Parainen
31.3.
NikoL
and Moykky
To the ice at half past seven a.m. The surface was ok to
walk on , because of nighttime minus degrees. 13
happenings, of which 9 visited on the ice. The biggest
three pikes were over two kilos, others 1-2 kg. The
hottest hitting time lasted till ten o'clock. The best
lure was kaimaani balance jig in colors tiger and
smelt. Home at 11 a.m.
Parainen
30.3.
SFM-toimitus and Petrus
Icefishing pikes on a rushy bay area from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
In the beginning the surface of the ice was ok to walk on,
but after noon it had softened so, that you sank to the
ankles. Petrus took up and released a nice 2,56 kg
pike, let a kilo class fish to release itself under the
hole and had a heavy hit, which even bend the stiff
rod. All the happenings on Nils Masres 12 cm balance jig
in color orange-tiger. All the other lures had possibility
to swim in peace, only the rushes were hanging on them
every now and then.
2,56 kilos longnose caught by
Petrus.
Lovo
30.3.
OlliT + co
Trying to fish whitefishes near by the ferry harbour. We
casted the bait into the water at eight a.m. The first
hour went, when trying to hold the lines away from
drifting icefloats. When sun was really shining the floats
smelt away., but still we had no observations of
whitefishes. At three p.m. we went back home to Salo. The
bags were then lighter than in the morning. Total NF day,
not a slightest bite!
Aland,
Hammarudda-Eckerö 29.3.
Pingo and Robert
We were out fishing with Robert and to make
video of seatrout fishing, when I succeeded again! This
time I casted my lines exacly on a big trouts back. It was
not very pleased on this kind of action, it splashed with
its tail and hurried away. Just after this "specially
skillful" cast Tolle called and told us to come
to Hammarudda, where in a place there were plenty of
trouts. When we arrived, Tolle had caught four fishes and
lost five. The biggest was 3,9 kg and the others
were 2,4, 1,7 and 1,7 kg, All silvery shiny and in very
good condition. He had lost a about five kilos fish, which
had hit on the hanger fly in front of the lure. He lost
the fish almost in the net. It is anteresting, that this
fish chose the small fly not the big lure. Many seatrouts
like small, tiny flies better than larger spoons or
wobblers. We phographed Tolle's fishes and then we went on
fishing. At my second cast there were 10 - 12 small trouts
swimming round my line, but they were not willing to take
my fly. Then I saw a big nice trout to swim over my line,
splashed with its tail and swam away. Finally it was too
dark to fish on.
Parainen
29.3.
HannuR, Jari & Japi
Fishing whitefishes with two "crazy" guys from
Tampere from 11a.m. to 4 p.m. A beautiful day! No
happenings. We saw one fish caught. All others seem to
have own rules in fishing. We were the only ones to fish
legally with one rod, others had at least three per man.
One hero had his third rod about 100 meters from other two.
A swan swam on the lines of this unguarded rod. Now the
bird has on its legs lead weight and hooks. I think I wait
for open waters and go by boat to more peaceful places. I
hope it is possible on easter time!
Sakylan
Pyhajarvi 26. and 28.3.
TimoK
26.3. I spent all day near by Huvitus. in the morning
there were three other fishers, in the afternoon only one.
Nobody saw or caught whitefishes! At early evening hours I
lost my trust on icefishing, too, and left home.
28.3. A new trip to Sakyla, now I went there in late
afternoon hours. I was on ice at 6 p.m., thinking, if the
whitefishes come to shallow waters in the evening. The
result was totally better, I even caught a fish! A fellow
fisher had just before I came had three fishes, the only
ones he had seen all day long. In the daytime there had
been many fishers, but nobody succeeded to catch any
whitefishes.
Aland,
Hammarudda-Eckero 27.-28.3.
Pingo
The seatrout fishing gets better and better every day! In
many places the water temperature is already in 3
centigrades. I had once again to handle two nice fishes in
saturday! The season goes on like earlier. I lost both of
them just, when I tried to get them in my net. Ola
Sundberg caught in sunday a nice 62 cm trout. The
fishing is now on its best, said Ola. One group fished
from boat and had one about one kilos fish. They saw a
school of trouts to follow their lures just to their boat.
Fishes were not willing to take any kind of lures.
Estimation was, that most of the fishes were in about two
kilos class. In saturday two fishers had three seatrouts
in Eckero waters. It seems, that this year the medium
weight of trouts is a bit bigger than last year. Most of
the caught and lost fishes have been in this two kilos
class. The weather forecast promises warm weather and
southern or southwestern winds to this week. That is
perfect troutfishing weather...!
Ola's 62 cm
seatrout. Photo SFM-toimitus.
Karkkila
27.3.
OlliT + co
At eleven a.m. we were buying the yearly licences to Karkkila's
rivers. The licence costs only 40 euros. Next project was
to eat pizzas in Masuuni, our tradition, and to plan
the fishing of the day. We decided to start in Saavariver,
to check up, what is the situation in upper parts. There
was no need to wet our flies, even on fast running parts
of the river there was icecover on. Next we took the loose
lines away in the centre of Karkkila. Practising our
casting skills was all we got, we did not see a fin. In
Pitkalarapids there are a couple of nice deeper holes, so
we thought there might live some nice fishes, even if the
water is cold. The only happening was a twenty cm trout,
which took Tapsa's fly. We ended the fishing day trying
once more in the centre, and NF situation was still on. If
the water level will be ok, we try again two weeks later.
Hannularapids
28.3.
Nikolai, Iiro, Ville and Kari
We changed our plan from Reinikkarapids to
Hannularapids. The weather forcast was right with sunshine,
but the wind was from north and really chilly, so our
hopes of quality springtime flyfishing were ruined. Iiro
lost a nice fish, which hit on the fly in a deep hole
between rapid stones. Kari broke the leader knot,
when a fish hit. That was a bad mark on a experiended
tournament fisherman's records! Otherwise we spent the day
by open fire grilling sausages, cooking coffee and talking
about fishing. We met there Ville Vainio, too. His
comment: " Incredible to meet guys from Pori here and
at this time of the year!". For one broken leader we
drove over 700 km, but this is stonefly fishing!
Parainen
28.3.
SFM-toimitus & co
At seven a.m. new summertime we casted the first baits for
whitefishes, home we drove at one p.m. In the morning I
had two very careful bites, but rest of the day was more
quiet. We checked up three possible old hot spots and
looked in one place four guys fishing NF. The mf's had
overtaken the whole shoreline with over ten rods. Only one
rod per fisher is allowed with Provincial Lure Licence!
Herrasrapids
27.3.
Nikolai, Iiro, Ville and Kari
First time this spring trying , if the stonefly hatches
have activated trouts. The weather forecast did not
promise much. The morning was cold and cloudy, but at
about two p.m. the sun began shining. Then we saw the
first tailing trouts on the upper parts of the river. The
fishes were so clever, that they tailed just on the border
of the licence area. Wind made casting difficult, but it
was just and just possible to reach the fished in these
windy conditions. I tested many flies and finally a nice
fish hit on Potemkin dry fly. My correct strike was
apparently lost in wintertime. The lines flew back on my
eyes and the leader was broken. We had no more contacts
with nice size of fishes. Lucky, the forecast
promises warmer weather tomorrow...
Icefishing
Competition of Liperi 27.3.
HarriM
KIn this competition only salmonids were accepted. I lost
the first price, a trip to Brasil, with 300 g. The winner
had 5 fishes weighting 8390 g. I caught only 8030 g, so I
was second, that is a lost place. Anyway I got a nice
Olympus digital camera. The beginning was excellent. With
Kuusamo Latka spoon in color yellow-orange I caught
rapidly four rainbows. One fish I caught with Mutu Leech.
Just at the end of the competition time I hooked with a
small mormuska a about 1,5 kilos fish, Which I lost in the
tube of the hole, it apparently swam toward Brasil. So I
have to enjoy digital photos.
Viiala,
Haihurapids 25.3.
TomiL
Northeast wind made the weather chilly, otherwise the
conditions were ok for fishing. The rapids are now very
interesting looking after the renovations made last year.
There were no ice disturbing flyfishing either. So no
fishes were disturbing my flyfishing either. Streamers
were served with no results in rapids or calmer parts of
the stream.
Parainen
24.3.
NikoL and Möykky
Icefishing pikes from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The holes from
sunday gave 8 hits of which 5 fishes visited on the
ice. Moykky had 3 and I two fishes. All the
fishes were like from the same mold, about one kilos
smallies. All were released. The biggest one was lost in
the hole, approximately the size was three kilos. The best
colors of Kaimaani balance jig were tiger, smelt, blue
mackerel and the new pink stripes. Noon was quiet time,
the best sessions we had at 10 a.m. and at two thirty p.m.
Sarkisalo
23.3.
KariS
I have got this winter a new
fishing friend, my son Lauri, who had his two years
birthday 27.02.04. This younster has icefished with me now
on every trip this winter. He got so crazy about
icefishing, that he even went sleeping with his icefishing
rod. Three days he carried his rod everywhere he went,
inside and outside. He trains for the coming trips pulling
all around his sledge loaded
with the rod and a snowshovel (=must presentate the drill).
Some of my fishing magazines
he has read totally "ready".
Lauri
was a bit under two years 16.2. on this icefishing trip to
Olmas Photo KariS
Parainen
21.3.
NikoL and Moykky
In sunday we went icefishing
pikes on a old hot spot.
At two p.m. the weather looked quite nice, but when we got
on ice the rain began and went on all afternoon long.
There was water on the ice about ten cm and the ice was
soft, so drilling was easy in 35 cm ice. We made first
about 50 holes in front of rushes. Moykky started with
tiger color kaimaani balance jig and I with smelt color.
In the first hole Moykky caught a one kilos pike, which
got back to its own element. So the beginning was
promising in spite of the rain. First round did not give
any more contacts before the last hole. Moykky shouted:
"NOW I HAVE A BIG ONE ON!" He had promlems to
keep the fish out of rushes. There was only one meter line
out , and the pike had a real show on. 80lb TUF line
and 45 kg
Predator leader hold the fish nicely, and soon the fish
was to be hooked. I cleaned the hole, hit the lifting hook
under the jaws of the fish and lifted about one meter fish
on the ice. Moykky made some moderate (?) winning shouts.
The fish weighted 6,3 kilos, the biggest this winter and Moykky's
icefishing racord. earlier the record of the winter has
been Janne Turunen's exact six kilos pike caught at the
end of december with kaimaani. The saldo of the rest of
the day was 3 small pikes and two lost fishes, of which
the other one felt like
3-4 kg. Result was quite ok for three hours of fishing. We
had to stop before evening hit hours, when the rain
already ran through our overalls.
6,3 kilos pike with tiger color
Kaimaani balance jig was over two kilo more than Moykky's
earlier icefishing pike record. Photo NikoL
Aland,
Hammarudda 19.3.
Pingo
The seatrout season is really on now, even the weathers
have been partly nasty. I flyfished in friday and had once
again possibility to shake hands with a fish. Somehow I
feel, that there is something wrong in my hooking, once
again I lost the fish...
Uffe Rundberg's guests were fishing by boat, the first
ones this spring I have seen on open sea. They caught two
1,5 kilos seatrouts!
My friend Jalle spinnfished and hooked a nice fish,
but lost it just in his feet.
Torsten fights with a seatrout in
Eckero. Photo Pingo
Dragsfjard
20.3.
SFM-toimitus,
Marko, Yrjö, Pete and Tawny
On the ice from eight a.m. to two p.m. Perches played
again hard to catch. We checked two underwater hills,
where there were mostly smallies. In front of a cliff on
steep underwater slope were some even nice perches. Pete
caught in a pocket in rushes a 400 g fish, there was only
30 cm water under the ice. Total catch was about one kilo
files.
Sakyla,
Pyhajarvi 20.3.
TimoK
Seeking whitefishes all the wet snowing day, from 8
a.m. to 6 p.m. in the area of Huvitus. Thr result
was about billion ruffs, some small perches and three
whitefishes, and a lost whitefish from my hand in the hole.
The whitefishes were in normal Pyhajarvi standard size,
three fishes together about one kilo. I heard, that mainly
the catches have been one or two fishes or NF. The
exeption was the pro class fisherman, who fished near me
and caught nine fishes in one hour.
The ice was nasty to move on, partly the surface was ok
and hard, but in some places the boot went in about six
inches. If you drilled in wrong place, the water on ice
made a big whirl in the hole, and you could not see small
lures like mormuskas, not to talk about seeing whitefishes
under the ice. Many were still driving with cars on the
ice, but had problems, too. The clutches of some vehichels
sang hoosianna. Four wheel drives cars moved still ok. If
the weather goes on like this, next time to drive on the
ice will be next winter.
Dragsfjard
20.3.
SFM-toimitus,
Marko,
Yrjo, Pete and Tawny
On the ice from eleven a.m. to five p.m. There were perches
in every hole we drilled, but mostly small ones. Hard
working with balance jigs gave finally so many fishes in
size to take, that we had a good perchfile supper. The
biggest perch was a bit under 400g. Tawny lost a two kilos
pike.
Parainen
18.3.
TeuvoT
The catch was 4 perches of which the weight of three
biggest was in summary over one kilo. Not a sign of
whitefishes, all the best places had icecover on.
Parainen
17.3.
NikoL, Janne and Moykky
Fishing whitefishes a long day. The catch was 9 fishes,
the biggest 1740 g (Janne). The medium weight of the
opened and cleaned fishes was 825 g, really nice
fishes! We caught whitefishes all the day long.
Karkkila
16.3.
JaniO
Rapids and rivers in
Karkkila are already ok for fishing. Pity, I did not have
time to fish there now.
The view from the town bridge
downstreams.
Quiet waters of Hogfors
Pitkalarapids upstreams from the parking place
Pitkalarapids downstreams from the parking place
Aland,
Hammarudda 13.3.
Pingo
I fished today some hours. The waterlevel was
low - 30 cm and the water temperature + 2 centigrades. Low
water level is not the best situation in seatrout fishing!
I fished with intermediate line and served to trouts my
novelties Perverse Shrimp flies. I lost two nice fishes
while they jumped. They were about 40 - 50 cm. It was
really fun to flyfish after long and icy winter. There
seems to be a lot of trouts now in Hammarudda waters
already now in middle of Mars!
Vehmaa
13.3.
Petrus and Iida
We spent a icefishing day in saturday with my daughter
Iida. The weather was excellent, but we caught no fishes.
Miss iida's handstyle was quite heavy and the explanations
why we caught nothing were in pro level (perhaps in genes).
The BIG fishes were lost always just under the ice.
My choose of lures were totally wrong. Iida: "Balance
jigs are too small. Fishes can not see them and go on
sleeping. Mormyska looks like a pastille".
Okei this was her first icefishing trip. Last time fishing
she was only interested in eating small pebbles on the
shore... (In May
2001 Iida was fishing with us whitefishes ( SFM-toimitus))
You have to be awake when
icefishing. Notice Iida's (3,5 years) professional hold on
the rod! Photo Petrus
Brando
14.3.
SFM-toimitus,
Kari and Olli
The same show was going on like in saturday. We walked
round seven kilometers on all the possible perchspots of Kihti in
eastern parts of Ava licence area and the lines hold loose.
All day long each
of us
caught small max 150 g perches about ten pcs, and no
contacts with whitefishes, pikes or zanders. Only the
weather had changed. Heavy southern wind and snowshowers
made fishing arctic. Possitive things: No sunglasses were
needed or no dirty fishcleaning was waiting in the evening!
Brando
13.3.
SFM-toimitus,
Kari and Olli
Brando in the morning on Avafjarden and in the afternoon
on Kihti side of Ava and Bjornholma. Brando showed once
again how difficult icefishing area it can be: total catch
of the day about 10 perches and the biggest ones a bit
over 100g. A lot of sunshine and about 10 kilometers
walking on ice was our best catch.
Survonenrapids
12.3.
JoonasS
and Marko
The water level was really low, and fishes were hiding
somewhere. We saw now stonefly hatches even if the weather
was warm and the sun was shining. The catch of the day was
7 graylings 15-25 cm, no contacts with trouts.
We have to wait, when the hatches begin, then the fishes
rise to the rapids. Ps: There were a lot of green
larvas in the river. Green larva flies were the best flies
for graylings, too.
Parainen,
Kallvik 11.3.
SFM-toimitus + co
Checking, if zander are back in old hot spots of
western Peimari. They are not, the catch of the day
was only one legal size and two smallies. SFM-toimitus tried to
find perches on underwater hills. About four kilos of
fishes in size over 200 g, the biggest 350 g. Extra catch
a small pike and a flounder. The best hole gave twenty
perches in early afternoon hours.
Perches and the pike in snowbath.
Perches had a lot of fishleeches on them, so they
have stayed on their places a long time.
Parainen
10.3.
OlliT and Jaakko
The plan was to begin with zander fishing and then go on
baitfishing whitefishes, if there is somewhere open water,
too. Zander fishing in Attu area was no success, Jaakko
got one fish and some hits, my saldo was one hit and a
lost fish under the ice in the hole.. In the afternoon we
casted our whitefish baits in a open steram passage. We
caught one fish, long enough to be two kilos, but the
weight said only 1,3 kg.
Jaakko and the slim whitefish 1,3
kg. Photo OlliT
Parainen
9.3
OlliT and Jaakko
The first project fish of our two days session was zander.
Early in the morning to Nauvo area. Fishes were in very
careful hit mood. Both of us caught in first two hours two
zanders. At the same time we tested baitfishing. Baits
gave two nice burbots 2.1 and 2.5 kg. At noon the
sun was shining so bright, taht we got no contacts with
zanders. At 5 pm they started to hit again. Total catch of
the day was 12 fishes of which four were over 37 cm.
The legal size zanders and two
nice baitfished burbots was the saldo of the day.
Photo
OlliT
Parainen
7.3.
MarkkuR+co
Our group, me and six students of our Fishery Institute,
tried to find zanders in good size in the nearby
waterareas of our school. Total catch was 30 zanders,
of which 9 were legal size over 37 cm, and half of the
rest were 35-36 cm. I hope this is a sign, that next year
we will have a lot more legal size fishes.
Naantali,
Luonnonmaa 7.3.
SFM-toimitus, Pena and Antero
We were on the ice before sunrise. Perches were a bit
active in the morning. From 6-8 meters we caught
nice 250 g fishes one or two per hole. There was 20
cm snow on the ice and the ice was over 40 cm thick, so
icefishing felt like working. Everyone caught over ten
nice perches, biggest ones over 300 g. SFM-toimitus had 39 and 38,5
cm zanders and one smallie and Antero one legal size
zander, too. This time SFM-toimitus made files of zanders, so long
ago has gone when last time had this delicacy.
Mostly we fished with balance jigs.
Velkua
6.3
KariA and Hari
We tried to find new places in Velkua. We found a lot of
small perches, only perhaps every tenth filled the
fliesize criterium. Active fishes were in two levels
in 2-4 m and 7-8 m depths. 10 hours of hard working gave
to both of us fishes for nice meals.
Parainen,
Haraldsholm 6.3.
NikoL, Janne and Kai
Everyone caught today fish enough to make soup. I had the
best fish of the day: A 770 g perch took my balance jig in
two meters water and in the middle of the day. Kai caught
a pike a bit over one kilo. In all the day was quite
modest and the catch under the average days. My icefishing
record perch saved a lot.
Kemio
6.3.
OlliT
A trip to icefish zanders and to sunbath. On the ice
from one to half past four am. Zanders played hard to
catch, to open their mouths pieces of smelt were needed.
The session gave two legal and seven small zanders.
Paraisten
Portti 5.3.
TimoK
My heart beated quite rapidly, when I waded in snow two
kilometers from the road to Gullkrona. In the morning the
temperature was a couple of centigrades in minus. I was on
the fishing ices at about ten am. Perches were really in
the mood all day long. I drilled hardly five empty
holes today. I caught hundreds of perches - all were very
small. Perhaps ten fishes were in size to fill my frying
pan in the middle. So I had to release most of the fishes
to their own element. I fished only with 9-10 cm balance
jigs. Their was no importance of the color or the model of
the jigs, smallies loved them all. Perches were mostly
in 4-8 meters water. At sunset time I even tried
shallow waters in front of rushes, but the same result:
small perches there, too.
The ice situation is quite good out on the Gullkrona. Some
halfisland noses and passages showed with bare ice without
snow, that they are dangerous to move on. Almost
everywhere else the ice was 15-25 cm. Out on the open area
there was only 5 cm snow on the ice. I am not sure, but I
think I saw other fishers on eastern side of Hogland
island. Otherwise I could fish totally alone.
