Four hours in a Norwegian fjord, only caught one..

[aleksander]

My second trip report, same result as yesterday...
But what a nice day on the water!!
Drove directly from work to a place called Vaksdal, just outside Bergen, the second largest (and prettiest:) ) city in Norway.
This is a place that has been reported to have many escaped Rainbow trouts, and I set out to try to catch a few of them...
But as the pictures tells, I did not get lucky this time...
But next time!!!:)




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On the road again:)

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The view from the place where I launched my kayak.

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Finaly on the water!

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No rodholders yet, so had to cross my rods and use some 0,60mm as rodleash.

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The "Sørfjorden":) calm waters, blue sky, snow on the mountaintops.

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This island is actually part of one of the largest prisons in Norway. There are about 30 inmates/prisoners there. Both male and female. It is a low security prison.

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This is where i padled from.

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A nice view of my Speedmaster.

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Landed my kayak at the "alcatraz" for a quick snack and a chat with one of the guys working there. He used to be my mentor when I worked there in 2007.

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The boat that you barely can see, is the boat that they uses to and from the island. The other twos are "just in case" boats:)

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This is me, unshaved:)

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The view from the island of criminals:)

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Here you can see two of the houses that the inmates lives in. They have four-six bedrooms, a big livingroom, kitchen and a bathroom. CableTV, flatscreen, and the things you need to be rehabilitated and live a life without crime.:)

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View from the kayak. This is were i caught my only fish today..

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Tried the "panorama" option on my cellphone...

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A Coalfish or Saithe. Not sure what you call it on your side of the waters.

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Same little beach as i launched from.

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"Tools of the trade"


Shimano Speedmaster 300cm, Shimano Stradic 6000FB
Shimano Beastmaster 300cm, Shimano Sedona 4000RB
Shimano Telescopic Exage 270cm, SHimano Nexave 2500RB

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The sun decided to leave.

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THE END

If someone wonder, I did not "do time" on the Island, it was part of my education. Worked there from august till december 07.:)

Aleksander

[Afran]

Nice read, photos and post! Keep it up. Addiction!

[LocoKayako]

WOW, very nice pics.

Gabe

[aleksander]

This is from my cellphonecam..
Will try to buy a good camera next month.

Thanks for the feedback!

aleksander

[bellcon]

Awesome
my wifes dads side of the family are all from Norway (Pedersen)
Simply beautiful
keep up the reports
and thanks for sharing:luxhello:

[Dan]

refreshing....bet those Fjords have some insane dropoffs.

[Vikingj]

Thanks for the report and great pictures.. How do I get arrested and sent to this beautiful place?? I did fudge on my income taxes one year - does that qualify? In America it would be considered cruel & unusual punishment to not provide a kayak and fishing gear to each inmate.

[Bpcode3]

Awesome pics, looks so tranquil out there on the water.:)

[467echo]

nice pics, looks like you would use a couple of rod holders on that boat!

[slayersmith]

Sweet pics!!! Lake looks awsome!!

Take it easy!

Aaron

[MalibuJohnny]

Fine bilder ... så hva mener du av din nye kano?

Smooth ride very stable...?

[kurt]

Norway has some beautiful scenery. Thanks for the report.

[yaker81]

Those are some awsome pictures.

[aleksander]

Awesome
my wifes dads side of the family are all from Norway (Pedersen)
Simply beautiful
keep up the reports
and thanks for sharing:luxhello:
That is a real Norwegian name!
Actually I met quite a few americans in Iraq 04 that had Norwegian surnames. the vikings did a good jobb travelling and planting their seeds:) some time ago..

refreshing....bet those Fjords have some insane dropoffs.
If by drop offs you mean depths that drops deep, you are right:) Sognefjorden, that is our largest fjord has a max depth of 1 308 meters...
Not far from my place.

Thanks for the report and great pictures.. How do I get arrested and sent to this beautiful place?? I did fudge on my income taxes one year - does that qualify? In America it would be considered cruel & unusual punishment to not provide a kayak and fishing gear to each inmate.
the inmates on the Island have a nice stack of fishing gear.... so no worries. Just do a crime on norwegian soil, and I can help you to apply for a bed there:)

Awesome pics, looks so tranquil out there on the water.:)
It was!!

nice pics, looks like you would use a couple of rod holders on that boat!
Picked up the yak on saturday in sweden, the rod holders will come.
I sure need them!
Haven't decided where to put them yet, but there is enough space on the ship.

Sweet pics!!! Lake looks awsome!!

Take it easy!

Aaron

that fjord is nice during this kind of weather, Scary when the wind from the mountains come.

Fine bilder ... så hva mener du av din nye kano?

Smooth ride very stable...?

Hei og takk for sist!
Takk for det!
The kajakk (not kano) is awseome, tried it for two days and will use it as much and often as possible!

Norway has some beautiful scenery. Thanks for the report.
No problem, not the last time you will see this place:)

Those are some awsome pictures.

Thanks!!

[MalibuJohnny]

Thanks for the correction.

I have an X Factor and love it! Caught allot of fish on it, and can also fit my 5 year old on the back.

Good luck with it~:cheers1:

[yaky yak]

What other kinds of fish do you catch locally? Do you ever catch salmon? My grandmother was from Norway so I've always had an interest in things Norwegian, so I enjoyed Your post a lot. Thanks.

[southboundhound]

:reel:Hey Aleksander, you should have took a Swede along if you wanted more fish! It looks amazing there, -hope to see it one day, my Dad spoke of the fjords as being the most beautiful waters in the world... we are planning on taking a cruise around Norway up to the Arctic Circle, in a couple of years.
Thanks for a great report hope you post many more:D. K.Swenson