2023 - May 28th - Hjalmare Kanal - A viewing with some fishing

Made the visit to Hjalmare Kanal to view this excellent area for fishing but importantly to view the fishing places for any possible maintenance , which there was but very little and i could easily fix with the tools i had .

I paid for a Day Ticket (75 SEK) so knowing i was legal i could enjoy myself.

I spoken with the guy in control of match notifications ('Janne') and he informs me the match is FREE. That is great news and we will honour that decision by behaving well on the bank and causing no litter (i know we are the best bunch of guys 😀😀😀😀😀.

 

Further a long the section i find a jack pike that has been left on the bank as well as battered a little - is there no decency with anglers ( they are not anglers ) 

I completed some maintenance on the pegs - Peg 1

Behind peg 1 and 2

For day tickets but for us the match cost is FREE 😁😁😁😁😁

Peg 2

Peg 3

Peg 3 behind and room for the car

Peg 4

Peg 5

Behind Pegs 4 and 5 - area for 2 cars

Behind Pegs 4/5/6 is enough room for 2/3 cars

Peg 7

Behind Peg 7 and 8 for 2 cars

Behind Pegs 7/8 - plenty of room for 2 cars

Peg 9

Peg 9 and easy parking behind

Peg 10 

Peg 11/12/13 Room for 3 cars

Peg 11

We can move the picnic table further away and get the cars in behind pegs 11/12/13

Peg 12

Peg 13

Peg 14

Peg 15

I decided to set up on peg 7 

Nice bagging session from 11-16 . 6.6 kilos 3 Tench and 10.2 kilos of Mostly Rudd , few Bjorkna , skimmer , roach .

Earlier is visited the Sluss and Cafe 

First time i have visited the Marina and Cafe and i am truly impressed . What a great place to have a draw for the match with Breakfast and a drink after the match ????? 👌👍😏

Discovered New section!?

I had deliberately travelled past our match venue to hunt for any new sections and i came across this piece of the canal ............ 

This section could easily accommodate 10 maybe 13 anglers and combined with the other section gives scope for a larger competition . Is there anymore like this ? Actually i did find others but they are a little too high up of the water .

              

2023 - May21st - Reconnoitre day at Nykoping for potential extra match length - also some waggler and whip fishing

Nykoping visit is a scouting trip for potential new section/s for future events . It was clear that after the recent feeder competition that some of us struggled with wading and the platform positioning. I spoke with fishing colleague Mats Larsson to see if we can organise a competition with the existing match length and a new easier to fish match section , we did and the mission to discover newer sections started .

 

Firstly the scouting trip to look at the potential for better pegs for all Nykoping matches.

First set of easy chairs to the right of the carpark/dog walk area

View from behind looking at the industrial estate and the parking area.

Moved to the right to the first natural gap in the reeds

From there the view to the right

Nice shingle /stone area enough for 4-5 pegs 

Easy chairs close to the Dog walk area 

View from behind to the previous photo

View to the right from previous 2 photos 

As for the days fishing 09:30 - 14:30 , it was ..............

Two very Large Rudd

5 Bream and 3 Big skimmers (two on the 4m whip)

Tench on the 4m whip elasticated 

Loads of Rudd , Roach , Bjorkna, Roach , Ide

Estimate 15-17 kilos