Skjervøy FiskecampSpåkenes Sjøbuer

deep sea fishingin the artic winter

2014/2015

Winter Fishing in Northern NorwayNot for everybody but the tough guys...That the North of Norway is an excellent destination for deep sea fishing is commen knowledge. But for some spe-cies the winter is top season. If you don’t mind rough weath-er and the cold, if you are looking for the real experience, if you would like to tell the guys in the pub about the time as you caught the big fish - than this is the right place and the winter is the right time.

Skjervøy is an island on 70° north, 250 km north of Tromsø in Northern Norway. The area is known as an excellent fish-ingground for big cod. We provide cottages, rental boats, everything else you need for a good fishing trip as a gutting house, good boats and transfers to the camp.

Spåkenes Sjøbuer is a camp that has 2 large cabins of 80m² and one house of 150m² by the sea The camp has a floating dock. In front of the dock is a huge wave absorber made out of rocks. You can let yourself be amazed everytime you look over the fjord at the mighty Lyngen Alps. Right next to the two cabins we have buildt a gazebo, a grill and a hottub for our guests. Where the floating dock starts is a gutting house which have all you need to gut the fish.

Both places are perfect for winter fishing but also as a base camp for any kind of winter activities like dog sledding, snowmobile tours, free style skiing, snowshoe trekking and Norther Light Safaris.

A Tour Operators TestimonialAnglers World Holiday (UK):

“Norway offers sea fishing holiday in a class of its own - simply world class!...

The combination of the gulf stream and the Arctic ocean, together with Norway’s strict commercial sea fishing policy has resulted in an increase of big coastal cod and halibut populations...

Our clients frequently report 30 40 50lb cod each season and 60 to 70lb cod are caught occasionally. Haddock can also weigh into double figures, huge halibut exceeding 300lb are also reported in these waters, usually in late sum-mer into early autumn. Big coalfish also arrive inshore from Trondheim to Tromso areas in late summer these can exceed 30lb.

In Norway you can catch all year round, March to October is the best time if you like long hours of daylight and warmer weather. Choose late May to mid September if you can cope with cold weather 0 to –8C. March and April can produce some monster cod though not as prolific in numbers. The bigger halibut tend to show in September/October. Speci-men coalfish to 30lbs usually show July to September. Take a medium class spinning rod with fixed spool reel loaded with 30lb braid and a selection of lures for sea trout salmon and coalfish.”

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The FishBig Coalfish Coalfish patrol the mid and upper levels. During the daylight hours of night-time in the north they drive the baitfish shoals to the surface. The method is to drop your pirk down into the bait-fish and make a fast retrieve, the big coalies smash into the pirk with aggression so a lightly set drag is essential. Use small-er hooks than for cod and generally pirks in the 200 to 250 gram size. Red/black and silver are good colours.

Targeting Big Cod In spring/early summer big shads produce well as the big-ger cod are lazy. As the water warms in summer the big cod take pirks with zest. Drift over underwater reefs and struc-ture, often you drift for 30 to 90 minutes at a time. Find the bait and you find the cod, sometimes you may be fishing 30 to 80 metres over 200 metres of depth. For more information on cod fishing in Norway click here.

Halibut They can strike at any time, when winding up small cod and coalies, when pirking for cod or coalfish on the bottom and in mid depth. If you target them, use a coalie deadbait or large shad.

There are lots of known halibut areas and 100 kilo fish have been landed, with fish exceeding 300 kilos for commercial fishermen. If you hook into something huge that strips your spool, it’s usually a monster halibut. It happens! Lots of good exciting halibut in the 8 - 60 lb class.

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Our Weekly Winter Rates

01.10.2014-31.03.2015 Skjervøy Cabins 1-4 pax £ 845 1020 € 8400 NOK Skjervøy Apartments 1-6 pax £ 1270 1530 € 12600 NOK Spåkenes Sea Cabins 1-4 pax £ 845 1020 € 8400 NOK Spåkenes Fisher Hous 1-4 pax £ 985 1190 € 9800 NOK Boat Rental Fjordfangst 570 max 4 pax included Upgrade Big Alu Boat max 6 pax £ 500 610 € 5000 NOK

All prices in NOK are binding. All prices in pound sterling or Euro are guide-line prices due to the current exchange rate and can be subject to currency rate fluctuations.

To make your booking, please contact us by e-mail or phone.

Hotel & Tourism Consulting Postboks 197 • 9156 Storslett • Norway

Phone: +47 90606056 Email: booking@hotelandtourism.no

Skjervøy Fiskecamp AS Strandveien 150 • 9180 Skjervøy • Norge / Norway

Spåkenes Sjøbuer AS Spåkenesveien 281 • 9153 Rotsund • Norge / Norway

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Postboks 197 • 9156 Storslett • Norway

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