Turkish Sea Fishing Delights THE TURKISH FISHERMAN Savas Dursun has fished his whole life, and for the past five years he has spent massive amounts of time targeting salt water species from the...
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Lured in! A tale of one man and his lures
The Start of the Journey I was around 8 when I first saw a collection of lures for sale. Up until that point, all I was familiar with was fishing with bait. To tell you honestly, I didn’t even think...
DEAD 2: The test run
Organising, purchasing, reorganising, modifying, reorganising some more…repeat. That seemed to be the theme for our first few weeks in Durban. Making our “house on wheels” ready for a year on the...
The admiral’s fish
In search of Tarpon in Bocas del Toro, Panama An archipelago of over 68 islands and islets located on a coral reef surrounded by mangroves and lush tropical vegetation, Bocas del Toro is situated in...
Pyramid Lake: Fly fishing for desert trout
Pyramid Lake, in the state of Nevada, is home to the world’s largest cutthroat trout. Below, Rasmus Ovesen takes you to the desert lake, which once was a vast inland ocean, and which offers a rather...
Crokango, or the Deadly Kiss of the Tigerfish
The Conclusion The Bivouac The second part of our trip consisted in fishing from a camp located several hours from Guma Lagoon by boat, far from civilization, mobile phones, internet etc. The three...
Crokango, or the Deadly Kiss of the Tigerfish – The First Trip
I managed to get some of my line back when the aerial ballet started again. I felt the fish accelerate and to start out a series of stunts as spectacular as stressful. From the corner of my eye I...
The Curse That Rules Us All
When you watch a very experienced angler closely, you will we see the choice of lures they stick with. They only carry a few small boxes in a bag filled with lures that they know will produce for...
Thingvallavatn: A Jurassic Lake with Brown Trout
THE TAKE IS BRUTAL and resolute – like an unexpected punch in the stomach. I’ve sent an obstinate cast into the howling onshore winds, and even though I haven’t quite stretched the leader, I’ve...
Finding Success in Lures
I am one of those guys that have more lures than I can count. I honestly do not know how many lures I have – and if I count the soft plastic baits with the rest of them, I would be very surprised if...