WE'RE FISHING PIKE IN SPAIN - What's the Cost of a Fishing Trip?

Hannah and I have packed our suitcases
it's cold here in Sweden

We're heading to a warmer place

We're going to Spain

We're not only gonna chill and have
a good time

We're gonna be fishing for these

- Is it strong?
- yeah it's so strong

Oh Hannah it's a new PB!

We're gonna tell you everything
on how much an adventure like this costs

tag along

I'm so proud of Sara

I haven't hardly slept anything
you've been snoring so much

I'm not snoring Hannah, I've never heard
myself snoring ever

I haven't slept so much either, I'm really
stoked for this

You've been in Spain before but never
fished there?

I've been there 10-20 times but never
fished

- let's check in now, where to?
-I think it's this way

I think it's that way

- do you have your passport?
- I think so

Hello, do you want our passports?

feels good to not carry those
bags anymore

Mine is full of lures, I hope it
not get lost

I've got extra lures with me

let's find where to check in

We've driven here to Arlanda in our
nice Subaru

It's safely parked in the garage here
at Arlanda Airport

I don't know how much it will cost though
let's see when we arrive home again

But we know what the tickets cost
how much where they?

about 4600:-/person
with checked in luggage

you could save some money if you
book your tickets further in advance

I booked these three weeks ago maybe

If you do it a couple of months earlier
you could save some money

- it was a bit expensive
- yeah but it is what it is now

We're heading to the security check
and I'm a bit nervous for that

- you got any knives of pliers with you?
- no, let's head over there

I'm so hungry now

- aren't you always hungry Hannah?
- yeah I am

189:- for a shrimp sandwich
we can't afford that Hannah!

Arlanda is known for this,
an expensive shrimp sandwich

we can take a coffee each I think
but I have a surprise for you

the flight was so expensive
we need to save some money

Sara wouldn't let me buy that
shrimp sandwich

But you had an surprise for me?
show me now, you need to deliver

- you're hungry?
- yes I'm hungry

look what I have here Hannah

we save a lot of money now

You brought your own sandwhices?

can I have that one please?

Honestly this was really smart of you

You can indulge yourself more
when we're in Spain

cheers

No money on this but on latte
and on coffees

- cheers
- cheers

- and good morning
- good morning

It's to hot this coffee

they where tasty, a bit dry though

no they are freshly baked

- you haven't baked them yourself
- yes I have, this morning

we're sitting here waiting for the plane
that will take us to Madrid

from there we're heading to
Xpredator Lodge to meet Bruce Farina

who's gonna be our fishing guide
for the coming days

We've only seen him before in Zander Pro
but never met him

It'll be so much fun to meet him

"good morning ladies and gentlemen
this is your Captain speaking"

" fasten your seatbelts and
prepare for fishing"

We've finally landed in Madrid
and the flight went great

I'm tired and also nervous
over our luggage

A lot is at stake if it get lost

- our lures and rigs
- the colors we have just for this trip

Bruce our guide has helped us
which colors to have

we're just waiting here to know
where to pick up our luggage

And then we're gonna look out for
our flower luggage

- they need to be there
- I really hope so

- uno uno
- one one

We have a great time here just chilling
and can see the bags over there

there's my luggage

A few lures are safe now atleast

You're always a bit worried

I really hope your bag will come Sara

Yes yes yes

Both Hannah and I are smart
our luggage is easy to spot

We're ready now, so let's get to our
rental car and get going

- thank you
- thank you

The car is ready for us

- how much was it?
- it wasn't that expensive

It cost 1700:- and we pick it up here
ad Madrid Airport

And we can take it
all the way to Extremadura

- it's for 1 week?
- yes for 1 week

You need to put a deposit of 1400EUR

No crashing with the car

I get nervous now

let's go and have a look at the car

- there we have it
-It's red

It's not as nice as our Subaru back home
I miss our car now

But it will do for one week in Spain

It will take us to Extremadura

It's manual, that's so much fun

take it easy now Sara, no rally

I'm so excited, we don't know how it looks

It seems like this is it

It's really tight here

Hello, Xpredator lodge?

Xpredator lodge?

someone's honking

okey thank you

We can hear you

Look at this small cozy village

This is our road

- and look at that car
- that's Bruces car

Xpredator Lodge

we've arrived

what a nice little street we are at

It's so cozy, we made it

after a nice drive

and then we arrive here at this
tiny little village

It's probably not more than 500
living here

really cozy, I'm so stoked to
look at where we shall stay

It's over there I think

This will be our home

- knock
- it's open

wow

It's fish all over, wherever you look

I wonder if we're gonna be framed
if we catch a fish?

- probably
- probably not I would say

Let's ask Bruce about that later

let's have a look around

let's go get our bags

Dips for bass room

after a good night sleep we're really
stoked to see what this day will hold

yeah really stoked and we're on our
way to meet up with Bruce

- Hola
- Hola, nice to meet you

we're so excited to be here

- how was the flight? traffic ?
- everything was great

and the road here was amazing

- you passed from all the lakes?
- yeah it was crazy

you go up and you go down

it's so beautiful

and we're super excited to be here

it's time for fishing and for the boat

YEY, let's go

How long have you been working on
Xpredator lodge?

here in Spain for 6 years

so you really know the surroundings,
water and everything

Yeah a place with the most beautiful and
big lakes

you need a lot of time to understand
the place like this

what species do you usually
for here?

Customers usually comes here for
bass fishing and pike

also we have Zander and a
species like barbel fishing

They live here in Extremadura
a total predator

normally, how and where do you fish?

we have 5 lakes here

or more like a dam

They are borned from Guadiana river

There are 3 principal lakes

Cigara lake, Carcia Sola and Orellana

They are so different from one
to another

The first example in Garcia Sola
it's more wide

Orellana it seems more like a desert

they come from the same river but
it's totally different

In one lake there is a lot of grass
and in another just rocks

Now I would say it's pretty early fall

what can you expect for like
the size of the fish

and also the amount of fish?

The season is not started now

This is not a easy moment because
some fish are on the shore

and some are in the middle

you must spend time in the 2 conditions
with 2 kind of different lures

the size for example the pike the good
moment is in the winter

there are just a big pike or a big bass

the best conditions for big fish

but the medium size for example pike
can be 80-90cm

and for bass 1-2kg

As Bruce said,
we're in between summer and fall

which can make the fish be at
different spots

we'll have to drive around a lot
and look for them

It'll be really exciting

I'm so stoked to do this

Bruce I asked you for some expert help
on coloring of the bait

and you haven't seen them in real life

I have them with me so let's
take a look

- I can see them for the first time
- first time, yes

this is one of the color

This is flatnose with a rig

and some different kind of colors

The lighter color like this is better

It depends on the conditions
form the deep or kind of water

Which one do you think I should
start with today?

We can try to use one color of this one
and one like this

I'm excited

I'm gonna fish with monkey brute 12,5cm

And Bruce has designed this one

I've caught pike before on Monkey brute
but on 17cm

I'm excited to do the first cast now

we're fishing now at 4 meter dept

You can see bait fish everywhere

There are probably pike or Zander
that's hunting

it's a good sign

He told us to fish really slow
and close to the bottom

That's where the pikes are hiding

It feels like it's gonna strike any moment

I think I had a bite Hannah

- for real?
- yeah for real

yeah look at this, this was brand new
and now you see bite marks

That's so great with brand new jigs
that you can see

I hardly felt it in the rod

It almost felt like a stone

But we now that they are here
and active

now we just need to catch them

It's so beautiful here, you can see
wild animals

it's totally different
from what we have in Sweden

we're here and fish for pike

harmony

I have.. I have. NO I lost it

Oh no

I don't know

- You can catch it soon Sara
- yes

It was on for just like 1 second

If it's a Zander,
they have such hard mouth

so they are hard to hook
with a small drop shot hook

But there are some active fish here
that's really fun

YES!

I'll take the net

It feels like...

- what is it?
- I think it's a Zander

It's a tiny tiny zander

We don't need the net I think

So much fun

- well done Sara
- a zander

- It's so cute
- yeah really cute

It took on a drop shot

You could really feel the bite

a baby zander

we're at the middle of the lake and
it's about 9 meter deep

Bruce told us he see a lot of
fish on the sonar

it's really fun, a lot of small Zander
but hopefully some bigger ones

It was fun to really feel the bite

When you fish with dropshot you
fish really still

If you feel anything in the rod it's
probably a fish

so much fun to feel some action
in the rod

I have a fish

The strikes are so much fun

I think it's the same size as before
yeah it is

The bite was so hard

It was so sick

so much fun when you can feel
the fish bite

Not the biggest fish but so much fun

fun Sara, well done

You and Bruce can team up in Zander Pro

Well you can ask him if he would
team up with me

Bruce, what do you think about Sara
as your teammate in Zander Pro?

Yes why not

You can do the competition next year

- with you
- no with you Bruce

Ah with me?

zander is not my favorite fish

We just saw Juan Antonio and Dani drive by

We had dinner with them yesterday
and it was fantastic

we arrived at a restaurant in the
middle of nowhere

with a lot of beautiful lights

but the menu was in Spanish and neither
of us understand that so

So Bruce had to order for us
and it was so tasty

I've been a lot in Spain and have
eaten a lot of Spanish food

But this was something else
it was so tasty

And what's even better was the price
only 30EUR for me and Hannah

I could go there
every day of my whole life

there are mostly 3 species you can
catch here

It's zander, pike and bass

My dream would be a Spanish pike

It's closest to my heart

I don't wanna go home without
catching a pike

At this spot it's a shallow bay

and we can see a lot of grass in the water

It can be really hot
for both bass and pike

we try a lot of different techniques

Hannah is pro level at top water lures

with some poppers, it's so nice
when you get that bite

And I fish with lures
that go under the water

Right now I have a swim bait
or a jig with an offset hook

we're just casting all around the boat

and search from some active fish

I got a fish

I have one

It took right in the grass

It was such a gentle take

nice

Look how fun

It really look like a perch

This is a small bass
but so much fun

It took the lure
in the middle of the grass

I've been fishing with
this offset rigged jig

and this one was hiding among the grass

And that bite, I really thought I was
stuck in the grass

It was so soft, and I think the bass
doesn't bite that hard

So much fun
I'm really happy now

well done Sara

It feels nice when you catch a fish
and you know that they're active

So much fun to fish bass in Spain

I wanna catch a bass too now

You can see the grass everywhere

It's always hot in the grass in Sweden

oh shit!

it's another...

it's a small pike

a tiny baby pike

a tiny Spanish baby pike

a really fun take

a wasp is following me, I'm so scared

It's after me again

seriously?

I'm gonna release it

Those small pikes are hard to hold

we unhooked it in the water

But there are active fish here

we've had contact with one bass
and one pike now

we keep on fishing here
it's a large surface to cover

I didn't even see you fish Sara

I had a wasp in my ear
but well done Sara

No worries, I understand
I'm just like you

I get so irritated by people that say
you should just stay still

You can't say that to someone
who's afraid of wasps

You can't just stand still and let it
fly in your ear

run for your life and hope
it goes away

Oh my God!

Oh my God Hannah it's following
you bait

a really big pike that followed Saras lure

and then followed my lure

that one will bite again

- you saw how big it was?
- yes it will come again

It was so cool, at first it was
after my bait

and then It saw Hannahs bait

oh my god

I think that one is gonna take
again maybe

because it didn't strike
it just followed

It's always after me

it was fun to feel something in the rod

we fished this spot now and we're
grind to another spot now

on a hunt for bigger fish

oh look at the sheep

What if it fall in the water

This is not that usual back home

You're in your boat fishing, and then you
see sheep on land

they are climbing, and eating

so much fun
it's baby sheep aswell

they are so cute

baby sheep?
they are called lamb

great Sara

so what?

wow this is so sick

It feels like abroad,
well we are abroad

It feels like we're in a movie

It feels computer made

I've never seen a place like this before

I wanna remember this forever

everything is so cool

we're having lunch here that Bruce
made for us

- I'm so hungry
- I'm hungry aswell

top up with some energy so that
we can keep on fishing

imagine living here

take a swim in the morning

- shall we swim?
- it would've been nice

a well deserved lunch break

we couldn't have a better spot
for eating lunch

- this is crazy
- I wanna take the first bite now

this was really nice

the scenery, the food, fishing
can't beat that

Both Hannah and I are obsessed with food

we love food more than
anything else as you can see

- why are you laughing?
- well it's the truth

I need to ask Bruce for this recipe
I want to make it myself at home

It's perfect for lunch

perfect when you're out fishing

I'll ask him for the recipe and then
I get back to you

and we can make a lunch tip for
at home

Here in these conditions this spot
in the high season

it's a perfect place for a big predator
like a big bass or pike

It's full of little sheds for hunting

Bruce, me and Hannah are not used
to walking

In Sweden we never walk

we like to sit down

Look at this, it's a cave

let's go inside Sara
what if it falls in?

It's a Dolma, Bruce said that back in
the days they buried people here

- Would you dare to go inside?
- no

I'm to long for this,
oh it's really cool in here

I'm not that nimble

I guess a lot of dead families have
been lying here

let's go outside again

you can walk this way

I'm destroying the dolma

So much fun that he's showing us
these weird places

This is it, the experience

I'm loving it

Bruce has up to 10 rods in his boat
with different lures on each of them

It's so easy and depending on what
species and where

you need different rods, reels
and lures for that specific

I've got a fish

Or? no

I don't know

yeah I think so

but, I don't know, maybe not
but it was like a bite

Sara had a strike and it seemed
to be from a bass

That's prefect, I just switched to a
crank bait that Bruce recomended

We've got so many rods in this boat

and it's just a few of what Bruce has
at home

We had a look in his fishing gear storage

It almost looked like a fishing shop

He had rods and reels in lines

it was really cool

It really feels luxury, Bruce just
hands me the rod I'm needing

We can just stand there and cast
and he gives us what we need

I think I had something

maybe I was...

I got one!

It's a bass

No you lost it

It was a big bass

It was so sick, it jumped

really nice to feel that take

I felt it and thought at first
that I was stuck

they bite when you at least know it

but so nice and my whole body
is so excited now

Now I'm awake, I wasn't quite ready before

oh shit!

- what is it Sara?
- what a strike

Bruce is coming with the net

what is it?
it's a zander

Not for the net but wow
what a strike!

It's a bit better this zander

wow so much fun
and what a strike

these strikes are so hard
and you really can tell

This one put up a real fight

You feel alive now

- You got one?
- yeah

what is it?

a bass

nice work

it's your first bass

so much fun, at first I felt like BAM!

and then I saw it on the surface

how dit it feel?

Not like a pike strike

a usual strike If I'm putting it that way

- your first bass
- so cool

- congrats Hannah, well done
- thank you

I'll release it

check on my first ever bass

- good catch Hannah, your first bass
- thank you Bruce, and for the help

I will always remember this one

You will always remember this day
for your first bass

So much fun Hannah! I'm such
a proud friend now

and speaking of bass, there are a big
bass tournament here in Exrtremadura

which we will go and visit

we're just at the finish line at this
bass tournament

we can see so many people

it's cars and boats everywhere

we'll go and have a look

I've never seen so many bass boats

It looks really cool

- hello
- hola

- do you speak English?
- no

It's hard when they don't speak English

there are a lot of people from Spain
but also from other countries

- we need to learn Spanish
- yeah I know

But it's really cool here

All these people have been competing
in fishing bass

This place is so cool

In the middle of it all there is a stage

It's like made for you to go up there
and do a Zara Larsson rhyme

It's all set and done

I'm here with one of the founders
of this competition

We're gonna get to know more
about this competition

Welcome to this tournament

This is the third for Soner World Cup

We're here in Orellana lake in Extremadura

We're very happy to have you here

Can you tell us a little bit
about the tournament

how many days? what's the rules?
how do you win it?

The rules are very long but
I will take it short

it's t 2 days

- And the final prize is a boat
- I saw that one

What kind of teams are participating?

are they Spanish or international?

It's open and international

we have 7 countries participating

from Spain, France, Portugal,Poland
Romania, Germany

and....

Italy?

and Czech Republic

I have one final question for you

Do you know the YouTube channel
Kanalgratis?

have you heard about it?

- kanalgratis?
- yeah fishing YouTube channel

No sorry

Do you recognize zander Pro or
Fly VS Jerk?

not yet

Than you have to look it up

Okey I will do it

thank you very much for coming

we've been fishing here ourselves
but not in the tournament

There are girls in the tournament
and there's a prize for girls

we've got 3 this year, from Czech Republic
one from Spain and the other one...

from Spain or another country

Leave a comment if you want to see
me and Hannah in this tournament

- thank you so much
- thank you

Do you want to hand out the price
for the game?

Oh really? now today?

Yes if you don't mind

Oh my god that would be so
much fun

I just got the question if I want to
hand out the price

They have a special prize for the girls
that are participating

And I all of a sudden became the
official price hand outer

And I'm getting nervous and
a lot of pressure

But of course I'm not saying no
to something like that

Girls must support girls