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Norway, Who Said Men Can’t Cook?
The staff at Sportquest Holidays try to ensure that our customers are able to find on our website everything you would need for a successful fishing holiday. We regularly write many helpful blogs and tip reports to help you plan your holidays by advising what tackle to take to what to pack in your suitcase. All this experience and knowledge […]
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Norway Sea Fishing Guide | Sportquest Holidays
Norway really is the destination that sea anglers from all over the world are wanting to travel too. This fantastic fishing destination located up in the Arctic Circle is world-renowned for the huge fish that live there, big Cod, Halibut, and Coalfish are the targets on many anglers hit lists. Sportquest has many great destinations in Norway and each one […]
My Favourite Fishing Spot In The World
I see myself as being pretty lucky, to be honest with you, working for Sportquest has enabled me to fish many different countries around the world. From the icy cold Arctic conditions of Norway, boat fishing for Skrei Cod, to the tropical deep blue seas of Mexico, big game fishing for big striped Marlin. There is however one style of […]
Species Spotlight: Lesser Guitarfish
The Lesser Guitarfish is a member of the Shark family that can be found in and around the waters of Africa. These smaller cousins of the much larger Greater Guitarfish are great fun to catch on light tackle and at times have been known to invade beaches in almost plague-like numbers. Creating some amazing catches amongst anglers. Name: Lesser Guitarfish […]
Species Spotlight: Bronze Whaler Shark
Name: Bronze Whaler Shark Also Know as: Bronzie, Copper Shark, Whaler Shark, Narrowtooth Shark Scientific Name: Carcharhinus brachyurus BRONZE WHALER SHARK Description The Bronze Whaler is a mean, sleek, killing machine, these widespread sharks are pure muscle houses and are very strong. The long snout of this fish has a mouth full of razor-sharp teeth that are used for biting […]
Sportquests Top 6 Scariest Fish You Can Catch With Us
In light of the yearly celebration of Halloween, us here at the Sportquests team have come up with a small list of our top 6 scariest looking fish that can be caught on our tours… 6. Ratfish These look like something straight out of a goosebumps novel. These large-eyed deep-sea fish take the number 6 spot with their scary enlarged eyes […]
Species Spotlight: Atlantic Halibut
Name: Atlantic Halibut Scientific name: Hippoglossus Stenolepis ATLANTIC HALIBUT Description Starting life as a round fish, these Jurassic looking creatures of the deep soon evolve into a flatfish. The eyes migrate around their head at around 6 months old where they then start living life as a flatfish. Being a mottled brown on top with a white underbelly these fish […]
Sportquest Holidays two Day Halibut Competition in Norway
The moment that so many of you have been waiting for has come. We have finalised the location, dates and prices for our exclusive new Halibut competition, which is taking place at our destination on the Lofoten Islands called Å. This camp owned by Nordic Sea Angling has for the last few years been the go-to place for any angler […]
Meet Our New Fishing Guide: Ross Johnson
We are extremely pleased to announce that Ross Johnson will be joining Sportquest Holidays exclusively to work as a fishing guide. Ross will be hosting a large variety of destinations around the world, from sea fishing destinations through to some stunning popper/jig fishing destinations. For those of you who do not know Ross Johnson, he is a well-known species and […]
