

22-03-20 Ivan Marks Memorial match - Wigston AC on the Grand Union canal - Michael Carr report

IVAN MARKS MEMORIAL - always a great fixture for a great man , a man never forgotten but continually spoken about.

Bob Ashford - 2022 winner of the IVAN MARKS MEMORIAL match with trophy and winnings - A very good angler and a very popular angler within the angling community .

Meeting at McDonalds

Down on the bank and Dave Mellors at the ready 

I know this bank well , have been pegged here a few times 

McBreakfast 

Mick on the video 

Now that hand in the bag time 

The expectants in the queue

Steve donned in his attire fishing for TEAM-PUSSY

Who says you cannot have an OCTTBOX on a bike - well done Mick 

Micks assessment of his peg 

The author of all this video and picture work is the main man 'Mick Carr'

 

Bob Ashford at the weigh in - little did he realise the whole match had fished hard and he was about to be crowned winner/champion .

2022 - Mick Holohan Memorial match on the canalised section of the River Soar at Ayelstone run by Wigston AC

 My best mate Mick Carr fished this and he compiled a few photos and short videos of the day . Unfortunately there appears to be no catch shots which is disappointing however it is understandable considering the rain was persisting it down on everyone at the end of the proceedings .

Anyway here goes :

Manor Pub and Restaurant is always the HQ of all matches run by Wigston 

Mick's peg and he has drawn 40 

to his left

In front

To his right

Best results were : 

2021 - Nykoping Piren 'Mini-Kardull' November 13th

So the brave six set out to walk the piren and hope for the fish to be there as years gone by there has been some great results however there has been disappointments.

We all were dreaming of this end result ..........did our dreams come true ?

My peg 6 - End peg , closest to the parked cars 😃

To my left - that long , long piren 

To my right from where i came 

Setting up and soon ready - expectations are high 

 

Hook lengths at the ready if i need to scale down and change hook lengths 

Bait selection - what fish could resist ?

2 rods on the waggler and a feeder rod 

EXNER Micro match and EXNER Carbofram

The match organiser and top bloke , Mats Larsson 

What a view - must catch !

Hardly a breeze but just look at the view 

End of match and 6 x DNW - gutted !

Maybe next time try fishing this section ?