Lången

southern humic brown forest lake · 57°N

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clarity 1.2 mmax depth 18 mpH 6.3mesotrophic · humicstatus moderategravel road

Character of the water

Lången 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 6 m and splits the lake into two worlds.

The surroundings

The lake lies half-remote, a fair way from the nearest road, tucked into woodland.

A small but surprisingly deep pocket (18 m) with steep drops straight down from shore — the bottom falls away fast.

Permits & rules

Fishing permit required — Lången 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 Lången

perch predatory fish

typically ~14 cm · can reach 40 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.

bream coarse fish

typically ~41 cm · can reach 49 cm

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

pike predatory fish

typically ~45 cm · can reach 72 cm

In the murky light, pike shadows the baitfish and hits in short rushes.

ruffe perch family

typically ~8 cm · can reach 17 cm

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

burbot bottom fish

typically ~45 cm · can reach 90 cm

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

roach coarse fish

typically ~20 cm · can reach 29 cm

Roach grazes the rich water in schools — where there's one, there are more.

ruda fish

typically ~18 cm · can reach 42 cm

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

sutare fish

typically ~35 cm · can reach 60 cm

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

Fishing Lången

The species list of Lången runs to 9. The predators — perch, pike and burbot — hunt where the baitfish gather, and on a water this size you soon learn where it holds its fish.

Every session at Lången 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.
In deep, oxygenated lakes the predators seek cool depth in summer, shallower in spring and autumn.

The catch board

6 anglers · 12 catches

1Heike Sundinål51 cm
2Fredrik Erikssonburbot41 cm
3Erik Blompike36 cm
4Bjørn Ekpike35 cm
5Axel Raskperch12 cm
6Johan Viklundruffe6 cm

Species records here

ål51 cmHeike Sundin

burbot41 cmFredrik Eriksson

pike35 cmBjørn Ek

perch12 cmAxel Rask

ruffe6 cmJohan Viklund

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