Very well done Manfred. I really like how you correctly beached the fish below you and released in the water. A great lesson for many salmon anglers who insist on holding them up excessively for the purpose of a photograph. Four cracking fish as well.
Hi Philip, nice to hear from you and thank you for your comment. I have just found two pictures of you with two nice salmon you caught 2004 on the Gaula. I would like to email them to you, if you like, and would need your email adress send to email "raguse@internationalflyfishersclub.com". Best, Manfred - www.internationalflyfishersclub.com
unverantwortlich ! Ohne Watstock zwischen den Steinen rumstolpern mit einem Kleinkind in der Kraxe.....man man man.... Ob das auch gepostet würde, wenn das Kleine nach einem Sturz geblutet und geschrien hätte ? Tolles Vorbild.... Wir Angler haben schon so eine schlechte Lobby in der Öffentlichkeit (Deutschland) , da brauch man solch Bilder nicht! Ansonsten - toller Fisch !
My xwife at Forks Pool Kedgwick River, New Brunswick caught a fish About the same size.the 4ft. Aluminum handle bent In1/2 when I lifted the net above the H20 level
I don’t get it ! Why would all these eejits watch a wonderful bit of video like this and then whine about how this very skilled fisherman went about it ? all this crap about nets(they may not be allowed on this stretch) and lactic acid !
And if you intend to release the fish, a long fight is the antithesis of a good game plan. A long fight causes oxygen depletion in the muscle tissue and the resulting lactic acid can kill the fish, or make it so weak and slow it can't survive after the release.
What a well-deserved fish. No publicity-seeking, no fuss. Just a quick moment to admire the fish and a careful return to ensure its chance to spawn. You are an angler we would all do well to copy. It's forty years since I netted a 38pound fish from the river Teifi in Wales. That went straight into someone's freezer. Maybe they would still be there if they had been treated with the same respect as this guy shows. Hat's off to you sir
That guy needs to use a net. Fish can die due to too much stress and energy loss fighting for such a long time. He was struggling fish showed him some serious power.
Hi Manfred, great video and great fight of both ! It is very nice to see you play this beauty of a powerful female Atlantic Salmon. A pleasure for everybody who enjoys this kind of elaborated way of catching and releasing such amazing fishes....well done !
Well done that man. BUT what has happened to the time honoured tradition of using a Gye Net? I feel that this angler can count himself lucky, that this monster stayed attached after all the Faffing around to land it!!!
Have you tried netting a 40lb salmon on you own? Also wading that deep with one is nothing but a nightmare the angler is question has landed many huge salmon he got it in quickly and with great skill
Hi Well I have to say the sad thing about this is the unnecessary, protracted play out of the fish, the ridiculous missed grabs at the fish, exhausted by its efforts to get free, it will be in an poor state. This fish carries the genetics so important for the survivability of the Atlantic Salmon, painful to watch at the end and rather ridiculous.
where i fish in norway, these salmon go up rapids so large, climbing 2-300 meter up above sea level to spawn. fighting a fish for 10 minutes is just going to make it take a break and go on its journey when it is rested.
You don't know the efforts of fishermans to preserve fish population especially Salmons. Yes it might not be the best migration for this one but in a lot of river if fishermans haven't protected them there will be no more fish. One day maybe people will do more for rivers than fishermans and we will discuss about that but now we are mostly alone to preserve theses ecosystems.
