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Fyrhörningen

southern humic brown forest lake · 59°N
Real lakereal shorelinesources & method
clarity 1.3 mmax depth 8 mpH 5.5oligotrophic · humicstatus unsatisfactorypaved road

Character of the water

Fyrhörningen 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 (8 m) — shallow bays, the odd reef and a deeper channel through the middle.

Permits & rules

Fishing permit required — Fyrhörningen 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 Fyrhörningen

perch predatory fish
typically ~22 cm · can reach 45 cm
Perch grazes the rich water in schools — where there's one, there are more.
pike predatory fish
typically ~62 cm · can reach 120 cm
In the murky light, pike shadows the baitfish and hits in short rushes.

Fishing Fyrhörningen

The species list of Fyrhörningen runs to 2. The predators — perch and pike — hunt where the baitfish gather, and on a water this size you soon learn where it holds its fish.

Every session at Fyrhörningen 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
  1. 1Sabine Sjöbergpike73 cm
  2. 2Petra Olofssonpike53 cm
  3. 3Axel Boströmpike52 cm
  4. 4Kjell Hedlundpike50 cm
  5. 5Hanna Viklundperch19 cm
  6. 6Tomas Lindqvistperch18 cm
Species records here
pike73 cmSabine Sjöberg
perch19 cmHanna Viklund
The same water, for real