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Sarkisalo 20.2. 
OlliT and Ari

Our morning project was first to shovel away snow for the parking place for our car. We walked to the ice along the paths made by deers and hares. I thought to make some nice photos of zanders, but life is not so easy. We caught only about twenty perches, the biggest near 500 g, but no zanders were in traffic even, if we fished very good old zander places. After this kind of trip you appreciate the days, when fishes are co-operative.

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Aland, Farjsund 19.2.
Ktl, Kari, Seppo, Heikki and Pingo 

Testing the area south of the bridge of Godby. Small perches were everywhere. We found finally fishes in better caliber on a underwater hill by a seamark. In the morning fishes were 300 g, but when Ktl and Kari had to leave to ferry harbour, Seppo and Heikki began to catch almost half a kilos perches. Today even pikes were active, we lost three lures in their mouths. Seppo had the biggest perch 460 g. Total catch was about ten kilos in size to make filees.

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Naantali, Latonpaa area 17.2
Petrus and Antero

A short forenoon fishing trip. Perches played hard to catch. Quite a lot we had small ones, but filee size fishes only about twenty. The big ones were just 0,0002 ton. There were many fishers by the seamark, but it did not look like they catch a lot. Two pans of perch filees and outdoor life in rain was our result of the morning.

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Aland, Angosund 18.2.
Ktl, Pete, Kari, Seppo, Heikki, Pingo ja Vidar

Icefishing in probably the finest pike waters in Finland. Pingo caught a three kilos pike with Nils Masters 12 cm orange balance jig. The fight is on video from the hit to the catch. Seppo took his icefishing record 3,08 kg pike from the underwater hill in the middle of the bay. Kari, our jodling perch dog found perches in the slopes of the passage. About three hours gave 5,3 kilos fishes in size over 200 g plus minors. Pikes were not co-operative in the evening either. Perch files in cream and fromage sauce was perfect dinner. Thanks Seppo!

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Kaarina, Kuusisto 17.2.
TimoK

There is no justice in fisher's life. For a long time the weather was perfect for fishing burbots, a dark, rainy and windy evening. I thougt, that tonight I will catch the big lady burbot. When I got the hot places, there were two elderly gentlemen. Both had plastics bags full of nice burbots, some were still kicking on the ice.. I thought: Now is my turn, too! Three hours of fishing and not a smallest contact!  When the darkness fell, the two gents lost their touch, too. There were perhaps ten other fishers and we all had quiet sessions in darkening evening. Perhaps the burbots do not like the extra traffic, but spawn in clear daylight.

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Aland,Farjsund 17.2.
Ktl, Pete, Kari and Pingo (only pm)

Fishing from 8.30 to 16.30. In the morning perches were mostly tiny. Kari made 68 fishes to make a fast visit to the world over the ice in first hour. In the afternoon we found better size fishes in 3-5 meters water. They hit on green Forelli and Rapala balance jigs. Pingo had a legal size zander, too, and ktl a too tiny one. Kari and ktl had both possibility to shake hands with seatrouts, but this time fishes were wiser than fishers. The result of the day was 16 kilos perches in size take, the biggest ones a bit over 400 g. It rained all day long!

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Taivassalo 16.2.
Nikolai and Olli

This was a wonderful day to icefish. The weather was even more beatiful as a bride. We caught fishes enough to make nice meals. All the active fishes fishes were in shallow water. The deepest hot point was in three meters and we even got perces in one meter water.

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Aland, Stemmern 16.2.
Ktl, Pete,Kari and Pingo (only to noon)

We worked hard all day long. In the morning perches were mostly small. In the afternoon we found rote nice fishes, too. Forelli balance jig with green back and yellow sides and red stripes was the hottest lure. We finished at 5 o´clock pm. Kari´s biggest was 470 g and Ktl´s exact 600 g. Fishes in size to take with we had all together 9.8 kg.

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Parainen, Granvik 14.2.
TomiL

Icefishing perches was once nice hobby, because the weather was pleasant. I wonder why there were so few other fishers. I had to drill a lot of holes. Only some perches I could catch per hole. Place near the shore lines gave more fishes than the underwater hills. Biggest perches 250 g, total catch 5 kg.

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Velkua 14.2.
KariA, Teijo and Harri

In the morning we had to seek fishes. In the afternoon I moved from underwater hills to shallow 2 meters shoreline waters. There were the big ones: 750, 540, 510 g and 300-400 g fishes about a 10 kg bag full of. Teijo and Harri had both 100-400 g fishes about the same amount. Smallies came to look freh air and went back unnumerous amount. These three big perches I got from the very same hole. Otherwise the good size perches were splittered.

          
          The biggest perch of the day: 750 g. Photo KariA

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Kaarina, Kuusisto 11.2.
TimoK

Fishing with northern lights on by the castle ruins in Kuusisto.  -14°C centigrades and chilly wind from northwest made me doubt the whole project when stepping out of my car. Anyway I went to the ice and caught in first hour 900 and 1100 g male burbots and two small ones like froggies. I fished with crown jig baited with the tail of smelt. Rest of the time I admired the fires on the sky. Nobody else was fishing in the area, no wonder, so chilly cold was the weather!

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Velkua 10.2.
Ktl and Pena

Perches hit on jigs very poorly. In the morning there was a slight preying time, when some fishes per hole were caught. In daytime and afternoon it was awonder, if two perches were caught in one hole. Pena caught with vertical jig three minor zanders. Ktl's perchbag weighted 2,5 kilos and Pena's about double, the biggest ones a bit over 300g. It had snowed about ten cm on the ice in early morning hours. This perhaps shut the mouths of perches.

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Kaarina, Kuusisto 7.2.
TimoK, Jukka and Matti

Icefishing burbots in saturday evening by the ruins of Kuusisto castle. With me were two friends from lake-area of Finland (first timers in this job). We fished about three hours. Matti had a nice hit, but lost the fish, because the reel brake was too loose. I caught a  2,480 kg male fish. Fishes were interested in crown jigs with a piece of smelt as bait. The milt of the male was still hard, so the spawning time lets us to wait at least in  Kuusisto. 

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Parainen 8.2.
Ktl, Osku and Vaiski

Three hours in the early evening researching the burbot traffic: Very quiet:  Ktl had one 300 g frog size burbot, which did not give reason to take camera out of the bag. Vaiski lost a better fish just onder the hole.  Osku and Ktl had some hits, too.

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Kemio 7.2.
OlliT and Ari

Icefishing perches first time seriously in my familiar holiday house waters. All normally hot underwater hills and half island noses were empty. Summertime hot jigging spots, the underwater slopes of islands, gave anyway 8-9 kilos perches. The biggest ones only about 300 g. Fishes were not in the hitting mood. One hole gave only max two fishes. Balance jigs were the lures today, nothing with verticals. Ari tried to fish zanders all day long with no success.

               
               The underwater slopes of islands were the catching areas. PhotoOlliT

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Parainen 7.2.
Vaiski

Trying to learn icefishing zanders. I caught my first ever fishes with this method. Both were 40 cm. The other one took Rapala balance jig and the other Rasanen 4 spoon. Extra catch were some perches.

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Kemio 7.2.
Ktl, Kari, Eero ja Petrus

Absolutely the weakest trip this winter to icefish perches. Fishes in size to take with held their mouths shut. Only tiny perches were in biting mood. They took both vertical and balance jigs. Ktl had on 10 cm balance jig a 9 cm perch-baby. The "sure" were almost totally empty, too. Only kari had over ten fishes to take with. His biggest perch was 490 g.

                                  
                Magical half a kilo is not even near. Kari's perch was 490 g.

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Naantali, Luonnonmaa 6.2.
Ktl, Seppo and Antero

Icefishing in the afternoon perches with balance jigs. Hard northwest wind felt chilly specially on hands, even the temperature was a bit over zero centigrades. Perches were in 5-7 meters water and really near the bottom. We caught two to three hundred grams fishes  totally 6,8 kiloas.  Antero had one over 37 cm zander. Two friends, whom we met on the ice, had icefished zanders with vertical jigs all day long. Both had some legal size fishes and some minors were released.

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Halikonlahti 1.2.
JoniS

Four hours fishing in front of the sugar factory harbour, but only one perch hit on my balance jig. Echoload showed a lot of fishes in 6 meters, but they took nothing. I  even tried with mormuskas!

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Vartsala 2.2.
OlliT and Ari

Again trying, if burbots are already spawning. Fishes were not very active, but both of us had a burbot. Ari caught a male 2,6 kg fish and I got a bit under one kilos female. Fishes took robber spoons with fishbait. They hang on the spoon hooked under their chins, so the spawning is not really on yet.

                              
                               Ari and his 2,6 kg male burbot. Photo OlliT

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Vammala, Rautavesi, in front of Hotel Ellivuori 2.2.
MikkoO

I was guiding a german married couple, who had won a trip to Finland in a competition of German TV. They wanted to come to Hotel Ellivuori to icefish. Walking on ice was first time experience to both of them. They even loved more to drill holes in the ice than to fish. We had to seek fishes a while, but finally we found perches and roaches. Fishes were in very careful hit, so we had to fish with mormuskas and small vertical jigs with colored hooks. Every fish got a happy welcome yelling and were photographed carefully.  The winter of Finland showed its best sides, and these people had an unforgetable experience and got a new hobby. 

P.S. When talking with my clients, I found, that to go fishing in Finland is easy and cheap compared with Germany. Let us enjoy this freedom!