Meeting the legend

It`s been a real pleasure and learning experience to meet Italian fishing legend Stefano Corsi. Beside getting tips and trick to rock and shore jigging, the most fun part was trying fresh sushi…

Bilo je iznimno zadovoljstvo upoznati legendu talijanskog ribolova Stefana Corsija na prezentaciji shore jigginga i rock fishing na Pagu. Najbavniji dio je ipak bio kušanje sushija od svježe uhvaćene ribe…

Another big silure

Igor called me in yesterday if I could come and take a picture of his fish. He was on the water right with the rising water levels. That`s always the best time for silure! Great job Igor! This one is 145 cm…

Još jedan krasan som. Uhvatio ga je Igor za vrijeme  prvog značajnijeg porasta vode u proteklih nekoliko mjeseci. 145 cm!

Great flies from Amo

I got a real nice package from my slovenian friend Armin Vodopivec to welcome me into fly wishing world. Thank you buddy, some really nice ones in there… check Amo in action here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut4nJtUTTBI

Moj dragi prijatelj Amo iz Slovenije  poslao je prekrasnu nisku svojih muha kako bi mi olakšao prve korake u svijetu fly fishinga. Hvala i evo podsjetnika na odličan dan koji smo proveli na Savinji prošle godine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut4nJtUTTBI

205cm silure landing video / clip ulova soma od 205 cm sa Save

I proudly present the footage of  205 cm silure caught by my friend Zlatko Ranogajec – Oktalz on Sava river near Zagreb in Croatia. We were targeting big silure that day and hoped for a fish up to 30kg, but got a specimen probably twice that size! The tackle that withstood 30 min of brutal strain was Savage Gear MP pro 2,7 40-100gr rod, Okuma Salina 55 reel, and Power Pro 30LB Braid. The bait was 10cm Savage Gear Cannibal rigged on a strong weedless flippin jig hook that was inhaled by this giant  on the initial fall of the lure.

Sa ponosom predstavljam filmic ulova soma od 205 cm kojeg je uhvatio Zlatko Ranogajec – Oktalz. Ovo je jedan od ponajvećih somova uhvaćenih varalicom (za usta) na ovom dijelu Save, što mi dodatno uljepšava činjenicu da je sve snimljeno kamerom . Obzirom na moj dio odabira tehnike, mjesta i navigiranja čamcem volim reći da “smo” uhvatili soma, iako je naravno Zlatko majstor koji je uhvatio ribu. Detaljnije o tehnici i načinu na koji je došlo do ovog ulova pročitajte u novom broju magazina Praktični ribolov koji se upravo nalazi na kioscima…..

Predator senses pt 2

I explored the fish senses other than sight in my latest feature. Some interesting examples on how we can use fish lateral line, hearing, smell or feel to our advantage…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U drugom dijelu serije o osjetilima predatora koji se može naći u ožujskom broju Praktičnog ribolova  sam se pozabavio osjetilima bočne linije. sluha, mirisa, okusa i opipa. Bolje razumijevanje procesa lociranja i hvatanja plijena će nam definitivno pomoći da budemo uspješniji u varaličarenju…

Great cormorant devastating impact on Donja dubrava canal trout

Donja Dubrava drain canal was a premiere trout water with healthy population of both rainbow and brown trout population. During winter these trout are exposed to great cormorant attacks, especially when surrounding waters are frozen.Well this year ice was around for quite a while and these birds made an devastating impact on trout population. The trout season opening day was a disaster with handfull of fish spoted and very few caught. These birds are not interesting for hunters, so their population thrives making devastating loss for certain fish population like trout on this canal

Koliko su kormorani  štetni za populaciju pastrve jasno je pokazalo ovogodišnje otvorenje sezone pastrve na kanalu Donja Dubrava kraj Preloga. Gotovo da nije niti jedna ulovljena, a jedva da je nekoliko primjećeno u vodi. Populacija kormorana je u velikom porastu jer nisu zanimljivi lovcima, te su štete koje nanose  ribljem fondu sve veće i veće. U slučaju ovog 12 km dugačkog i otvorenog kanala šteta koju su napravili je katastrofalna!

Birthday zander won`t let go of worm grub

Today was my birthday and I had plenty of schedule in a day, but  I was gonna do a morning boat fishing trip and it payed off with a nice female  zander. I was fishing LB worm grub in Xmas color on my weedless jig head. At one point it feelt like I was going over a branch with no tap. I pulled gently to let loose,and  it broke free but still it feelt strange… hmm another branch, pulled gently again. This time awkward shivering was there even when I didn`t pull. Just then  it came to me this could be a fish, I set the hook and the fish was on. It simply wouldn`t let go of worm grub! Even though its cold, now is great time to go out and catch one, you won`t catch it in the living room!

Iako mi je bio rođendan odlučio sam isploviti u zoru i u par sati ribolova uhvatio ovu lijepu ženku smuđa. Lovio sam SG Worm Grub-om u smeđoj Xmas boji na  nezakačivoj glavi  i u jednom trenutku mi se učinilo kao da prelazim preko potopljene grane. Lagano sam povukao i otkačio.  No opet sam osjetio nešto čudno..hmmm još jedna  grana…još jedan lagani potez i opet je opustilo, međutim ovaj puta sam osjetio treperenje i bez natezanja…pa to je cijelo vrijeme bila riba!Kontra i smuđ je bio gore.

Ovo vrijeme uoči lovostaja  je top  sezona za  smuđa, te se svakako isplati otići na vodu usprkos hladnoći.  U toplom dnevnom boravku ih nema!

Amazing silure videos

I bumped into this clip of many big  catfish caught from  strike to landing at   http://www.silure-attitude.fr . Guys are silure freaks fishing Loire and Rhone river. The way they manage to get the silure action on film is amazing. Check the video for some incredible catfish action.

 

Pogledajte nekoliko zapanjujućih klipova francuske ekipe sa sliure-attitude.fr sajta. Nevjerovatno je koliko su drilova somova uspjeli snimiti od udarca do izvlačenja. Uživajte…