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EXPLORING RIVER - Searching for BIG PERCH

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    I love to explore new waters
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    You never know what you
    might catch
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    How big they are
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    and how hard it's gonna be to
    find great spots
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    But if you work hard and in the
    end fins a good spot
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    The reward can be really big
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    I've got a friend named Niclas Edström
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    we've fished together for years and
    caught a lot of nice fish
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    I'ts been a while since we filmed together
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    But now it's finally time to do that again
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    The idea is that Niclas and I are gonna
    explore a river
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    that I've inly fished in once before
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    I didn't caught any huge fish but it felt
    like it had potential
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    for huge perch
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    It's heavy
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    a nice perch
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    It's bigger than 1 kg
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    I'm from Linköping and have driven
    2 hours down in Sweden
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    To have a look at this river
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    I usually fish in another river
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    And have a lot of experience in
    how to fish rivers like this
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    I think we're gonna be able to crack
    the code in this river aswell
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    You need to gather a lot of informationen
    when you're exploring rivers like this
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    look at google maps and depts
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    and try to find some nice backwater
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    In the winter the perch are often
    stationary in deep holes
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    you need to fish the lure really slow
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    It's always fun to set up a goal when
    you try a new water
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    I think that a 1kg perch
    in here are possible
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    so the goal for today is that both
    Tobbe and I are gonna catch a 1kg perch
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    But first we'll read some of your comments
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    Sebastian want us to say hi to
    his son Lukas
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    He's been ill for 5 days
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    It sucks to be sick for so long and
    not be able to fish
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    So here's a big hello from us Lukas
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    We have a comment from Bergling saying
    that Niclas are gonna be in the videos
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    I haven't been in a video since fall 2020
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    But now in 2025 it's time to use
    all the gear
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    and show how to catch a real pig
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    you can hardly believe it's
    middle of winter
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    it's almost 6 degrees outside
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    no ice in the edges with no wind
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    it's suppose to be -15 degrees now
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    but we're grateful for good weather
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    So that we can fish
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    Tobbe and I have been fishing
    together for many years
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    It's been a few years
    since we filmed together
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    It'll be exciting and fun
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    I fished in this river once before
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    It was first most 2 spots that
    we caught fish on
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    It was this backwater and a spot
    further down stream
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    there is a current just by the ice
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    going to a dept of 2-3 meters
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    we caught most of our fish here back then
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    It's always a good idea to start at a
    spot you know hold fish
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    And when you then find out what works
    for the day
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    Then you can start searching
    at other spots
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    I like to fish with crawfish imitations
    when fishing in rivers
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    I'm gonna start with a carabus
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    I've frerigged this one
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    the weight up here runs free on the leader
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    that made the lure swim different
    and more flowing
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    It can be really hot this time of year
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    looking at the sonar
    it's only 0,6 degrees in the water
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    The perch might strike good
    but very careful
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    So we need to fish really slow
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    I'll try a monkey ned in the color junebug
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    I can bounce it slowly along the bottom
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    The goal is to catch a 1kg perch each
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    The big perch often want bigger lure
    so I'll try the bigger monkey ned
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    Let's hope we can clear our goal
    for today Niclas
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    let's catch them
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    - you have faith in this spot?
    - It feels hot
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    It looks promising
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    It would be nice
    to have the first contact fast
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    The you know that there are fish here
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    was that a contact?
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    I got one!
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    Just by the edge of the current
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    Not the biggest fish
    but it's a first
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    It's a recipe that
    we're doing something right
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    Look what a nice perch
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    really high perch
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    That's a good sign, if they're long
    and high thy are heavy
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    it's kinda red aswell
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    a very nice perch
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    Ned worm are usually efficent
    at this time of year
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    This one will have to swim back
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    and we keep on grinding
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    But at least we know now that
    they are here
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    well done Tobbe, we have a recipe that
    they are here
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    we'll keep on grinding and see if
    we can catch another one
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    I got another one!
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    2 casts and 2 fish
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    A little bit bigger
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    - you got one aswell?
    - yes yes
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    - is it better?
    - biggest of the day
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    He just took the whole carabus
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    really hot
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    they are at that edge
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    a 0,3 kg perch at least
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    not 1kg yet but we're getting there
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    double strike is always nice
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    this one is as small as my first one
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    this ned might deliver small fish
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    But we only caught 3 fish so far
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    They can be really stiff when it's cold
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    They can be slow when we release them
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    It would've been so nice
    to catch a 1kg now
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    You fish with better confidence once
    you catch a few fish
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    It's just a matter of time!
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    - better?
    - yeah better
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    a better fish!
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    Look Niclas it might be a....
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    NO!
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    It's a pike
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    it's a pike, I thought it was a big perch
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    Of course the pike eat worms too
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    He fooled me
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    It looked like a perch
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    These pikes are the perfect size
    that make you think it's a perch
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    It's important to look if the
    leader will hold up
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    and it did'nt so I need a new one
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    I would'nt want that to happen if
    I caught a dream perch
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    I would've cried all night
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    we've arrived at a new spot now
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    we caught a few fish at the other spot
    but it went quiet
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    so we tried and find a new spot
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    We are at a backwater that
    we really believe in
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    Perch are often found in the
    edge of the current
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    where the water is calmer
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    we're gonna start fishing here now
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    it's often easy
    to find spots like this in rivers
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    You can have a look at Google maps
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    and when you arrive at the river you
    can fish the spots fairly quick
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    are there perch that want to bite
    they bite straight away
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    a few fast casts here and we'll see
    if this spot can deliver
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    it's some grass to the right
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    There!
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    I got one!
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    It's big!
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    BIG!
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    I think this one is a perch
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    a really fat perch
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    Look at it
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    Look how fat it is
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    definitly the biggest one for today
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    a really nice one
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    it's a carrot perch
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    You could say it's eaten a lot of carrots
    but I don't think it has
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    It's so orange because it's eaten
    a lot of crayfish
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    hence the color and that's why it
    has become so fat
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    The belly can become orange
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    I'll release this one, it's about 0,5kg
    so only half our goal
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    bye bye
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    The sun came forward
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    A weather different can make
    the perch become more active
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    So we just cast again
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    fun to catch more fish
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    I want a kilo perch now
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    NO!
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    that one looked nice
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    that was a better one
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    please bite again
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    there!
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    it's a small one
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    not that small
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    You can see it's different families
    of perch in this river
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    some of them eat a lot of crayfish
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    and this one is more pale
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    this one probably eat roach or bleek
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    They have different colors depending
    on what they eat
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    I'll release this one
    and we keep on grinding
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    It would be so nice if we could
    catch a real pig today
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    I got one!
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    I got a fish aswell now
    it was my turn
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    really fat
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    I did as Tobbe and tried a ned aswell
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    Look how scarred it is
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    really weird, on the other side to
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    Let's see if it's a crayfish perch or not
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    It was
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    look at all those dots
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    a really nice fish
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    release it and hope to catch a kilo perch
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    It's wonderful to
    be standing here in January
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    It's really warm and nice
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    It would be even better if we could
    catch a really big one
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    But I think we'll do it if we
    just keep on grinding
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    There are not that many that fish with ned
    even though it's so efficent
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    It look ugly
    like a stump
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    but for some reason the perch love it
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    You can't fish ned to slow
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    do some slow twitches
    with a light jighead
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    and let it jump over the bottom
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    and do some pauses so it stand still
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    Niclas did fish with freerig
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    and as soon as he changed to ned
    he caught more fish
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    so we keep on grinding with ned
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    I got one!
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    It feels better
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    It's huge right?
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    what's happening Tobbe?
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    I think it might be 1kg
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    - already? after just half the day?
    -I think it is
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    Let's have a look at it then
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    I think it's a perch
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    Well how heavy is the perch then?
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    8-10kg maybe
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    - No Hg I mean
    - you think so?
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    It's long, maybe 40cm
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    I think it's at least 900g
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    but with some luck it can be 1kg
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    a perch on 1kg is a really big perch
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    let's measure it
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    quickly measure how long it is
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    the pig sound
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    It's long Niclas
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    - yeah it is
    - it's 45cm
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    It's really long
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    wow, that could be a 1kg perch
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    45cm perch in this river is really good
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    There aren't that many of them here
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    And not that fat because it's winter
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    If I caught it in March/April it could've
    easily be 2-3hg more
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    But I think that it might be over 1kg
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    So let's see
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    We'll weigh it in our kitty cat bag
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    let's put the scale to zero
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    get in there
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    the moment of truth
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    It's just over
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    1,02kg
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    Yes 1,02 kg
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    My goal is cleared
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    But our goal is that both of us is
    gonna catch a 1kg perch
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    So now it's Niclas turn
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    I'm glad for that fish
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    The biggest one I've caught in this river
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    They are here indeed
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    Tobbe is check
    so now it's my turn
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    I'll keep on grinding with my ned
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    This monkey ned is so eaten
    and the hook is loose
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    I have a great tip for that
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    The worm is round so you can just
    turn it
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    and put it through another spot
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    And it's like a new lure again
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    You can save a lot of many by doing that
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    The way to go when you're from Småland
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    Don't let anything go to waste
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    That's my tip to save money
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    we've put the boat over there and we're
    gonna be fishing from land
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    sometimes it's hotter to fish from land
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    and form another angle
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    So let's try it and see
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    We've found a good spot with a lot
    of fish in this river
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    So we keep on grinding here
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    I think they are stationary here in
    the backwater
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    And are tricky so I think we need
    to fish slow
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    Slow and different ways
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    - did you have one on?
    - no it was grass
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    I got grass on aswell
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    So much grass over here
    the ned is covered
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    I think we need to walk round
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    and see if we can find a better spot
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    let's walk on
Title:
EXPLORING RIVER - Searching for BIG PERCH
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