Sweden

[Swedish_Carper]

Hey!

 

My name's Patric I'm 23 years old and from southern Sweden. I love everything that has to do with getting a fish to get on a hook. I've fished for most freshwater species in all kinds of waters over our whole country. I've also been carping in Bulgaria and Portugal and been to Thailand and felt the incredible power of the amazing species that are represted there.

 

But it's my hometown and the local waters that I love the most. They are many, natural and almonst no one fish them. I know great lakes and streams for carp, bream, silver bream, roach, ide, tench, chub, pike, perch, zander and more. I know waters that has the big ones and waters that has good quantity. And the nature around here is incredible.

 

But my purpose with this post was not to brag about how great the waters around here are

 

I want to know what you know about Sweden and the fishing over here!

 

Could you consider traveling to Sweden sometime in the future?

What kind of fishing do you think would appeal most british angler? What species? Big ones or many?

 

How big is big in Britain?

Some examples of weights for some species in my area of Sweden:

Roach max. ~3 common up to ~2 (my biggest 2,2)

Carp max ~40 common up to ~30 (my biggest 34,6)

Bream max ~11 common up to ~9 (my biggest 8,2)

Tench max ~9 common up to ~7 (my biggest 7)

Ide max ~7,5 common up to ~6,5 (my biggest 6,8)

Silver bream max ~2,5 common up to ~2 (my biggest 2)

 

The reson that I wrote this post is that fishing is my life and I would like to have it as my job. I then tought "who would be interested in the kind of fishing that I know and can offer". Then I wrote here

 

So what do you think? Could it possibly work? How should I do to reach out? What do YOU think would be a good strategy?

What would you want to experience if you went over here?

 

I'm really greatful if as many as possible would share their toughts!

 

(I hope you will have indulgence with misspellings and crazy built sentences )

 

// Patric Skoog, Sweden

[Vagabond]

Hi Patric

 

Good to hear from you. and welcome to AnglersNet.

 

Those weights - are they in pounds ? (believable) or kilos ? (in which case a lot of us will be on the next boat)

 

I have made one trip to Scandinavia, back in 1988, and saw enough good waters and good fishing to make me want to return, but have not yet got round to it.

 

The sort of information that would be useful concerns the logistics of fishing. ie

Do you need a fishing licence ? 1. For freshwater ? 2. For game fish (salmonids) ? 3. For sea fishing ?

 

How easy is it to get a licence ? In other countries that varies from filling in a form in the USA (15 minutes) to a whole day's work in Spain (going to fisheries office, then to a bank, then back to the fisheries office, all in town centres with no parking spaces) - and in some countries you even have to pass an examination in their fishing and game laws!

 

Access to water - how much is privately owned, and how much is open to the public ?

 

For myself, I would be most interested in fishing for houting (Baltic herring) and burbot, both of which have been extirpated from the UK, and also for whitefish, ide and zander, but most British anglers might prefer the other fish that you list.

 

In which part of Sweden do you fish yourself ?

[Swedish_Carper]

Hi Patric

 

Good to hear from you. and welcome to AnglersNet.

 

Those weights - are they in pounds ? (believable) or kilos ? (in which case a lot of us will be on the next boat)

 

I have made one trip to Scandinavia, back in 1988, and saw enough good waters and good fishing to make me want to return, but have not yet got round to it.

 

The sort of information that would be useful concerns the logistics of fishing. ie

Do you need a fishing licence ? 1. For freshwater ? 2. For game fish (salmonids) ? 3. For sea fishing ?

 

How easy is it to get a licence ? In other countries that varies from filling in a form in the USA (15 minutes) to a whole day's work in Spain (going to fisheries office, then to a bank, then back to the fisheries office, all in town centres with no parking spaces) - and in some countries you even have to pass an examination in their fishing and game laws!

 

Access to water - how much is privately owned, and how much is open to the public ?

 

For myself, I would be most interested in fishing for houting (Baltic herring) and burbot, both of which have been extirpated from the UK, and also for whitefish, ide and zander, but most British anglers might prefer the other fish that you list.

 

In which part of Sweden do you fish yourself ?

 

Thanks for the answer!

 

Sorry, the weights are in pounds I don't think it is the size of the fish that is the most spectacular about our county, it's the nature and the atmosphere

 

You don't need a licenc for fishing the sea and the five biggest lakes (Vänern, Vättern, Mälaren, Hjälmaren and Storsjön). For most other waters you need to buy a licence and it's not very complicated. The licence for a lake or a group of lakes is often sold by the local shops or by persons that live near the lake. The procedure: Name and address --> Money, usually 20-70 sek (£ 2-6) ---> Done Takes around 5 min.

 

Some waters don't have licence and you then have to talk to the owner (often the same person who owns the land around it). Often it's ok and you can fish for free.

 

In Sweden we have "the right of common access". Which means that you are free to walk and camp where ever you want, as long as it's not in someones backyard

 

I mostely fish in the area called "Västra Götaland" on the southern side of Lake Vänern. From Gothenburg up to Karlstad.

 

Burbot is a common species in Vänern and lakes and rivers that are connected with it. I cought my biggest burbot (9,37 pounds) from the ice in one of the lakes that got close connection with Vänern. Fish over 10 pounds are quite common and fish over 15 pounds have been cought

 

// Patric

[Dales]

When fishing abroad I tend to want to catch species that I do not have access to at home regardless of size, but I would have thought that the predator angling that Swedan has to offer may well appeal to more UK anglers.

[Swedish_Carper]

When fishing abroad I tend to want to catch species that I do not have access to at home regardless of size, but I would have thought that the predator angling that Swedan has to offer may well appeal to more UK anglers.

 

Thanks for the post!

 

If you went over here for the predators, which species would you want to target? What do you think would be most appealing, great size or quantity?

 

The predator-fishing in my area is good in both size and quantity. About 100m from my doorstep I have the river "Göta älv" where my pike-enthusiastic friends catch pike around 25 pounds every year Lakes with good quantity of pike are many. Väners is great for quantity-fishing for perch (0,6 - 1,5 pounds) and some small lakes in the woods holds bigger perch (3,5+ pounds). Zander is possible to catch in very large numbers on vertical jigging in some lakes and big ones also exist

[Vagabond]

Thanks for a very informative reply. Fishing Sweden sounds very straightforward. Will certainly put it high on my list of places to visit.

[chesters1]

sweden sounds great not only the fish but its inhabitants sound great ,does that mean floods of spares for my volvo 240 will magically appear on my doorstep?

Edited January 25, 2011 by chesters1

[Swedish_Carper]

Thanks for a very informative reply. Fishing Sweden sounds very straightforward. Will certainly put it high on my list of places to visit.

 

Just contact me and my future business and I will take you on some unforgettable fishing!

 

 

 

chesters1:

Volvo is chinese now a days Trollhättan is the hometown of SAAB!

[Dick Dastardly]

Well I remember a friend who moved to Sweden caught a few really big crucian carp! But I don't think you have any thing in sizes we don't have here to really pull the big fish angler.The piking can be good but the 40's ain't climbing up the rod like some writers would have us believe!

 

Like Dales said I should think fishing for species we don't have here (like Burbot) would create some interest.

 

I also believe that there are several venues where Roach of a high average size can be caught in numbers (I used to write for a Swedish website that's now gone) That to would be worth travelling for.

 

The big thing though is fishing good looking venues that are not crowded along with the holiday aspect of being abroad and different culture (but not to different!).

 

As an ex guide I can tell you that one of the biggest reasons that travelling Brit anglers use a guiding service is simply to get a pointer to venues and all the administration (travel arrangements,accommodation,food,fishing licence,bait etc) done for them.Most resent being shown how to fish.

[SpecimenSean]

Predator fishing in the Swedish wilderness? Sign me up!