Imatra is a fishing spot

History of fishing in Imatra

Fishing tourism has a long tradition in Imatra The first stories about the abundant and large salmon of the Vuoksi River date back to the early 1830s. The English sports fishermen were enchanted by the scenery of Vuoksi and the salmon that leapt into the air with their power.

The golden age of fishing tourism in Vuoll lasted until the 1920s. After that, the strong industrialization of Finland began. The factories needed a lot of energy, and therefore power plants were built in the famous salmon rivers. This also happened in Vuos, and this led to the decline of fish stocks. 

Fortunately, nature knows how to adapt to the prevailing conditions and Vuoksi's fish stocks started to recover; Vuoz began to catch again, including salmon, which was transported downstream through the power plants, and new locally breeding salmon stocks began to form. The abundance of salmon stocks was also helped by the planting activity that started in the late 1980s. These factors play a role in the return of Vuoksi to the salmon river that everyone knows.