Fishing Denmark - April 21st.

[Marcel_Karssies]

Fishing Denmark day 3

On day 3 the winds would shift in the afternoon to the south.
Condition where now good enough to fish the spot we skipped
the day before.



On the west coast.

The water was still murky and some spots where all green due to the algae bloom.
This did not hinder the trout because within ten minutes I got a solid hook-up on the
zonker I fished.


Fish nr. 3 of the trip, 53 cm of strong seatrout.

We had quite a few takes on this spot.
I counted at least seven hits on the fly but missed most.
Tom had three smaller trout at this location.
At the end of the session I finally managed to convert a bite into
a hook-up but ended up with a very small juvenile seatrout.


Junior seatrout.

The wind died down later in the day and shifted to south.
Waves began to kick up and soon the water looked like pea soup due
to the algae.
It was time to retreat for lunch and make plans for fishing in the evening
hours.

Instead of going out to eat we got a couple of pizza’s at the local supermarket
to have more time for the evening fishing session.
After lunch we headed to a cliff at the southern shore of the island.
The water was murky but at least some visibility was left, no signs of live
though.
When some Danish spin fisherman came along with their catch we got
a little more faith in the spot.
According to the fisherman trout where jumping at the point around the cliff
so there we went.


In the evening at the cliff.

The current was moving at a steady pace around the point, this was a spot where we had done good business the year before.
The hard wind blew right onto the shore we where standing on so casting was a bit tricky.
At the end of the day I was rewarded for my effort with one smaller seatrout of about 40 cm.


Fish nr. 5 of the trip.

Another good day had ended with as reward three seatrout being caught.

[JMadert]

Great post(s) Marcel. Those sea-run fish sure are beautiful. Your Danish trips are too cool. I must fish there someday ... I love those cobble beaches. What was the most successful fly this year ?

John

[Marcel_Karssies]

My most successful pattern was ... well the one I use in most of my fishing, a small zonker.
The zonkers I use have are gray/brown, black and white with a mylar body.

I have caught so many different fish species on these patterns that I have the utmost confidence in them and that helps when you are fishing the coast where fish are so few and spread out.
If I would have fished a shrimp pattern or a lugworm fly I guess I would have gotten the same results.

So early in the season many fish have just returned from the rivers where they spawned and are fatting up in the sea.
I guess that later on in the season fish will become more picky about what they eat.
Most of the Danish seatrout patterns are small flies that imitate shrimp and small baitfish.