Artur Sztejno was fishing on Sunday with his son Xavier. their plan was to fish small lures, 6-9 cm. Unfortunately, this didn’t workout and 4 hours of casting from their drifting boat proved fruitless.

After midday, Xavier decided to switch tactics. He opted for a larger 12cm lure in sea trout colour, and to stop casting in favour of trolling to find an area where trout could be found.

On the way to what looked like a promising spot where the water shelved from 15 to 30 feet there was an “atomic” strike and, boom!, he was in.

Xavier Sztejno holding up his new PB wild brown trout of 60+ cm
Xavier Sztejno holding up his new PB wild brown trout of 60cm plus

Xavier did a great joy of playing the fish to the boat. A powerful, fighter of a trout and when measured came in at over 60cm. His new PB. After a photo or two the fish was safely released and swam off strongly.

 

Xavier’s fish is released