Species · Freshwater und Brackish water
Pike
Esox lucius · Gädda · Northern pike
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About pike
Pike (Esox lucius) is a fish that lives in freshwater und brackish water in Sweden. Here you will find Swedish records, leaderboards, the rules that apply per county, and where the species is caught most.
Swedish record on Fångstrapport.se
112 cm
by Roslagens pikehunt
Strömaren
October 5, 2025
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Learn to fish for pike
- MethodJiggingActive fishing with a soft plastic on a jighead — the dominant method for perch and zander in Sweden today, and a strong pike method whenever the fish are deep or want a slow presentation.
- MethodSpinningSweden's most popular way to fish. Cast, retrieve, catch — it works in lakes, in rivers and along the sea coast, all year round.
- GuideFishing from the shoreThe simplest way into angling. No boat costs, no advanced techniques — just you, a rod and a shoreline. Where, when and how.
- GuidePike fishing in VänernSweden's largest lake is pike heaven — reed beds, bays, skerries and vast expanses of clear water. Everything about the season, the lures and the best areas.
- GuideTrolling — the basicsEverything worth knowing before your first trolling trip: tackle that is enough, how to hold the right depth, what the sounder is telling you, and the mistakes beginners make.