Today's fishing outside Malmö, Sweden

[Mandelstam]

Just thought I'd make a quick report on todays fishing since I really appreciate reading your reports from all over the world.

Today I went out with a small party boat called Spinnaren. It has room for 10 people but it's perfect when we are around 7-8 people fishing.

This time of year (summer) in my parts of Sweden (https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zuZ1_t6AE6ms.kpzD7hM3Y2F8) we usually go after cod on something we call "bulefiske" (bump fishing). The cod gathers in schoals that on the sonar looks like small (or large) "bumps" just over the bottom. It requires a lot of the skipper to navigate the boat to these bumps and keep it there for at least one drop. We have strong currents that make this a real challenge. But Spinnaren's skipper is a good man and a good skipper.

The depth is usually around 15-20m (45-60 feet) so I went out with my Penn Spinfisher V 3500 rigged on a Edge Dynamic Powercast 6-8lbs rod. Jigs around 100-150g is perfect to quickly reach the bottom.

Today the season for "bulefiske" had apparently come to a stop. We didn't find many bumps on the sonar and did a longer drifts instead. In a month or two the cod gathers in the shallows (4-10 m - 12-30 feet) and you can take them on real light gear which is really funny! I managed to land five or six cod that was legal and maybe 10-15 herrings for supper tonight.

The weather was great and it's always nice to get out on the water..





/Karl

[rshu]

nice fish! thanks for sharing your report!

[Keta]

Nice!  When I lived in Alaska the cod were 100'-300' deep and not fun to catch due to the heavy gear we used to get down that far.  

[Alto Mare]

Very nice Mandelstam, thanks for sharing it with us.
Sal

[ossipeter]

Nice cod! Good to her that there someone!

[Mandelstam]

Yea it's nice to see that at least here cod is slowly getting more plentiful. They are small in comparison to 10-15 years ago but at least in my waters we have the option to scale down our equipment to get a nice fight even from a 3 kg cod. And this summer has been wild. A lot of cod and in good sizes too. The ocean I fish in (Öresund) is a sound between Sweden and Denmark ( I can see Copenhagen from the beach). It's one of the busiest sounds in the world because every ship that wants to enter the Baltic Ocean has to come through here. And I think it's partly because of this that they have, for a long time, banned trawling. So compared to other parts of our coast the fish and ocean has been spared a lot of abuse.

Last summer a fishermen caught a two meter long marlin here. Unfortunately it was caught in a net. So we get some exotic guests as well. Sixty years ago people came from all over the world to catch giant bluefin here. But, as in a lot of other places, they are all gone now...

Source: http://www.raamuseum.se/Tonfisk.htm

[Alto Mare]

I love the older pictures Karl, thanks for posting.
You mentioned that it was a nice day, on one of your shots that water didn't look that calm was it?

[Keta]

You mentioned that it was a nice day, on one of your shots that water didn't look that calm was it?

I fish the NE Pacific and didn't notice that the water was so flat.  Last week we had 6'-7' wind waves we had to run into to get back to port, fortunately the swell was small.

[BMITCH]

Karl, love the hat!! Great report. Thanks for posting from the other side of the Atlantic.
Bob

[Dominick]

Good job Karl.  Cod are tasty fish.  I remember having cod mixed with fried potatoes at a Swedish friend's house years ago.  It was an odd taste for an American tongue but it was strangely cloying.  I kind of craved the taste.  I also had Lutefisk at a Norwegian house.  All the jokes about lutefisk are true.    Dominick

[redsetta]

Great report and pics Karl - thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Justin

[bluefish69]

Cod is one of my favorite fish to catch & you have them in your back yard. Some people have all the luck.

Nice Fish

Mike

[Alto Mare]

I make a mean Baccala' with potatoes, good stuff!

[bluefish69]

Al right here comes a killer---- I don't eat Cod --- I was forced to eat Cod as a child & still can't get it in my mouth   BUT I like the Row

Par boil in water with a little vinergar till solid let cool a little slice flour & fry in Butter till lightly golden.

[Mandelstam]

I love the older pictures Karl, thanks for posting.
You mentioned that it was a nice day, on one of your shots that water didn't look that calm was it?

It rolled a bit but nothing too serious. The worst is when you get ashore after a day on the sea. That is the time I can get seasick, standing in the kitchen filleting cod and your brain still thinks it's out at sea.

Karl, love the hat!! Great report. Thanks for posting from the other side of the Atlantic.
Bob

Cash is king! There's a record (don't remember which) when Cash is doing Me and Bobby McGee live at one of our biggest prisons in Sweden. He actually spoke good Swedish. I love Johnny Cash.

Al right here comes a killer---- I don't eat Cod --- I was forced to eat Cod as a child & still can't get it in my mouth   BUT I like the Row

Par boil in water with a little vinergar till solid let cool a little slice flour & fry in Butter till lightly golden.

What!? Don't eat cod? To me it's the best fish to eat period. Yesterday we steamed it with just some salt and pepper. Served with potatoes and carrots and a plain salad. Nothing fancy but food doesn't need to be fancy, just taste great!

My dad also likes the row, but smoked. Guess I have to try it sometime..