Hur är isen på tämnaren?

[Placebo]

True, true

To be honest we're leaning towards Hjällsjön as Söderfors is very easy to get to by bus direct from Tierp in only 19 minutes, get the bus to Söderfors Kyrkmyren then it's just a few 100m's walk to "Söderfors Bad & Camping" where I read I can buy a license and also hire a boat?

[Maruder]

It's a nice little lake, but check the ice status there.. Im not sure that the camping is open? But if not, the license can be bought at the gas station so it's not a big problem

I have rented a boat there, but that must be almost 10 years ago..

[Placebo]

I sent an email to info@soderforsherrgard.se to ask about the ice condition, that's supposedly the tourist information centre for Söderfors, so far no reply

[Ola]

Mayby I understand wrong but Catfish is not alllowed to fish in sweden.

I Have been checked for fishing license there.

[Placebo]

Hi Ola

Hmm that's strange, on the apartment rent website they show a picture of a caught catfish:

[Maruder]

That looks lika a swedish "lake" (lota lota)?

[Placebo]

Oh so it's not technically a catfish? Interesting, well it looks fascinating and I'd love to catch one! Any other lakes that have them in this region? What do they like to eat?

[Maruder]

It's actually the only freshwater living cod-fish

The eat at night, near the bottom. The most regular way to catch them is by using an heavy (40-100g) spoon, with a shrimp on the hook. You hit the bottom hard a few times with the lure, the vibrations atract the fishes They are almost blind so the color of the lureaint so important..

[Placebo]

Looks like we may be giving tämnaren a try today, I wanted to go to Marma or Söderfors but I've been out voted by the wife!

Change of plans, we are going to Söderfors after all! Not Hedesunda though as there's no bus stops anywhere near the fishing bridge, which is a bit useless

[Maruder]

So, did you catch any fish?

Tämnaren was a bit tricky this weekende, we fished for about 5 houres a day fri/sat/sunsay, and got about 10 pikes (the biggest was about 3kg) and a pearch (0.8kg) so the fishing didn't go so well, but the weather was kickass!