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Aland, Mariehamn 27.-28.2.
Pingo

Slemmern is now covered with  12- 15 cm ice, and it gets thicker every night, when the weather is on minus centigrades. Tolle made in sunday his first excursion on ice. He fished four hours and caught 75 perches, of which he took the 50 biggest, medium about 500 grams. In monday there were already several fishers on ices, and the catches were excellent. This weekend will be busy on Slemmern, so next report might be long and heavy...

The weather forecast promises plus centigrades beginning in sunday, so seatrout fishing is again possible on western shores. My next week program will be icefishing in the mornings and in afternoons waders on and seatrout hunting! 

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Kimito 27.2.
OlliT

With Arska once again to ice at 7 a.m. I thought to catch perches, and Arska zanders. Zanders did not show a fin all day long, and even perches played difficult to be caught. We driiled at least hundred of holes and walked a lot of kilometers. Fishes in sizes to be taken with we had about twenty and some tens of smallies, which we released. Anyway, we could eat smoked perches, and a bit tan on our after winter pale faces. 

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Askainen 27.2
SFM-toimitus, Aleksandr and 5 men from St.Peterburg

We were late on the ice at 11 a.m. Immediately there was a slight hit on and we caught some even legal size fishes. In the afternoon happened almost nothing, only some nibbling fishes. At half past five p.m. the hit began again. We went on fishing to seven o'clock. The saldo was about twenty zanders in legal size, the biggest 800 g, at least the same amount we had to release small fishes. The best lures were blue balance jigs and vertical classic Nautilus baited with fish eyes. In the evening there was delicious russian fishsoup Uha bubbling in the kettle. 

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Pernio, Lohenrengas 26.2.
VisaK

Today it was surpringly quiet in Lohenrenga. We started at noon and after that we fished about SEVEN hours of nothing. Not a fin ...exept one group of fishers caught three fishes. We were just about to leave, when Juha got me overtalken to kivijärvi to check up the evening hit. First it was empty, then slight hits, but nothing up. Just when darkness fell fishes activated in really shallow 10 cm water in front of the spring. Juha tries first, but got nothing. After a while I went to try and got a hit and fish on the ice. That was a lucky fish!. No more happenings exept a one meter long wooden stick, which I tried to tire up a while. Finally I got it released, we do not eat that slim stuff anyway... 

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The Lake of Matida 24.2.
JoniS

Ice fishing with my friend from  14.30 to 17.30. Air pressure was really high in 1035 mBar. That was not enough, we did not have a slightest hit. Even the echoload showed almost empty, only one fishecho. I fished in shallow under 2 m water. There were many other fishers too, mostly bait paste fishers, and even they had no fishes. i wonder where fishes are. It has been quite a long time from last time they put rainbows into the lake. Perhaps we should have fished later in the evening like Tapani in Lohenrengas even till half past six o'clock. 

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Pielinen 24.2. 
HarriM

In Northern Karelia burbots are spawning now. In thursday evening I made a short trip on ice and caught seven fishes. All took on Topi hara-spoon without bait. Many co-fishers caught nice catches, too. Fishes were all males, no mamma burbots were seen. Hit were eager and heavy. Now I have to prepare for The competition Icefishing of Million Euros in this weekend in Tuuri.

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Pernio, Lohenrengas 24.2.
SFM-toimitus, Michel, Daniel, Juha, Jarmo and Reijo

We were on the ice at two o'clock p.m. Pompiainen gave from the first hole a nice 1,5 kg brown trout with second movement of the lure. Later from the same hole came a small rainbow. We fished next on Kivijarvi till half past six. Fishes activated after sunset. Reijo caught anice trout and Daniel a fine rainbow and  SFM-toimitus a rainbow about two kilos. A lot we had careful bites an even one fish broke Reijo's line. White phosphor headed Leech was hot lure today. 

                  
                   Trouts in Lohenrengas are beautifully spotted and with large fins. 

                 
                 Two kilos rainbow hit after sunset. Photos SFM-toimitus

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Mietoinen 23.2.
SFM-toimitus, Michel, Daniel, Timo and Kari

We were on the ice at six p.m.. At eight  SFM-toimitus and Michel were too tired to go on and left home. Others tried till half past nine with no results. Spawning of burbots is eveidently over now? 

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Velkua 23.2.
SFM-toimitus, Michel and Daniel

Finally the minus degrees have worked for us perch fishermen and created thicker ices. We  were first fishers on a old hot spot. Between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. we caught perches in class +200g about eight kilos with balance jigs, the biggest  ones were a bit under 400 g. A nice catch, when you think that Daniel had his second perch icefishing day in his carrieer. 

                
                 Daniel and over 300 g perch. Photo SFM-toimitus

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Sarkisalo 22.2
OlliT and Kalle

The first and probably the last burbot fishing day in this winter to Sarkisalo waters. Minus 13 centigrades and freezing wind. We caught five small about half a kilo male fishes. The milt was running.

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Naantali and Askainen 22.2.
SFM-toimitus, Michel and Daniel

We thought to make an effective strike on ices, but the fishing is for some reason very difficult now. We began fishing at half past nine in the morning. Almost the first hole gave a nice 39 cm zander, Then it was more quiet. Till half past noon we caught only ten perches, and they were quite small. In the evening we tried to catch burbots again. From 5.30. to 8.00 p.m. we did not have a slightest hit. The weather was arctic: temperature minus ten centigrades and wind blowing from northeast. 

               
                These perches tasted balance jig. Photo SFM-toimitus

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Kaarina 21.2.
SFM-toimitus, Michel, Daniel and Timo

We tried to tickle burbots some hours in the evening. Till eight o'clock p.m. we did not have a hit. Same promlem had all the other fishers, too. 

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Kaarina 20.2.
JussiE + co

We drilled plenty of holes in front of rushes. Eager fishing with balance jigs gave all day long on ly one hit on orange-tiger 12 cm Nils master. Perhaps the nasty weather hold the mouths of pikes shut? 

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Pernio, Lohenrengas 20.2.
VisaK

I made one trip again. I have never earlier caught a rainbow trout with icefishing, but now I finally succeeded. After about 10 minutes fishing I had first one on! It was the biggest of the trip, 53cm/1,42kg. Immediately I caught second fish  50cm, then the situation calmed down. Hits and moving lines I had during the day. Total saldo was 4 rainbows on the ice, three lost fishes and several hits. Twice a fish broke my line...

I caught three of the fishes from Kivijärvi. The hot spot was a bit northeast from the rock on shore near the place, where fresh water runs to the lake from a spring. In Pompiainen the best place was the mouth of the small creek. There were 4 other fishermen, too. When I left home, the total catch was 10 fishes. Once again a nice trip to Lohenrengas!

                  
                  We found the hottest spot very fast! Photo  Kuva SFM-toimitus 

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Vanajavesi, Kaarteenlahti 14.-15.2.
PeteA, Tawny and Maya

In monday we icefishes four hours in the afternoon. Small perches hit nicely on my balance jig and Tawny's mormuska. The total catch was a bit over one kilo of fishes. I made files of all of them and we fried them in the evening. In tuesday we were on the ice all day long. We tried to catch pike, too, but without results. Again we had a lot of small perches. In the afternoon roaches began hit like crazy on the colored hook under 3 cm Nils Masters balance jig. Anyway our catch was not really mighty. 

                                   
Tawny fishing intensively. Fishing with mormuskas demands sensitiveness even if the weather is artic. 

                   
           Pete has the first perch on ice and the next one is coming up. Photos SFM-toimitus 

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Mynalahti 12.2.

JussiT

First time in this year to icefish zanders. I and two friends were on the ice from dusk to dusk. The hit was poor, but anyway we caught fishes enough to taste in the evening. The ice was almost everywhere about 15 cm and like a mirror. It was good to have slidepreventers on your boots. 

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Parainen 28.-31.1.
Niko, Moykky, Jaakko and Passoja

We icefishes our old familiar pike hot spots from friday to monday in Parainen. All together we caught 19 pikes, of which with jigs 17 fishes and with baitfishes two. The biggest were 4170, 3840, 3740g, and three others over 3 kg, mostly the pike were nice size icefishing fishes. In saturday we caught only two fishes ( possible reason was hangover, which we got with in friday evening.)  Jaako's bigger pike with baitfish was 2,94 kg. It hit on white bream. The best hit was in sunday, when we made 12 pikes to turn on the ice. The ices are really weak, only 4-10 cm on our hot spots. We took only two pikes up, all the others are still hunting small fishes under the ice. The other of the ones we opened (2,6 kg) had had  bleak orgies, and still took as desert a silvery Kaimaani balance jig. The best lure was once again Kaimaani in colors silver sides, red head and yellow tiger. In sunday when it was snowing we had at noon a really hot 10 minutes fishing. One hole gave pikes 2,9-2,7-1,8-1,2 kg and the hole next to it a 4,17 kg pike! 

 

In monday I,  Janne, Jaakko+ Passoja were all day sunbading on the ice. The catch was honorable one 150 g perch with black and silver Kaimaani and one about three kilos lost pike in the hole.It has always been a difference between high and low aitpressures. The nastier the weather is the better the hit is in eaarly and midwintertime.