Sandhornøya, eastside-fjord

Saturday morning I prepeared my car for fishing. Main target was the sea ice in a place called Gildeskål. So I packed my bait, the icedrill, and some rods for this use and I hit the road. I hooked up with my friend Markus when I came to the sea, and together we came to the conclusion that the ice was not safe to walk on. One week ago I was on this ice and fished safetly but all the snow we have had the last week isolated the ice so the saltwater could work its way through the ice and make it softer. Fortunately we had been in advance and packed some rods and gear for shorefishing. In one week we have had about 40 to 70 cm of snow, so we drove for 2 hours looking for a suitable place to fish, and park the car, with no 4wd it`s tricky to park and not getting stuck in the snow.

Sometimes I just have to use what I can get, hopeless as it seems. If there is sea there is always fish. We fought our way througth the snow and rigged some rods with baits and jigs. Allways checking the dephts with a jig on a new spot, that way I can also create a picture of what kind of bottom I`m fishing, sand, mud or rocks. This is vital information for how I rig the bait, fish the jig, or the lure.

Markus was the hero of the day with this cod, 2lbs back to the sea, cought on an easy sliding rig with herring. This weekend the sea was not giving anything away that easy, we fished for hours but the fish was not interested.

Sunday morning I hit the road again, this time I wanted to try out more shallow waters, so I went over to my favourite halibut-spot. Walking in over 2 feet of snow for about 1,5 kilometers to get to the sea really made me realise that I could be in the need for some more physical activity, I needed a two minute break before I could begin rigging the gear. I casted out a sliding rig with a big herringbait as far as I could and activated the baitrunner on my great shimano reel and then I fished the bottom and in the surface with jigs and lures, and then nothing, for five hours I went on fishing, changing baits several times. Neighter lures or jigs was interesting for the fish, no hits.    


The last few weeks the snow has been poring down at us, I should have been in the slopes this weekend, but since there has been little or no fishing lately I needed this trip to the shorelines in my backyard.
If you never have taken a walk at the shores in conditions like this then I strongly recommend it.

No need for fancy tripods in this conditions.