Kallsjötjärnen
Character of the water
Kallsjötjärnen lies in central Sweden — a nutrient-rich lowland lake. In summer a thermocline settles around 8 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.
A small but surprisingly deep pocket (13 m) with steep drops straight down from shore — the bottom falls away fast.
Permits & rules
Fishing permit required — Kallsjötjärnen FVOF. Day permit ~100 kr · annual permit ~500 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 Kallsjötjärnen
Fishing Kallsjötjärnen
perch, pike and burbot sit at the top of the food chain in Kallsjötjärnen, carried by roach, bream and ruffe. The nutrient-rich water means plenty of baitfish — and predators that grow fat on them.
Every session at Kallsjötjärnen 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
- Stratified, oxygen-poor lakes push the fish up above the thermocline in summer.
- Nutrient-rich lakes hold plenty of baitfish but often murky water.
The catch board
- 1Jonas Häggbream30 cm
- 2Emil Wagnerperch18 cm
- 3Torbjörn Häggperch18 cm
- 4Jürgen Åströmperch18 cm
- 5Tomas Brandtroach16 cm
- 6Erik Sjöbergruffe11 cm