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Fishing for roach — practise in real Swedish lakes

roach is documented in 9459 Swedish lakes on provfiska. Open a lake below and the simulation starts with roach as the target — fish the water as it is right now, or turn time, season and weather.

Typical length: 12–19 cm · max 49 cmMost common depth: <3 mBest months: Apr, May, Jun, Sep, OctDocumented in: 9459 lakes (2484 survey-fished)

Where in the depth column is roach?

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 m31%
6-11.9 m5.4%
12-19.9 m<1%

Which method takes roach?

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
Jigging
Spinning

Practise fishing for roach in real lakes

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

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

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

Sources: SLU, SMHI, Lantmäteriet.