ABU Dream Trips : Morrum River 1982
Stefan Jonsson
In the late 1970s, I got hold of a cottage north of Aneby,
about 45 km east of Huskvarna. I started exploring the lakes in my
vicinity. -78 I got my first (pike-perch) Sander in Ralången which was
less than a mile from the cottage. They weighed from about 4 kg and up
to 6.4 kg, I think it was. I continued to invest in fishing for
pike-perch (Sander) in Ralången in 1979 and the coming years. In 1979,
I received three pike-perch (Sander's) over 7 kg. The largest was 8 kg
and the other 2 7,150 and 7 kg respectively. In 1980, as the biggest
pike-perch (Sander) I got 9.85 kg. Photo # 1.
In 1981 I got 2 nice pike-perch the same night when I was
fishing and the largest was at 11.26 kg and the other at 8.4 kg. Almost
20 kg of pike perch (Sander´s) of 2 fish. Photo 2. I was rewarded with
winning ABU's dream trip that went down to the Lax premiere in the
spring of 1982 in Svängsta.
Photo no 3. Here are some of the winners at ABU's part of Mörrumsån.
I was operated on one knee about 2 months earlier and jumped
most around on crutches and talked to the responsible and the other
winners. I did not rehabilitate me enough before the trip. In any case,
I got a sea trout during the week we were there, and then I had some
more that was on and off but that I didn't get hooked unfortunately. I
was also offered the opportunity to participate in the fishing
journal's trolling film and the bit that would be about trolling after
pike-perch (Sander).
Although we had the worst possible weather with really
hard northern wind and rain from Monday after midsummer, rain and about
10-11 dough. C in the air until the night between Tuesday and
Wednesday. So for about 48 hours. Already the first evening we got 3
pike-perch (Sanders´s) and 2 pike together and all were more than happy
but we continued to fish the remaining days. No pike less than 4 kg and
the largest of about 6 kg. It was a fantastic fishing even though it
was a really bad weather. Everyone was happy!
Photo no. 4. I am down in the right corner of the cover of the trolling video made with me in it.
II was one of the pioneers in Sweden who started fishing
with live roach after pike-perch (Sander), and it turned out to be a
winning combination.
I used the following equipment: Ambassadeur 6000, fishing line was
Dogger nylon line 0.40 mm, the rod was a Vangen 11 ´ table 0.60 mm
nylon line from Dogger also and the bait was about 60 g live roach.