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Norwegian Fjords Early Summer: Cod, Coalfish, and Long Light Hours

Norwegian Fjords Early Summer: Cod, Coalfish, and Long Light Hours

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Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your evening fjord report from the Norwegian coast. We’ve got a classic early‑summer pattern in the western fjords today. Yr and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute show a weak low sitting off the coast, giving light to moderate southwesterly winds, mostly 4–8 m/s, with scattered showers rolling through the bigger fjords like Hardanger and Sogne. Air temps have been hovering around 12–16°C, a bit cooler in the mornings, with sea temps sitting roughly 9–12°C inshore. Sunrise along the west coast is early now, around 04:00, with sunset close to 22:30 depending on latitude. That long, low light window has been the key: the best bites have come the last two hours before “sunset” glow fades and the first couple of hours after sunrise, especially when that light southwesterly ripples the surface. Tides from BarentsWatch today show moderate ranges, with a solid flood building late afternoon into evening in the major fjords. The last half of the flood and the first of the ebb have turned on the fish around points and narrow sounds where current pinches. Reports from local skippers in the outer Sognefjord and around Hitra/Frøya say cod and coalfish have been steady on mid‑depth structure, 30–70 meters. Decent numbers of 2–5 kg cod, with the odd better fish. Coalfish have been schooling higher in the water column, especially over bait balls of sandeel. A few pollack have shown tight to rock walls and kelp edges in 10–20 meters, smashing lures on the drop. Inside the calmer arms, folks drifting natural bait are still putting a mix of haddock, ling, and the usual smaller bottom species in the boat. On the lure side, local tackle shops up and down the coast report that slim metal jigs in the 60–120 g range, in blue‑silver and green‑silver, have outfished most other options for cod and coalfish. Weighted shads in 4–6 inch sizes, in natural baitfish or glow white, are doing damage when worked slowly close to bottom. For pollack in the kelp, lightly weighted soft plastics and smaller pilks hopped along the drop‑offs have been deadly. If you’re bait fishing, mackerel strips and herring chunks are still king, especially fished on simple paternoster rigs just off the bottom over broken ground. For haddock and the smaller stuff, a bit of clam or shrimp on small hooks will keep the rod tips nodding all day. A couple of hot spots to think about: • Outer Sognefjord, around the reefy ground off the mouth and along steep edges where the tide pushes hard. Drift these with 80–120 g jigs and you’ll find cod and coalfish stacked when the current is moving. • Hardangerfjord narrows and headlands near deeper basins. Anywhere the contour jumps from 40 to 100 meters quickly has been holding fish, especially on the evening flood. Work soft shads close to bottom and watch for bait marks on the sounder. In the sheltered side fjords, use the kayak or small boat to sneak tight to the rocks and kelp beds; that’s where the better pollack are hunting. Long fluorocarbon leaders, quiet approach, and natural‑colored lures make a real difference in that clear water. That’s your fjord rundown from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
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