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Fishing for european chub — practise in real Swedish lakes

european chub is documented in 87 Swedish lakes on provfiska. Open a lake below and the simulation starts with european chub as the target — fish the water as it is right now, or turn time, season and weather.

Typical length: 29–35 cm · max 37 cmMost common depth: <3 mBest months: May, Jun, Jul, AugDocumented in: 87 lakes (5 survey-fished)

Where in the depth column is european chub?

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 m63%
3-5.9 m38%

Which method takes european chub?

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.

Float
Spinning
Jigging

Practise fishing for european chub in real lakes

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

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

See what people actually caught — real catches of european chub are on Fångstrapport.se.

Sources: SLU, SMHI, Lantmäteriet.