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SPECIES · Perca fluviatilis

Fishing for european perch — practise in real Swedish lakes

european perch is documented in 12949 Swedish lakes on provfiska. Open a lake below and the simulation starts with european perch as the target — fish the water as it is right now, or turn time, season and weather.

Typical length: 11–20 cm · max 52 cmMost common depth: <3 mBest months: Jun, Jul, Aug, SepDocumented in: 12949 lakes (3124 survey-fished)

Where in the depth column is european perch?

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 m52%
3-5.9 m36%
6-11.9 m9.9%
12-19.9 m1.7%
20-34.9 m<1%

Which method takes european perch?

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.

Jigging
Spinning
Float

Practise fishing for european perch in real lakes

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

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

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

Sources: SLU, SMHI, Lantmäteriet.