A salmon has been caught in Switzerland for the first time in 50 years after a swim of perhaps 600 miles, raising hopes the fish may soon find its way back to the landlocked country in greater numbers, officials said today.
Angler Thomas Wanner snagged the Atlantic salmon on Sunday, according to Switzerland’s environment ministry.
Salmon returns to Switzerland after 50 years
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Salmon returns to Switzerland after 50 years
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Great news! There is a good chance this fish is of Irish origin too - a large portion of the ova used in the Rhine salmon restoration efforts have been Irish ova...
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that's some journey for a fish when you think of the elevation which it has to go up just think of the amount of weirs and waterfalls it had to swim up
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50 years, it had to be a irish salmon ,he had just seen the budget and said im out of here. 

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Great news i dont fish for salmon myself but having no sea fishing they deserve a good salmon run, good luck to them and the salmon. No wonder he caught him 600 miles then caught!!! did he keep the fish or return it??????
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dose for the poor fella, swim all that way then get hooked.....
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partylikeits1969 wrote:dose for the poor fella, swim all that way then get hooked.....
Ha ha ha ha ha too feckin true. He was probably unceremoniously knocked on the head to prove that the guy that caught him wasnt tellin porky pies!!

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MikeQ wrote:partylikeits1969 wrote:dose for the poor fella, swim all that way then get hooked.....
Ha ha ha ha ha too feckin true. He was probably unceremoniously knocked on the head to prove that the guy that caught him wasnt tellin porky pies!!
Read the story, it was photographed and released. Probably mandatory catch-and-release there.
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So he was! Lets hope he didnt die of lonliness before he got a chance to spawn. A distinct possibility on that river id imagine.
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