2007/2008 Fishing updates
May 11-13 2007, a rough trip on the MS Dageraad
Despite being a little worried if I would stomach a boat fishing trip I put my name down for a 3-day event. Sailing on a friday night from a northern harbour and starting the fishing on Saturday morning about 120 landmiles north. That is in the 50 meters deep waters halfway up Denmark. Typically you would expect sizable cod there. And that is exactly what we caught. Not very many of them but nice big fish. The biggest catch of the trip was hooked by the only girl on deck. Who needed a little help from her boyfriend to force the fish from the bottom but lifting a 110cm cod (app 28lbs) is not for the faintharted.
No such big fish for me but an 86cm specimen was my biggest cod so far. So I am not complaining. However it was a very rough trip that was nearly cancelled because of the high seas on Friday and Saturday. And I had almost forgotten what it ws like to be seasick, but now I remember ;-) Maybe I'll stick to the 1-day trips because it is a bit of an ordeal when you are seasick on the Friday and there are still 2 nights and days to come..
