We are proud to share with you our new PRO-Team member Lasse Bøe, Lasse loves the chase of big fish!

This is Lasse Bøe

My name is Lasse Bøe, 33 years old from Karmøy in the west coast of Norway. I make my living in health care, dealing with drug addicts and psychiatric patients. I am a writer for the Norwegian website www.fiskeavisen.no, as well as a consultant for the Norwegian bait making company Attraqua.

Fishing has been something that has defined me, starting with sitting on dad’s knee by the creek fishing for small trout. I never leave anything up to chance, and by designing rigs, collecting baits, studying maps, doing a lot of field testing and always being curious to try other ways – I refine my fishing and specialize in what I love the most – specimen angling from the shore. My goal is to catch big fish from the shore, and prove to everyone that a boat is not always the best way to catch big fish. It is off course the easiest way to catch them from the boat, but where is the fun in that? I have always believed that if you make it right, it is possible to catch huge specimens from the shore.

My fishing

I enjoy fishing for Congers, mostly because finding Conger venues around here is really hard, and I want to find my own places – based on skills, knowledge and pure passion. Every Conger is hard work, and puts the fishing gear through some mean trouble. Last year I caught seven of them, my best season so far. I had three over 40lb, and the rest between 15 and 30lb.

For the last 15 years I have spent countless hours trying to catch big flatfish from the shore. This has been an obsession, and still is. There is nothing more satisfying than catching that big Plaice, after finding the spot and made it my home. I have also spent a lot of time chasing several other flatfish species from the shore, and Megrim, Plaice, Brill, Dab, Turbot, Flounder, Witch flounder, Lemon sole, Sole, Topknot, Long rough Dab and off course Halibut. Regarding they all are shore caught, I am quite pleased with this list. At my knowledge, only a handful has caught the Witch flounder from the shore. It was through aimed fishing a couple of nights, proving that location and passion for it is really important.

Halibut fishing is absolutely breathtaking and by far my favorite kind of fishing. To this day I have landed over 100 of them from the shore, biggest shy of 50lb. One of my biggest moments is to net my dads biggest Halibut from the shore, just 3lb shy of the 100lb mark. A massive achievement, and it was a remarkable moment the release it to the water again.

Through the years I have found great fun in fishing for Thornback rays, and I have caught quite a lot of them. If I can count correctly, I have landed over 300 of them, and I never seem to get tired of them.