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Namibian Shore Fishing Report 24th November – 3rd December 2023
We recently received fantastic feedback from a customer upon returning from a week on the Skeleton Coast in Namibia. He even mentioned, “I have been on over 11 different international fishing trips and travelled to over 20 different countries, but this trip will forever go down as the best one!” so if you’d like to see how the week went […]
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Sportquest Holidays 2023 Halibut Competition
The 2023 Sportquest Halibut Competition took place over two days at the beautiful destinations of Å on the Lofoten islands in Norway, with the teams of four anglers battling it out for over £5,000 in prizes. With a £4,000 prize up for grabs for the winning team who caught the longest accumulative length of Halibut and a £1,000 prize for the […]
Nappstraumen, Fishing Report 31st October 2023
The Nappstraumen autumn of 2023 is coming to an end, and we are now entering the last 2 days with guests. What a closing week it has been! Initially, we had a bit of tough fishing last week with only a few Halibut landed in the boats when the current was slow, and the fish were somewhat inactive. The weekend […]
New Sportquest Camp Record – Norway Autumn Shore Fishing 2023
Stop Press! This week at our shore fishing camp in Nappstraumen, Norway, our Halibut record was obliterated by a colossal fish of 195cm, smashing the previous record by a whopping 40cm. Our shore fishing guide, Zac wrote: “We headed north to target the Halibut, and we were not disappointed. Over 2 hours went by without a bite, then all of a […]
Norway Shore Fishing Report – 2023 Autumn Season Week 4
Week 4 – Day 1 Nappstraumen. Last night we welcomed our newest guests for our week here in Napp. I had a plan to head north today but unfortunately, the baggage handlers put a stop to that, so a little later this morning I decided to fish locally today, first port of call was Mortsund in search of some Halibut […]
Norway Shore Fishing Report – 2023 Autumn Season Week 3
Week 3 – Day 1 Nappstraumen. Today was the first session for my guests of 7 from North Wales, and what a great way to start the week. Expecting showers all day we were greeted by flat calm conditions for most of the day, and the fish were on the feed, albeit the usual small Codling and Coalies, we managed […]
Nappstraumen, Fishing Report 19th October 2023
Now it’s autumn fishing. Over the past week, there has been a strong focus on Halibut. The winds can be tough for going out and trying Cod and Coalfish fishing, but we always have the opportunity to fish in sheltered areas instead. This week is no exception to the autumn weather, with wind, snow, and hail, but we have also […]
Norway Shore Fishing Report – 2023 Autumn Season Week 2
Week 2 – Day 1 Nappstraumen. Today was the first day with my guests here at the camp, and our first day we were greeted by north westerly winds pushing 40mph. I decided to put the lads on the local jetty over low, and depending on how the fishing panned out, we would move for high water. The jetty started […]
Nappstraumen, Fishing Report 11th October 2023
Autumn has come to Lofoten in every possible way. This autumn came storming forward. From a mild, pleasant late summer to crisp autumn/winter cold and fresh snow on our mountain peaks here in Lofoten, we can definitely say that autumn has arrived. The fishing – yes, it has also started, one could say! There has been quite a lot of […]
Nappstraumen, Fishing Report 4th October 2023
This past week, there has been real autumn weather in Lofoten. However, the halibuts seem to like this kind of weather now when the temperature is dropping. It can be a real test of endurance fishing in the autumn to find the spots where the fish are located. But after much battling in all kinds of weather, one achieves a […]