Sönnare Bålerudstjä

Character of the water

Sönnare Bålerudstjä lies in central Sweden — a humic brown tarn. The tea-stained, humic water hides the bottom within an arm's length. In summer a thermocline settles around 8 m and splits the lake into two worlds.

The surroundings

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

Moderately deep (5 m) — shallow bays, the odd reef and a deeper channel through the middle.

Permits & rules

Fishing permit required — Sönnare Bålerudstjä 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.

Fishing Sönnare Bålerudstjä

Sönnare Bålerudstjä holds 5 species, with perch and pike at the top of the chain and ål, löja and roach schooling beneath them. The modest depth keeps most of the fishing within reach of the bank.

Whoever fishes Sönnare Bålerudstjä 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.