Gräsandbäcken
salmon river · 65°N
flow 30 m³/sgradient 0.4% sea-runoligotrophic
Character of the water
Gräsandbäcken is a salmon river. The water flows — fish hold behind rocks, in current seams and pools, letting the food drift to them. On high water the fish run upstream; on low water they sit tight in the deeper runs.
Permits & rules
- 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 Gräsandbäcken
trout
typically ~35 cm · can reach 70 cm
grayling
typically ~30 cm · can reach 50 cm
salmon
typically ~65 cm · can reach 130 cm
sea trout
typically ~45 cm · can reach 90 cm
perch
typically ~22 cm · can reach 45 cm
pike
typically ~62 cm · can reach 120 cm
The catch board
- 1Ole Forsbergsalmon60 cm
- 2Heike Holmsalmon52 cm
- 3Heike Fischertrout35 cm
- 4Lars Forsberggrayling24 cm
- 5Stefan Korhonengrayling24 cm
- 6Elin Nieminenperch22 cm
Species records here
salmon52 cmHeike Holm
trout35 cmHeike Fischer
grayling24 cmStefan Korhonen
perch22 cmElin Nieminen
The same water, for real
