Day Nine Of Our Norwegian Sea Fishing Adventure... Next Stop Soroya!

We left Tromso at around half nine, ready for our long journey to Soroya, the second destination we have to research on our Nordic sea fishing adventure! Soroya is an island situated in the very north of the country, and seeing as our only mode of transport is car and ferry we knew it was going to be very long day! This isn’t the normal transfer for this destination, it’s only as we had to drive from Tromso. Normally groups will be picked up from Alta, which is only around one and a half hours away.

The roads, and traffic, as I have said before is like no where else, it’s so easy to get around! For example we travelled today on the same road for over 80 miles, with no round about, turnings or traffic lights, the number of cars we saw could be counted on just one hand!

After many miles, three ferry crossing’s and constant stunning scenery along the way we arrived on the island of Soroya at around half five. We were greeted by the very friendly lodge owner, and the two resident guides, Eddie & Ulfe!

We were quickly shown round the accommodation, before being taken to the bar, to talk more about the resort and fishing. As we watched the boats dock at the port, we were told to go and take a look, and see what they had caught. We were amazed to see some huge Cod to 27kg! Plus many more over 20kg! It really was a crazy sight and got us thinking about our fishing tomorrow.

After we had picked ourselves up from the floor at the sight of the huge cod we were shown round the boats and taken to the briefing room, where we studied the sea charts and talked further about tackle and plans of attack for tomorrow!

We then retired to the cracking bar/restaurant on site for a couple of pints and a cracking meal. (Wild swine, pig/boar! In a pepper corn sauce, with salad and potatoes, was amazing!) Again, another way to end a very tiring day. Off fishing tomorrow, the weather is supposed to be pretty rough, but am sure we can find some fish somewhere, fingers crossed! We will be praying to the fishing gods tonight!

Cheers Chris

On The Road To Soroya, We Witnessed Some Unbelievable Scenery!



Probably The Best Picture Of The Day! Absolutely Stunning! Views Like This Made The Eight Hour Journey Seem A Little Easier!



Getting The Ferry Across To Soroya, The Journey is Around One Hour.



The View From The Ferry, One Hours Not Too Bad And At Least You Can Get A  Decent Cuppa!



On The Island, Pretty Remote And Desolate! At This Point We Were Praying We Were Travelling The Right Way!



The Guides And Anglers At The Dock, Meeting After A Productive Days Fishing!



Studying Maps & Underwater Charts, Planning Tommorrows Fishing Day, Weather Permitting...!



Just One Of The Fish We Saw Landed At The Dock, By Just One Boat! This One Went 27kg! And Believe It Or Not Those Fish In The Back Ground Are Over 20kg! These Fish Really Wet Our Fishing Apetite! What A Day Tommorrow Could Be!



The View From The Bar. A Cracking Room... If You Look Carefully You Will See Us Working Away! A Hard Job, But Some One's Got To Do It!!!!