A BEAUTIFUL LADY !

The first time I saw her, she was lying so nicely in the harbour of Tromsø. A lot of children was climbing around on her. Our next meeting was some days later in Grøtsund outside Finnkroken at Reinøya. The weather was nice, and I was on a sea-picnic together with my wife Jorun and our good friends Andre and Ingerborg onboard M/V "BigFisher". Unfortunately she didn't need to carry her white sails on this day because it was a sunny day with no wind. Sedov is her name and her home harbour is Murmansk in Northern Russia.
Anyway it was a great experience to see the worlds biggest working school sailing vessel coming through Grøtsundet on this sunny day in september 2010.

Enjoy the pictures of her - a Beautiful lady !!!

BEST OCTOBER EVER ???

Had a wonderful angling trip with M/V "BigFisher" in nice weather last Saturday from Finnkroken to Sollbaren outside Torsvåg and Nord Kvaløy. After good cod-fishing outside Karlsøy I picked up my friends Burkhard and Henrik outside Helgøy. They were fishing in the area together with Frank Brodrecht and Herbert Løchel from Kingfisher with the Arronet from Nordic-Sea-Angling. Unfortunately Frank and Herbert had to return with the Arronet due to a close timeshedule, but I look forward to invite both guys to a halibut hunting trip next year.

We enjoyed good fishing - 4 halibuts from 80 to 110 cm and big cods is a nice experience. But the most exciting this time was the nice weather, the beautiful lights and the sunset. Thanks to the creator of all this !!

WONDERFUL HALIBUT HUNTING !!

M/V "BIGFISHER" is seaborn again after installing new gear and engine. Had a wonderful trip with good friends - Burkhard, Henrik, Gunter and Max from Finnkroken and Hav og Fjell yesterday. The trip went around Ringvassøy, Rebbenesøy, Hattøy and Sandøy and returned to harbour in Tromsø via Kvalsundet. Weather was excellent for this time of the year, and fishing was thrilling.

Best catch had Max, a 140 cm - his first halibut - !! on very shallow water.He had a nice fight with a strong halibut - a memory for lifetime I believe !! The fish was taken pictures of and then released back to its wonderful territory.

Henrik had the second largest - a 105 cm halibut- really nice fish !! Henrik also had a new PB - a nice cod at 18 kg.

After good fishing and watching the sunset in the open sea we returned back home late in the evening. Look forward to many nice halibut-hunting trips in september, october and november - in my opinion the most exciting and best part of the hunting season.

HARD WORK !!

WORKING WITH BOATS CAN BE A HARD WORK - THANKS TO HENRIK AND ANDRE FOR GOOD HELP WITH M/V "BIGFISHER".
MANY THANKS ALSO TO ANGLING GUIDE BURKHARD FOR NICE TRIPS TOGETHER THIS SUMMER WITH THE SILVER EAGLE FROM HAV OG FJELL I LANGSUND!! LOOK FORWARD TO ROUGH TRIPS OUTSIDE VANNØY AND REBENESØY WITH M/V "BIGFISHER" THIS AUTUMN.

NEW ENGINE AND GEAR MOUNTED !!!

M/V "BIGFISHER" HAS BEEN OUT OF BUSINESS FOR MORE THAN FOUR WEEKS NOW - THATS A DISASTER NOW IN THE SUMMERSEASON.

LOOK FORWARD TO TEST THE NEW GEAR AND ENGINE - AND TO EXCITING HALIBUTHUNTING IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. SEPTEMBER USE TO BE ONE GOOD MONTH FOR HALIBUTFISHING, AND HOPEFULLY I WILL HAVE MANY NICE TRIPS TOGETHER WITH GOOD FRIENDS.
IN SEPTEMBER THE REALLY BIG HALIBUTS COME UPON SHALLOW WATER, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GO OUT THERE LOOKING FOR THEM.

DURING M/V "BIGFISHER"'s SUMMER HOLIDAY I HAVE BEEN OUT FOR MANY NICE FISHING TRIPS WITH FRIENDS, AND I THANK YOU FOR THIS.

Maintenance on M/V "BigFisher"

Had to pull her out of water friday 25.th for cleaning and maintenance on one of the Twin Disc gears. On one of my last trips I hit something drifting under the surface -probably a heavy piece of wood - and this caused a problem with the gear.

Hopefully she will be back in water and ready for new expeditions in two weeks - depends on the spareparts I need.

TROMSØ DEEP SEA ANGLING CLUB

Nice trip saturday outside Ringvassøy.3 boats - M/V BIGFISHER, M/V MARIBELL and M/V VIKING in a very nice weather- east winds and new moon. Picture show Tormod and his 118 cm halibut on M/V BIGFISHER - top quality Halibut for the special celebrations.

STORTORSK UTENFOR VANNØYA

Had a nice trip with M/V "BIGFISHER" today outside Vannøy together with my friend Burkhard. A lot of nice weather and bad weather, sunshine, snow, rain, flat water and gail from north during the same day. I still feel a little dizzy and the floor at home is still moving. The point around Fakken can be VERY dangerous for small vessels when wind and current goes in different direction.
Had very nice fishing with BIG cods, , kveite, steinbit and sei.

The biggest cods we released and hopefully it will become mother to many new cod-babies.

The eccosounder picture show that the area was full of small fishes - tobis - and the big cods and also kveite are having a great party. Burkhard and I were lucky to join the party !!

DEEP SEA ANGLING CLUB OF TROMSOE - NICE TRIP OUTSIDE KVALØY

IN AN EXCELLENT WEATHER - SUN WAS SHINING AND ZERO WIND - I HAD A REALLY NICE TRIP TODAY TOGETHER WITH 4 OTHER ANGLERS FROM TROMSØ DEEP SEA ANGLING CLUB OUTSIDE KVALØY. THE SWEDISH ANGLER MARCUS HAD BEST CATCHES - NICE TORSK AND SEI. LOOK FORWARD TO THE HALIBUT CLUB TRIP THE 12. OF JUNE 2010.

TODAY WE HAVE CELEBRATED OUR NATIONAL DAY - 17. MAI

MY GRANDCHILD MATS - A FUTURE ANGLER -  CELEBRATING 17. MAI - LOOK FORWARD TO VISIT YOU NEXT WEEKEND !!

BEACHES TOO HAVE TO BE CLEANED !!

CLEANING BEACHES FOR TRASH - DON'T THROW WASTE OVERBOARD !!

IT'S HARD TO BE AN ANGLER !!

GOOD FRIENDS RESTING ON OUR WAY BACK HOME FROM THE HOT WATERS !

ANGLERS PARADISE !!

The midnight sun is back outside the coast - this weekend we had a wonderful weather on an angling trip.

PÅ TUR MED BEITOSTØLEN HAVFISKEKLUBB - 2 KVEITER

Dro fra Vannøya med M/V "BigFisher" sammen med 5 mann fra Beitostølen Havfiskeklubb !! I noe ruskete vær gikk turen via grunnene utenfor Veggefjorden ut til Grøtøysundet. Hadde alle typer vær - vinter, vårvær , sommer og full snøstorm på en og samme tur. Fin naturopplevelse - så sola gå ned ute i havet - to kveiter 100 cm og 90 cm - artig tur og fint gjeng.

M/V BIGFISHER had 4 Halibuts and a double

Nice catch outside Ringvassøy. Michael, Burkhard, Arne-Morten and Morten had a nice experience. Biggest halibut 13o cm and Michael had PB and landed 3 beauties. Cant sleep after this!!!

BAD WEATHER - HALIBUT CATCH OUTSIDE RINGVASSØY

The 1. of May my friend Burkhard and I  had a wonderful angling trip  onboard M/V "BIGFISHER" outside Ringvassøy. Burkhard  landed a Halibut 148 cm long - wonderful fish !!! We explored a new place and had sevedral contacts with halibuts during the night.

The weather was not smiling to us - rain and snow and temperatures close to O' Celsius. Unfortunately the fish was not possible to release - after I prepared it I let good friends at Finnkroken keep the meat. Hopefully it will bring many good meals to my friends.

Inside the stomac of the female fish I found 2 cods - one of the 60 cm.!! long. Really a  hungry hunter. I also found a nice Kinetic jighead with double treble-hooks and a blue 30 cm. long rubberfish !

The Halibut-season onboard M/V " BIGFISHER" has started !!!!!!

Useful information about region of Tromsø in German and French

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Spenna and NordFugløya 3. April 2010

WONDERFUL FISHINGTRIP TO NORD FUGLØY

Tromsø Saturday 3. april 2010
Nice temperatures, flat water and clear sky with intense sunshine made the first fishing trip this year together with my friend Burkhard to Spenna and NordFugløy to an unforgettable trip.

Full fishbox with skrei, brosme and two sei was a nice start of the season. The biggest skrei on rod this day was 14 kg - the Savagegear Cutbait Herring is working really good!

Look forward to many nice expeditions with good friends this year!!

                         BURKHARD IN FRONT OF LYNGSALPENE



                  
                       GOOD NATURAL BAIT AT SPENNA

                                           WONDERFUL AND WILD NORDFUGLØY


                                                                                   


Morten

2010 FIRST HALIBUT TRY !

M/V "Big Fisher" has left the harbour for the first trip in 2010.

Still very cold weather and problems with frozen pumps onboard.

The Savage gear Herring cutbait works great.
Tried some fishing - but no halibut .
It is early for halibut on shallow water- they are still on deeper water making halibut-babies.
We don't want to disturbe them there !!

Its a really good cod-fishing just now outside Kvaløyvågen and the professional fishermen are very happy.
Anyway it is really nice to get out there !!

You never know what the day brings to you"

M/V "BIGFISHER" HAS NOT LEFT THE HARBOUR

DUE TO GALE AND HEAVY SNOWFALL THE FIRST HALIBUT TRIP IS POSTPONED.

WILL TRY AT FULL MOON IN THE LAST DAYS OF FEBRUARY.

M/V"BIGFISHER" READY FOR ACTION

PESTO HALIBUT RECEIPE

Pesto Halibut Recipe Taste of Home Recipes

GRILLED HALIBUT -CHECK THIS OUT!!!

Grilled Halibut with Mustard Dill Sauce Recipe Taste of Home Recipes

WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST - FISHING AREA TROMSØ

Meteorologens varsel


FREDAG OG LØRDAG 

Troms: Sørvestlig frisk bris 10. Sludd eller snø, regn på kysten. Natt til lørdag vestlig frisk bris 10, lørdag formiddag økende til stiv kuling 15 utsatte steder, lørdag ettermiddag sterk kuling 20, lørdag kveld liten storm 22 i Nord-Troms. Snøbyger.

OBS-varsel for Ofoten, Lofoten, Vesterålen og Troms: Fredag og lørdag lokalt stor snøskredfare pga ustabile snølag, snø og vind. Fra lørdag ettermiddag lokalt vanskelige kjøreforhold på grunn av sterk vind og snø.

SØNDAG

Troms: Vest og nordvest stiv kuling 15, i nordlige kyststrøk liten storm 22. Søndag ettermiddag minking til frisk bris 10, i nord perioder med stiv kuling 15. Snøbyger.

FISHING WEATHER:
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY -SNOW AND STRONG WIND FROM SOUTHWEST -
FROM 10 TO 22 M/S - STORM !!
 
                     BAD CONDITIONS - STAY HOME                                  

SAVAGEAR CUTBAIT HERRING DEMO

LOOKS REALLY NICE- GOOD MOVEMENT.

Midnight Sun Marathon : NM i reinkappkjøring

TROMSØ THIS WEEKEND: NM I REINKAPPKJØRING

Today my company has transported 300 tons of produced snow for free to the main street in Tromsø for the yearly reindeer - race.

A lot of reindeers and people will fill up the city during this weekend.

This is a part of the Sami cultural week in Tromsø.


TAKE A LOOK AT THIS LINK

Midnight Sun Marathon : NM i reinkappkjøring

WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST

Meteorologens varsel


Troms fredag og lørdag: Sørlig bris. Spredt snø i indre strøk, ellers oppholdsvær. Fra i ettermiddag sørvestlig bris, på kysten av og til liten eller stiv kuling 15, lørdag morgen dreiende nordvestlig. Etter hvert snøbyger.

WIND FROM SOUTH/SOUTHWEST UP TO 15 M/S, SOME SNOW
TEMPERATURES FROM MINUS 6 UP TO PLUSS 1
 
AVERAGE CONDITIONS-BE CAREFUL

WINTER IN TROMSØ

Still winter in Tromsø. Nice weather - minus 6 degrees celcius - calm wind conditions.
See the enclosed picture from this morning.

Very good cod-fishing (Skreifiske) outside Senja - first coming thursday I will taste it with some friends.

Skrei, lever and rogn is a local delicatesse at this time of the year here in North Norway.
Gives you a lot of energy and omega 3 which is good for your health !!!