That’s a new PB sea-run brown trout! Wild, fat and extremely strong. Truly a remarkable fish.

A new PB!

I posted yesterday about a small seatrout I caught that meant an incredible amount to me. After loads of sessions, that trout brought back a bunch of confidence and I was so proud. I decided to head out today again, with my newfound confidence.

Well, what do you say? Following yesterday’s example, I knew I needed to find warmer water. The spot I caught one and lost one (and where a friend lost an additional one) didn’t work, so I chose a really shallow sand bay where the wind was blowing.

The direction of the wind was unchanged for the past two days so I knew that, plus the fact the bottom consisted of sand (warms up quickly), would result in marginally warmer water than most other areas.

Well, I was right. On the third cast on that spot, I get an astonishingly hard hit. We’re talking almost losing the grip of the rod hard. This beast smashed my lure in shallow water. After a bunch of acrobatics, a few runs and a battle with one of the strongest fish I’ve ever encountered, this beautiful specimen is in the net.

I am so happy! What a wonderful fish. Turns out, it was wild too. For context, the area in the Baltic Sea I fish has had a struggling population, so to help it, stockings of small sea-run trout (1 year old ones) are made yearly by our national sportfishing association. It’s to 1. increase the population and 2. to encourage people to keep the stocked ones as food, instead of the wild ones.

Since this fish was wild, I just took a quick measurement; 63 cm long, as well as some photos. After that, it swam back with as much energy as it had during the fight. Feel free to guess its weight in the comments, but I’d personally guess 2,8 kg due to how fat and muscular it was.

What an experience this was!