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Roms Vatten

southern humic brown forest lake · 59°N
Real lakereal shorelinemeasured max depth 12 m4 species on recordsizes from survey fishingsources & method
clarity 1.9 mmax depth 12 mpH 5.8mesotrophic · humicstatus moderategravel road

Character of the water

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

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

Permits & rules

Fishing permit required — Roms Vatten 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 Roms Vatten

perch predatory fish
typically ~24 cm · can reach 39 cm
Perch grazes the rich water in schools — where there's one, there are more.
ål fish
typically ~55 cm · can reach 110 cm
Ål works the bottom in the dark — smell and feel come before everything else.
pike predatory fish
typically ~62 cm · can reach 120 cm
In the murky light, pike shadows the baitfish and hits in short rushes.
roach coarse fish
typically ~22 cm · can reach 32 cm
Roach grazes the rich water in schools — where there's one, there are more.

Fishing Roms Vatten

Roms Vatten holds 4 species, with perch and pike at the top of the chain and ål and roach schooling beneath them. The modest depth keeps most of the fishing within reach of the bank.

Whoever fishes Roms Vatten regularly builds something of their own: a log of what took, where and when. That's how the water gives up its patterns — cast by cast, never all at once.

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
  1. 1Klaus Olofssonål49 cm
  2. 2Karin Schmidtål47 cm
  3. 3Lars Weberperch19 cm
  4. 4Wolfgang Krügerperch19 cm
  5. 5Anna Nyströmroach18 cm
  6. 6Karl Månssonroach18 cm
Species records here
ål49 cmKlaus Olofsson
perch19 cmWolfgang Krüger
roach18 cmAnna Nyström
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