Happy new year!

2009 has been a great year, the birth of my son in november has been the greatest experience ever. In january, the first day of the year we sold our apartment close to the hart of Bodø in advantage of a house we bought on new year`s eve on the island of saltstraumen. Waking up every day to the pure and fresh enviroment close to the sea is something that I will not regret for a second. Now that we were about to live in such a place as this I needed a bigger boat, so I turned my nose south and travelled to the area around Oslo where trolling is the game and I bought this Ryds 600bf, a 20ft boat build for sportfishing with downriggers and Raymarine electronics. Many hours and lots of gasoline has given me more sea to fish. -trolling for seatrout and halibut and deep sea fishing for other species.

My greatest achievements in fishing this year.

In may I managed to catch a 42lbs halibut fishing from the shore in the fjord of skjerstad, I have been trying to do this for five-six years now and finally it came throught. Flyfishing for seatrout in the sea gave me a fish with the weight of about 5lbs, but it was the fishing and everything around me and in the sea that makes this fish special for me. In the river of Saltdal at the south end of the skjerstadfjord I had a great time flyfishing. Seatrout with the weight of 15lbs and new personal best salmon catch, a fish that measured 109 cm, and that is about 30lbs on a single hand loomis #8 flyrod. The salmon went back to the river to ensure later generations of giant salmon genes, it was so great to watch that perfectly build fish swim out of my hands with majestic movements away from the riverbank. In october, baitfishing became an obsession again when I started fishing a short shoreline that I`ve been thinking about for some years now, with the catch of small halibut three times I believe that I have discovered a new great spot, cant wait to fish this place when the weather gets warmer. Then Saltstraumen once again delivered, a 50lbs cod, a new great personnal best and I am still today excited.

 This seasons I did not get much time for coalfish, in june once I was fishing for bait from my boat and suddenly the screen on my fishfinder was filled up with giant coalies and the fish was hammering my lure 6feet under my boat for about 30 minutes until we left for some halibut.

This picture shows you the reality that awaits me, winthermonths shorefishing in bodoe. Wind, ice, cold, rain and snow and it`s all mine. I will use every hour and every minute that I can -fishing and beeing outdoors. -The price is the summer, flyfishing freshwater and rivers for trout, char, seatrout and salmon, that is recreation and holiday for me.

The last few weeks there has been little or no fishing, the weather has not been right with freezing temperaturesand lots of wind, christmas has been a relaxing period with family and food.

Usually January and february the fishing can be poor but I will do my best to make my fishing a success. Beeing outdoors is always something...

Happy new year and tight lines!