It had been a few weeks since my last ice-fishing trip, and I was starting to feel the desire to catch some arctic char. I’d also bought two new rods and some ice-fishing flies from Isfiskebua, so I was eager to try them out. Where to go? Why not Volsjøen. The plan was to sleep outside, but the weather forecast made me book my favourite apartment in Elgå instead (thank you Jon Arve). And it turned out to be colder than expected. Luckily there was no wind and the sun was shining, but −30°C on Sunday was simply too cold. Even so, I fished all three days, didn’t meet a single person, and managed to catch a few fish.
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| Cold morning at Volsjøen (minus 25), after fog went away |
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| Warmer with the sun |
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| The biggest catch |
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| Great track all the way up to the lake |
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| Looking forward to hot shower |
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| being out from early morning till the evening... |
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| Next morning was clearer and slightly warmer, but still below minus 20 |
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| Fish were active only between 9 and 10 in the morning, during both days... |
On my way to Oslo, I stopped to fish at Rørsjøen. It was minus 30 when I was sking to the lake...
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| Demanding 4 hours if fishing (a layer of water on the ice under the snow) resulted only in one escaped solid fish... |
