Following a mid-term assessment of salmon stocks, the Norwegian Environmental Protection Agency has decided not to introduce any new regulations for salmon fishing this season. Historically strict rules were introduced at the beginning of this year, and the effect remains to be seen. Catches in most of the rivers for which we have data
The season started at midnight on 1 June with a water flow of 200m³/sec. at Gaulfossen and a water temperature of 7.1°C. During the course of the day, the Gaula fell to 160m³/sec. by the afternoon. The weather conditions in the days before the start of the season seemed to favour an early start
There are only a few days left until the start of the season on 1 June at the Gaula. We can hardly wait. The weather conditions make an early start likely. The water level is no longer at a very high level for this time of the year (15 May down to 128m³/sec, on
In a new film we show how Mortan A. Carlsen from the Faroe Islands catches and releases the largest salmon in the entire 2024 season on the Gaula. Read Mortan's own account: I have been fishing the Gaula for many years and one of my favourite places is the Bridge Pool in Rognes which
I have been fascinated by foreign nature and culture since I was a child. This is especially true if you grew up in the GDR, where traveling in this way was often not possible. The idea of hunting together with very native Indians in the untouched rainforest of the Amazon was fascinating to me.
Jardines de la Reina in Cuba is one of the best saltwater destinations in the Caribbean. The area is larger than the Florida Keys and may only be fished by a few rods per week. As it is a nature reserve, commercial fishing is completely prohibited here. This combination results in a fishery that
