VK Release new Swedish Special color series

VK-Trolling Vänern tour

Team VK-Trolling came home earlier than planned, because of gale force winds and the Kållandsö Competition was postponed two weeks to November 7 - 9.

The Sunnanå Competition was also effected by strong winds, but the teams did manage to get 1.5 fishing days in. On the first competition day our team lost a huge salmon that we estimate being over ten kilos. On the first run it took fifty metres and during the long and exciting fifteen-minute fight it jumped out of the water three times. It ended up getting caught on another bait from one of our rods and suddenly it was gone! THAT’S FISHING! Our final position was 15th, but if we had landed that salmon we would have won the competition. Maybe next time it is caught it will be bigger and make someone very happyJ The big one took a clear UV coloured head with a 100g weight on the side planer. We had adjusted the bait to give us a small swimming circle.

We took a salmon trout weighing over 3kg in both the training day and the second day of the competition. We also had a number of bites and caught a few pike. We maybe might come back to Sweden to fish the Kinnekulle Competition in 2009.

We would like to thank everyone for the warm reception we got in Sweden and the competition officials for a well organised competition in tough conditions.

For VK-products this trip was very good. We met a lot of nice Swedish fishermen and we also got four new fishing stores who want to start selling our products. Below is the updated list of Swedish stores, but we are adding some more in the near future. Ask the shop near you. We are planning to do some special bait holders in the favourite Swedish colours for wobblers and plugs and hopefully they will be in the shops in Sweden soon. The new VK salmon2 flasher will be on the market in about 2-3 weeks, so ask for it in the store near you.

Stores now selling VK-bait holders in Sweden:

Olssons fiske
YM's fiske
Jaktia Örebro
Kinnevikens Fritid Lidköping
Fiskeshopen i Trollhättan
Vidars fiske Karlstad
EL-GE Sportfiske Kristinehamn

Tight lines
Mika

VK-Trolling is leaving to go fish Lake Vänern in Sweden

Team VK-Trolling is fishing Lake Vänern in Sweden October 16th-26th. We will compete in the Sunnanå Competition in Mellerud which is also the Nordic Championship October 17th-19th. The following weekend October 24th-26th we will compete in the Kållandsö Competition which has Spiken as the starting harbour. We will be blogging our results if the laptop computer and mobile broadband work together. We will be bringing some products with us so if anyone is interseted in the products they can come and speak to us there.

Tight lines
Mika

Report from lake Puulavesi

I got a mail from my friend and charter fisherman Mika Pihlaja who just had a guiding fishing trip on Lake Puulavesi. They took two really nice salmon 5,5kg & 6kg. Both of them took the same VK-baitholder glow color 840. Both fish took the bait on the surface without any weight at all. His customers were extremely happy.

New VK-Salmon 2

VK-Products present the new VK-Flasher.

The product comes on market in November 2008. The new flasher's name is the VK-Salmon 2
The first model to come on the market is 15cm long, and the larger 25cm model will come at a later date. The New flasher is very easy to use, and it has a very light power to line. That is why it is very good for sideplaner use as well.
The new flasher comes in four different plastic colors ( UV, glow, clear, chartreuse), with 15 different tapes.
This summer's test fishing with the flasher gave fantastic results!

Tight lines
Mika

New VK-Salmon 2 Flasher

Swimming videos of VK:s new flasher. See the link.

http://www.vk-products.fi/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=108&Itemid=106

Yövesi meeting

On Sunday October 5th we had the Yövesi meeting in Lake Saimaa in Finland. The fishing was difficult and of the twenty three boats that participated only five of them caught either salmon or trout. We had a minimum size for salmon of 60cm and trout 55cm in this competition/meeting. Normally the minimum size in Yövesi is 50cm and the size under Finnish law is only 40cm for those fish!

Yövesi meeting results

1. Team Syrjälahti Matti/Hockman Ismo Salmon 3250g + 2930g = 6180g
2. Team Forsman Pete/Tynkkynen Janne Salmon 2790g
3. Team VK-Trolling Kärkkäinen Mika/Tukiainen Tomi Salmon 2600g
4. Team Riipinen Juha/Hukka Taisto Salmon 2280g
5. Team Koskinen Simo Trout 1900g

VK-Baitholder dealers in Sweden

Olssons Fiske

YM's Fiske & Fritid

Jaktia Örebro

"Another VK-Victory" Eloveto 2008

This year's European Champion Sami Heiskanen also won this weekend The Lake Vuohijärvi Trolling Competition. It was a two day competition with 115 boats. Sami and his team caught four salmon with a total weight of 8.175kg. Every fish they caught was on the side planers with a 30g sinker. The right baitholder for the day was the VK-Raksi colour Purple Black Chrome, which was the right recipe because all the fish were caught on that. Congratulations.

Some new colors

Team VK-Trolling takes 2nd place in the team three-boat competition in Lake Päijänne

Team VK-Trolling 1 took 2nd place in the Finnish Lake Päijänne competition. The fishing was difficult and only 25 of 163 boats caught fish in the two days. We tried some of our new colours and they seemed to be popular with the fish. Team VK-Trolling 2 took 9th place.

Tight lines
Mika

Huge rainbow trout caught!

My friend Tomi sent me an email with a picture of this huge rainbow trout he caught. He was rowing his boat in the Vuoksi River. The fish weighed 5.7kg and was 67cm long. It was caught on a purple splatter coloured VK-baitholder.

Congratulations Tomi

Big brown trout from lake Inari

I received a mail from Seppo about a big brown trout he caught in Lake Inari. The fish weighed 7kg and took a VK-baitholder in the red, purple chrome colour
Well done Seppo!

VK-Baitholder release new colors

Available VK-Webshop later today. Coming soon Glow Orange splatter and Glow Fl. Green/Fl chart

"Another VK-Victory" Vättern September 14

Hi Mika

Today was the Volvo Club Lake Vättern Trolling Competition and we tried your baitholders for the first time ever. They were absolutely FANTASTIC! They are so easy to trim in and have a great movement. We won the competition and also won the prize for the biggest fish a char weighing 3.94kg. We are really looking forward to using them in the two big competitions in October here in Sweden

Tight lines
Cameron, Team Hooked

"Another VK Victory" Report from Vänern June 14

Hello Vesa
Thank you very much for the package you sent me!!I fished with some of the new VK-rax baitholders you send me, they work great We had a smaller local competition Saturday June 14 at Åmål in lake Vänern, It was the first time I try the new products you sent me We won the competition we got 4 nice salmons total 21 kg and lost several fish in the strong winds, which made the fishing difficult. I like the movment on the baitfish in the VK-rax baitholder and they catch nice salmon and trout!!!!!
Best Regards from Jonas Team Offshore/Garmin

Salmon report

My Friend Tapsa sent me this report about his success with VK-baitholders. He caught this nice 3.8kg salmon today in Lake Saimaa. It took VK-baitholder's new color Coho Blue Glow on a side planer with a 120g sinker. We are releasing this and some other new exciting strike colors on our webshop in the near future. Tapsa also reported catching three salmon around 3kg each two weeks ago on our VK-baitholders.

“Another VK Victory!” Finnish Trolling Championship

Team Virolainen Wins Finnish Trolling Championship 2008 in Lake Inari. They caught salmon trout to a total weight of 13.7kg and won the competition by a large amount of points. VK-Baitholder with Gulpbait/Baitrix was the winning concept. Their biggest salmon trout weighed 6.2kg and was the competition’s second biggest fish. Congratulations to the VK-Team.

Good fishing raports for VK-Trolling products

From Vänern

From Vänern

18.2kg Finnish Gulf

Salmon caught in hard wind in the Finnish Gulf

From Vänern

Lake Saimaa 7.3kg

A sea trout weighting over 6 kg from the Finnish Gulf

A salmon from the Finnish Gulf weighting over 11kg

We have received lots of reports from fisherman using our products. The reports are from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Russia & the USA. We are really proud to read that fishermen are catching hundreds of salmon and salmon trout with our new VK-baitholders and VK-Flashers. Please email us your reports in any language to: mika.karkkainen@co.inet.fi