Álggus fertet mearridit gosa galggat bidjat firpmiid, lea buorre diehtit gos lávejit guliid oažžut. Dus galget leahkit mielde muorrabinnát nu ahte sáhtát guođđit firpmiid jávrái, vai jus leat veaháš ođđaáigásaš de dus lea dohpal, báddi ja viljjit. Muorain leat ollu namahusat: juoŋasmuorra, oahppanmuorra, geahččanmuorra, iskanmuorra… Don maid fertet atnit, fierpmi, vai moadde fierpmi, jiekŋaborra, járffu,  goaivvu, juoŋasgáinnu (máŋga ollu juoŋasgáinnu).

Vuosttažettiin fertet stuora rutni dahkat, dat láve leahkit sullii 60 cm geardde 70 cm. Dat lea oalle losses bargu dan dahkat, de ferte geavahit jiekŋaborra ja dahkat njealječiegaga jikŋii. Go lea luovus de ferte oažžut bajás dan jiekŋabinná jieŋa nala nu ahte stuora rudni lea rabas. Geahča gova dás bálddas.

Dán geardde geavaheimmet čáhcevuolfatnasa mainna oaččuimet juoŋasgáinnu jieŋa vuolde nuppi rudnái. Dat nubbe rudni lea dábálaš rudni maid lea oktii ráigan jiekŋaborriin. Dat unnit rudni lea ovtta fierpmi guhku eret dan stuora rutnis, min fierpmit ledje sullii golbmalogi mehtera ja de gaska rutniin lea golbmalogi mehtera. Dan čáhcevuolfanas lea govas dás bálddas ja dat lea sullii lea sullii 40 cm guhkki. Dat dárbbaha guokte AA-báhttera nu ahte sáhttá čázis beassat rutniid gaskkas. Das lea gitta guolleárpu masa bidjá gitta juoŋasgáinnu go  lea ollen dan unnit rudnái ja de geassá ruovttoluotta guolleárppu ja de lea juoŋasgáidnu jieŋa vuolde. Dan maŋŋel ii leat go geassit olggos fierpmi.

Go fierbmi lea dan stuora rutni ja unnit rutni gaskkas de ferte bidjat firpmiid nu ahte birgejit ovtta vai moadde ija. Álkimus lea bidjat muoraid rudnái. De čulbmet juoŋasgáinnu muorrageahčái ja bijat dan oasi jávrái. Dat manná maid bidjat bátti mas leat viljjit dan oasis mii boahtá jávrris bajás. Dan ládje ii jieŋo báddi go guođat firpmiid jávrái.

Go de iská firpmiid de láve dávjá leahkit veaháš jiekŋa rutniin, de lea buorre jus lea járfu mainna čuollá eret jieŋa. De ferte bidjat guhkes (oanimus nu guhkki go lea rutniid gaskkas) juoŋasgáinnu dan unnit rudnái fierbmegeahčái vai dan oanehis báddái mii lea fierbmegeahččis. De sáhttá geassit fierpmi bajás dan stuorit rutnis. Go lea gálgan guliid ja olles fierpmi iskan de geassá ruovttoluotta dan guhkes juoŋasgáinnu dan unnit rudnái.

De ii lea go čollet guliid ja mannat ruoktut málistit ja borrat.

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Juoŋasteapmi – Ice fishing with nets

First you must decide where you are going to put the nets, it is good to know where they used to get fish. You must bring some sticks so you can leave the nets in the lake, or if you are little more modern you have a float, rope and chain. The sticks you can use have many names in northern sámi:  juoŋasmuorra, oahppanmuorra, geahččanmuorra, iskanmuorra… You also need a net or a few nets, an ice drill, a shovel and fishing rope (a lot of fishing rope).

To begin with you must make a big hole in the ice, it should be about 60 by 70 centimetres. It is a very difficult job to make that hole, you must have an ice drill and drill out the square in the ice. When the big ice cube is loose from the ice around it you must get it up on the ice so the big hole in the ice is open. Like in the picture.

This time we used a small submarine to get the fishing rope under the ice from the big hole to the other small hole.  The other hole is a smaller hole in the ice that you have made with an ice drill. That little hole in the ice must be one net length away from the big hole. Our net was about 30 metres long so we needed 30 metres between the holes in the ice. The small submarine is pictured to the left, it is about 40 centimetres long. It carries two AA-batterys to be able to go between the two holes in the water underneath the ice. It has a fishing string stuck in it so when it comes to the smaller hole you can tie a fishing rope to the fishing string that is stuck to the submarine. Now you can pull back the submarine and the fishing rope to the bigger hole under the ice. Then you just pull out the net under the ice.  

When the net is between the little hole and the big hole in the ice, you need to fixate it, so that you can leave the net in the lake for up to a couple of nights. The easiest way is to put sticks in the hole. You tie the fishing rope to the stick and stick it in the hole in the ice. You can also put a fishing rope through the net and then tie a chain to the part that is above the ice. This way the fishing rope does not get icy when you leave the net in the lake.

When you are checking the nets, there is usually thin ice in the holes, you then need to crack the ice with something hard and remove the ice shards from the holes. When you start checking the net you take fishing rope (it must be at least the same length as between the holes in the ice) to the smaller hole in the ice. There you tie it to the end of the net or to the rope that has been stuck into the net. Now you can pull the net to the big hole in the ice. When you have checked all of the net and taken the fish from it, you just pull back the net under the ice with the fishing rope that someone is holding in the little hole.

After that you just need to prepare the fish, go home and cook and eat your catch.  

Christina Storm-Mienna & Marja Labba

Várdduo – Centre for Sámi Research

Umeå University