XXL size salmon and trout from Oresund

The last couple of days some really big fish have been caught while trolling in Oresund – the small strait between Denmark and Sweden. It started last Friday, January 21st, when Frederik Lundblad from Kinetic was accompanied by Mårten Dahlqvist from the tackle shop Sportfiskedepån in Helsingborg. On board they had the new Goodspeed G2 trollingrods and all reels were loaded with the new RIO Powerflex Braid. The test of this new setup turned out to be as good as it gets…

Fredrik was steering the boat as the rod next to him flexed. This rod was rigged with a Dipsy Diver in front of an original Apex in silver/blue. While handing the rod to Mårten there was no doubt that a big fish had attacked the lure. As Mårten took over, the fish went for an insane run ripping more than 300 feet of line from the reel. At one point the fish crossed in between the other lines, but Fredrik and Mårten managed to keep the lines from getting tangled and soon after they could land the hard fighting beauty.
It turned out to be a sensational salmon measuring 100 cm
and 10.7 kg.
During the same day Fredrik and Mårten also caught a 3.6 kg seatrout and an amazing amount of cod – more than 50 cods in the range from 1/2 to 6 kg were caught.
Two days later Fredrik was back on Oresund in company with another friend, Tommy Nordström. Once again they managed to land a big fish – a 5.0 kg and 71 cm seatrout.



Mårten Dahlqvist (left) and Fredrik Lundblad (right)
showing a 10.7 kg salmon and a 3.6 kg trout.

At the same time a boat with three other friends – Fredrik Nilsson, Anders Olofsson and Robert Dargrik were fishing a little bit north of Fredrik and Tommy. They hooked into an even bigger seatrout and soon after Fredrik Nilsson could pose in front of the camera as he was holding an impressive 10.0 kg and 89 cm seatrout.
This fish was caught on a conventional trolling spoon behind
a Dipsy.
Later on the three friends also caught a 3.9 kg trout on a lure trolled in 45 feet of water. Even the most hardcore anglers
would consider a trout of this size to be a great catch, but compared to a 10 kg trout it somehow didn’t look that big…


This impressive 10.0 kg seatrout from Oresund
was caught by Fredrik Nilsson.