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I promised Búi, my husband, to show his photos mixed with my own shots on this blog from a fishing trip we did this summer in the Faroe Islands. I was quite impressed with some of the photos that he got even if he became a little seasick (he forgot to take the pill and it was ages since he’d been out at sea in a fishing boat) and got a lot of water drops on the lens…
So me and Búi did one trip each with the Áargarður, a combined coastal longliner and jigger registered in the fishing village of Leirvík. The boat is operated and partly owned by Anker Dýrdarklett Hansen, a longtime professional fisherman with particular experience in inshore fishing.
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The best coastal fishing is during fall, winter, and spring – fishing in the summer hardly pays as the fish is evasive and hard to find during those long days from May through July. Still, it can be a pleasant experience and it’s popular as an opportunity to bring family, friends or tourists out to sea. That’s exactly what Anker did: brought his Swedish wife Ann-Kristin “Anki” with him on both of these trips.
Búi first went with them to the north of the islands and the fishing turned out to be good considering the time of the year: some 800 pounds of haddock, with cod, whiting and a couple of other species mixed in. Unfortunately, most of the action took place during the two-three dark hours i.e. between 1 and 3 A.M. – not the best conditions for taking pictures. And if you’re seasick at the same time, well… But hey! somehow Búi managed to get several good photos, some of which were night shots.
Next, I took a trip with our friends, and thank God I did NOT forget to take the seasickness pill! The thing is, with these small day boats, as soon as you reach the open ocean, even if the weather is perfect, they will rock, heave and roll. For those who do this for a living, this is no doubt a rough lifestyle. This time we went further east and south but, alas, we didn’t catch much. On the other hand, the lighting conditions were great.
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