Lilla Sjö

southern humic brown forest lake · 56°N

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clarity 1.3 mmax depth 7 mpH 6.0mesotrophic · humicstatus unsatisfactorypaved road

Character of the water

Lilla Sjö lies in the south — a southern humic brown forest lake. 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 (7 m) — shallow bays, the odd reef and a deeper channel through the middle.

Permits & rules

Fishing permit required — Lilla Sjö 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 Lilla Sjö

perch predatory fish

typically ~10 cm · can reach 31 cm

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

björkna fish

typically ~21 cm · can reach 21 cm

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

bream coarse fish

typically ~21 cm · can reach 50 cm

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

pike predatory fish

typically ~43 cm · can reach 44 cm

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

ruffe perch family

typically ~12 cm · can reach 22 cm

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

roach coarse fish

typically ~13 cm · can reach 20 cm

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

sarv fish

typically ~14 cm · can reach 33 cm

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

sutare fish

typically ~40 cm · can reach 40 cm

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

Fishing Lilla Sjö

The species list of Lilla Sjö runs to 8. The predators — perch and pike — hunt where the baitfish gather, and on a water this size you soon learn where it holds its fish.

Every session at Lilla Sjö 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.

The catch board

6 anglers · 12 catches

1Gustav Viklundsutare32 cm
2Mats Erikssonsutare30 cm
3Elin Hedlundbream20 cm
4Magnus Fischerbjörkna17 cm
5Tomas Wikströmroach11 cm
6Astrid Nieminenperch8 cm

Species records here

sutare30 cmMats Eriksson

bream20 cmElin Hedlund

björkna17 cmMagnus Fischer

roach11 cmTomas Wikström

perch8 cmAstrid Nieminen

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