Ås-Tolken lies with the western part in Borås and the eastern part in Ulricehamn municipality.
The lake is the source lake for Viskan and has clear and clean water. Tolken is an excellent fishing lake with large perch, pike, zander, eel, salmon trout and not least whitefish and chub. Sometimes you can also catch tench.
There are several islands in the lake. On one of them, Sundholmen, there are the remains of Sundholmen Castle from the early 16th century. There is a boat ramp at the southern end of the lake at Hallabron and one at the northern end of the lake, at the beginning of the descent to Sjögården. The latter is located near the old national road 40, south of the former Nice Inn.
The bird and nature photos are photographed by Kjell Eliasson, Nabben, Äspered and the fish photos by Miles Mogren, Lerbäck, Äspered.
BIRD PROTECTION AREA IN ÅS-TOLKEN.
Lindö with the surrounding water in Ås-Tolken has been declared a BIRD PROTECTION AREA by the County Administrative Board as of 2020-05-20. On 2021-03-26, the County Administrative Board decided on reinforced protection measures (marked in bold below).
The area is important for a bird species that is worthy of protection and sensitive to disturbance.
Signs are posted around the lake, including at the launch ramps.
On the island there is the red-yellow sign "BIRD PROTECTION", which informs about the prohibition of landing on the island during the months March, April, May and June and half of July (March 1-July 15). Please note that staying within 300 m. of the island is prohibited, although passage by boat is permitted 200 m. from the island. However, in practice the east side of Lindö is difficult to pass due to stone obstacles. Ban on all fishing within the protection area applies from March 1 to July 15.
