News from Kinetic / Fairpoint Outdoors
(Part of text in Swedish and Danish below)
Giant pike on Westin lure – 18.78 kg!
Some of Sweden’s largest pikes are caught in the huge lake Vättern. Locating the pikes in this water can be quite a challenge, but if you succeed and catch a big one it is really worth a lot of hard work.
Just a few days ago one of the lakes monsters was caught on a 230 mm Westin Jätte in the color “Red Hot Black” by Glenn Franzén from Mullsjö, Sweden. Here’s his story:
”The pike I caught April 25th. had a weight of 18,78 kilos and measured 125 cm. I was fishing with my dad, and usually most of our pikefishing is done with jerkbaits. This day we changed tactics and started trolling, as we were planning to have a cup of coffee and something to eat.
We never got to the coffee, before one of the rods flexed. I grabbed the rod to set the hooks. The lure –a Red Hot Black” Westin Jätte 23 cm – had been fishing in a depth of 3,5 meters and now it was stuck in the jaws of a big pike. The pike only did three short runs during the 2-3 minutes fight. Then she came to the surface and we could admire the size of this beast. The landing net was way too small, but we still managed to lift the pike into the boat.
After unhooking, weighing and measuring it as fast as possible we shoot a few photos before she was released back into the deep water of Vättern. A total feeling of happiness is the only way to describe the situation. I had just caught the pike of a lifetime! I can hardly remember anything from the following couple of hours and I guess it was like being drugged with happiness.”
Not only did Glenn catch his giant pike one of our Westin Lures, he was also using a Kinetic Viper 9’ rod and the new RIO Powerflex braid 0.18 mm (10.4 kg) – a brilliant new braided line showing superior strength and abrasion resistance.
Photos:
Attached are two low-res pictures of the catch. We will hopefully have the high res pictures soon and be able to mail them to all of you.
If you have reports on big fish caught using our tackle, lures or equipment. Don’t hesitate to send us a report: info@fairpoint.dk