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Ledusjön

northern humic brown tarn · 64°N
Real lakereal shoreline8 species on recordsources & method
clarity 0.9 mmax depth 5 mpH 5.7oligotrophic · humicstatus unsatisfactorypaved road

Character of the water

Ledusjön lies in the cold north — a northern humic brown tarn. 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 (5 m) — shallow bays, the odd reef and a deeper channel through the middle.

Permits & rules

Fishing permit required — Ledusjön FVOF. Day permit ~60 kr · annual permit ~300 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 Ledusjön

perch predatory fish
typically ~22 cm · can reach 45 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.
pike predatory fish
typically ~62 cm · can reach 120 cm
In the murky light, pike shadows the baitfish and hits in short rushes.
havsoring-baltic fish
typically ~25 cm · can reach 50 cm
Havsoring-baltic grazes the rich water in schools — where there's one, there are more.
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 ~18 cm · can reach 32 cm
Roach grazes the rich water in schools — where there's one, there are more.
trout salmonids
typically ~35 cm · can reach 70 cm
In the murky light, trout shadows the baitfish and hits in short rushes.
vendace whitefish
typically ~16 cm · can reach 28 cm
Vendace roams the open water after the feed — a moving target.

Fishing Ledusjön

The species list of Ledusjön runs to 8. 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.

Whoever fishes Ledusjön regularly builds something of their own: a log of what took, where and when. That's how the water gives up its patterns — cast by cast, never all at once.

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. 1Karl Bergpike55 cm
  2. 2Emil Wagnerburbot38 cm
  3. 3Wolfgang Krügerburbot36 cm
  4. 4Eva Nyströmtrout28 cm
  5. 5Bjørn Boströmhavsoring-baltic21 cm
  6. 6Mikael Petterssonvendace13 cm
Species records here
pike55 cmKarl Berg
burbot36 cmWolfgang Krüger
trout28 cmEva Nyström
havsoring-baltic21 cmBjørn Boström
vendace13 cmMikael Pettersson
The same water, for real