the 3 most common species in Swedish lakes are
Pike
Perch
Zander
You've always heard that zander is the best fish to eat amongst these 3
Perch is so tasty on sandwich
and pike is so much bone in it but you can eat it with horseradish
Sara and I will fish in a regular Swedish lake
and catch those 3 species and then we'll do a tasting test
Is it possible, by cook them the same way, feel a difference in taste
Not only a challenge to see if they taste different
The big challenge will be to catch these 3 speicies
It's early spring, cold in the water
You can't count on the fish to be active
But the things we do to see if it's actually any difference in taste
In lakes this early in the spring, the perch can often be found in deep holes
or on the edges, pressed against the bottom
The pike is where the bait fish is
The zander can be tricky but you often find them on a shallow
There is one lure that can catch all 3 species
And that is flatnose mini
Flatnose mini is a well known lure which we fished with a lot
And most often it has been the key to success
Let's hope it's the same this time
But first we'll read some of your comments
First comment is from Grisfeber and he wonder why
I turn to a Skåning when I say toad as I did in the latest video
A toooaad
A real toooaaad
A toooaaad perch
And the reason is that I fished bream with Alexander Björk a few years back
He's from Skåne and say tooaaad to al the big breams
This was a toooaaad, it was
It sounded so funny so I started to say that aswell
toooaaad to all big perch or fish or whatever
We've got a comment from Frejsan14 who wants us to say hello to her mother
So hello mother and Frejsan 14 So fun you watch our videos together
HolyN-Evil wonders if we will fish at the west coast this summer
We've actually planned that out, Me and Edvin will go there and try som sea fishing
after a vary of species, and you don't want to miss out on that
Dick Löfrgren says that we gilding his sundays, so thank you
I hope you keep on watching now cause me and Tobbe is about to catch some
A good start to the day It's stormy weather
Not that easy to ramp the boat when the water is pushed straight in
task number 1 today is to get the boat in the water, there are a lot of stones
I don't want to scrape it all up
The idea is for us to start fishing for perch but it's hard to even feel the strikes
it wont be easy, but on the bright side we have no rain
If i push the boat that way, it will just blow straight back
we need to push it alongside the shore
and then jump in the boat out there
come on Sara, let's start pushing
- No stones please - easy to say Tobbe
push Sara!
No need to worry, this was easy
You don't want to rig the rods in the storm on this lake
with really clear water
Therefore we'll go in there where we can have som shelter from the wind
behind this point it looks perfect
we will catch perch, pike and zander
In this small forest lake only holds perch and pike
so the zander we'll have to catch later on another lake
I want the perch and pike to get the best chance to taste as good as possible
If we where to fish perch and pike in a small muddy lake
The risk is for them to taste a bit muddy
This lake has very clear water and the quality of the water i good
It's much of sand an stones on the bottom
And then you know the perch and pike get the best chance to taste good
flatnose mini is the lure I fished with the most
Edvin designed it for 10-15 years ago
what's great about this softlure
you can catch big perch....
big pike...
and even big zander
flatnose mini isn't only good for big fish it works great if you want a lot of fish
today we're after fish to cook and don't want to spend to much time catching them
so flatnose mini is a safe bet
you can find flatnose mini in photofish where you can design your own colours
and we also got some brand new standard colours
I'm so stoked to try out this new colour fantasy which is blue/red
I think it will be hot in this clear water
I want the best chance to catch a big per.
Not a big perch but catch one fast I usually want big fish
So therefore I'll try this new colour Sara brought today, Ultimate Silver!
It looks like a cool silver fish
The perch can't resist it, even the pikes
The plan is to catch both perch and pike in this water
and the pike will be like a bonus fish when we try for perch
It's time to start, I'm feeling hungry already
Let's see if the perch or pike will be the first fish
When you try to catch fish to cook it's so much more on stake
We want to avoid being hungry so we must deliver
Sooner or later we'll find them
I got one! got one!
I told you we'll find them sooner or later
- It was sooner rather than later - yeah like 2 seconds after
I don't know if it's a pike or a perch but I think it's a pike
It may be a good fish to cook, It's a pike
Is it big enough to eat?
there's a lot of bones in the pike
so it's a lot easier with a bigger pike
But I don't want to take home those big pikes
It's okey to take this small pike
It's a test and not supposedt o get full
so this small pike will be enough
This pike really wanted that flatnose mini
It'll work great for our taste test
We'll prep it for the soup
There's 2 ways to put the pike to death
One thing is to strike something hard in it's head
The other thing is to use a knife through it's brain
I don't have anything that hard in the boat so I'll use the knife
It's important to let it bleed out
otherwise it may taste a bit blood and iron
I'll make a cut through the neck of it
- here you go Tobbe - thanks
yummy!
Check on the pike, let's catch a perch in this lake
I've googled a good recipe on a fish soup I can't wait to try it out
I believe it'll taste good
So it's time to catch that perch to cook
This wind is brutal, It's like a wind from the North pole has reach Sweden
and made chaos on this lake, It's not that easy to fish if I'm being honest
It's hard to feel the lure, you'll really have to concentrate
It's positive that you can cast really far
It's a deep edge where we fish right now I've seen some perch earlier on the sonar
It's important in this wind that you either fish against the wind
Or with the wind, otherwise you'll not feel the strike
if you fish from the side wind the line is like a bow
and you can't even feel if there's a perch
a good tip, just hope we'll catch one soon
I've got a bad feeling with this lake
I don't think the perch will strike
often in clear water lake there are not so much perch
But they are often bigger and should taste better
If we don't catch one it'll be hard to do a tasting test
We'll have to go to a more muddy lake a little bit darker water but more perch
This is our last try, we don't have much time at this lake
It's bigger, muddier but not super muddy
It's kind of ok clear water
I'll cross my fingers that we can catch a perch to cook
It wont be to much to ask for
nothing else to do than to get going
I've not given up on this fantasy, let's see if it can give us a half muddy perch
Then I know when I taste, if it tastes a bit muddy it's probably perh
we'll see, now let's catch a perch
It would be nice if you get a strike at least
well at least something, a nibble or so
- It's totally dead now - feels like you fish for nothing
hello!, where are you perch?
- really - that's perch, if they're not up for it
Pikes you can always trigger to strike
but perch like "I wont eat today"
The perch refuse to strike today
Me and Sara are on land and there's only one thing to do until tomorrow
and we can hope for both perch and zander to be willing to strike
and that is to clean out this pike
Pike is a really hard fish to clean out It got a lot of bones
and the bones are in strange places compared to other species
I'll do my best to show you how to clean out a pike, bone free
You don't want bone from a pike in your soup
You'll start with a angled cut
and turn the fish around
and then a angled cut from tail fin
When I feel the bone I get the knife straight and cut alongside the spine
all the way until it stops
there we go
we have the filet
this is how it looks, pretty big when you think how small that pike was
next step is to remove the skin
and also a similar piece on the other side
Look at that
You can see that the pike recently ate a roach
I've never seen that before
I can feel that there's another fish in there aswell
always fun when you clean out a fish to see what's in it's stomach
You can learn a lot from that, we'll have a closer look at the roach
cut it off an press out the fish
one roach, and another one
2 roach was the diet for this pike
What you reckon Sara? shall we try roach instead of perch in the soup?
We can't catch a perch
I've tried roach one time before and that was not good, so a big NO for me
I'll rather jump in the water and swim for 3 days
both sides are gone, and right here there are a lot of foxes and pigs
I'll do what the old men used to do with the pike, throw it to the fox
It doesn't look that tasty right now but we'll fix that
I'll start to cut off the meat from the skin
same here, just angle the knife and follow the skin
it's easier when you're indoors in a kitchen with a bigger cutting board
But when you're outdoors this will do
Not full chaos but nos as good as if you are indoors
press the knife against the cutting board and just pull
a nice piece of skin, throw that to the fox
and to exactly the same on the other filet bit
This pike may have been a tad to small to take home and eat
I think you should release all big pikes I wouldn't take home a pike over 75 cm
and absolutely not over 90 cm
They don't taste good and they are super important for the eco system
A good pike to eat is around 60-75 cm
A fish filet has 2 bits, the spine and the rear part
which is always bone free, you can feel alongside the spine
There the bones end, so just cut if off and you have a bone free bit
Not the biggest bit, I've seen bigger
but it's bone free so it'll do for our small test
we don't need soup for a whole school class
here you have the ribs, so I'll cut that off
they are very shallow so just cut carefully
Now we are at the hardest part to cut out the bones in the middle
The pike has got Y-shaped bones
You need to cut at a very special way
You feel all the bones with your fingers
Here's the back filet, I'll cut straight with the bones
until you feel the bones
after that you angle the knife outwards and cut around the bones
This is hard to make sure you get as much meat as possible
down with the knife and then angle it and cut outwards
I actually think this will be ok
I'm impressed by myself, It would've been easier with a big pike
But I managed to cut out some meat for us to use for the soup
I'll cut off the last part which is totally bone free
I'll cut off much meat because it's hard to be picky with the bones
pay attention, here's the row of bones and I'll make a cut right here
A lot of meat goes to waste but it'll be worth it on this pike
this is all bone free and this one's full of bones
This one we'll throw to the fox
And this bone free we save
and the pike is done
There is some light left of the day and sometimes the perch is willing to strike
when the sun is about to set, so it'll be worth trying to catch one
even the sun has appeared
or at least you see it far away
It may be a hot period for perch now
We'll cross our fingers that it can deliver
- are you ready? - I am ready
When i fish with this flatnose mini, the first thing I do is just cast it out
and let it sink to the bottom, you want the lure to bounce on the bottom
I can see it reached the bottom when the line stops going out from the reel
and then I pull up the rod and keep doing small twitches
at the same time I'm retrieving the line and keep it tense all the time
no matter the season the perch are often very picky
and you don't want to miss out when the perch of your dream strikes
In every video, someone always comments and wonder what gear we're using
I have a Abu Garcia Zenon reel 2500 size
2500 is the most common size for perch, and works best according to me
This Zenon reel that I have is one of Abus most expensive reels
and a really good reel if you want to indulge yourself great fishing gear
But there isn't always a need for the most expensive gear for good fishing
a reel between 1000-2000:- is absolutely enough for fun perch fishing
The braid I'm using is rated at 5kg and comes from Stroft
between 5-8kg will be great for perch
the rod I'm using a Sweet stick from Bite of Bleak
there are a lot of good rods out there this one is 5-20g
and around 7 foot is good, this one is 7,6
to be able to cast a good distance
I had one!
I couldn't believe my ears, my sight my feel or anything
from nowhere a strike
And offcourse I missed it
That might have been the one chance today
Tobbe just stands there with his expensive reel, I thought he was a pro
apparently not, he need to hook that fish
What are you doing Tobbe?
I cant take it, I've given up
It kills me
Now I've done the last cast for today
I'm tired and we need to reload for tomorrow
Because it's so much at stake tomorrow
It's enough, only one thing to do
Go home and drown our sorrows with some pizza
Tobbe!, I got some pizza for us
We're here in a nice little cabin we rented
there's Sara with the pizza
We have a good plan for tomorrow I both like it and not
The thing I like is that we probably will have great fishing
what I don't like is that we need to get out of bed super early
04:30 because it will be super windy around noon
I've had enough of that wind
I'm gonna hear the wind in my head and dream about me blowing away
we'll have another go, I'm ready to smash this pizza and then go to bed
and wake up in a few hours again
Can you hear that Sara? Instead of hearing the wind and storm
You can hear the birds chirping and seagulls
- It's winderful isn't it? - it is, can't ask for more
now it's "only" zander and perch that we are missing
this was a beautiful lake, like a mirror in the morning
Who would've thought that?
The boat is in the water and it's time for the zander to jump in the boat
I saw a small problem at the sign over there
It's not that you cannot dive from the bridge over there
It is that the zander must be at least 50cm
And thinking about the bad luck we had yesterday
I would be glad if we just caugh a zander but 50cm is resonable
you should not take home to small zanders anyhow
Let's hope we have more luck than yesterday
Let's go to the first spot
One thing I've learnt is that zander like bright colours
I found this flatnose mini that Tobbe has designed in photofish
I really think it will deliver a zander today, It'll have to
I'll try a bright coloured flatnose mini designed in photofish
but now let's do the first cast
Let's see if the morning zander is awake
- You know what they say? - what do they say?
The early bird catches the zander
I've never heard that one before sounds resonable
it was a long time ago you felt somet...
I think I had one
Let's see if there's any bite marks?
It's sliced
We've hade contact
I think I have to change lure, It's sliced all over
now we know there's a zander down there
But most often they strike really hard
I almost didn't felt that strike, and that's not a good sign
But still there's hope
here's my flatnose mini box, and this one I've made in photofish and it delivered
It's usually a killer when it comes to zander in this lake
Both pike and perch we fished at a deep edge
It's a bit different when you fish for zander
the water is not so clear because the zander doesn't like it
but also we are at a shallow part
It's pretty deep around here, like 20m
But right here it's 6-9m deep
I've never caught a big zander here but a lot of small zander
all we have to do is manage to hook them
And I know that when we fished for zander at this place we got a lot of bonus perch
with a little bit of luck we can get a perch aswell here
I got one! NO NO, I had one
I had another one, first cast after the last
and missed it again
Look what it dit to my flatnose pulled it out from the jig head
I can't get my head around what the zanders are up to
I don't know what to do
sometime someone has to strike
we know we're at the right place they are here
There! NO!
Missed it again
look, look at the flatnose
How's it even possible?
I've done some tricks which I never had to do before
I've tied a stinger to a flatnose mini I can't miss more fish
I've put on a UV-hook, a really small one, if they only bite the tail
I'll probably be able to hook them
I got one! got one!
YES, Tobbe!
I got one when I, It might be a perch
here it comes, let's see what it is
It is a .....
- what is it? - what is it?
- what did the sign said? - 50 cm I believe
This one's like 20 cm
But you caught one at least Tobbe
First cast with the stinger and a fish
I can even bass land this zander
This one is not approved according to the minimum lenght
This small zander will go back
See how it took? It's the stinger without it I might have lost it
Not only did it take on the stinger It's also furthest out in the mouth
It didn't swallow it at all