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More important still, so too were the fish, with some very nice salmon well topping twenty pounds, plus
a couple of bonus double figure sea trout, one of which we later dropped in at a restaurant, nipped back
to the site for a shower, then returned to devour it with a side order of pan fried potatoes, beer, and later,
glasses of chilled vodka.
Germany would make an ideal destination for British and Irish anglers to trail boats to. A cursory look
suggests this would mean taking a ferry to Holland and trailing the rest of the way, which on the quality
of the roads in that part of the world isn't so bad. I've trailed much further here in the UK and Ireland.
The one major drawback is that the fishing is so unlike anything we would ever do around our islands,
that nobody could expect to go over there and simply give it a try.
Besides the obvious technical void, there is the cost of gear such as down-riggers, which back home
may never see light of day again, though they could I suppose have some potential value for bass, but
that would be limited.
A far better idea might be to book some guided fishing aboard one of the small boats operating out of
Schaprode, and possibly to do that during the late spring trolling competition. That way you get instant
access to the equipment required, and the knowledge of how to use it.
Salmon and sea trout are the main target species during the competition, but for other times, as I hinted
earlier, the pike fishing can be out of this world.
As for the cod, I hear that there are also larger charter boats which specialize in this, though I have no
first hand experience of this.
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GIBRALTAR
Situated close to the entrance-exit of the Mediterranean and
the Atlantic, Gibraltar is in quite a unique position in that
fish making the passage through this narrowing gap tend to
be squeezed up into a tighter concentration that at other
locations in that vicinity. Add to this very deep water close
by, and you have the potential for an excellent inshore and
offshore fishery.
On the down side however, the Mediterranean being
renowned for being full of mainly small fish where anything
and everything is exploited to the maximum by every man
and his dog, while this might not necessarily be the fault of
the Gibraltarians themselves, by virtue of proximity, at face
value, chances are they too could be forced to suffer to some
extent as a result.
Having said that, on the back of some very interesting
reports regarding rod and line fishing in the area, I decided
to start checking out if it might none the less still be worth a
visit.
Tony Triay, Couches Bream
Much of this was centred on telephone calls and
correspondence with Gibraltar international angler and
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