A good weeks fishing was had out of Sandland Brygge. Cod to 48lb and Coalies to 34 lb.

All the boats have AIS so you can track them on AIS here before you go to get the coordinates for the drifts. http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home

The boats names are SILDA, LOPPA, BODEN, BRYNILEN etc. I also have some coordinates from the GPS.

We flew SAS+ which allowed us a second piece of hold luggage each. One piece could be the rod tube or for food and return with 15Kg of fillets. This was about £450 return. Flight from London Heathrow to Oslo and Oslo to Alta. At Alta you gat a transfer to the fast ferry at Oksfiord which was 7000 NOC return. At Oksfiord you wait in the waiting room for the ferr yto turn up at 06:30. A wait of 4 1/2 hrs for us.

And then the ferry arrives. It takes approx 40 minutes to get to Sandland on the ferry. So you have to wait till approx 9:00 before you can get into your room. So we crashed out in the comunity centre. Take the cushions off the chairs and sleep on them on the floor.

So by 10 am we where ready to get out on teh boat. The temptation is to sloop after the 24 hr journey but if you do that you loose a day. On the way back on the thursday the ferry left at 5:30 pm. It takes longer to return so by 9:30 pm we where at Oksfiord. The transfer was waiting for us but we would have got to Alta airport by 11 pm. We would have had a wait outside the airport as the doors arew shut till 5:30 am. We didn't want to wait outside for 7 hrs so we booked into a cabin at the Alta River Fish Camp for the night. 600 NOC for a cabin. We then had a Taxi in the morning at 6 am to the airport.

And the fishing.

Flights

OUT – 15^th JulyLeaving Heathrow Terminal 3  07:20 Arriving Oslo 10:25 - SAS SK802

Leaving Oslo11:45 Arriving Tromso13:35

BACK – 22^nd JulyLeaving Tromso14:00Arriving Oslo15:50 - SAS SK811

Leaving Oslo17:10Arriving Heathrow18:30

Accommodation

Island of Vanaoya Place Buroysund

Photo's from http://www.buroysund.com/

other links:  http://www.dintur.no/parentproductinfo.aspx?ProductID=Bur%C3%B8ys

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When - 17 - 24 th July 2011

Flight - Thomso

Transfer - 4hrs.

 Links:

http://www.planetseafishing.com/features/read/vannoya-is-halibut-heaven/

Map

Where - Arviksand.

Yeah, you should find them here:

http://www.ngu.no/kart/arealisNGU/

It all Norwegian but':

1. To zoom in, simply drag the mouse over the map while holding the left mouse button, and a square will form. Let go of the left mouse button, and the map will be zoomed in to the area of the box you made.

2. To see a depth chart of the area you chose, you click “Kart” on the left hand side of the map. Then click “dybdedata”, and a depth chart will automatically appear, with more detail the more you zoom in.

3. If you want satellite imagery of the area you have zoomed into, as above, but choose “Norge i bilder”.

4. If you want to zoom out, choose the “-” hourglass from the icon menu in the map.

Need more help, just send me a PM.

Tide tables for 23 Norwegian ports you will find here: http://vannstand.no/index.php/nb/eng...ion/tide-table


And the weather here:

http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/

But I have been testing another map and chart service lately, that is a lot better and has the information you want.

This one is from the Norwegian Coastal Administration (Kystverket) and is the national agency for coastal management, maritime safety and -communication in Norway.

The only problem is that sometimes it just stops working. And you have to start again whatever you where doing. But the info you get from it is much better so I recomend using it.

You find it here:

http://kart.kystverket.no/default.aspx?gui=1&lang=2

In the lower left corner of the map you find WGS84 UTM zone 33 X / Y coordinates as well as WGS84 geografic Lat / Lon (DMM):

You can zoom into the map by using the scroll button on your mouse while hovering the mouse cursor over the area you want to zoom into.

To choose maps, you click on "Grunnkart" in the left side menu. So to choose depth charts you first click on "Grunnkart" - then "Dybdedata (WMS)" from the menu that appears.

But if you from "Grunnkart" instead choose "Sjøkart (GC) you get what is the equivalent of British admiralty charts, with navigational information and everything that belongs on a proper sea chart.

I'll come back later with a more proper explanation on how to use it posted on my website some time during the week.

http://kart.gulesider.no/

Arviksand

http://dintur.no/parentproductinfo.aspx?ProductID=Visit

Sea fishing, Visit Årviksand

There is only one word can describe this fantastic fishing spot - amazing - even that is understatement. German journalist and well known fishermen Volker Dapoz fished here for just one day and got 50 cod over 20 pound!! Besides of that he got around 50 wolf-fish , numerous large coal fishes and lost a massive halibut after 3.5 hours fight - he already saw him on the surface. Many customers asked us in the past to get a destination here at Arviksand - so now the time is right to present Visit Arviksand. In 2011 we will start with a cosy house which offers plenty space for up to 8 people and 2 x 21 feet 6 Merry Fisher Marlin boats with 90 hp Honda engines perfect for exploring this area. If you are looking for a spot to catch halibut you will found him here at Visit Arviksand.

The following areas are well known for fantastic fishing:

1.) The "Årvikbukta" directly in front of the harbor. Even in strong wind you can still fish here in good conditions. This area is known for nice flatfish as plaice and haddock. In spring it is worth to fish for wolf-fish in depths around 25 metres.

2) Approximately 2 km off the coast are some interesting plateaus: if you are looking forward to catch large cod (probably you do ) it is only 5 min. boat ride until "Håbakken", the first catchy plateau. A little further drive west of it is a hotspots calls "Kjellsundgrunnen " and " Steinskallen. and After around 15 minutes  you reach the plateau "Juksen" which is known asa superb spot for redfish. Normally on the south side of the plateau "Juksen" you will get in contact with nice redfish, local fishermen have told us, however, that often very large redfish on the north side are captured.Try to fish here in different depths with long rigs and bait from small coalies  - and if you get one you will get more fishes.

3) The area north and north-east of Fugløy is known since many years. The fantastic fishing for large cod and large coalies in Fugløy is almost impossible to beat. This area is almost covered with sand and rock plateaus allover. At the edges of the numerous plateaus you will find small baitfish allover - so the big predators are not far away.  The area "Bruseklakken" and "Skallbakken" are just two of many where we can almost promise big fishes.

So as you see there are lots of places to catch the fish of your lifetime at Visit Arviksand. Good House, good boats and fantastic fishing are almost guaranteed. When do you will visit Arviksand for a fantastic fishing holiday? If you have more specific questions about the fishing, gear and baits just let us know - we are happy to inform you about all that stuff.

 

Also see these links for stitch charts: 

 

http://www.anglersworld.org/images/stories/Venues/arviksand-stitch-chart.png

 

http://www.anglersworld.org/images/aviksandstitch2.png