Springtime on the river Sava

Spring has arrived! While the fish is still not feeding intensively, in the warmest part of the day it is possible to achieve catch of few species like sneep, asp or chub. Is not easy to get them on the fly now, but that's the charm of fly fishing. With every warm day fishing will be better, and I can not wait to see first chub feeding on the surface of the river.

Opening the season in the sign of cormorants

I do not understand why the cormorant birds are protected species in Croatia? It is not autochthonous species, and the number of cormorants that destroys fish of our rivers, lakes and the sea is increasing each year. They have no natural enemies, and every year, causing terrible damage to fish stocks. After years of destroying fish stocks in Međimurje channel, this year the damage is done to Gacka river. Precisely because of the damage done by cormorants killing innocent Gacka trout, this year the season is not open to the best manner. Caught and seen very few fish and I hope in next few weeks when it warms up, much more fish will be seen. But the problem of the cormorant birds will stay, and our lakes, especially rivers will be sadly empty without fish, if the law will ignore this issue.

Lophius piscatorius (frog-fish or sea-devil) and squids

Over the past decade, my dear friend Zeljko Vedernjak became one of the most respected marine anglers in Croatia (and not only marine ;)). Specializing in fishing for Dentex, during winter time he spends a lot of time in the squid fishery. This is a time for big squids like this 2 beauties held by Zeljko and his frend Ivan. This weekend Zeljko had an unusual catch. Frog-fish is pretty rare fish in a coastal areas, and this one 4 kg heavy fish is real trophy caught from the coast. Frog-fish took dead bait fish mounted on the jig head. What a great catch!

End of winter?

Invazivna vrsta raka u našim vodama

Državni zavod za zaštitu prirode objavio je važnu obavijest o pojavi strane i invazivne vrste raka u rijeci Korani, a već prije se pojavio i u Muri. Posebno je štetan jer prenosi račju kugu, ugrožava populacije domaćih slatkovodnih rakova, te mijenja morfologiju riječnih obala. Na linku možete vidjeti usporedbu sa domaćim rakom, te obilježja prema kojima ga možete prepoznati, a ukoliko ga uočite obavezno obavijestite Državni zavod za zaštitu prirode ( 01 55 02 900; vrste@dzzp.hr )

www.medjimurska-priroda.info/tag/signalni-rak/

Dead season in February

I can not wait March and the fly fishing season beginning! What we can catch in February? Not much! It's complete dead fly fishing season. Spinning? Pike fishing is prohibited, because they are spawning. The lakes are covered with thick ice, and temperatures are extremely low these days, even at -20 degrees. The most heroic fishermen can go to some of our rivers and try to catch pike perch. Dress nice and warmly and go to the river Sava, Drava or Danube to fish this beautiful fish. And take a lot of silicone fish lures and jig heads. Here are 3 photos of my friend Igor and his nice fish, and two of mine. All fish were released back. Igor's biggest in this period is 82 cm, almost 5 kg. But remember that Sava is hiding much bigger pike perch, and Dunav is well known for his capital trophy fish. Check this one ;) http://fishingincroatia.blogspot.com/2011/02/28213.html

DUO Contest #5 - Favorite Target

New DUO contest question is:

What species do you fish for? What is your favorite fish target?

The rules are staying the same as before – you have to be a fan of DUO at Facebook(www.facebook.com/DUOJPN) to apply. Send your answers to duocontest@gmail.com and put “My favorite fishing target" in the subject.

Another DUO prize pack, which will be collected by three lucky winners.

The deadline for the contest is 28th February, 5PM.

102 cm for the end of the season

Vladimir Cep is a real pike expert. For the end of this winter season he got one real mama! 102 cm long pike, took 20 cm long streamer. Hot spot is lake Zbilje on river Sava near Ljubljana capital of Slovenia. Great end of the season, and good reason to open a new season in April with some even bigger fish ;)

Flipboard

Users of Apple products like iPad can read some Internet pages in form of magazine. If you have iPad, download Flipboard application and you can read this blog easy and with more pleasure. Like real magazine, but without paper. How it works you can check on this two preview pictures. Looks pretty cool to me :)

Brown trout in the box

Here are the few lures with brown trout design. Brown trout design lures are very popular in this area, especially for Danube Salmon fishing. The one at the first photo is "Mato" hand made lure, one of the most beautiful hand painted lures at the world. So beautiful that I don't throw it in the water at all in fear of loosing it. This one is proven lure for big Danube Salmon.

New DUO lure contest

New year, new Duo lure contest.

The question is:
What is your favourite size of lures?

The rules are staying the same as before – you have to be a fan of DUO at Facebook(www.facebook.com/DUOJPN) to apply.
Send your answers to duocontest@gmail.com and put “My favorite lure size” in the subject.

The deadline for the contest is 28th January, 5PM.

http://duo-inc.co.jp/en/staffblog/2012/01/010926.php

Seaspin = Freshwaterspin

180 mm ideal size for pike

SEASPIN is an Italian producer of high quality lures designed for fishing at the sea. Primarily made for fishing in the Mediterranean Sea and some species such as Barracuda, Bluefish, Seabass and Dorado, but these same lures can be used with excellent results in fresh water. In fact I think the most of lures produced in the world will work equally well at sea and in fresh waters.

Coixedda 100mm, a lure with specific head

A week ago I received a package with several copies of Seaspin lures (thanks to Stafano Pisu) and the first thing I noticed was Mommotti model that is produced in sizes 140, 180 and 190 mm​​, which makes it ideal for pike fishing. Also action and colors even made for sea are ideal for slow twitching / jerking pike fishing style. In just few hours of fishing in last few days I had 4 meetings with pike, and today I had one really nice fish on 180 mm ARB model. Since this is a pike time here, choosing big Mommotti lure was the right decision. Mommotti lures are slowly sinking, ideal for casting away even in strong winds, and in the water they are doing a small deflection from the axis of movement. Mommotti is in the fact jerk-bait that works great when twitching and slow retrieving with the breaks.

Mommotti 180 Type: slow floating jerking minnow, long casting / Lenght: 180 mm (7 “) /Weight: 26 g (13/14 oz) /Treble hooks: n°3 #4 /Depth Range: 50-70 cm (2-2.5 ft)
Mommotti 140 Type: slow sinking jerking minnow, long casting / Lenght: 140 cm (5.5 “) / Weight: 16 g (4/7oz) / Treble hooks: n°3 #6 / Depth Range: 50-70 cm (2-2.5 ft)

The other lure that made impression on me is 100 mm long Coixedda. Looks like ideal lure for seabass, pike perch and pike too. This lure with specific head is also slow sinking, long cast model that make more action in water than Mommotti. I think they will be great for Asp fishing at river Sava here.

Coixedda 100 Type: extra shallow sinking minnow, long casting / Lenght: 100 cm (3.9“) / Weight: 16 g (4/7oz) / Treble hooks: n°2 #6 / Depth Range: 10-40 cm (4 in-1.3 ft)

the kiss and goodbye :)

More information about Seaspin lures you can find at http://www.seaspin.com , and you can check Youtbe channel too http://www.youtube.com/user/SeaspinLures.

Here is one extreme fishing video with Stefano and big Mammotti in action:


For sure you will see more of Seaspin lures on this blog in next period.