Fishing in the summer sunshine at Flensburg Harbour

Nearly 500 children and young people aged 6-12 took part in a fishing competition at Flensborg Harbour in Hafnarfjörður. The municipality of Hafnarfjörður has been organising this competition for decades, and interest and participation have grown year on year. The competition has now become one of the largest fishing competitions in the country, and hundreds of children eagerly await each year to cast their lines and try to catch the most unusual fish, the biggest fish, and the most fish.

Variety of fish caught characteristic of this year's competition

Three young anglers received awards for the catch of the day and the best performance, and headed home after the competition with a fishing rod and a trophy. The eight-year-old, Pétur Rúnar Pétursson, received a prize for the biggest fish, a cod weighing 320g. Brynjar Árni Eiríksson received a prize for the odd fish of the year, which turned out to be a sea squirt, and Stefán Kári Stefánsson for catching the most fish in this year's competition. 

The variety of fish caught was a feature of this year's competition, and among the beautiful fish caught in the harbour were flounder, sea bream, cod, jellyfish and starfish. Participants in the pike-fishing competition were both in the area on behalf of the City of Hafnarfjörður's summer leisure activities, and there is also a growing group who turn up to take part with their parents and guardians, as pike fishing is popular in Hafnarfjörður. Guides from the summer leisure programme, along with staff from the Hafnarfjörður Work Club, provided robust supervision at the harbour during the competition, while the sailing club Þytur provided cover from the sea.