Full Version: New Danish record Salmon
Just got sent this link by a Danish mate. I'm not a fly forum regular but I thought I'd sgare.
Wow!
Good grief!
Sorry to contradict Ken...Denmark's record salmon was a little bigger weighing in at 26.5 kgs caught by D C Dinesen, Easter 1954. It fell to a devon spinner on Skjernaa (River Skjern) Here's a picture of it...
http://www.7days.dk/fishing/droemmefisk/fisk/dinesen.htm
But this is certainly the largest one caught for a heck of a long time and quite by chance it was caught on my local river...Storaaen. It was caught about 10 kilometres upstream from where I have a shack by the river so who knows how close to catching it I've been!
Since the 20.1 kg one another one, a shade lighter has been caught! Again not far away from me. My club has spent thousands of pounds and volunteered uncountable hours in getting the fish stocks back to where they where in the 50's, with massive restocking programs among other things Coincidentally, I sent in an article some time ago which Elton kindly published. Anyone interested can find it in "Miscellaneous Articles" title: "Viking Trials and Tribulations"
Cheers...Jon
QUOTE (Moggy @ May 28 2009, 04:02 PM) 
Sorry to contradict Ken...Denmark's record salmon was a little bigger weighing in at 26.5 kgs caught by D C Dinesen, Easter 1954. It fell to a devon spinner on Skjernaa (River Skjern) Here's a picture of it...
http://www.7days.dk/fishing/droemmefisk/fisk/dinesen.htm
But this is certainly the largest one caught for a heck of a long time and quite by chance it was caught on my local river...Storaaen. It was caught about 10 kilometres upstream from where I have a shack by the river so who knows how close to catching it I've been!
Since the 20.1 kg one another one, a shade lighter has been caught! Again not far away from me. My club has spent thousands of pounds and volunteered uncountable hours in getting the fish stocks back to where they where in the 50's, with massive restocking programs among other things Coincidentally, I sent in an article some time ago which Elton kindly published. Anyone interested can find it in "Miscellaneous Articles" title: "Viking Trials and Tribulations"
Cheers...Jon
http://www.7days.dk/fishing/droemmefisk/fisk/dinesen.htm
But this is certainly the largest one caught for a heck of a long time and quite by chance it was caught on my local river...Storaaen. It was caught about 10 kilometres upstream from where I have a shack by the river so who knows how close to catching it I've been!
Since the 20.1 kg one another one, a shade lighter has been caught! Again not far away from me. My club has spent thousands of pounds and volunteered uncountable hours in getting the fish stocks back to where they where in the 50's, with massive restocking programs among other things Coincidentally, I sent in an article some time ago which Elton kindly published. Anyone interested can find it in "Miscellaneous Articles" title: "Viking Trials and Tribulations"
Cheers...Jon
wow thats a serious salmon,both of them are massive..nice to see there are stil a few giants left,in my local river the shannon there virtually extinct.
QUOTE (greenwells glory @ May 31 2009, 08:09 PM)
wow thats a serious salmon,both of them are massive..nice to see there are stil a few giants left,in my local river the shannon there virtually extinct.
Yeah I know...similar probs to the ones we had...hydro dams. You may want to read about it here:
http://www.shannon-fishery-board.ie/downlo...ration_plan.pdf
Sad tale!
now thats the sort of fish id like to catch on the fly, absolute beauty
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