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Nässjön

southern acidified brown forest lake · 57°N
Real lakereal shorelinemeasured max depth 5 m2 species on recordsizes from survey fishingreal water chemistrysources & method
clarity 4.4 mmax depth 5 mpH 5.4mesotrophic · humicstatus unsatisfactorypaved road

Character of the water

Nässjön lies in the south — a southern acidified brown forest lake. The tea-stained, humic water hides the bottom within an arm's length. Acidification has thinned life down to the hardiest few.

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 — Nässjön FVOF. Day permit ~140 kr · annual permit ~700 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 Nässjön

perch predatory fish
typically ~25 cm · can reach 32 cm
Perch grazes the rich water in schools — where there's one, there are more.
pike predatory fish
typically ~30 cm · can reach 47 cm
In the murky light, pike shadows the baitfish and hits in short rushes.

Fishing Nässjön

Nässjön holds 2 species, with perch and pike at the top of the chain. The modest depth keeps most of the fishing within reach of the bank.

Every session at Nässjön 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.
  • Acidified water yields few, hardy species.

The catch board

6 anglers · 12 catches
  1. 1Jonas Häggpike25 cm
  2. 2Emil Brandtpike24 cm
  3. 3Kjell Björkpike24 cm
  4. 4Linnea Korhonenpike23 cm
  5. 5Torbjörn Petterssonperch21 cm
  6. 6Sabine Sjöbergperch19 cm
Species records here
pike24 cmKjell Björk
perch21 cmTorbjörn Pettersson
The same water, for real