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Jutlands third largest lake, Stubbe Sø, is just out here
One of Denmarks least accessible lakes.
One of the special things about this lake is that 120 tons
of so called, trash fish, fished up with nets 8 years ago,
in an attempt to make the water clearer,
in a biological recovery project, one might call it
Where the idea behind getting rid of the trash fish is,
that these trash fish eat water fleas, that eat alge,
that make the water unclear.
If one removes the trash fish, one gets more water fleas,
so that the lake becomes clear.
Right here is Stubbe Sø's outlet,which we are
going to take a closer look at.
We are on Djursland, at the outlet of Stubbe Sø
This is the second largest stream on Djursland running out into the sea.
The water looks strickingly clear,
like in a Norwegian salmon stream,
I saw this the other day, when I checked up on Stubbe Sø
on the net, as to clear/ unclear water,
A rapport states that in winter,
the water can be clear,
If not for that, this would be an event,
The lake has always been as a polluted/ nutrient filled lake
with unclear water
Just here, this gravel,looks
like a spawning site for sea trout.
A hollowing out, with the gravel
swirled up by fish-tails to the shallow part.
I am not sure, but suspect this to be a spawning site,
with a shallow part and a deeper part made by the fish,
where the fish lay their eggs.
The streams here enters the sea south of
Jernhatten (The iron Hat) on the east coast of Djursland.
From the bridge, with Stubbe Sø just behind it
it's about 5 km to the sea.
Nice, clear, fresh running, stream.
As far as i know, this seems like brown trout/ sea trout, water.
I haven't seen any fish yet. The only thing against this,
is that this is lake water, not brook water,
which is often where brown trout/ sea trout are found.
I am not sure how much it has to say, that it is
lake water. Maybe it means something for the fish fry,
as parasites and bacteria from the lake might kill the fry.
On first sight it looks very nice.
Nice, clear, water
According to reports, the 120 tons of trash fish was mostly bream and roach.
One has removed fish, that ate water fleas, that eat algea.
From an old timer I have also heard,
that zander fishing has been really
good in this lake, where we are at the outlet
Zander is not a native fish - it's carnivorous
known for outcompeting pike,
in cases where the lake water is unclear.
According to reports from early 2000, Zander is not mentioned as one of the
species caught when fishing for trash fish with nets
If it is because they escape,
or they belong to the one percent called "other fish"
I can not say.
The lake here is characterized by beeing very inaccessible.
if one checks on the net, there are a few requests,
as to getting permission to fish, and the only answers are
that the area is privately owned
I would say that you should bring along your purse, talk with
some owners, without counting on
ones ability to talk ones way into it,
but using cash instead, in the form of wine
or something in the magnitude of 100 - 200 kroner
for permission to launch a boat
I think this is the most giving approach.
Once there was a commercial fisherman here.
Exiting about this lake is that,apart from
being the third largest in Jutland - it has been
fished - very little - in recent years,
As far as I know, commercial fishning has stopped.
So there should be possibilities...
The reports mention big perch,
a population of trout, which fits in with the trout
migrating through the lake, to the spawning grounds.
It is hard to say if there also is a population
of lake trout.
But an interesting place to fish - also
because more than 100.000 pike fry, have been released
10 years ago. Now is January, 2013, so appart from a natural
population of pike, some of them ought to be
adult, and large.
Over here is what might be left overs
from a mink farm, which fits in
with feeding with catches of roach and bream
caught in nets or fish traps - whatever
but this is in the past now.
Interesting - everything here.
Old mink cages, that are falling appart.
If one want's to launch a boat - with prior permission -
this is a possible place
at the south-east end of the lake
There is a public area at the south-east end,
according to the net. Probably with
water acces close to here,
I think what one can see on the other side
- I can see - I don't know if one can see it
on the film - is a bird watching tower,
owned by the Danish Ornithological Society. They have
a clear interest in this area,
and also own a cottage here, which can
be rented by members of the society,
Their agenda is bird life, and they might not be to happy
with the place opened up more for fishing.
It is stricking that this lake is so non-fished.
The land around it is private property. So its about using
ones social skills to contact owners whith fishing rights.
And take it from there.
This is the outlet of Stubbe Sø to the sea.
As one can see, there is a lot of current. Any
sea trout coming up will have to work for it
There is a strong current. For that reason
the sea trout have to stay out here here
for weeks or even months,
before the ideal conditions arise,
with high tide, and a less current,
before they enter the stream to spawn.
Sea trout are born in streams, and migrate to the sea
where they grow big, eating herring and other fish,
and come back here forcing their way up a stream
like this, and through 5 kilometers of stream
to Stubbe Sø, and find their way
to their native brook, having to pass,
a lot of obstacles in order to find a small brook in-let.
Usually done by the sense of smell.
The young trout have to go the other way, having
to run the gauntlet between pike and zanders,
and what else there might be in Stubbe Sø.
Because sea trout are vulnerable, when they migrate, fishing
is prohibited by all stream outlets to the sea,
where there is a population of sea trout, as is the case here.
Fishing is prohibited on both sides of the outlet.
A few weeks ago I talked to a couple of fishermen, who
had caught two 3.5 kilo seize so called, overspringere,
sea trout, fish that had skipped spawning,
and stayed in the sea.
The sea trout in these parts
typically go up the streams during winter,
where there is a lot of water in the streams,
and mate in winter or early spring
They caught a couple of 3.5 kilo "overspringere"
which is a fair seize. Caught just out from
Jernhatten, seen up there.
As one can se there are tons of kelp here.
As seen here one can buy a fishing license
for Havmølleåen, at the stream outlet
from Stubbe Sø to the sea.
for a limited part of the stream.
if one looks down here, one can se,
that this is also pike-water, regrettably,
one might say, because this is a burden to young truot.
there will be a continuous flow of small pike
from Stubbe Sø to fill up if needed.
My guess is that the fish here are
roach, perch, pike, and if one is lucky,
and at the right time of year, sea trout,
which it might be worth catching.
One can actually buy a fishing license.
The sign is at the bridge crossing 100 meters
from the stream outlet to the sea.