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Winter > Icefishing
Icefishing
Guided ice fishing trip to the lakes, ponds and sea
During the winter, everything Finland’s countryside is completely frozen. In the middle of winter, all the lakes and rivers are frozen, but you can still enjoy fishing.
This trip takes you ice fishing on the sea, lakes and ponds. As well as trying your hand at ice fishing, you can also try net fishing under the ice, get on a snowmobile ride and watch local fishermen seine fishing, which is a traditional technique involving a net. Our skilled, professional guides will teach and help you with fishing.
There’s also plenty of free time for you to enjoys walks in the frozen countryside; explore a historic area best known for its iron works; and try skiing or snowshoeing.
Enjoy the local cuisine and sleep in stylish hotel rooms featuring furniture designed by the famous Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.
There’s also the chance to enjoy a traditional Finnish Sauna – are you brave enough to take a dip in a hole in the ice afterwards?
Tour highlights | Fishing on the ice, snow, silence, local food, iron works area, snowshoeing, the architecture of Alvar Aalto, ice hole swimming. |
Place | Western part of Finland Noormarkku, Merikarvia, Pyhäjärvi |
Nearest airport | Helsinki, Turku, Tampere |
Airport transfer | - |
Duration | 4 days/5 nights |
Difficulty | Easy. You can be beginner or professional. |
Group size | 6 to 8 people |
Languages | English. It will an international group. |
Price |
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Season | February and March |
On Reguest |
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Accomodation | Double rooms, single rooms can be provided at an additional cost. |
Supplements | Snowshoeing, Nordic skiing |
Included | Accommodation, transfers to the fishing destinations, meals, tuition from skilled guides, fishing equipment, and warm overalls, boots and hats during the fishing trips. |
Excluded | Please bring warm winter clothes, outdoor clothes and sunblock. |
Itinerary
Day Arrival
Evening | Check in at hotel and Dinner |
Checking in your hotel in the historic A. Ahlströms ironwork area. Dinner will be served at 8pm and is a chance to try some local specialities.
Day 1 Ice fishing trip to lake Kivijärvi
Forenoon | Guided tour of historic ironworks area |
| Briefing about the week’s programme |
| Fishing trip |
Afternoon | A packed lunch will be provided. |
| Fishing continues |
| Transport back to the ironworks area |
Evening | Sauna |
| Dinner |
Kivijärvi is beautiful and pristine wilderness lake surrounded by large forested areas.
Our expert fishing guides will give you hands-on advice on how to start ice fishing and tips on how to choose the right lures.
You can also try net fishing under the ice.
From the lake, you can catch mostly perch, but also pike.
Day 2 Trip to the Baltic Sea
Morning | Breakfast |
Forenoon | Transport to the archipelago |
| Guided fishing |
Midday | Visit to the farm |
Afternoon | Lunch |
| Transport to hotel |
| Free time |
Evening | Sauna |
| Dinner |
The morning starts with a trip to the archipelago, where you can enjoy the serenity and rugged beauty.
Spend the morning fishing on the ice, trying to catch burbot from the sea.
We will visit a deer and pheasant farm, where we will enjoy traditional Finnish fish soup for lunch in a local fisherman’s cottage.
Relax your body in a traditional Finnish sauna and – if you dare - swim in a hole in the ice.
Day 3 Pyhäjärvi
Morning | Breakfast |
| Transport to the lake Pyhäjärvi |
Forenoon | Guided fishing |
Midday | Seine net fishing demonstration |
Afternoon | Lunch in Kauttua club |
| Visit in Kauttua area |
| Transport back to the ironwork area. |
| Free time |
Evening | Dinner |
Trip to the Lake Pyhäjärvi, which is biggest in the region and is home to very special species of fish.
Our professional fishing guides will take you to the best fishing spots on that lake.
After the fishing, you can enjoy a lunch in the Kauttua ironworks area.
Watch the local, professional fishermen seine net fishing and catch up to 1kg of perch.
Day 4 Ice fishing at lake Iso-Enträski
Morning | Breakfast |
Forenoon | Trip to lake Iso-Enträski |
| Guided fishing. |
Midday | Lunch- flamed salmon ( cooked over a real fire ) |
Afternoon | Fishing |
| Trasport back to the ironwork area |
| Free time |
Evening | Dinner |
Iso-Enträski lake is about ten minutes away. It’s a beautiful spot where you can feel the silence around you.
At lunch you’ll be able to prepare and cook the fish that you catch, with the help of our guide. There is plenty of brown trout and rainbow trout on that lake.
In your free time, you can try snowshoeing or Nordic skiing.
Day Departure
Morning | Breakfast |
Before noon | Check out |
We reserve the right to make last-minute changes to the programme, |
depending on the weather conditions and the time of year. |
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