Stenbrottet near Hällekis

We decided to take a two days fishing trip to Hällekis near to Vänern. Vänern is the biggest lake in Sweden but this time we went to smaller artificial lake called Stenbrottet for catching salmon.

I had very high expectations from this trip but unfortunately after two days of non stop fishing we managed to catch only three salmons.

Göta Kanal at Berg

Quite a busy day at Göta Kanal at the locks from Berg. Many boats coming from the Roxen lake are waiting to pass the locks.

Fishing for Barracuda in Curaçao

Finally out on the sea and fishing for tuna and barracuda

The only optimistic guy on the boat was captain Jerry Vollebregt

Trying to pilot the Yuana Blou boat

Jerry changing the bite

Finally at the end of the day, after I lost all my hope, just when approaching the pier a barracuda attacked the lure and get hooked.

Underwater Adventures

Well I just decided to take a look of the fishes below the water this time

Fully equipped with the diving gear

The green mile to the blue abyss

Jumping into the water

I know that it is not a fish !!!

I know that it is not a fish but I still wanted to share this picture taken at the Dolphin Academy in Curaçao.

Curaçao Blue

Every fishing story needs a good scenery. The water, the breeze, the local people are part of the fishing experience. This is why a fishing day without any catch still be a wonderful day. This year we decided to spend our vacation in a little quiet piece of paradise located on the north-west side of the Curaçao. This beautiful and serene Caribbean island located near to Venezuela features crystalline waters, gorgeous white-sand beaches and a culture all its own with wonderful and friendly local people. In such a place where the sea is always blue, the air is always warm and the opportunities to experience interaction with the marine life are always endless.

Playa Kalki at Northernmost village of Westpunt, Curaçao

Our "headquarter" at Lodge Kura Hulanda

A view from the bedroom

Willemstad the beautiful capital of Curaçao

Searching for new places

We were decided to search for new fishing places and we went on the other side of the lake near to a place called Kvarntorp.


It was not a very successful day mostly because it was raining all the day. We tried to fish for pike with small live fish but catching a small bite fish it was almost impossible. In the evening somehow we manage to catch a small pike which was not very impressive.

The place was looking promising and we decided to come back for more tomorrow…..

The Season Just Started

This is the first day of the season. After a long Swedish winter that don’t want to go away finally a little sunshine. I took the opportunity and went fishing for a few hours. I could stay only 4 hours but everything went fine. After two hours of casting the wobbler I caught the first pike of the year. Look at him! What a beauty!

The pike attacked the Perch Storm Kickin' Minnow lure. I was no expecting this because I don’t trust very much soft lures. However after one more hour, another attack to the Storm Lure convinced me that in the future probably I need to reconsider soft lures. This time the attack felt differently. After 10 seconds the fish was hooked I felt that it was not a pike. It could have not been a pike. The fish was much faster than a pike and was fighting quite vigorously. After a 2 min fight it finally showed up from the water. To my surprise it was an Asp, a threatened and protected species in Sweden.

After a few a photos the Asp went back to the water :-)