Lill-Hemlingen
Character of the water
Lill-Hemlingen lies in the cold north — a northern humic brown forest lake. The water is crystal-clear and the fish skittish in the sharp light.
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 (7 m) — shallow bays, the odd reef and a deeper channel through the middle.
Permits & rules
Fishing permit required — Lill-Hemlingen FVOF. Day permit ~100 kr · annual permit ~500 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 Lill-Hemlingen
Fishing Lill-Hemlingen
Lill-Hemlingen holds 11 species, with perch, pike and grayling at the top of the chain and bream, roach and regnbåge schooling beneath them. The modest depth keeps most of the fishing within reach of the bank.
Every session at Lill-Hemlingen 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
- Clear water makes fish light-shy — dawn, dusk and night are usually best.
The catch board
- 1Heike Dahlburbot39 cm
- 2Maria Webertrout30 cm
- 3Mikael Petterssonregnbåge29 cm
- 4Karin Schmidtregnbåge29 cm
- 5Per Nieminengrayling26 cm
- 6Jonas Krügerwhitefish25 cm