I am in the Spanish wasteland with my friend Houtan.
We are going to fish for monster perch from kayaks.
With me is Houtan, a well-known fisherman from Malmö, Sweden.
He often fishes in Malmö Canal.
When I saw pictures from his last trip, I really knew I wanted to come here.
The fishing here is a bit different than in Sweden.
It can be slow sometimes and really good at other times.
When I was here this summer, I got only one fish in four days.
It can be better later in the season, in October, November and December.
I will mostly use Flatnose Mini as bait.
Houtan and the guide told me that the best bait here is definitely a jig.
I brought Flatnose Mini in five different colours.
I think it is better to try different colours, than different jigs.
I like to get to know its movement and learn how to fish a jig.
Instead of constantly changing baits, I try different colours of the same bait.
I did not know if there would be a sonar in the kayak or not.
There is one, but it does not meet the requirements I have.
I will mostly use this Deeper Sonar instead.
The good thing is that you can make your own depth charts.
You can see where you have fished before to be able to go back to a good place.
The Deeper does not take up much space in your suitcase and it is very light.
You only have to attach it somewhere with the accompanying string.
This handle is great. I am tying the string to it.
Through the loop and then attach it to the Deeper.
It will not let go, it will stay behind the boat.
I open the app on my phone. Then I place the phone by my feet.
Now I am able to see what happens under me.
We will drift along an edge.
If we were to get a perch here, we would want to drift the same place.
Then we can see where we have been and make exactly the same drift again.
It is important, because if you find a fish there are probably more in the same spot.
The fish were picky, so I shortened the Flatnose and used a scent marker.
It did not take long, before I got one.
This fish weighs 1.6 kg and I got it on the cut-off Flatnose.
It is a really nice and fat fish. Let's get it back in and keep fishing.
Spanish perch fishing is great. The fish is so fat, it is crazy.
Fish!
That is how it should be.
Personal best!
A personal best. This is so damn big.
This is just crazy because the fish in the net may be a personal best for me.
My personal best for perch is 2.04 kg. The fish in the net is huge.
We just measured it and it is 49 cm. It is time to weigh it.
While the perch is in the net, it is still in the water.
No harm done.
Let's get the net in the boat and take out the scale.
I know that the net weighs 0.4 kg.
I will weigh it now and then subtract 0.4 kg from the total weight.
It is a bit windy, but it says 2.47 kg.
It is a new personal best with 0.03 kg. This perch fishing is great, Houtan.
Good job!
We have not been fishing long, and we suddenly get a fish like this.
This is one crazy perch. It is a lump.
There is not only one like this, there are loads of them.
This is crazy. Let's get it back in.
Let's try to get another 2 kg perch. How hard can it be?
We are being spoiled right now. Our guide Joseba is bringing us food.
The longer the bait is in the water-
the better the chance of getting a really great perch.
This is not the best lake in the area for pike fishing, you can get some.
But a few years ago, we knew nothing about perch.
We caught our first perch in this lake in October seven years ago.
This perch grew up in seven years. It can weigh up to 2.55 kg.
I think that we can get a 3 kg perch in this lake, if we are lucky.
I hope that we will have a 60 cm perch here in not too long time.
We will have some baguette, banana and coke.
It is very important to reenergize when you are going after huge perch.
When you have never fished in a certain lake or a certain country before-
-it is important to ask the locals what they do to catch fish here.
When Joseba came here with our food, we asked him about fishing in this lake.
He said that the technique is the most important thing, not the colour of the jig.
The perch in this lake are aggressive, so I will fish differently than in Sweden.
Let's get the jig out, then I can show you what he showed me.
I let the jig sink down to the bottom, which is important when jig fishing.
The next step is to reel the jig back in.
The perch in this lake are aggressive, so reel until you feel the jig.
Then really tug it three times. Let the jig fall down slowly.
Reel in the slack line when you feel the bottom.
Then tug it three times again. Feel the jig at all times.
Let the jig touch the bottom and keep doing like this.
The perch will not bite when you tug, but as the jig touches the bottom.
It is important to keep contact with the jig to not miss the perch.
Yes!
Oh, he is strong.
Yes, Tobbe!
It is a 2 kg, man.
I got a big one in the net. It is a nice and big one.
Look at it. - First bite and a nice fish like this.
How much does it weigh – It weighs 2.3 kg.
We are going to measure it as well. – Look at that belly.
It is so fat, it is insane. It has to be over 50 cm long.
We will see. – Shall we measure it?
Awesome, Houtan! – Thanks.
A really nice perch. Really nice.
The fins are nice and red.
We are back on land to weigh the fish.
It is a bit windy, and it is easier to take a photo here.
The fish is in some water in the kayak. The tape measure is under it.
How long is it, Houtan? – It is 49 cm.
It feels great to let this amazing catch back in.
Shall we do it then, Tobbe? – Let's release it, Houtan.
Great job!
A traditional jig head is what works best here at Perchzilla.
10 or 15 grams.
A 4.0 or 5.0 depending on the bait.
I am going to rig it. Straight through it.
The Flatnose Mini is rigged.
You often might have to change baits easily.
We often use Fastach snaps.
They can easily be changed and they hold for big fish.
It is on.
We use fluorocarbon 0.40. The rocky bottom wears the line.
It is important to have a good dimension on the fluorocarbon.
I cut it off.
That will hold.
This is ready for fishing.
I might have a new personal best again.
There is a fat fish in the net. I got it close to the shore.
Look how fat it is. It is 49 cm long.
The other one I got was 49 cm too, but this looks a bit fatter.
I think this is a new personal best. The fishing in Spain is insane.
Look at this belly. It is insane.
It is really nice.
It feels heavier than the last one.
It is time to weigh it. I know that the net weighs 0.4 kg.
We will see how much it weighs.
It says 2... No, it is smaller than the last one.
It says 2.42 kg. The fish is 2.02 kg then.
A damn nice fish. The second 2 kg fish for the trip.
The guy behind us has a fish. He lost it.
This is insane. Let's get some photos of it.
This shows the place where we have had great fishing now.
I made a depth chart to see exactly how it looks.
It seems as if the perch is here. You can see that we have been there.
There is an edge that is 4.1 metres deep. It gets deeper out here, 8.6 metres.
It is 11.8 metres deep out here.
In this yellow area, where the green starts-
-between 6 and 9 metres, this is where the perch is.
I will focus on fishing in this area. From here all the way over there.
There will probably be fish here. We will just keep fishing.
I am just drifting with the wind now. I keep jigging and let it sink down.
The cool thing is that this lake is an old flooded woodland.
Franco was a bad Spanish dictator, but he did one good thing.
He created great places for fishing. He built a dam here that flooded this area.
It is a great place for fish to grow big.
Fish!
This is a big one.
This is crazy. I thought it was a big perch at first.
But it was a big Spanish pike.
I got this one on a Flatnose Mini too. Both pike and perch seem to like it.
This is 101 cm, and I think it weighs 7 or 8 kg.
It is really fat. My personal best for Spanish pike.
I got it here at Perchzilla. Let's let it back in.
The colours on it are really cool.
I have not seen a pike in Sweden with colours this cool.
The pattern is really cool. It is insane.
Let's release this pike that I got from a kayak.
It wanted to get away immediately.
Yes, Tobbe!
Is it big? – Yes!
Come!
It is a huge one. It is a great 2 kg perch.
Tobbe, this is a fat 2 kg perch.
Awesome! Let me see this devil.
What a perch!
Goddamnit!
This is the monster perch. What a perch, Tobbe!
Insane. – Damn it.
We got a perch! Jalla habibi, got a big perch!
Goddamnit!
There are some huge ones here too.
We are back on land to document the fish.
I weighed and measured it in the kayak.
It is 53 cm long and weighed more than 2.3 kg.
What a fish, Tobbe. This is insane.
Goddamnit. – You sound overexcited.
When you have been fighting for days and then you get a fish like this.
Then you can really feel the heart beat. It is crazy.
Houtan and I are back on land to show you why the perch in this lake are so fat.
The reason is that there is almost an unlimited amount of crayfish here.
Crayfish is great food to get big perch.
The perch can swim around here and keep eating crayfish all day long.
That is why their bellies are fat and why they weigh 2–3 kg.
We were out fishing and I accidentally tipped over the kayak.
Everything disappeared under the surface. I unconsciously got a bit panicked.
But Tobias kept me calm, until the other ones came to help me.
I lost my things, but it was somewhat of an experience.
We are at a new spot and we have seen a lot of baitfish.
We are going to try a Flatnose with a heavy jig head, 15 grams.
We will see how it goes.
I got a big perch on. A really big one.
Big? – Yes.
It is big, Houtan.
Is it huge? – Yes, it is huge.
It is huge.
Is it big, is it huge?
Damn it, the net is stuck.
It is not hooked well.
Come on!
Yes!
What a big one!
We are back on land to see how long and heavy this perch is.
This may be a new personal best. It looks really fat.
I got it on a Flatnose Mini, the bait that has been the best.
Let's do this. Let's weigh and measure it, Houtan.
Let's see if it is a new personal best.
Look at this belly! It must have had a lot of crayfish.
It is really nice. Let's measure and weigh it.
I am so excited! The fishing is so great.
Let's weigh it.
It is 2.6... We will say it is 2.62 kg.
Let's see how much the net weighs.
It weighs exactly half a kilo.
Nothing dodgy about it. Another new personal best!
Congratulations! – Thank you.
Let's get it back in, so it can grow even bigger.
All fishermen keep on fishing until it is so dark that it is impossible to continue.
The trip is over for now. We have been fishing for a week.
The fishing has been amazing. We have had six perch over 2 kg.
Houtan got the biggest one that weighed 2.38 kg.
This is what fishing should be like. It has been great, Houtan.
It was so much fun fishing with you. – I want to come back in the spring.
They will be about 800 grams bigger then.
Can you imagine your fish? – It would be magical.
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