Fall report from Denmark

[Søren]

hi all
I recently discovered night hunting
I don't know i anyone knows about Danish spearfishing conditions but the photos show some pretty great catches:

turbot - 2 kg - my biggest so far
5 mullets caught in october - very few mullets stay in Danish waters during winter so that's amazing
lots of sea trout - in my opinion the quintessence of scandinavian fishing. This year I shot my first trout and I was extatic. They put up a very good fight and they taste great. They are beautiful and when diving at night one gets to see them up close in their natural environment while being in a heightened state mentally - primieval but in some sense this is the hunt in its essence.
It's cold here - the water gets close to freezing during winter but that doesn't mean that we have to hibernate...

 

[spaghetti]

You guys must have huge balls to hunt in such cold waters. Respect. Do you wear a 7mm suit or thicker?
Me I'm thinking of having my last 2007 dive tomorrow morning, then store the gear till, say, march (italian sissy...). Water temp is still resistible: 18°C at the surface, no problem as long as I'm underwater. I just hate when I come out in the cold wet wind.

 

[Søren]

I'm in a 6 mm elios suit and until last week 3 mmm elios gloves (now 5 mm). Water temp is still 11°C here which makes for a 4 hour swim without freezing
I'd be pretty annoyed to have to put the gear away just now...
Actually I'm going swimming in about an hour and I expect to shoot one of those beautiful nordic trouts.
S

 

[spaghetti]

I'm in a 6 mm elios suit and until last week 3 mmm elios gloves (now 5 mm). Water temp is still 11°C here which makes for a 4 hour swim without freezing
I'd be pretty annoyed to have to put the gear away just now...
Actually I'm going swimming in about an hour and I expect to shoot one of those beautiful nordic trouts.
S

I must be growing old...at 20 y.o. I used to hunt in november with NO suit (just had no money to buy one), but the passion for diving used to keep me warm.
Ok, I won't store my gear by now. And when I'm cold, I'll think of you in the nordic frost.

 

[Pastor]

What kind of visibility have you got in Denmark now? We haven't been out properly for a few weeks now because of the terrible vis 0cm -15cm

 

[Søren]

It varies: the more current the better but at the best 10 + meters - at average 2-5 meters.