"Hello Mika!!Here is a short note to tell about the big salmon I caught in lake Vänern yesterday!
Pontus Lindberg and I went out from Lillängshamen, this was our first fishing trip together for salmon, and the first trip in more than half a year for Pontus due to engine problems he has been having. We put the gear in west of Prickgrund, but it looked bad on the sonar so we decided to go to some old waypoints. It looked much better there on the sounder for both bottom structure and baitfish. After about 2 hours of fishing a line released from one of the planerboard releasers, which was rigged with a large whitefish (siklöja) in a watermellon colour VK-Raksi baitholder. The fish took a fast run (about 20m) splashing around on the surface and then put up a heavy fight. On the way to the boat it became tangled with another line, but when it was closer to the boat we quickly cut away that line. When the fish approached the boat we saw that it is huge ... It made some nervous final runs before it could be netted and lifted safely onboard. Because of the rolling of the boat the scale oscillated between 11 and 13 kg, but it was 93cm long!! Back on land in the harbor we weighed it on a digital scale that showed exactly 12kg!! We used the rigging hole which is upper of the three side hole, which at slow speeds gives the baitfish rather big slow turns. This time the speed was around 2.2 to 2.4 knots. It was difficult to hold a steady speed due to the wind and waves, so I believe the löja was spinning relitavely fast.
It was really a successful fishing trip!!
It was really a successful fishing trip!!
Tight lines Adam"
Congratulation guys and merry chritmas
Wish You
Mika/Vesa
VK-Trolling
