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Fishing Reports
Fishing Conditions - DENMARK
August 20, 2003
Posted by Ripley Davenport
Christiansfeld, Denmark
Email: presterno@mail.com
Current Report
Still, the humid weather
lingers over the entire
country of Denmark and even
well down into southern
Europe. Some countries
throughout Europe have seen
staggering temperatures
reaching 40 degrees Celsius.
However, rain is on it’s way
(so they say), and with it,
the promise of cooler more
agreeable climates.
The past week of fishing for
me has been rough by the
river. Considering some good
size fish taken, I have gone
through several bottles of
mosquito spray, my arms and
legs are now resembling a
second range of the Alps and
my poor ole’ bald head has
become a runway / rest-stop
for the larger of the biting
fly species. Anyway, no
pain - no gain, as I was
told in the Military.
The sea temperatures have
reached well above 22oC in
places, down in the south of
Denmark, namely around
Langeland, temperatures have
peaked nearly 25oC!
There are a few Sea Trout
being landed in certain
areas, but at this time of
year, luck comes in to play
more than ever. I can add
that it is nice to fish
without wearing waders.
Standing up to ones waist in
clear warm water wearing
just shorts and a t-shirt,
gives it a kind of tropical
feel and it’s hard to
imagine that in a couple of
months if anyone did this
kind of stunt, you would
certainly be spending a lot
of time thawing out your
wedding tackle and I am
pretty sure your wife
wouldn’t be happy!
I took a couple of hours at
the coast on the 11th, armed
with just flip-flops, shorts
and box of flies and a rod
at hand. Seemed pretty
pointless really to stand
and fish when I could of
swam around and done a bit
of freestyle trolling! The
air was cool, sea was
refreshingly warm…But not a
sign of life. Still it’s a
good time to practice cast
and enjoy the scenery as the
sun rises. My thermometer
registered 22.5oC at
05:00hrs!
Having said that, Mullet and
the odd Sea Trout are being
taken. Most Mullet are
concentrated around the
northern shores of Fyn and
Sjælland with weights and
sizes averaging 2kg (4.5lb) –
50cm. Surprisingly more and
more anglers are taking them
on the fly rather than good
old bread which, is
increasing the amount of
Mullet fly patterns. Sadly,
soon the Mullet will be
finding a new place to
cruise around as the Autumn
will slowly creep in and
lower the temperatures.
There is a good and bad side
to that. GOOD - Sea Trout
will be readily available
close to shore at all times
of the day. BAD – Anglers
will have to dig out their
warm clothing yet again and
put up with those dripping
red noses and numb fingers
but isn’t that why whisky
was invented?
As there is not much to
comment on at present with
regard to catches, this
report (if you could call it
that), will be, and is,
somewhat small and probably
not that much use. But at
least you know now what the
score is here. But please
continue to check back every
week for updates and
reports. As we move slowly
into September, fishing will
get better.
However, from next week, I
will post some articles
should there be little
information on the catches
front. Hope that’s good
enough?
Feel free to drop by
Presterno Fishing’s new and
updated website located at
www.presterno.com.
Alternatively you can
contact presterno@events.dk
for any special requests or
questions.
Ripley Davenport
Presterno Fishing
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