Övre Lappängestjärnen

northern humic brown tarn · 64°N

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clarity 0.9 mmax depth 4 mpH 6.6eutrophic · humicstatus poorforest track · 22 min for the last stretch

Character of the water

Övre Lappängestjärnen lies in the cold north — a northern humic brown tarn. The tea-stained, humic water hides the bottom within an arm's length.

The surroundings

The lake lies half-remote, a fair way from the nearest road, tucked into woodland.

Moderately deep (4 m) — shallow bays, the odd reef and a deeper channel through the middle.

Permits & rules

Fishing permit required — Övre Lappängestjärnen FVOF. Day permit ~140 kr · annual permit ~700 kr.

Pike: keep at most one over 75 cm per day.
Trout & Arctic char: protected during the autumn spawn · catch-and-release on certain stretches.
Handheld tackle only. Respect the protected zones at the inlets and outlets.

Species in Övre Lappängestjärnen

perch predatory fish

typically ~22 cm · can reach 45 cm

Perch grazes the rich water in schools — where there's one, there are more.

elritsa fish

typically ~7 cm · can reach 12 cm

The nutrient-rich water keeps elritsa moving constantly between the feeding grounds.

pike predatory fish

typically ~62 cm · can reach 120 cm

In the murky light, pike shadows the baitfish and hits in short rushes.

grayling fish

typically ~30 cm · can reach 50 cm

Grayling grazes the rich water in schools — where there's one, there are more.

havsoring-baltic fish

typically ~25 cm · can reach 50 cm

Havsoring-baltic grazes the rich water in schools — where there's one, there are more.

id fish

typically ~38 cm · can reach 75 cm

Id grazes the rich water in schools — where there's one, there are more.

burbot bottom fish

typically ~45 cm · can reach 90 cm

Burbot works the bottom in the dark — smell and feel come before everything else.

salmon fish

typically ~65 cm · can reach 130 cm

Salmon hunts by feel more than sight in the stained water — short, hard strikes close to the bait.

roach coarse fish

typically ~18 cm · can reach 32 cm

Roach grazes the rich water in schools — where there's one, there are more.

trout salmonids

typically ~35 cm · can reach 70 cm

In the murky light, trout shadows the baitfish and hits in short rushes.

whitefish whitefish

typically ~30 cm · can reach 55 cm

Whitefish follows the schools through open water — here today, gone tomorrow.

stäm fish

typically ~16 cm · can reach 30 cm

The nutrient-rich water keeps stäm moving constantly between the feeding grounds.

Fishing Övre Lappängestjärnen

The species list of Övre Lappängestjärnen runs to 12. The predators — perch, pike and grayling — hunt where the baitfish gather, and on a water this size you soon learn where it holds its fish.

The fishing here follows the water's own rhythm: dawn and dusk have their windows, fronts close and open them, and the season moves the fish. No two sessions at Övre Lappängestjärnen are alike.

General rules of thumb for this kind of water

Brown, humic water dampens the light — fishing can be good even in the middle of the day.
Nutrient-rich lakes hold plenty of baitfish but often murky water.

The catch board

6 anglers · 12 catches

1Heike Wikströmburbot36 cm
2Stefan Korhonenwhitefish24 cm
3Magnus Johansengrayling23 cm
4Ole Nyströmhavsoring-baltic20 cm
5Erik Blomstäm13 cm
6Bjørn Boströmelritsa6 cm

Species records here

burbot36 cmHeike Wikström

whitefish24 cmStefan Korhonen

grayling23 cmMagnus Johansen

havsoring-baltic20 cmOle Nyström

stäm13 cmErik Blom

elritsa6 cmBjørn Boström

The same water, for real

This water's real catch reports — and the logbook for your own.Fångstrapport.sein Swedish

The real bite table for this water — for your next real session.Huggtabell.sein Swedish