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There´s something special about
being on a big lake.
Perhaps it reminds you of how small you are.
Photo: Mikael Hansson.
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WONDERFUL
TEVSJÖN/ORSJÖN
Home of the biggest pikes of them all...
It´s a cold morning. Almost -10 degrees Celsius. Peter Fröjd
and I have just placed out our usual amount of "angeldon"
(a kind of angling-rigg) and the usual amount of giant-roaches (big bait
= big fish). |
With
a small sledge which
you put your things in,
there´s no problem getting everything with you when
you´re
on icefishing after big pikes.
Photo: Mikael Hansson
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The
better mood you´re in, the more angling-riggs will be
placed out. Today it became 30 - it´s been a while since
we felt the power of a real big pike - and more angeldon gives
you a better chance!
Todays fishing takes place on one of Peters "magic-bigpike-spots" as
he calls it. Hunting grounds for the pikes, that he found after weeks
of intensive fishing. Both in the summertime with boat and echo-sounder,
also during the winterperiod with a deepfrozen fisherman-body. Why stay
at home in your warm house, when you can be outside in -30 degrees celsius?
A kind of madness that gives you tons of experience.
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If you want BIG pike you need BIG
roach...
Photo: Mikael Hansson
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The
fishspot rises abrupt from the bottom of lake Orsjöns
depth, at a drop-off there the small fish literally smacks
in the wall when they´re being chased by lake Orsjöns
pike-submarines.
The big pikes knows that, and for us fishermen is such a spot maybe the
only possibility of getting in contact with the biggest pikes.
We put out our angling-riggs along the 16-meterline curve and the baits
are placed
on the big pikes eating-depth, which means 4-6 meter.
-Today, says Peter, I´m a little bit worried.
He´s referring to the bad fishing thats been characteristic during
the latest trips - Peters bad days are often full of pikes about 7-8
kilos, but if your aim i set high so...
The reason for choosing this particulare pike-spot is that exactly one
year ago, Peter
caught a 12 kilos pike on this spot. Such things often repeats, specially
if the
weatherconditions are similar. Today it´s so.....
- Be prepared when the sun rises over the mountains. If there will be
any fish today
it will happen in the morning, says Peter, and walks away to an angling-rigg
250 meter away.
Just when the sun´s starting to paint the shadows brighter, theres
at strike at one of our
angling-riggs. The rush is one of the most impressive I´ve seen.
The pike runs directly away with 75 meter of the line in a furious race
downstream.
Lucky for me that Peter always hav 150 meters of line on his angling-riggs.
I pull the line as hard as I can just to make sure that the pike´s
get properly hooked.
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...and the anglers indispensable aid is
a batterydriven oxygen pump that keeps the roaches alive.
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Peter with two "small" pikes. Short
and fat just like tiny christmas pigs... |
With
so much line between me and the pike it´s necessary.
I feel the pike jerking, long and heavy - an indication that it´s
a big pike!
Temperature´s rising...
Fantasys about the 17-kilos pike is starting to fly around in my brain.
The pike gets closer. I see it passing by when I look down the bore hole
. It´s big!
I increase the pressure. The pike fights strongly but soon runs out of
strength and "swims" through the hole and up on the ice. A
short and compact pike about 7 kilo lays in front
of my feets.
What a terrific start of the fishingday!
If the day starts with a tiny pike on half
a kilo, it will be bad fishing. A common expression from
Peter. But a 7 kilos!?
Holy moses!
After unhooking the pike I hear an eager noise from yet another angling-rigg.
After a 50 meter run I get a grip on the line and the race is on. This
pike has been drinking the same rocket-fuel as the one before and races
furiously downstreams. After an exiting drill the pike appears in the
hole and soon it´s on the ice. A nice 5 kilo pike that joins the
previously pike. So beautiful...
When Peter returns he looks satisfied at the pikes.
- Probably the fishing-periods over for to day, he says.
The clock has already twentyfive past seven
in the morning, and of course he´s right. Theres not
som many pikes on a fishingspot like this. This is a hunt
after the largest specimens.
We´ll catch another pike before the day´s over. A small one
that makes a perfect ending of an incredibly beautiful morning.
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Peter Fröjd with his 12 kilos pike, caught
the day after...
Photo: Emelina Fröjd Note: Peter went fishing himself the day after
to try another one of his many "magic-bigpike-spots".
Unfortunately I couldn´t accompanie him.
He called me on the afternoon and told me about a 12 kilos...
Mikael Hansson 4/4-2005
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