Svartsjön
southern humic brown tarn · 58°N
clarity 1.6 mmax depth 5 mpH 5.8oligotrophic · humicstatus moderategravel road
Character of the water
Svartsjön lies in the south — a southern humic brown tarn. 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 (5 m) — shallow bays, the odd reef and a deeper channel through the middle.
Permits & rules
Fishing permit required — Svartsjön FVOF. Day permit ~60 kr · annual permit ~300 kr.
- Pike: keep at most one over 75 cm per day.
- Trout & Arctic char: protected during the autumn spawn · catch-and-release on certain stretches.
- Handheld tackle only. Respect the protected zones at the inlets and outlets.
Species in Svartsjön
pike predatory fish
typically ~62 cm · can reach 120 cm
Pike hunts by feel more than sight in the stained water — short, hard strikes close to the bait.
trout salmonids
typically ~35 cm · can reach 70 cm
Trout hunts by feel more than sight in the stained water — short, hard strikes close to the bait.
regnbåge fish
typically ~35 cm · can reach 70 cm
In the murky light, regnbåge shadows the baitfish and hits in short rushes.
ruda fish
typically ~18 cm · can reach 42 cm
Ruda works the bottom in the dark — smell and feel come before everything else.
Fishing Svartsjön
The species list of Svartsjön runs to 4. The predators — pike and trout — hunt where the baitfish gather, and on a water this size you soon learn where it holds its fish.
The fishing here follows the water's own rhythm: dawn and dusk have their windows, fronts close and open them, and the season moves the fish. No two sessions at Svartsjön are alike.
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
- 1Johan Björkpike50 cm
- 2Hanna Åströmregnbåge30 cm
- 3Gustav Schmidttrout29 cm
- 4Jukka Sandströmtrout28 cm
- 5Heike Sjöbergruda16 cm
- 6Stefan Korhonenruda15 cm
Species records here
pike50 cmJohan Björk
regnbåge30 cmHanna Åström
trout28 cmJukka Sandström
ruda16 cmHeike Sjöberg
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