In Estonia (my home country) it is forbidden to fish while standing in the water. Do you have to use barbless hooks? I cant wait to come and visit this awesome river myself and you are my absolute hero!
Hello, Thanks! Yes, it is really beautiful here. Unfortunately, there was a new rule in 2023 that it is only allowed to fish with barbless hooks. How it will be in 2024 I don't know but there is no indication that they will remove it. Even though the only rule change resulted in those who actually followed the rule losing a lot of fish. There were no direct checks on fishing without barbs, so it is in principle possible to continue with barbs as before. Personally, I stick to the rules, but if 2024 is as frustrating for me as 2023, it will unfortunately be the last year I fish in Mörrumsån. /John
@@DrJohnTheAnglerJohnHedberg was it frustrating just because of the barbless rule or was it something more aswell? In here it was looking like the usual case, no water on the rivers and our rivers for seatrout and salmon are really short. The shortest is only 1,1km accessible from the sea. And that means that the fish are migrating into the river as late as possible. In this year, the rains started the second week of October and only after that the fish started to migrate. So that gave us 2 weeks of possibility to catch some seafish. Luckily ot was a nice year for me 😁
Hello, Yes, it's the barbless hooks that are the problem. I lost a ridiculous amount more fish than I usually do and it puts my mood down. Especially when you know there is an easy solution. Glad you had a good fishing year. /John
I fish Mörrum with either a 12.6 ft #8-9 rod or a 13.7 ft #8/9. Which I choose depends on the water flow. Most often it will be 13.7 in May and 12.6 in August-September. The reel is a Danielsson EightTwelve. /John
Fina fisken! Jag antar att tafsen är den svagaste länken i din setup? Vad använder du för material och dimension? *Edit* Kroken var svagast hörde jag senare i filmen. Men är ändå nyfiken på tafstjocklek mm.
Hey, Dr. John, you do it perfecly. The Film is absoloutly Great.
In Estonia (my home country) it is forbidden to fish while standing in the water.
Do you have to use barbless hooks?
I cant wait to come and visit this awesome river myself and you are my absolute hero!
Hello,
Thanks! Yes, it is really beautiful here. Unfortunately, there was a new rule in 2023 that it is only allowed to fish with barbless hooks. How it will be in 2024 I don't know but there is no indication that they will remove it. Even though the only rule change resulted in those who actually followed the rule losing a lot of fish. There were no direct checks on fishing without barbs, so it is in principle possible to continue with barbs as before. Personally, I stick to the rules, but if 2024 is as frustrating for me as 2023, it will unfortunately be the last year I fish in Mörrumsån. /John
@@DrJohnTheAnglerJohnHedberg was it frustrating just because of the barbless rule or was it something more aswell? In here it was looking like the usual case, no water on the rivers and our rivers for seatrout and salmon are really short. The shortest is only 1,1km accessible from the sea. And that means that the fish are migrating into the river as late as possible. In this year, the rains started the second week of October and only after that the fish started to migrate. So that gave us 2 weeks of possibility to catch some seafish. Luckily ot was a nice year for me 😁
Hello,
Yes, it's the barbless hooks that are the problem. I lost a ridiculous amount more fish than I usually do and it puts my mood down. Especially when you know there is an easy solution. Glad you had a good fishing year. /John
Fabulous. Great stuff.
Достойная рыба! Красивая река! Поздравляю!
Hi John, what rod and reel do you use for salmon and seatrout?
I fish Mörrum with either a 12.6 ft #8-9 rod or a 13.7 ft #8/9. Which I choose depends on the water flow. Most often it will be 13.7 in May and 12.6 in August-September. The reel is a Danielsson EightTwelve. /John
Fina fisken!
Jag antar att tafsen är den svagaste länken i din setup? Vad använder du för material och dimension?
*Edit* Kroken var svagast hörde jag senare i filmen. Men är ändå nyfiken på tafstjocklek mm.
Hej,
Monofilament (nylon, typ) med en diameter på 0.40 mm. Trabucco Tournament Tough. /John
@@DrJohnTheAnglerJohnHedberg Tackar 👍
Bra med vann i år`?
Hej,
Det var helt OK med vatten i år. Lite varmt i september dock. /John