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Digeshultasjön

southern humic brown forest lake · 57°N
Real lakereal shorelinemeasured max depth 10 m3 species on recordsizes from survey fishingreal water chemistrysources & method
clarity 2.4 mmax depth 10 mpH 5.6mesotrophic · humicstatus moderatepaved road

Character of the water

Digeshultasjön lies in the south — a southern humic brown forest lake. The tea-stained, humic water hides the bottom within an arm's length.

The surroundings

The lake sits close to town with a road right up to it — easy to reach, but hard-fished and exposed to nutrient runoff from the buildings and fields all around.

Moderately deep (10 m) — shallow bays, the odd reef and a deeper channel through the middle.

Permits & rules

Fishing permit required — Digeshultasjön FVOF. Day permit ~60 kr · annual permit ~300 kr.

  • Pike: keep at most one over 75 cm per day.
  • Handheld tackle only. Respect the protected zones at the inlets and outlets.

Species in Digeshultasjön

perch predatory fish
typically ~16 cm · can reach 32 cm
Perch grazes the rich water in schools — where there's one, there are more.
ål fish
typically ~55 cm · can reach 110 cm
Ål works the bottom in the dark — smell and feel come before everything else.
pike predatory fish
typically ~56 cm · can reach 56 cm
In the murky light, pike shadows the baitfish and hits in short rushes.

Fishing Digeshultasjön

The species list of Digeshultasjön runs to 3. The predators — perch and pike — hunt where the baitfish gather, and on a water this size you soon learn where it holds its fish.

Whoever fishes Digeshultasjön regularly builds something of their own: a log of what took, where and when. That's how the water gives up its patterns — cast by cast, never all at once.

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.

The catch board

6 anglers · 12 catches
  1. 1Magnus Lehmannpike51 cm
  2. 2Fredrik Boströmål49 cm
  3. 3Wolfgang Lindqvistål48 cm
  4. 4Axel Lehmannål47 cm
  5. 5Lars Lindqvistpike44 cm
  6. 6Mats Häggpike43 cm
Species records here
ål49 cmFredrik Boström
pike44 cmLars Lindqvist
The same water, for real