Borstingen

Borstingen, 67 hectares in size, is located approximately 4 km east of Vimmerby in the direction of Västervik along the Rv40. Surrounded by both deciduous and coniferous forests, it provides a wonderful nature experience despite its proximity to the national road. The clear, cold spring water with good water quality and pH value in combination with deep holes of up to 25 meters creates the conditions for exciting fishing. The species found are pike, perch, roach, tench, roach and signal crayfish. Borstingen's fine population of river crayfish was devastated by the plague in the late 1970s, after which signal crayfish were introduced in the 1980s. This introduction gave good catches in some places in the lake in the late 1990s, but now the catches vary greatly and for this reason crayfish fishing is only permitted for land/water owners between the first Wednesday in August and six weeks ahead.