Grängen
clear oligotrophic forest lake · 60°N
Real lakereal shorelinemeasured max depth 13 m6 species on recordsizes from survey fishingreal water chemistrysources & method →
clarity 1.6 mmax depth 13 mpH 6.3oligotrophicstatus goodpaved road
Character of the water
Grängen lies in central Sweden — a clear oligotrophic forest lake.
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 (13 m) — shallow bays, the odd reef and a deeper channel through the middle.
Permits & rules
Fishing permit required — Grängen FVOF. Day permit ~140 kr · annual permit ~700 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 Grängen
perch predatory fish
typically ~17 cm · can reach 26 cm
Perch moves carefully in the clear water — small mouthfuls, many of them.
bream coarse fish
typically ~30 cm · can reach 40 cm
Bream lives down in the cool — the deep is its home ground all year.
pike predatory fish
typically ~25 cm · can reach 32 cm
In the clear water pike picks its moments — wary, but relentless once committed.
ruffe perch family
typically ~7 cm · can reach 10 cm
Ruffe lives down in the cool — the deep is its home ground all year.
roach coarse fish
typically ~22 cm · can reach 27 cm
Roach moves carefully in the clear water — small mouthfuls, many of them.
sarv fish
typically ~23 cm · can reach 37 cm
Here sarv lives on the small stuff — and rewards those who fish small and fine.
Fishing Grängen
The species list of Grängen runs to 6. The predators — perch and pike — 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 Grängen are alike.
The catch board
- 1Stefan Karlssonbream24 cm
- 2Nils Nieminenbream23 cm
- 3Fredrik Erikssonbream23 cm
- 4Uwe Sundinsarv20 cm
- 5Sabine Krügersarv19 cm
- 6Torbjörn Schmidtperch13 cm
Species records here
bream24 cmStefan Karlsson
sarv20 cmUwe Sundin
perch13 cmTorbjörn Schmidt
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