Tandsjön
mesotrophic lake · 62°N
Real lakereal shorelinemeasured max depth 25 m4 species on recordsizes from survey fishingsources & method →
clarity 3.8 mmax depth 25 mpH 7.0mesotrophicstatus goodgravel road
Character of the water
Tandsjön lies in central Sweden — a mesotrophic lake.
The surroundings
The lake lies half-remote, a fair way from the nearest road, tucked into woodland.
Large and deep (25 m): a central basin ringed by drop-offs and shallow bays around the edges — varied bottom with many spots to read.
Permits & rules
Fishing permit required — Tandsjön FVOF. Day permit ~140 kr · annual permit ~700 kr.
- Handheld tackle only. Respect the protected zones at the inlets and outlets.
Species in Tandsjön
perch predatory fish
typically ~18 cm · can reach 25 cm
Here perch lives on the small stuff — and rewards those who fish small and fine.
elritsa fish
typically ~8 cm · can reach 8 cm
Elritsa moves carefully in the clear water — small mouthfuls, many of them.
whitefish whitefish
typically ~27 cm · can reach 54 cm
Whitefish cruises the open water — the depth it picks follows the light through the day.
vendace whitefish
typically ~12 cm · can reach 18 cm
Vendace holds in the open water column where light and temperature set the day.
Fishing Tandsjön
Tandsjön holds 4 species, with perch at the top of the chain and elritsa, whitefish and vendace schooling beneath them. The depth gives the water two storeys — and the fish move between them with the season.
Whoever fishes Tandsjön 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
- In deep, oxygenated lakes the predators seek cool depth in summer, shallower in spring and autumn.
The catch board
- 1Rickard Norénwhitefish24 cm
- 2Tomas Brandtwhitefish23 cm
- 3Erik Sjöbergvendace10 cm
- 4Klaus Strandelritsa7 cm
- 5Linnea Nieminenelritsa6 cm
- 6Jürgen Nilssonelritsa6 cm
Species records here
whitefish23 cmTomas Brandt
vendace10 cmErik Sjöberg
elritsa6 cmLinnea Nieminen
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