Fishing for european smelt — practise in real Swedish lakes
european smelt is documented in 1339 Swedish lakes on provfiska. Open a lake below and the simulation starts with european smelt as the target — fish the water as it is right now, or turn time, season and weather.
Where in the depth column is european smelt?
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.
Which method takes european smelt?
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.
Practise fishing for european smelt in real lakes
Lakes with strong, quantified european smelt populations in SLU's survey fishing. Open one and european smelt is already the target in the simulation.
Want to know where the real fishing is best? Sweden's best waters for european smelt are ranked free on Huggtabell.se.
See what people actually caught — real catches of european smelt are on Fångstrapport.se.
Sources: SLU, SMHI, Lantmäteriet.