I´ll be back

Another instructor from our Buschcraft and Survival training is here with some friends on a private canoe tour. They got here with Ryan Air to Rygge and then bus to Årjäng. After a night at Base Camp in Risviken they took of early in the morning I very good weather.  Very good time for canoeing in the early summer.

Fina fångster.

Så har vi åter haft fiskegäster i Vildmarkshuset Bockudden. Samyliga fick godkända fiskar dvs. över 60 cm vad gäller blankfiskar. Dessa gäster fiskade från land på förkvällen med Powerbait och flöte på ca 1 m djup. Alltid like trevligt när våra kunder får fisk och verkligen får valuta för köpta fiskekort. Dessa gästar har förut hyrt vår stuga Bockudden men har nu köpt en egen i området.

International week just started.

Just started the International week. We have guest from Denmark, Wales, England and Colorado USA. Nice to have folks out in very good weather and from different countries. Fishing is on top now and the area is almost empty from canoes except in Foxen Lake. On the photo one Buschcraft instructor with who we work with for several years on our Survival and Buschcraft courses, and his friend also from GB.

Fisket på topp i Västra Silen

Fick i dag besök av 3 fiskebåtar som fiskade på Västra Silen Det var vänner som var ute med bekanta och arbetskamrater som provade fisket i Västra Silen. Fick rapport att första vildöringen högg efter ca 10 minuter. Sedan följde det både flera öringar, en större Regnbåge och ett antal gäddor på mellan 70-90 cm. Gäddorna släpptes tillbaka i sjön. Ett per underkända blankfiskar returnerades också då de var under lagliga måttet 60 cm.
                                                                                                              
Fiskarna tog en längre lunch rast på vår Base Camp innan de fortsatte fisket söder ut.

Fick tyvärr höra av en av fiskeguiderna att det från land har tagits upp en del undermåliga fiskad dvs. under den lagliga längden 60 cm. Skall vi ha ett hållbart fiske i sjön ett antal år framåt måste alla följa de enkla regler som finns.

Detta har inte mycket att göra med kanot- och friluftsliv, men många av våra kanotgäster fiskar och får fina fångster under kanotturerna i området och det är glädjande att de får fisk när de löst fiskekort hos oss.

Tawny Owls on the ground

This spring we have had a Cat Owl  in Swedish (Tawny Owl) on the Base Camp in Risviken. Many late evenings I have copy the sound of the Owl and almost every time got an answer. Today some small ones were sitting near the Survival School on the ground this afternoon and probably the mother owl a few meters from them. It´s nice to have nature so close and I do hope they will make it I´m not sure they can fly already.

Well done and a fine wilderness tour.

Canoeing and outdoor life is so many different things. For some it´s to take the day as it come. For some other it´s a challenge to make miles in remote areas and to go into the wilderness where very seldom other canoes area. Some in this group have been our guests for more than 10 years and have made a very fine tour. Down at Västra Silen. Up in Östra Silen to the north and then Svensbysjön to the northern part of Järnsjön. Here a bit walking with canoe wagon to the Tvängensystem and continue north in this lakes. That was right in the middle of the wolf area. Some smaller lakes and then a downhill walk to Stora Gla and a round trip there.  Back to Lenungshammar and a short round trip in Övre Gla. They ended the tour in Lenungshammar and had a pick up and transportation back to Base Camp in Risviken at Nordmarken Canoe Center. No wolf was seen or heard but 3 large moose on a short distance was seen on different location.   Respect for this group and the tour they made.

Climbing

Right now there are climbers every weekend at the cliff near Nordmarken Canoe Center. So stay at our Base Camp and we will show you. Check www.nordkanot.se