Saturday, April 17, 2010

Fishingboat sank in Värmlandssjön, Lake Vänern.


Today a fishingboat from Finland got problem with boat taking in water. The boat went down fast, but the crew managed to call for help with VHS-radio. They were picked up by other boats fishing in the same area, before Sjöräddningen got there. I believe sjöräddningen managed to save the boat, but i'm not sure. Fishermen atleast survived the cold swim. Reason for the accident is not known, but the boat was taking in water very fast, so there must have been a bad connection somewhere, taking in water, little bit at the time, till it was enough, and the boat went down. They had good fishing this morning, so they might not have observed there was somthing wrong with the boat.
I have been fishing east of Kållandsö today. There was a little bit calmer, but wind was more then 10m/sek, so it was a very bumpy ride back after we had fished our way north for some miles. Got nothing today.
+1.7 degrees warm water wasn't making the fishing better. They have warmer water in Brommösund and shelter from the strong wind, so that's where to go fishing tomorrow. There will some boats there. That's good, considering anything can happen on the lake, boats sinking aso. So, it's good there is someone not far away if something goes wrong. There is not really swimmingtemperature in Lake Vänern now!
Pics from todays fishing. I fished with Pertti Nevalainen, Finland, from his Silver 605 Wa.

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