Seatrout fishing in river Karup

 

 
       
 

 

 

      

     

 

      

  River Karup is probably the most well known Danish river

     

 

  throughout the world due to its giant seatrouts. Each year

  

  seatrouts well above 10 kg are caught in this river making it

  

  one of the absolute hot spots for seatrout fishing.

 

 

  

  The river holds seatrouts over a stretch of more than 50 km

  

  and fishing is excellent from the estuary in Skive fjord to the

 

  beats found upstreams the town of Karup. The river flows

  

  through a tunnel valley made when the ice withdrew some

  

  8.000 years ago and generally some of the most beautiful

  

  parts in Denmark can be found along this river. The stream

 

  has in some parts a swift current running rapidly towards

  

  Skive while the lower river stretches is marked by a more

  

  slowly running stream. Water dept is between 1-3 meters.

  

  The tributaries also offers fine fishing i.e. river Haderup.

  

 

  

  The season commenses around June 1st and lasts until

  

  the end of October. Normally the seatrout rapidly passes

  

  through the lower stretches and can within a couple of days

  

  be found a long way up the river. It takes willingly the first few

  

  days but then becomes harder to engage....

  

 

  

  Flyfishing is the preferred method along the river and many

  

  considers night time fishing the ultimate for seatrout.

  

 

    

 

 

  
   

Fishing seatrouts can sometimes be very easy and at

 

times a daunting and challenging task. It all depends...

 

Early in the season the seatrout will often take willingly

 

to a fly being a matter of hitting it at the right spot but 

 

later on it seems to have learned the lesson and stays

  

inactive for longer periods. Tube flies of all sorts are

  

the most common type used by the Karup fishermen.

 

Local patterns as "Ni'eren" & "Den tropiske gråspurv"

  

are good patterns and tubes with black wings and

  

red butts are highly effective. The good old Red Tag

 

variants also takes their part of the fish. Spinning can

be a good alternative at times 

 

 

  

   
   

Several Angling clubs holds the fishing rights up along the

         

river and along most of the stretches the seatrouts will stop.

  

Beats like Dueholm, Gronbaeks, Jernbanebroen, Spangen,

 

Aalykke, Gallehoj etc. are all beats that are available to the

  

public however. All in all there are excellent opportinities for

  

fishing seatrout for the foreign Angler.

 

 

  

A host of other good beats are to be found. River bends,

  

trees and large stones all create fine hiding places for the

  

seatrout.  Water weeds will also be of particular interest

  

to the Angler since the fish often uses this for the same 

 

purpose. "Fishing the weeds" is creating real challenges!

 

  

   
     Seatrouts can be found in most parts of the river from  
     the lower stretches around Skive to upstream Karup.  
     In the lower parts the river is fairly wide while at the  
     beats upstream Karup it narrows considerably which  
     also effects the way to fish.  
   
     The behavior of the seatrouts is also of importance for  
     knowing which beats are most likely to hold the fish.  
     This depends among other things at what time of year  
     and what time of day you fish, the number of fish  
     entering the river, the growth of water weeds, weather  
     conditions etc.  Sometimes a run of seatrouts can be    
     found way up the river shortly after entering without  

     stopping at the lower parts.

  

 

 

 
   

Many fishermen will claim that night fishing is the ultimate

  

time for challenging the seatrout - evenings and mornings

  

presents equally good opportunities. Dark tubeflies are

 

the right pick at these times. Rain and slight rippling of the

  

river increases chances during daytime. Near the end of

 

season the seatrout seems to be active all day and easier

  

to lure partly also because the vegetation by now is gone

  

giving the seatrout an opportunity to actually see the fly.  A

  

change of fly for an unwilling seatrout can be a good idea

  

especially during the last couple of months of the season.

  

 

  

Sometimes a change of tactics is the only way to engage

  

the seatrout. Increasing speed when the fly is on its way

  

across the stream is one way to try to catch the interest

  

of the fish.....

  
     
   
 
   Fishing courses offered by REDTAG along the river Karup  
   takes place on some of the top beats depending on where  
   the seatrouts are located. Other factors that needs to be  
   considered is the water levels that to a certain extent is  
   controlled by, rainfalls, temperature and not least the  
   river vegetation. This way we try to optimize your chances  
   of getting in touch with some of these magnificient fish  
   and enjoy the pleasures of  fishing in waters that with  
   every cast of the fly or spinner holds the possibility of   
   getting in touch with giant seatrouts above 10 kg.  
   

   è Take a closer look at out courses along river Karup

        

    
 

 

  
   
 
 
    River Karup flows through the middle of Jutland and  
    ends its run in the fjord of Skive. It is easy to access the  
    river and Karup Airport is located right along the river  
    (domestic traffic only).  To find the best way from your  
    place to Karup you can use the  msn Map services...  
   
     
 
  
     

 

 

 

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