fishing in norway

[halken]

i am off to norway for a weeks fishing in june, we will be fishing the southern norway shore and boat championships and i was wondering if anyone has any tips on fishing this area

[Scrudgy]

Can't help you with advice mate. But judging by the size of the cod pirks I saw in a tackle shop in Stavanger - I would guess you are going to have a good time.

The tackle shop was stocked with a lot of pirks, and rubber eels. Black and red seemed to feature a lot in their tackle.

The may help you with lures.

Also, as Norway has no tide to speak of, it is impossible to collect worms or crabs etc. Therefore all baits are fish/squid based.

Cheers

[ste1590]

is it avik brygge your going to im going there in june ive been told they mostly use pirks and lures. as baits are unavailable there, my source says that if you take some with you it gives you a big edge ,more importantly it also annoy,s the many germans who fish there. main species are pollock codling coalfish and some truly giant ling up to 80lb good luck ps there also said to be huge shoals of mackerel come in from march onwards

[Fred]

STE1950

Don't forget to take your beach towel for the sun bed.

Fred

[gusangus]

hi halken, It might be an idea to take some lumo pirks from fishtek they glow for about 20 mins with a 2 minute daylight charge they are popular with the Irish boats who fish deep water, and as the depth of water will be similar taking a couple would be a good idea, http://www.fishtek.co.uk or telephone 01647441020

[havengel]

I live and fish in Oslo, originally from the western coast of Norway. I guess you can use the same equipment as used in UK. The fish size in Sothern Norway are generally more modest than the size of fish on the Western coast, so no heavy equipment are required unless you go offshore.

For beach (Well, there are few or no beaches here ) I use either beachcasters 4-6 oz or 3-3,5 lb carp rods, as nice fish can be caught near shore and long casts are seldom required. An uptider might be used from boat and shore. Heavy beachcasters might be useful when fishing from rocks or for deep water, but are not necessary. Prawns, mackerel and herring are the most used and effective baits, I often use a cocktail of prawn and fish or mussels and fish. Often can a spinning rod with a 20-40g pirk, spoon, wobbler or jig be the most effective for both cod and coalie and catch fish when the baits are left untouched, good pirks can be bought in Norway.

For boat I would recommend a 12-20 lb rod for inshore fishing, and a 30-50lb for offshore or deep sea (200-400m). I use braided line on all my reels. I also use lighter equipment when fishing is slow, a 8 lb rod with an Ambassadeur 6000 or similar gives good sport even with small fish or for targeting ballan wrasse with whole shrimp. For cod the most effective is a shiny pirk and worms(proven in a test lately), in Norway they are called Svenskepilk and Gummimakk. Proven to be effective by decades of use to deliver big cod, I suggest you buy a 250g Svenskepilk and a set of 6/0 Gummimakk on 0,90 mono, you sholud be able to find them in most shops. A small strip of mackerel on the Gummimark adds to the attraction. I have also used large rigged Eddystone Eels with succsess for pollack and coalie. For baitfishing mackerel and herring gives most bites, either used in strips on 2/0-4/0 hooks, or whole fillets on size 6/0-10/0 hooks. Fresh baits are the best. I have hooked small 4 lb ling on a whole mackerell fillet and 12/0 circle hook, so don't be cheap on the bait when fishing in areas with big fish. If you are really lucky, you might hook up with the 200 lbs grandmother halibut on a bottom bounced herring

[poacher]

welcomehavengel, glad to have you on the site m8, hope you enjoy........

[robertlangford]

Hi Halken.
How did you get on.
Robert

[halken]

the fishing wasnt very good, the holiday which included the southern norway beach and boat championships was great but the quality of fishing was not what we were promised there was about 150 from england there plus some europeans we fished four days and the best fish in our party was only4lb wedid ok in the competition but it was a species hunt rather than a specimen hunt, considering that we are all fairly good match anglers (8 of us )we were disapointed with the area. next year we are going back to norway but we are going across to bergen and staying in radoy hopefully with better results this time

[robertlangford]

the fishing wasnt very good, the holiday which included the southern norway beach and boat championships was great but the quality of fishing was not what we were promised there was about 150 from england there plus some europeans we fished four days and the best fish in our party was only4lb wedid ok in the competition but it was a species hunt rather than a specimen hunt, considering that we are all fairly good match anglers (8 of us )we were disapointed with the area. next year we are going back to norway but we are going across to bergen and staying in radoy hopefully with better results this time

Hi Halken.
I was there too, we probably met. Although I didn't fish the comp.
I thought people would be disappointed. You know, there is a lot of wonderful fishing in Norway but it starts above Bergen.
But; what where you promised and by whom?