Kuggören

Kuggören is a peninsula offering a very good shelter, except for strong northerly winds, off the coast at Hudiksvall. There is a Svenska Kryssar Klubb buoy in the bay. The village is very picturesque. Kuggören used to be an island used by fishermen from Gävle but is now connected to the main land by a narrow path. Kuggörarna as Svenska Högarna is one of these remote islands the name of which is known by most Sweedes as it hostys a weather station often mentioned on radio.

The island includes thirty small traditional fishermen cottages. There are still couple of professional fishermen residing on the island. The cage on the picture below is immersed along the shore to capture salmons wandering along the shore on their way back to freshwater rivers where they will mate. The cage is connected to long nests acting as a labyrinth and directing the salmons to the cage. Interestingly, the cage bottom pads can be inflated from the surface to raise the cage above sea level and get the trapped salmon through and opening at the back. These nets are usually properlly indicated using buoys. However, sailors should not underestimate the size of the nets. It becomes particularly difficult when sailing at night a bit out of the identified pathways...

As in fishermen villages, you can see quite a few oven for smoking fish around the cottages.