Kvarnälven
salmon river · 62°N
flow 51 m³/sgradient 0.6% sea-runoligotrophic
Character of the water
Kvarnälven 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 Kvarnälven
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
The catch board
- 1Oskar Norénsalmon55 cm
- 2Gustav Blomsea trout51 cm
- 3Petra Brandtsea trout36 cm
- 4Mikael Korhonentrout31 cm
- 5Per Nieminentrout28 cm
- 6Torbjörn Schmidtgrayling24 cm
Species records here
salmon55 cmOskar Norén
sea trout51 cmGustav Blom
trout28 cmPer Nieminen
grayling24 cmTorbjörn Schmidt
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