Uppämten
humic brown forest lake · 60°N
Real lakereal shorelinemeasured max depth 7 m4 species on recordsizes from survey fishingreal water chemistrysources & method →
clarity 1.2 mmax depth 7 mpH 6.3oligotrophic · humicstatus moderategravel road
Character of the water
Uppämten lies in central Sweden — a humic brown forest lake. 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 (7 m) — shallow bays, the odd reef and a deeper channel through the middle.
Permits & rules
Fishing permit required — Uppämten FVOF. Day permit ~100 kr · annual permit ~500 kr.
- Pike: keep at most one over 75 cm per day.
- Handheld tackle only. Respect the protected zones at the inlets and outlets.
Species in Uppämten
perch predatory fish
typically ~14 cm · can reach 44 cm
The nutrient-rich water keeps perch moving constantly between the feeding grounds.
pike predatory fish
typically ~40 cm · can reach 54 cm
Pike hunts by feel more than sight in the stained water — short, hard strikes close to the bait.
ruffe perch family
typically ~10 cm · can reach 13 cm
Ruffe works the bottom in the dark — smell and feel come before everything else.
roach coarse fish
typically ~13 cm · can reach 27 cm
The nutrient-rich water keeps roach moving constantly between the feeding grounds.
Fishing Uppämten
The species list of Uppämten runs to 4. The predators — perch and pike — hunt where the baitfish gather, and on a water this size you soon learn where it holds its fish.
Whoever fishes Uppämten 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.
The catch board
- 1Eva Nyströmpike33 cm
- 2Petra Olofssonpike31 cm
- 3Mats Bergperch12 cm
- 4Petra Ekruffe7 cm
- 5Wolfgang Åbergruffe7 cm
- 6Oskar Hedlundruffe7 cm
Species records here
pike33 cmEva Nyström
perch12 cmMats Berg
ruffe7 cmOskar Hedlund
The same water, for real
