Lill-Roten

humic brown forest lake · 63°N

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clarity 1.7 mmax depth 17 mpH 5.8mesotrophic · humicstatus moderategravel road

Character of the water

Lill-Roten lies in central Sweden — a humic brown forest lake. The tea-stained, humic water hides the bottom within an arm's length.

The surroundings

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

A small but surprisingly deep pocket (17 m) with steep drops straight down from shore — the bottom falls away fast.

Permits & rules

Fishing permit required — Lill-Roten 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 Lill-Roten

perch predatory fish

typically ~18 cm · can reach 43 cm

The nutrient-rich water keeps perch moving constantly between the feeding grounds.

pike predatory fish

typically ~49 cm · can reach 76 cm

Pike hunts by feel more than sight in the stained water — short, hard strikes close to the bait.

ruffe perch family

typically ~11 cm · can reach 16 cm

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

burbot bottom fish

typically ~56 cm · can reach 56 cm

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

roach coarse fish

typically ~21 cm · can reach 27 cm

The nutrient-rich water keeps roach moving constantly between the feeding grounds.

nors fish

typically ~10 cm · can reach 11 cm

Nors follows the schools through open water — here today, gone tomorrow.

Fishing Lill-Roten

Lill-Roten holds 6 species, with perch, pike and burbot at the top of the chain and ruffe, roach and nors schooling beneath them. The depth gives the water two storeys — and the fish move between them with the season.

Every session at Lill-Roten 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

1Emil Nyströmpike40 cm
2Lars Holmperch17 cm
3Rickard Viklundroach16 cm
4Heike Häggruffe9 cm
5Lars Boströmnors8 cm
6Mats Krügernors8 cm

Species records here

pike40 cmEmil Nyström

perch17 cmLars Holm

roach16 cmRickard Viklund

ruffe9 cmHeike Hägg

nors8 cmMats Krüger

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