{"id":2952,"date":"2019-12-18T20:20:33","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T20:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/?post_type=artikler&p=2952"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:21:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:21:55","slug":"best-deep-sea-fishing-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"artikler","link":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/artikkel\/best-deep-sea-fishing-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Best deep-sea fishing in the world?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tThe world\u2019s most fantastic fishing stories originate from the sea off the Northern Norwegian coast. They are also more truthful than other fishing stories. Hire a boat or join an experienced fisherman and catch your own fish.\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n

Warm and cold ocean currents meet off the North Norwegian coast creating large quantities of microorganisms. Strict regulations over several decades have protected the stocks against over fishing, so there is plenty of fish out there. Coastal cod and spawning cod, coalfish (saithe), halibut, monkfish, Atlantic wolffish, redfish and haddock are the most important fish species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your encounter with the big one<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After a few fish got away, you have learned to answer their bite by yanking your rod at the right time. You have to meet the fish, tire it out and reveal your intentions. The cod you have landed so far weigh about 3 or 4 kg. Most of them feel about that weight, but now\u2026 Now something bigger is on its way. Or is it a sly one? Is it a monkfish or a wolffish? Then everything becomes calm. You wonder if this one has got away too. Then it slowly starts to swim away along the sea floor 50 or so metres beneath you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It feels calm and determined and heavy too. It has to be a big cod on your hook or is it a coalfish? They say that coalfish are like salmon, and that they don\u2019t give up until they have put up a long fight, so you brace yourself for battle. Your heart beats faster as you feel the fish accelerating astern. Suddenly, the tip of your rod is jerked towards the surface \u2013 and the fish is gone. You reel in your empty line, confirming that the biggest fish are always the ones that get away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Savour the excitement as you wait for the big one to bite. When it bites, it is equally exciting for young and old alike. Prolong the experience and enjoy a tasty dinner in the evening with your own fish as the main ingredient.
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