Some Fishing Adventures Experienced During Fishing Trips on Lake Lelång!

"A Herrenäs Viking". This adventure took place during the long line fishing in the late autumn. Mr Ingemar Dalsvall from Herrenäs went through and emptied the eel line. While doing so he could see, that a large eel had been caught on the line, which in turn had stuck on a log on the bottom. Ingemar, a true Viking, took off his clothes, put a knife between his teeth and jumped into the chilly water. Three metres below the surface he managed to cut the eel loose, whereby he swam to the surface. Both the eel and the long line were saved!

" A Real Perch Catch" Mr Hans Nilsson, Bengtsfors, tells us an episode from the "good old days" Hans and his father were fishing for perch in the bay inside the island "Taraldsön", using bleak as bait. Suddenly a large fish surfaced and started chasing the small bait. Hans reacted spontaneously and threw out his hook. He did not have to wait for the first bite, which came as a real surprise to him. The line and the rod disappeared into the deep like a missile! Naturally the two fishermen were slightly annoyed, to say the least, but shortly afterwards they caught sight of a long stick out in the bay, pointing up like a navigation mark!? When this stick started moving side-ways, the two fishermen realized that it was nothing less than Hans' fishing rod floating away out there in the bay. Without hesitation they set off at full speed towards the rod, and shortly afterwards they were able to save both the rod and a 2,5 kg perch!

"Pulled the pike up with the deep rig" Mr Bengt-Göran Jansson, one of the frequent trolling fishermen of lake Lelång, tells the story: I was out trolling on Lake Lelång, when suddenly there was a bite on one of the rods. After yet another bite I was surprised to find that the line had been bitten off. Well, a new wobbler had to be attached to the line, so the rig had to come in. Surprisingly enough the broken line had stuck on the rig. Suddenly the line came to life. After some "natural" drilling a fine pike was landed. The pike, with a maximum of bad luck, had simply got itself stuck on the rig after the breaking of the line.

Teckningar: Lars Lindqvist