Lill-Jangen

acidified forest lake · 60°N

Real lakereal shorelinemeasured max depth 12 m7 species on recordsizes from survey fishingreal water chemistrysources & method →

clarity 3.5 mmax depth 12 mpH 5.3oligotrophicstatus unsatisfactoryno road · 50 min for the last stretch

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Character of the water

Lill-Jangen lies in central Sweden — a acidified forest lake. Acidification has thinned life down to the hardiest few.

The surroundings

The lake lies remote, ringed by forest and bog far from any road. Few find their way here — the water is untouched and the stock undisturbed.

Moderately deep (12 m) — shallow bays, the odd reef and a deeper channel through the middle.

Permits & rules

Fishing permit required — Lill-Jangen 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-Jangen

perch predatory fish

typically ~26 cm · can reach 40 cm

Perch moves carefully in the clear water — small mouthfuls, many of them.

ål fish

typically ~55 cm · can reach 110 cm

Ål holds the bottom even in clear water — shade and depth are its cover.

elritsa fish

typically ~7 cm · can reach 12 cm

Here elritsa lives on the small stuff — and rewards those who fish small and fine.

pike predatory fish

typically ~79 cm · can reach 79 cm

In the clear water pike picks its moments — wary, but relentless once committed.

ruffe perch family

typically ~11 cm · can reach 13 cm

Ruffe lives down in the cool — the deep is its home ground all year.

roach coarse fish

typically ~29 cm · can reach 29 cm

Roach moves carefully in the clear water — small mouthfuls, many of them.

trout salmonids

typically ~35 cm · can reach 70 cm

In the clear water trout picks its moments — wary, but relentless once committed.

Fishing Lill-Jangen

The species list of Lill-Jangen runs to 7. The predators — perch, pike and trout — hunt where the baitfish gather, and on a water this size you soon learn where it holds its fish.

Every session at Lill-Jangen 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

Acidified water yields few, hardy species.

The catch board

6 anglers · 12 catches

1Astrid Holmpike59 cm
2Johan Viklundål46 cm
3Mats Häggål45 cm
4Uwe Webertrout28 cm
5Stefan Brandtperch20 cm
6Fredrik Sundinelritsa6 cm

Species records here

pike59 cmAstrid Holm

ål45 cmMats Hägg

trout28 cmUwe Weber

perch20 cmStefan Brandt

elritsa6 cmFredrik Sundin

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