In Eastern Värmland you may experience angeling in various environments; everything from fishing for salmon, the silver of lake Vänern, to spinning for a zander on a late summer evening, or stealing up to a brook to catch a wild trout.
Here you find the popular angling areas Villingsberg & Karldal and the waterway Bergslagskanalen, which includes 16 lakes with varied fishing. Eastern Värmland comprises seventeen fishing management areas in five municipalities (Degerfors, Karlskoga, Kristinehamn, Storfors and Filipstad). between them they have more than 300 lakes and many kilometres of running waters.
The northern part is often forest and wilderness environments and the most common fish species are pike, perch and trout. The southern part is more interspersed with farmland and is characterised by its richness in species. Here you'll encounter large zander, bream, the well-known Gullspång salmon and trout.This and much more is what you'll find in this part of Värmland.

Pike
Pikes is the most common fish of prey in both large and small lakes. It often bites early in the morning or late in the evening. Pike fishing is at its best in spring and autumn, but in some deep and cold lakes there is good pike fishing even in the summer. Pikes can grow large; several specimens of around 10 kilos are caught each year. The average weight is about 2-3 kilos. The best way of fishing for pike is bay spinning rod or trolling. Suitable baits are large wobblers and spoons or bait fish.
Good waters for pike are the lakes of Vänern, Skagern, Ullvettern, Daglösen, Lungen, Malmlången and Djuprämmen.

Perch
The fish which you will most frequently encounter when fishing in one of the lakes in Eastern Värmland is perch. The best way of catching it is by means of live bait or spinning with small spinners or jigs.
Perch like warm water. Fiching is best in the summer season. In the winter you can fich for perch from the ice. Registered record weights are about 2 kilos.
Good perch waters are the lakes of Vänern, Ullvettern, Daglösen, Möckeln, Skagern, St. Lungen, Lungen and St. Horrsjön.

Zander
Like perch, zander is a warm water fish. The best way of catching it is by rowing- or motor-boat trolling at night, or angling with live bait such as bleak or perch. Mediun-sized wobblers are reliable baits. Fishing is best in the summer mounths.
Zander is excellent to eat. Specimens of 6-7 kilos are caught each year.
Zander lakes are Möckeln, Ullvettern, St. Lungen and Matlången, i.e the whole lake system of Bergslagskanalen.

Coarse fish
If you are interested in fishing for coarse fish such as bream, roach, crucian carp, tench and rudd, you can try your luck anywhere in Bergslagskanalen.

The Swedish countryside is open to everyone, but you must treat nature kindly, and you must show respect for both people and animals. Do not disturb - do not destroy, is the main rule of the right of access to private land.
• You may camp for one night on land which is not used for farming, and which lies some distance from residential buildings.
• Hunting and fishing are not included the public access law. But you may fish with a rod and other hand-held gear in Sweden's 5 largest lakes and in the sea. In all other waters, a fishing permit is re-quired. When purchasing a fishing licence, make sure that you find out all the regulations relating to the place where you intend to fish, such as seasonal restrictions, catch limitations, minimun sizes, which fishing methods and baits are allowed, etc. You must find out the rules of the place where you want to fish! Never leave line or hooks behind - they can be fatal to animal