Generally:
Welcome to the Mellanström fisheries management area - the board!
Annual passes are valid for calendar years.
Children up to and including the age of 15 fish free of charge with hand gear on their parent's fishing license.
Remember that you as a fisherman are always obliged to find out which rules apply to the area where you are fishing.
All fishing that is not specified according to the regulations below is prohibited.
Remember that you as a fisherman are always obliged to find out which rules apply to the area where you are fishing.
Fishing season:
A fishing ban prevails within the area's flowing waters, valid in the meantime September 1st - the fishing premiere at the beginning of June.
Båtsabäcken is protected from all fishing except during the period from 1/7 to 31/7 2023. Members and buyers of annual passes are then allowed to fly fish (fly rod or fly cast with a maximum of 3 flies/rod and one rod/fisherman) in the stream.
Catch and release on trout. For grayling, minimum measurements apply.
At high water temperature and low water level, fishing may be cancelled.
Methods:
You may fish with 4 pieces of hand gear and trolling equipment per boat throughout
the fisheries management area during the summer season. You may fish with an otter equipped with three flies per boat outside of flowing water.
Fishing with surface-extending side screens is not permitted.
Catch Limits:
Minimum size: Trout 40 cm. Grayling 30 cm.
Other rules:
In addition to the above-mentioned rules, the Fisheries Act (1993:787) and Ordinance (1994:1716) on fishing, aquaculture and the fishing industry apply as basic regulations.​​​​​​