King crab caught on fishing rod

One of the Swedish team members caught a king crab when fishing for plaice in the Harbor here in Mehamn!

When standing on the marina holding his fishing rod he first thought he had got stuck in the bottom. However when pulling harder with the rod he succeeded to retrieve some line. After a while and little bit of struggle a king crab appears below the surface. He could hardly believe his eyes! 

 

The king crab holding on to the baited hook

 with one of it's claw!

And here it is on the marina!

 

Cod in huge numbers!

This last week the cod fishing has been spectacular! More 15 kilo cods was caught than we could keep track on.
During this last week we have had two Swedish teams here, beside all huge cods they have both succeeded to catch halibut 90, 95 and 112 cm long (check out the halibut length/weight list for weight).
Two of the halibuts was caught on one of our favorite jigs, the Mieko Predator Tail! The large schools of cod are at this moment located on 30-80 meters depth and they are filling the sonar screen to the fullest!

 

Also, now we are right in the beginning of the halibut season. The halibuts we have caught so far this year has probably been halibuts that has not spawned (reproduced) this winter and the halibuts that has spawned are on their way up from the depth on to the shallow plateau outside Mehamn. If not already at this moment then any day now!

 

95cm halibut

112cm halibut

 

90 cm halibut

 

16 kilos cod

New personal best!

Another big cod!

This one caught on the new

Mieko Predator Spinner Tail!

Yet Another heavy cod on the line.

18 kilo cod

Same 18 kilo cod, it was seriously sturdy!

Fishing in the midnight sun

 

Cods, seagull eggs and king crabs!

Today (02.05) was another great day out on Barents Sea with our guests from Russia!

Because there were some rough wind during last night we went out first at noon today when the sea had calmed down. Today we went out with two Dolmoys, our 23 feet boats. We had good fishing during the whole day and the last hour we went close to the coast scouting for seals when heading back to Mehamn.

 

On our way out on Barents Sea. 

 

Successful day!

 

 

Today (03.05) we went out with three boats on Barents Sea with our Russian guests, not to fish but to go on seagull egg safari. After 45 minutes of driving we arrived to the island Koi where we would spend the day. And what a day, it was the first day of spring and we felt the heat from the sun for the first time here this year! When we arrived we got introduced to Martin, Arne and Rikken. Martin owns Koi Island and therefore all rights of picking seagull eggs. We started a bonfire then got instructions about how to find the egg and what egg to take and which we shouldn’t take. The seagulls lays maximum three eggs at the same time in their nests. However when finding a nest with three eggs we should leave be because they are usually bad (started growing).  After instruction we all spread out in smaller groups across the island to start the search for eggs. There was nests with eggs everywhere and after only one hour all of us where back at the camp site with hundreds of eggs. Martin put some of the eggs in a pan and put it on the fire. 15 minutes later the buffet we had set up was completed with seagull eggs and the feeding frenzy started! After some relaxing we went out again to explore the island further for a couple of hours. It was time to head back to Mehamn but on the way back we took up our two king crab cages we put out the day before. In one of them was two big king crabs and in the other two small.

(Seagal egg safari is possible from 1st to about 17th of May!)

 

Anchored up at Koi Island

 

Instructions is given out

 

Three eggs in one nest, this we left untouched

Many places can be good for a nests, here an old car wheel!

 

Not all eggs have the same colors

 

Ready to boil!

 

Delicious! 

Great panorama on Koi Island 

Old damaged fisherman boat 

 

King crab,even more delicious!

 

Big cods from a big boat.

Today we were out on our big boat Odd Tore with a Russian group that arrived yesterday for one week of fishing her at Nordic Safari. From first moment of fishing until two hours later when our guests were satisfied they caught one big cod after the other! After the fishing we went for a sightseeing along the coast and saw both huge seals and beautiful landscapes.

A really nice cod!

Dubble strike!

Short but fat cod!

Great arctic char fishing on the ice!

This past week our ice fishing expert Dan has been up on the mountains guiding Peter, a dear guest for many years here at Nordic Safari, Mehamn! As usuall many big and beautiful arctic chars and trouts got caught! Several arctic char and trouts caught during the week passed 1 kilo i weight and the biggest arctic char for the week was a great 2,2 kilos!

Ice fishing on the mountain lakes will keep getting better and better all the way to the end of the snowmobile season which is 20th May.

Peter with a short but extremely fat arctic char!

 

 

And here in company with another beautiful arctic char

 caught at the same time!

 

 

Dan with a unusually strong colored arctic char!

 

 

Kolle with a big one!

Another beautiful arctic char!

Skrei on shalow waters

The other day me (John) and Albin were out fishing for skrei close to the coast outside Mehamn. It dident take long before we caught skrei, actually we caught skrei from the first minute of fihing to the last! We were fishing on 30 to 90 meters depth the whole time and the skrei was under the boat the entire time. Also i caught a halibut that came swiming up to the boat while i was tackeling on a new lure. It swam one time around the boat in the surface and i droped my jig about ten meters down before stoping and BAAAM! The rod i was fighting with, the Savage-Gear MP Pro >150g was great fun fighting this 10 kilos halibut with!

Me with a skrei caught on light gear!

Albin with a great skrei!

 

Me fighting halibut on the Savage-Gear MP Pro

And here it is!

Fishing for Skrei

The last days with good weather an less wind have been spent out on the beautiful Barents sea, fishing for the big cod (also called skrei).
The fishing have been good with many cod at 10 to 15 kilo. And in addition to the fishing the weather have been really nice, with much sun and not so much wind. 
We have been fishing from our very comfortable minor 34 boat. Where we have had the possibilities to stay warm and eat inside, or fish for the strong cod outside on the deck.

If there is anything your thinking about, just visit our website at: www.nordicsafari.no

The bigest cod at 16 kilo

Beautiful view over a calm Barents sea

Another big skrei is hooked

Big skrei caught just before sunset