Been farting about with the inflatable boat some this summer. But it was time to upgrade it, and with the refund from the Greys Greyflex S beach casting rod that the retailer in York never managed to send in a workable condition, I purchased a Lowrance 4x pro fish finder for it. That and a couple of rod holders is so far my version of pimping my inflatable boat. The problem of adding stuff to my boat, is that I don’t have a trailer to [...]

  Of course what clothes you choose for your fishing trip to our Northern shores depends on the weather. The only problem is that before you can get your floatie on, it will have changed. The north is not very warm either. Well, the climate is surprisingly mild for an area of the globe that is further north than Alaska. Oslo in the south of Norway, where we keep our capitol city so us northerners don’t have to be bothered by the urban cafe latte [...]

2-3 weeks ago I was looking for and found a reasonable priced surf rod on Ebay. The Greys Greyflex S is not to be found here in Norway, so ordering from abroad was the only option. So I ordered the rod, and as usual on Ebay, it was payed for trough Paypal. Normaly when I order things, in this case from a dealership in the UK, the goods are in my hands within days. For example a part for the flash gun of my Canon [...]

This morning as I checked Norwegian Post tracking system for my latest purchase, an original ABU Ambassadeur 7000 “Made in Sweden” from 1991, I was pretty much resigned that it would still be stuck in some mail terminal in Oslo, where it had been for nearly a week. But there it was, arrived in Harstad. I just had to go to the post office to pick it up, where for a 230NOK customs fee I could take it into my possession. As I am only [...]

So far this season I have been using two rods for my shore fishing with baits. The rod I have had the most luck with is the ABU Garcia Workhorse 2 salmon multiplier rod. It’s a 10′ rood rated for casting weights of 20-60 grams, so for using it is as a beach rod, it’s quite light. But it did bring in a 12lb cod for me last weekend. But then again, Salmon is one of the strongest fish there is, and they routinely catch [...]

I tried to do some maintenance on the ABU Ambassadeur 7000i C3 i purchased a couple of years ago. It was not the first time I opened it up, but the sinking feeling of disappointment was still there as the plastic-fantastic guts of it was revealed. My confidence in this reel was initially quite okay. But it has grown worse as the reel as deteriorated in front of my eyes. And it has not really been used that much. The heaviest load it has experienced [...]

In 2010 Norway introduced a mandatory boating license. That is you need a licence to drive a boat with some exceptions: If you are born in 1980 or later, and will drive a boat that is more than 8 meters (26,2 ft) or that has an engine that has more than 25Hp, you need a licence. Smaller boats than mentioned above you may drive without a licence from age 16. If you are born before 1980, you don’t need a licence at all. But boat [...]

In peaceful Norway as war is raging. And now the first victories from the battle front is being reported. This time from Norwegian TV2, who yesterday informed us that one of the major supermarket chains in the country, ICA, Rema 1000, NorgesGruppen and Coop has laid down an ultimatum against the farmed salmon industry.

Tourists takes about 3300 tons of fish in Norway each year according to the Institute of Marine Research. A large percentage, 1600 metric tons are cod, reports the NRK.no in an article on their website.

Customs officers at the Bjørnefjell border crossing point into Sweden on Tuesday stopped two cars belonging to Estonians that contained fish exceeding the 15 kilo limit, Harstad Tidende report.