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Surkgölen

southern acidified brown forest lake · 56°N
Real lakereal shorelinesources & method
clarity 1.9 mmax depth 9 mpH 4.6oligotrophic · humicstatus unsatisfactorypaved road

Character of the water

Surkgölen 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 (9 m) — shallow bays, the odd reef and a deeper channel through the middle.

Permits & rules

Fishing permit required — Surkgölen FVOF. Day permit ~140 kr · annual permit ~700 kr.

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

Species in Surkgölen

Fishing Surkgölen

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

Whoever fishes Surkgölen 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.
  • 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