Norwegian Winter

How to survive Norwegian winter......

Fiberglass Cod

As we approach Christmas its important to make time for some sight fishing after what we Norwegians refer to as Christmas-Cod. Many Norwegians have cod for dinner at Christmas eve, hence the nickname.

On todays trip I brought my Steffen #5-6, a rod I have becomed very fond of. 

On theese clear, crispy december days without any wind, you can normally have fun fishing after cod on the hunt for food on very shallow water, we are talking about 1ft of water. 

Today I found 5 nice cods, and cought two of them. 

The biggest got away ( funny, its usually like that...). 

I took a couple of photos of the largest cod as its swimming towards me. 

I guess this one would weigh in at about 13 lb

The Project begins...

    fish on - it fell of right after I took the shot!

 

The Project obviosly starts up with the Great Lake fly rod I inherited from my grandfather. Its a 8 1/2 `rod that carries a #7 line with ease.

This is saltwater fishing in my home water - the Oslo Fjord.
The goal is to catch seatrout, but reaching that goal means also getting in contact with cod and coalfish.

Fishing the Great Lake rod is a lot different from fishing my sage rods. For saltwater fishing I usually go with a sage Xi2 #7 or a sage Slt #8.
The Great Lake is heavier, but after a wile I forgot about the wheight issue.

The fishing wasn`t great, lost one fish ( probably a cod ) while taking a photo.....

Happy Thanksgiving!