Kittelbäcken
salmon river · 68°N
flow 36 m³/sgradient 0.6% sea-runoligotrophic
Character of the water
Kittelbäcken 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 Kittelbäcken
trout
typically ~35 cm · can reach 70 cm
salmon
typically ~65 cm · can reach 130 cm
sea trout
typically ~45 cm · can reach 90 cm
The catch board
- 1Tomas Webersalmon56 cm
- 2Petra Eksalmon54 cm
- 3Andreas Häggsea trout44 cm
- 4Wolfgang Lindqvistsea trout40 cm
- 5Rickard Åbergtrout28 cm
- 6Astrid Viklundtrout28 cm
Species records here
salmon56 cmTomas Weber
sea trout40 cmWolfgang Lindqvist
trout28 cmAstrid Viklund
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