Røssåga has a long tradition as an attractive salmon river for anglers. The first English salmon anglers came to the Korgen in the 1870s. Normally they hired private shelter. Every year they came back again until World War I. During this time they built a stately timber villa in the area where the current Town Hall is located now. In the early 1930s it was built another “English Villa.”
In the interwar period Røssåga was leased to both Norwegian fishermen and Englishmen. A diary with notes regarding fishing of salmon in Røssåga in the years 1917-18 and 1920-30 is quite interesting reading. During this period the family Schjølberg from Bodø was renting parts of the river. The diary reports date, fishing area, name of the fisherman, weight of the salmon and frequently weather and temperature on current day. The library owns the diary, and it can be seen there unless it is loaned. The total catch has naturally varied from year to year. A peak in 1925 shows a total weight of 1,186.7 kg for 135 salmons, an average weight of 8.8 kg. The picture shows one day’s catch on 1 July 1921, 22 great salmon caught on the same rod of father and son Schjølberg.