Best arctic char lakes in Sweden
27 Sweden waters hold arctic char. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. Cold-water beauty that thrives where trout sulk — shallow at ice-out, deep all summer, electric through the ice.
- Vättern — 420 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout
- Storsjön — 243 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
- Hornavan — 748 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
- Ströms Vattudal — 240 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
- Torneträsk — 551 ft max · Brown Trout, European Grayling, Arctic Char
- Storuman — 443 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
- Stora Lulevatten — 94 ft max · Brown Trout, European Grayling, Arctic Char
- Siljan — 394 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
- Malgomaj — 363 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
- Kallsjön — 440 ft max · European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
- Tjeggelvas — 213 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
- Sommen — 174 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout
- Flåsjön — 308 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
- Revsundssjön — 66 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
- Storvindeln — 118 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
- Riebnes — 138 ft max · Brown Trout, Arctic Char
- Torrön — 381 ft max · Brown Trout, Burbot, European Grayling, Arctic Char
- Storjuktan — 106 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
- Näkten — 144 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
- Kvarnbergsvattnet — 325 ft max · Brown Trout, Arctic Char
- Skagern — 253 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout
- Virihaure — 440 ft max · Brown Trout, Arctic Char
- Vásstenjávrre — 440 ft max · Brown Trout, Arctic Char
- Norra Dellen — 220 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout
- Unden — 335 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
…plus 2 more Sweden waters holding arctic char.
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When to fish arctic char in Sweden
- Spring 4–15 ft — The weeks after ice-out are the year's best shallow shot — small spoons along the drop.
- Summer 20–60 ft — Char follow the cold down — vertical jig small spoons and tubes over the deepest basins.
- Fall 8–30 ft — Fall brings them back to gravel shoals in spawning color — the prettiest fish of the year.
- Winter 10–40 ft — A premier ice target — char roam under the ice and hit small jigging spoons hard.
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