2023 - Return to Trosa for a go - will there be anything there on the feed ?

I decided to visit Trosa as its local to me but also i can keep an eye on angling standards as i intend to make sure the fish are not abused like i saw over the last couple of years . I would dearly love to be a bailiff there but unfortunately you have to be a Swedish citizen and i have 2 years to go before i am able to perform potentially that task.  ( its normally 4 years before you are allowed to apply for that citizenship)

Anyway , i arrived at the Trosa weir / fish passage and the frost was over the ground and it was showing minus 3 (-3) . I made a couple of videos then progressed further into the town and parked up opposite the Bohmans  the now regular haunt for me . On arrival i saw a couple of fish rise , umm i thought i wonder if they will feed on the pole line ? Already there was a few anglers drop-shooting and started to catch , mostly Perch so i decided to set up my GUNKI rod and complete the same discipline using various colours of soft lures.

I decided not to fish the pole as my thoughts were similar to last year when many fish were taken by lures and there was no interest for maggot . I therefore assembled the drop shot rod and started to join in the fun with the rest of the anglers on the bank . 

It took 30 minutes before i got the right balance of weight to hook and settled on a orange/red plastic fish lure . I took two Perch on successive casts then retired to the car for a well earned coffee and sandwich , a 'Macka' as they call it over here . 

Suitably refreshed and warmed up for a second cup of coffee i carried on and caught some more

The last three Perch of the day were or larger and i netted them 

It has been wonderful to get out and get some cold fresh air and to take Perch on the DS which is exciting as they really do it the lure hard . 

Over the coming weeks and months i shall fish Trosa more and hopefully get into the Ide when they start to show and later into April/May when all the species arrive in large shoals then its fun backing time on the whip.

2023 - Trosa 1st January - First day of the fishing season

After a previous days visit to Trosa to view the new 'Trout/Otter' project i decided to arrive on New Years Day for the traditional start of the Fishing season. The recent change in ending all possibility of fishing after September 14th till December 31st was for me all about the 'TROUT' , yes that fish species so regarded as more important than any other fish in the river . However that closed part of the season has its advantages as the scum-anglers are not around to take everything that swims . 

My visit coincides with a previous visit some 2 years ago on the 4th January when myself and Jimmy Kungsman fished and we are rewarded with some great weights of Bream , skimmer , Bjorkna and Roach. Its hoped that repeats itself however viewing the coloured brown water presumably from melting snow i dont hold out much luck but i will give it a go .

I set up on opposite side to the Bohmans hotel . Easy kit out of the car and nice and flat to sit on ......all i need now is fish !

You can see there is some strengthening work to the bank going on on far side 

Ice to my left and an area that is normally more preferral to fish from 

Small feeder out at 2/3 across - fingers crossed ?

Top 7 pole out after two cupped balls of leam/dead joker 

So after three hours i decided to go home as clearly there was no fish in the system and all other anglers were also failing to catch . I shall try over the coming weekends , weather allowing .