30.5 kilo cod – Insane cod action on Big Bob!
Saturday the weather at Sørøya in northern Norway was a bit rough, but the two Kinetic test team members Jakob Lindberg and David Thormar didn’t mind. They were in the middle of some of the craziest cod action ever experienced. Jakob is one of Northern Europe’s most hard core sea anglers and after driving the boat for half an hour he found the fish and there were more of them than he could ever imagine. 79 of the cods caught this day crossed the 10 kilo mark and out of these seven were over 25 kilos! The biggest was an impressive cod weighing 30.5 kilos. All of the biggest fish were caught on the new Magic Minnow Big Bob jig designed for this kind of fishing.
Allowing the big cods to decompress a few meters below the surface before bringing them to the boat makes it possible to release more than nine out of ten fish unharmed, so only a few cods were kept.
With a catch like this there’s always a risk that expectations might become sky high. It’s important to remember that Jakob and David are really experienced anglers, still it’s the best start of the season ever at the Nordic Sea Angling (NSA) camp and of course we are proud of the fact that our new Big Bob sea fishing jig was part of making it happen J
If you have news on big fish caught using our tackle, lures or equipment. Don’t hesitate to send us a report and a picture: info@fairpoint.dk
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Johan Mikkelsen showing his impressive 30.8 kilo cod caught on a “Fancy Cola Cacao” colored Big Bob jig.
Photo courtesy: Jonas Broman / www.nordic-sea-angling.se
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30.8 kilo monster cod – Johan and Big Bob strikes again!
The cod fishing at Sørøya in Northern Norway seems to be at its best right now. This past Sunday the head guide at the Nordic Sea Anglings camp, Johan Mikkelsen, caught a cod over 30 kilo. It was the second time during his career he crossed the 30 kilo barrier and as far as we know, this also makes him the first Swedish angler to ever do this. This day he started out with a 25.5 kilo fish as second cod of the day and then he caught the really big one – 30.8 kilo. The amount of cods present was amazing and the average weight was really high. Johan ended the days big cod session by catching a 21 kilo fish. All the cods were caught on the 730 g Magic Minnow, Big Bob jig.
Lately Johan has been using one of our new Edge 3776-T rods. It’s a 5’2” Speed jigging rod developed for tropical fishing. According to Johan it’s also a great rod for heavy cods in colder regions.
Kinetic Test Team member Jakob Lindberg also had a great day. In total the team on his boat caught nine fish over 20 kilos. The biggest took the scale to 25.1 kilo.
The day after Johan was “grounded” and had to take care of work ashore in the camp, while Jakob and his team had another crazy day. In total they had seven fish over 20 kilos and the biggest was another monster for Jakob. At a weight of 30.3 kilo he caught the third cod over 30 kilos during his many years as a passionate cod angler.
A constant flow of pictures and news from Nordic Sea Angling can be found on their website: www.nordic-sea-angling.se
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| Elias Narvelo showing a nice 2.4 kilo char. |
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| Thomas Ringstrømm cauth this 4.8 kilo beauty. |
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| The Magic Minnow Titicaca glow/black accounted for several big fish like this 3.4 kilo char presented by outdoor writer and test team member Frederik Hansen. |
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| Releasing a huge 4.4 kilo char back into the lake. There are several local rules – written and unwritten – to take care of. Only local rental boats can be used and the team released all their fish unharmed. |
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| The New Edge 3776 Vertical Jigging rods performed excellent as Fredrik Hansen was fighting the biggest char of the trip.
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