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Fishing for atlantic salmon — practise in real Swedish lakes

atlantic salmon is documented in 698 Swedish lakes on provfiska. Open a lake below and the simulation starts with atlantic salmon as the target — fish the water as it is right now, or turn time, season and weather.

Typical length: 36–57 cm · max 90 cmMost common depth: 20-34.9 mBest months: May, Jun, Jul, AugDocumented in: 698 lakes (4 survey-fished)

Where in the depth column is atlantic salmon?

Share of the national survey catch per depth zone. The simulation uses the same distribution — fish the right depth and you hook more, and bigger.

<3 m17%
3-5.9 m8.3%
6-11.9 m19%
12-19.9 m19%
20-34.9 m22%
35-49.9 m14%

Which method takes atlantic salmon?

The simulation's technique selectivity — how readily the species takes a lure, a baited float or a vertical jig. The wrong method doesn't catch the wrong fish, just like in real life.

Spinning
Float
Jigging

Practise fishing for atlantic salmon in real lakes

Lakes with strong, quantified atlantic salmon populations in SLU's survey fishing. Open one and atlantic salmon is already the target in the simulation.

Want to know where the real fishing is best? Sweden's best waters for atlantic salmon are ranked free on Huggtabell.se.

See what people actually caught — real catches of atlantic salmon are on Fångstrapport.se.

Sources: SLU, SMHI, Lantmäteriet.