An ice fishing competition for pimpel fish was held in the village of Bjurvattnet outside Skellefteå, Sweden, after careful test drilling. Snow and ice have disappeared quickly during the record-warm spring-winter along the coast of Västerbotten, but a long cold period this winter gave thick ice on the lake in Bjurvattnet that the record-warm spring has not yet broken. According to Staffan Ögren of the Skellefteå Sportfishing Club, conditions like this are not typical until late April.
Kerstin Olofsson, a pimpel fisher, noted that the ice is good in Bjurvattnet but not in her home village of Svartjärn. A few days ago, a pimpel fisher fell through the ice in Skellefteå, with organizers stating the cause was that he came too close to a part of the ice with flowing water. The ability to arrange more pimpel competitions in the Skellefteå area is at stake, as Ögren said the ice conditions are suffering.
conditions like this are not typical until late April
the ice is good in Bjurvattnet but not in her home village of Svartjärn
the cause was that he came too close to a part of the ice with flowing water
the ice conditions are suffering