jarrowviking
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Part three: The fright of our lives!
After Nicky's outstanding catch the night before we were up early and raring to go. We hoped to find a good fishing mark ourselves so asked Phill if it was worth a chuck into the deep water under the bridge, he warned us that it was quite a climb down and he was right!
Mick, Dave and the two Cols found the hotspot and began pulling in some cracking Haddock to 7lb with the odd Codling thrown in to.
Mick's cracking Haddie over 7lb
Colin Green Snr, with another nice Haddock.
Davey Tate in on the action to.....
The plan after the night before was always to go back to Straumen to see if we could catch some more nice fish, a quick phone call to Phill to pick us up and it was off to Straumen again. This was to be my last evening here as it was too late for me to visit the next night due to the long drive home from Stansted airport. Nicky, Col, Dave and Mick returned the night after and I will add both reports together below to avoid a Part four of the story.
Straumen
Now for the fright of our lives......Big Cod, No!.... Bears in the woods, No!.... Mick's beer belly,YES!!!!
At this point I must add a hazard warning so please turn away if your of a nervous disposition.
After such a sight it was hard for the lads to concentrate on their fishing but they started to catch and the fish began to bite.
Another good Haddock....
And then the moment I've been wating thirty two years for came, a hard lunge down on my Century Wr300 rod tip and the rod tip sprung back
indicating a possible good fish taking interest in the bluey bait. I grabbed the rod as my line quickly headed up tide. :shock: Fish on! and a good old tussle ensued. The fish started to come in fairly easily at first but as it headed towards shallower water and a ledge in front of us it took off on two short runs. With more luck than skill the fish popped up around 20 yds out and somehow I managed to pull it in close enough for Gregg and Col to grab. Thanks lads.
Result, the biggest Cod I've ever seen. Im only 5ft six inches of beer muscle and this fish was nearly as big as me. It weighed in at 49lb 7 ounces, what more can I say, I'm really still gob smacked and reality has still not set in yet. The fish has possibly broken the current European record shore caught Cod and was the biggest ever caught at Skarnsundet fishcamp, Norway.
This fish took the winnings of £70 and just pipped Nicky to top spot by 1lb.
The lads popped down to Straumen again the evening after resulting in plenty more fish and another cracker of 45lb for Nicky, this ones markings are remarkable and more like a leopard than a Cod!
I decided on a session at the marina in front of the apartments so I could get an early night and first cast took this 19lb 8 ounce Cod on my tod and you could hear me screaming for help all of the way back to Newcastle.
Gregg caught to and is the King of Haddock fishing now.
A huge thank you must go to Phill Dale of Skarnsundet fishcamp who worked his socks off to help us catch fish and have an incredible time, I can't speak highly enough of his service.
After Nicky's outstanding catch the night before we were up early and raring to go. We hoped to find a good fishing mark ourselves so asked Phill if it was worth a chuck into the deep water under the bridge, he warned us that it was quite a climb down and he was right!
Mick, Dave and the two Cols found the hotspot and began pulling in some cracking Haddock to 7lb with the odd Codling thrown in to.
Mick's cracking Haddie over 7lb
Colin Green Snr, with another nice Haddock.
Davey Tate in on the action to.....
The plan after the night before was always to go back to Straumen to see if we could catch some more nice fish, a quick phone call to Phill to pick us up and it was off to Straumen again. This was to be my last evening here as it was too late for me to visit the next night due to the long drive home from Stansted airport. Nicky, Col, Dave and Mick returned the night after and I will add both reports together below to avoid a Part four of the story.
Straumen
Now for the fright of our lives......Big Cod, No!.... Bears in the woods, No!.... Mick's beer belly,YES!!!!
At this point I must add a hazard warning so please turn away if your of a nervous disposition.
After such a sight it was hard for the lads to concentrate on their fishing but they started to catch and the fish began to bite.
Another good Haddock....
And then the moment I've been wating thirty two years for came, a hard lunge down on my Century Wr300 rod tip and the rod tip sprung back
indicating a possible good fish taking interest in the bluey bait. I grabbed the rod as my line quickly headed up tide. :shock: Fish on! and a good old tussle ensued. The fish started to come in fairly easily at first but as it headed towards shallower water and a ledge in front of us it took off on two short runs. With more luck than skill the fish popped up around 20 yds out and somehow I managed to pull it in close enough for Gregg and Col to grab. Thanks lads.
Result, the biggest Cod I've ever seen. Im only 5ft six inches of beer muscle and this fish was nearly as big as me. It weighed in at 49lb 7 ounces, what more can I say, I'm really still gob smacked and reality has still not set in yet. The fish has possibly broken the current European record shore caught Cod and was the biggest ever caught at Skarnsundet fishcamp, Norway.
This fish took the winnings of £70 and just pipped Nicky to top spot by 1lb.
The lads popped down to Straumen again the evening after resulting in plenty more fish and another cracker of 45lb for Nicky, this ones markings are remarkable and more like a leopard than a Cod!
I decided on a session at the marina in front of the apartments so I could get an early night and first cast took this 19lb 8 ounce Cod on my tod and you could hear me screaming for help all of the way back to Newcastle.
Gregg caught to and is the King of Haddock fishing now.
A huge thank you must go to Phill Dale of Skarnsundet fishcamp who worked his socks off to help us catch fish and have an incredible time, I can't speak highly enough of his service.
