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

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

a bad zander to eat so it'll go back

At least some light in the darkness

We might found the solution with
a stinger

Yes! Nooo it's so sick

That was a strike but

so annoyed

YES! now I got it

- It's bigger
- yeah it's better

I wonder what it is? it feels like a..

It's a nice zander!

- the net Sara
- the net

take it

YES!

This was well earnt

We've fought so hard for this zander

Finally, oh my god

That zander is definitly over 50 cm

a great zander to eat, not to big

same as pikes, you don't want to take
home to big zanders

We'll have a look at it and then 
it's all about the perch

Look at this zander

so perfect

It really put on a fight, I felt it wanna
run away

really really nice, I'm so happy

we've fought so hard, got out of bed in
the middle of the night

unhook it, and NOT release it

It was close, 
by default I just release them

Then Tobbe would've thrown me in aswell

Here's the knife Sara

I love knifes

I shall stab the zander

I sound like a sadist

This poor zander will pay cause
his friends didn't strike earlier

- here's the bag Sara
- you're the best Tobbe

Will be yummy, I'm stoked

Then there's only perch left

There are plenty of perch in this lake
but this spot isn't the best for perch

So we'll start the boat and go to
an island over there

sound like a plan

we've reach a few islands here and one
advantage is that it's not so windy

It's a lot of stones, shallows and other 
that perch really like

Hopefully they are in the the mood today

This water is very cloudy, so I'll continue
with this bright flatnose mini

And hope that the perch want it

The species there are most of in the lake
of the predators is perch

It shouldn't be that hard to catch one

let's go

I got one, got one!

I got it, NO!

No it let go

what the?

It let go, but what a hard strike

I don't think it was a perch

that was a zander

that was a zander

There I got it!

I got it

It might be a perch
It might be a perch actually

It feels like a perch

It is...

It is a...

It's a zander

It was a zander

I thought we finally have cleared the
challenge to catch all 3 species

But it was a zander and I think this one
is approved

and we could've taken this one aswell

one zander is enough for the soup

It's fun that it started to strike anyhow

much better than yesterday

Here we have the zander, a pretty
decent zander to catch

It seems like there's a lot of zander here

The first strike I got was a zander
it was so hard

this one is maybe 50-52 cm

I didn't need that extra treble hook on
this one

It really bit on the jighead

we keep going, I do believe there's
a few perch here aswell

This flatnose mini in this bright colour
is really a zander magnet

I've got so many small zanders
before on this lure

There I got it!
I got one

It feels like a perch

It might be a perch

It feels like it

NO
It's another zander

Why didn't we go here for zander fishing?

We would've catch so many

No complaint from me, atleast we got fish

This zander should get som stripes

and change name to perch

This one is not aproved
for the taste test

off it goes and we hope for a perch

It's a stone shallow up there, and I think
the zanders are there

I don't think, they are there 100%

It should be some perch there aswell
among these zanders

There I got one

zander

what? no? no it's a perch

I can't believe my eyes, it's a perch

I was like "it's a zander"

and it was a perch

When you least expect it to happen
it happens

Look at this, not the biggest perch
and not the best to cook

But I take what i can get, it's just
some small bits of soup

This one will be food

we passed the challenge!

- well done Tobbe!
- thank you

flatnose mini does it again

delivers all 3 species on the same lure

different colours but hey

Now we finally have all 3 species so
we can do our tasting test

It wasn't easy and we've fought hard for it

but it was fun, now I'm so stoked to see
if there are any difference in taste or not

welcome to Tobbes school of cleaning fish

we are here at Solgen at Åsas Fiskegård

and they have a big cuttning board here

It will make life so much easier for 
my school of cleaning out fish

We'll start with the perch
we'll pant it up

at first you do exactly the same on both
the perch and zander

as I did on the pike, with both sides

you do an angled cut towards the head

and then you do the same as with the pike
cut from the tail towards the middle

an angled cut and then follow the spine

try not to saw and do an even cut

there goes the perch

just grab it and continue

all the way and cut like this

to get the whole filet

cut off the side part

the bigger the fish are, the easier it is
to get a nice filet

these small ones are pretty hard

here we have one filet

next step is to cut off the skin

An angled cut and follow the skin
all the way

there is some bones here I have to cut off

If I had a bigger perch I would be able 
to pant the perch

and you get more meat

this one is to small to do it

I'll just cut off a row of bone

Here's bone free, and here
and here's a row of bones

I'll cut off this small bit of bones

This is a bone free bit of perch

here's all the meat I got from that perch

Not much to cheer for but would've been
great on a sandwich

It will be enough for this tasting test

while Tobias prepare the last with the fish
I'll prepare our soup

I'll start with chopping up fennel,
onion and carrot

Next step is to fry all the vegetables
in some oil for a minute

This is so scary

It get hot so fast

pour some olive oil

and all the vegetables

this will fry for about a minute

we've done so much cooking in our
videos so I've become a pro chef

you may not think that, but I do
i have become much better

This is almost done, looking good

We'll pour over some water and freshly
squeezed lemon

It's important not to get any seeds
in the soup

You don't want to chew on them

I was about to forget something, 
fish stock

I'll crumble it and cook it

Now it will cook for about 5 minutes

It's time for this nice big fish
to be cleaned out

This zander is worth a lot of money
zander filet is expensive

I will take care of all meat I can

Same here, an angled cut

there broke the swim bladder

fasten with a knife

cut inwards

and follow the spine

This looks great, I can tell

here's a stop

I'll start to cut from the back, to get
as much meat as possible

just small cuts along the spine

just drag the knife along

you see that?, it just opens up

keep working my way down

all the way

and here you can cut

there you go

a lot more meat on this one, 
and much nicer filet

so much easier with a bigger fish

such nice filets,
look at them

Now we'll cut away the skin

just as the other fishes, start here
and cut all the way

It takes som time to learn how to
clean out fish

It's very hard the first times

You'll do mistakes but just continue
to learn and you'll get better

I learned a lot when I was in Norway fishing
on 40-50 k gco

we just had a few hours to clean them out

We did wrong at first but I got better
and better

The perch should have a few bones here
if I did it correct

but the zander does not, so I'll just cut 
away these "ribs"

and then we'll have a 100% bone free filet

like this

here's the zander filet

look how much meat we got 
out of that zander

And how nice, It could'nt be better

Not much more time left now
we'll add some cream

we take the whole pack

some fine chopped dill

of course we need some salt and pepper

the last step is the fish and let it
cook for a minute or 2

because I'm about to blind test this
Tobbe will do that part

Now the soups are ready

I'll end with some garnish
for the looks

with som shrimp and a bransch of dill

wow wow wow, doesn't it look amazing?

I cant' wait to try this out,
but first it's Sara

Now we've reach the moment of truth,
it will be interesting to see

- what do you think Sara?
- I don't know, I think it will be hard

to actually taste the difference, I'm
excited and nerbous

It's time for you to start, I'm the only 
one who know which is what

Do you think Sara will make the
correct guesses?, leave a comment

let's start the test

This soup looks so good, as usual
when we cook nowadays

You can't actually see any difference on
the meat itself

I can't wait, I need to start

I'll start with this one

we'll focus mostly on the meat

- mmh, I'll try all of them first
- you can make a guess now Sara

ok wait, I'll have some more

- what's you first thought?
- I think this one is perch

don't ask me why, just a thought
I may change later on

next one

the taste is almost the same, but

the meat was like more rubbery

the other was more tender

I think this one is the pike

and now the last one

oh my god this is so hard, I don't
think you understand

I think my guesses are correct

perch, pike and zander

- what do I get if I'm correct?
- You can have 100 000:-

You didn't have them all correct

you had, drumroll.........

1 out of 3

1 out of 3, above my expectations

- which one was the correct one?
- the pike?

Yeah the pike was correct, but you
mixed up perch and zander

pretty resonable

the first one was zander

the one in the middle was pike and
the last was perch

I was surprised though, they tasted more
similar than I thought

the pike was really good

- but the texture was different?
- yeah the other ones was more tender

It was kinda like I thought

Great news, Team Galant will feature
on Dalaranas hunting and fishing fair

in Smedjebacken Sunday 19:th of May

bring a friend, come hang with us
and I hope I'll see you there

more info on the link in description

Now we've tested this

we fought hard, It was tough at the start
and in the middle

But in the end we came through

Conclusion is that fish is both good
and healthy

don't bring home too small or too big

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we'll see you in the next video

- Bye
- Bye

Subtitles by A. Eriksson