Fishing through the ice
Brown trout of this size are pretty commonplace in many lakes and rivers in Iceland. Photo came from www.bitta.123.is
The next season may be only a few weeks off, yet it is actually possible to fish in Iceland at the moment. While the winter has been light of snow, it has been heavy with frost and most if not all lakes in Iceland are covered with ice. A few hardy individuals have been taking a break from work by fishing through the ice.
We heard of a few that tried out a lake called Kringluvatn up north, from which pours the river Mýrarkvísl which is one of the Big Laxa in Adaldals main tributaries. Kringluvatn has mainly a huge stock of rather small char, but also a fair stock of brown trout, some of which grow to be huge double figure specimens. Browns of up to 14 pounds have been caught in the lake over the past years. It is a fairly easy lake to get to and is an excellent choice for a day trip, as the people found out that tried it recently. Following the drama of a few small char, things really hotted up when one of them hooked an estimated 5-6 pound brown and pulled it out through the hole in the ice. Last year the same fisherman caught an almost identical trout!
This fishing is really worth a try and the ice fishing will be possible throughout March unless the weather really surprises us.
