Species · Freshwater, Brackish water und Saltwater
Salmon
Salmo salar · Lax · Atlantic salmon
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About salmon
Salmon (Salmo salar) is a fish that lives in freshwater, brackish water und saltwater in Sweden. Here you will find Swedish records, leaderboards, the rules that apply per county, and where the species is caught most.
Latest catches of salmon
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Learn to fish for salmon
- MethodFly fishingThe delicate, elegant method — the fly line carries the fly, not weight in the lure. A classic for trout and salmon, and increasingly used for pike flies and sea trout on the coast.
- MethodTrollingActive fishing from a boat — lures pulled behind you at a controlled speed and depth. This is what brings out the big pike, the zander and the landlocked salmon.
- 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.