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Stenstjärnet

acidified brown forest lake · 59°N
Real lakereal shorelinesources & method
clarity 1.6 mmax depth 4 mpH 4.6oligotrophic · humicstatus unsatisfactorypaved road

Character of the water

Stenstjärnet lies in central Sweden — a 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.

Shallow throughout (max 4 m), with reeds and vegetation over large areas — water that warms fast in spring.

Permits & rules

Fishing permit required — Stenstjärnet FVOF. Day permit ~100 kr · annual permit ~500 kr.

  • Handheld tackle only. Respect the protected zones at the inlets and outlets.

Species in Stenstjärnet

Fishing Stenstjärnet

The species list of Stenstjärnet runs to 0. dominate here, and on a water this size you soon learn where it holds its fish.

Every session at Stenstjärnet 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

No one's fished here yet — be the first on the board.

The same water, for real