briandennis

Hey Jarlcarp...Where in denmark are you and how old are you..? Maybe we could get together for a session? Brian.

yeh well, it's like i said...Carp fising in denmark is quite new plus i wouldn't imagine theres' more than 50 dedicated carp fishers throughout the whole country! I'm based here on Jylland which is a little annoying as 60-70% of the carp holding lakes are on Sjælland...however that still leaves about 25 lakes that i know of here on Jylland that hold carp.... Another thing is the whole fishing mentality is different over here with the vast majority of anglers being into cast and fly fishing....Coarse fishing isn't something your general joe dane associates with fishing...In fact the danish general name for roach, bream, carp, etc is "skidtfisk" which you can translate to "tihs fish" (had to write backwards because the word i wanted to write was censored out of the finished post). I think that demonstrates well the danes mentality regarding these types of fish. Being a english angler in denmark you soon realise just how unique we are in england with our fishing ideals...Another thing you soon realise is how fantastic the coarse fishing is over here and of course its because coarse fish have basically experienced zero pressure from anglers.. If you read danish then check out this link....It's a not recent (theres more now) list of carp waters in denmark..... http://inet.uni2.dk/home/carphunters/vand.htm

I've only researched waters in the north of Germany however i can tell you that the country is teaming with carp lakes, rivers and canals. In fact there are so many that many waters have a non release pollicy where the idea is you are not allowed to return carp to the water once you've caught them..!! Although i understand it's not a rule that is strictly enforced. What i'd do if i wanted to research the black forest area would be to load up google earth and find an area with the largest concentration of lakes around my intended fishing area. I'd then find the nearest large town and go online and try and locate a tackle shop in that area using words like " the town + angelnshop and maybe karpfen too"...any unrecognised text would be copied and pasted into babel fish translator (http://world.altavista.com/).....It's not perfect but you can usually get the gist of it. What i'd especially be looking for would be a phone number or a collection of phone numbers...Then it's just a case of phoning and hoping you reach someone who can understand you. I've done this and it works. You'll be surprised how many carp holding waters there are. plus the chances of reaching a english talking german is quite good. Most waters are free fishing understood that when you have brought the state licence (if a shop sells tackle then you'll get a licence there!) for a one of small fee of 20 pound you can fish wherever..Although it's of course a good idea to check and not take it for granted. Good luck.

lol....Thats probably why i didn't think a lot to Denmark when i was over with the army...We didn't have any free time so getting aquianted with the locals lasses was out of the question... But your'e right...they are quite yummy although like any cat food, you'll get used to it in the end. I also get over to Norway a couple of times a year but it's diving that attracts not fishing...We usually stick to the west coast between Eggersund and Fleggefjord...Excellent dive water.

The RAF eh..where would that have been then Karup, Værløse, Kastrup?..I'm an ex Army boy myself and had my first taste of Denmark during a E&E exercise....Didn't go a lot on it back then to be honest and thought that Germany was better...I'm still trying to work out if i made the right choice..lol Anyway there's loads of carp holding waters in Denmark, whether it's on the mainland of Jylland or the large islands of Sjælland or Fyn.. I live quite close to where floata said he was moving to in Denmark and to be fair apart from a couple of miskept lakes there's not a lot within an hour and a half drive (if it's carp your'e after)....but get outside of that and there's plenty of water. Not just that carp and coarse fishing is greatly ignored by the locals with only a couple of handfulls of dedicated anglers country wide. I've never found anyone fishing a swim i've planned out to fish and more often than not i'll have the lake to myself. I think the reason that many people outside of Denmark have not heard of carp fishing in Denmark is because the Danes themselves are still very new to it. The only negative thing is that some Danes and many of the new population of east europeans like to fish for food...so rivers and lakes in close proximity of large towns receive some pressure from this and a couple have been ruined by it.....however as long as you have a motor that still leaves plenty.. gadsby87....Coarse fishing in general is excellent on the "Gudenå". The main species are Roach, Bream, Tench, Perch and Pike, plus you can also expect to hit either a good Seatrout or Salmon during the spring and autumn if you rig up for these.....The upper reaches hold Grayling, Browntrout and Rimte while the stretch of the Gudenå east of Randers towards the sea has large seasonal surges of Herring, Makrel, Garfish and Mullet, plus about 3 or 4 different species of flatties.. I trolled these reaches of the Gudenå (its' actually refered to as Randers Fjord at this point) for years before i turned back over to coarse,carp and pike fishing and had some smashing Seatrout...anything over 6 pound would have you crapping yourself..lol.....Really strong fish.

Check you PM floata.. There's plenty happening in Denmark..