Flaten

southern humic brown forest lake · 57°N

Real lakereal shorelinemeasured max depth 9 m10 species on recordsizes from survey fishingreal water chemistrysources & method →

clarity 1.9 mmax depth 9 mpH 6.0mesotrophic · humicstatus goodpaved road

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Character of the water

Flaten lies in the south — a southern humic brown forest lake. The tea-stained, humic water hides the bottom within an arm's length. In summer a thermocline settles around 2 m and splits the lake into two worlds.

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

Permits & rules

Fishing permit required — Flaten FVOF. Day permit ~100 kr · annual permit ~500 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 Flaten

perch predatory fish

typically ~20 cm · can reach 44 cm

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

ål fish

typically ~55 cm · can reach 110 cm

Down on the bottom ål sifts the soft ground — patience beats speed here.

bream coarse fish

typically ~22 cm · can reach 44 cm

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

pike predatory fish

typically ~61 cm · can reach 82 cm

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

ruffe perch family

typically ~7 cm · can reach 13 cm

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

burbot bottom fish

typically ~56 cm · can reach 56 cm

Down on the bottom burbot sifts the soft ground — patience beats speed here.

roach coarse fish

typically ~13 cm · can reach 35 cm

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

trout salmonids

typically ~35 cm · can reach 70 cm

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

vendace whitefish

typically ~15 cm · can reach 21 cm

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

sutare fish

typically ~47 cm · can reach 53 cm

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

Fishing Flaten

Flaten holds 10 species, with perch, pike and burbot at the top of the chain and ål, bream and ruffe schooling beneath them. The modest depth keeps most of the fishing within reach of the bank.

Every session at Flaten is fished in whatever conditions hold right then — the same pressure, wind and light as over the real water. What bites today isn't what bit the day before, and those who return learn the water for real.

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

1Heike Brandtål52 cm
2Anna Nyströmsutare38 cm
3Gustav Viklundperch23 cm
4Elin Viklundvendace14 cm
5Stefan Åströmvendace11 cm
6Karin Johansenruffe6 cm

Species records here

ål52 cmHeike Brandt

sutare38 cmAnna Nyström

perch23 cmGustav Viklund

vendace11 cmStefan Åström

ruffe6 cmKarin Johansen

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