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Södra Fyllen

southern humic brown forest lake · 57°N
Real lakereal shorelinemeasured max depth 13 mreal water chemistrysources & method
clarity 4.8 mmax depth 13 mpH 6.0mesotrophic · humicstatus goodpaved road

Character of the water

Södra Fyllen 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.

A small but surprisingly deep pocket (13 m) with steep drops straight down from shore — the bottom falls away fast.

Permits & rules

Fishing permit required — Södra Fyllen 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 Södra Fyllen

perch predatory fish
typically ~22 cm · can reach 45 cm
Perch grazes the rich water in schools — where there's one, there are more.
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 ~18 cm · can reach 32 cm
Roach grazes the rich water in schools — where there's one, there are more.
burbot bottom fish
typically ~45 cm · can reach 90 cm
Burbot works the bottom in the dark — smell and feel come before everything else.

Fishing Södra Fyllen

The species list of Södra Fyllen runs to 4. The predators — perch, pike and burbot — hunt where the baitfish gather, and on a water this size you soon learn where it holds its fish.

Every session at Södra Fyllen 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
  1. 1Kjell Vogelpike55 cm
  2. 2Wolfgang Brandtpike54 cm
  3. 3Mats Nieminenburbot42 cm
  4. 4Andreas Johansenroach14 cm
  5. 5Anna Nieminenroach14 cm
  6. 6Anna Häggroach14 cm
Species records here
pike54 cmWolfgang Brandt
burbot42 cmMats Nieminen
roach14 cmAnna Nieminen
The same water, for real