Vantastic Lukas: Carp fishing adventure in Greece
Christmas and New Year's Eve on the Peloponnese Peninsula After the visit to the lake, which I wrote about at the end of the last blog, I put the carp rods aside for the time being. At least fo...
Vantastic Lukas: Rainy start to the journey towards Greece
Looking back on days gone by on the Elbe A lot of water flowed down the Elbe the last time I hit the keys. This was about summer days in my hometown of Wittenberg on the Elbe. As tough as it was fi...
Vantastic Lukas: A tough summer on the Elbe
Summer project in Germany When Alex brought me his newly purchased van, a Sprinter L3H2, in April, I said: A new project and a lot of work for the summer months. Since I was planning on expanding m...
Vantastic Lukas: Start on the Elbe
Back in Germany After spending the first week in Germany with Alice in her homeland, I was supposed to go back to my hometown after 5 months of “overwintering”. One of the first things I did - how ...
Vantastic Lukas: Back in France (2)
The next horror action Further chub action on the rigs that were still in the water finally forced me to haul in two more rods, until in the end I only had one rod left on the spot. Towards the aft...
Vantastic Lukas: Back in France
A spontaneous meeting I spent three days at a lake at the foot of the Spanish Pyrenees. The area was unique, right behind my parking space was an old abandoned village. According to research, the l...
Vantastic Lukas: Unexpected things often happen
The unexpected often comes After Alice and I said goodbye to the lake in Extremadura, we slowly headed towards the airport in Madrid. She accompanied me on my fishing trip and my domestic travel fo...
Vantastic Lukas: Visit to Extremadura
Another warm winter My last blog and my last fishing session ended in the south of France when the weather there turned bad, with the words: “A good moment to continue the journey”. That was more t...
Vantastic Lukas: Car repair at the magical lake
A magical place There was hardly a better place for me to wait for spare parts to repair the car. Fortunately, the damage occurred shortly before the intended destination in southern France, the ma...
Vantastic Lukas: Following the migratory birds
Project “4×4 Van” It's been a long time since I last hit the keys. After all the writing, whether books or blogs, I needed some variety in the form of craft activities. Even though the last van...
Vantastic Lukas: The perfect ending
In the right place at the right time I wasn't the only one who really liked the consistently beautiful weather in inland Spain. It got the fish in the mood to spawn despite the still low water ...
Vantastic Lukas: Spring in Spain
Wintering in Portugal It's been over 3 months since I last wrote a blog. A lot has happened during this time and I simply haven't had the motivation to write about the current situation. Ra...
Vantastic Lukas: Christmas session at the Megasee
Unwelcome In mid-December, Bianca and I spent our time on the coast of the Algarve. We looked for places that seemed “safe” to us and where we didn’t have to expect police contact. Of course it was...
The dream spot Bianca and I spent a week in a wonderful place far away from any civilization. We were standing directly on a large headland of a several hundred hectare reservoir in the Algarve of ...
Spain in fast forward Bianca and I have covered a few kilometers since the last blog post. As quickly as we arrived in Asturias, a region in northern Spain on the Atlantic side, we left again just ...
Vantastic Lukas: Let yourself drift towards Portugal
Atlantic here we come The few cold days in the Pyrenees were enough for us to want to move on to the warmer areas as quickly as possible. But I couldn't really say goodbye to France yet, so we ...
The time has come When I finished my session at Teufelssee almost a week and a half ago, it was already clear what was coming next. For over 2 months I had been in contact with a lovely young woman...
Vantastic Lukas: Good times - bad times
The last night at the “feel-good spot” When I wrote the last blog at my “feel-good spot” right on the lake in a fantastic location, I had already stayed there for 9 days. Not really successful with...
Vantastic Lukas: Things always turn out differently
Unexpected water level After about two hours of driving, I reached the lake in the Pyrenees. It showed itself in a picture that I had never seen before: the water level was very high at this time o...
A new adventure Clemens and I found ourselves heading towards a headland covered in roots in our loaded boats in the late afternoon. Due to the low water level, I had problems orienting myself on t...
Vantastic Lukas: Spell broken?
A familiar body of water When Clemens and I had sorted the chaos of tackle into the cars in the water we had previously fished, the first thing we did was replenish the food supplies, which had bec...
Vantastic Lukas: It just doesn't work!
Withdrawn When Christoph, Julian and I parted ways in the French Alps, I needed some time alone again. I pushed back some work that I had to do on the PC during the last week of fishing together. M...
Vantastic Lukas: Here we go again
It was quiet on my blog. After a gearbox breakdown in the French Alps, I was back home for about 2.5 months. Some appointments and festivities were scheduled. I have also acquired a little companio...
Meeting point Red Land On a Thursday evening two weeks ago, after four days without fishing, I had had enough of the beach and tourists who were slowly gathering in the beautifully situated places ...