We’ve covered the seemingly dire situation unfolding in Norway this season. Very, very few salmon running on some of the big and famous rivers. So few in fact that Norwegian authorities chose to close 33 of them entirely. It seems that the situation has changed for some rivers as 16 of them have been opened for fishing again, which is very good news. Mainly for the salmon as it means that there’s a viable run, but of course also for the fishermen and -women. The locals can enjoy the fishing in their rivers and those travelling can do the same, as well as bring in the lift to the local economies. Of course potentially avoiding losing a week of prepaid fishing.
In the Trondheim Fjord, where a good handful of the famous rivers (Gaula, Oral, Stjørdal, Vernal etc) exit, test fishing is carried out with nets to monitor the influx of salmon. There’s a rise in the number of grilse and medium sized salmon, which of course is very good news. Maybe, just maybe, the fishing will be opened later, but nobody knows.
We’ve also been following the Undefined Flyfishing Project and their monitoring of the northern Swedish rivers. They posted a new blog a couple of weeks ago, summing up June. Take a look here:
