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Game fish species
 
 
 
 

Fishing in Finland
 
 
 
 
 

 
Species and seasons
 
Pike is the most common game species in the Tampere Region.
 
There are 40 species of fish living in the waters of the Tampere Region and about a dozen of these are pursued by recreational anglers. The most common game species are pike, zander and perch. The open-water season lasts from when the ice melts in early May to the end of November, or even well into December on the largest lakes. The ice-fishing season lasts from December to early April.
 
Lakes of the Tampere Region are among the best zander waters in Finland.
 
Setting sights on big zander and pike

The major lakes are the region’s jewels, ranking among the elite of Finland’s zander waters. Lakes such as Längelmävesi, Rautavesi, Pyhäjärvi and Ruovesi are renowned for big zander. The Tampere Region really is a veritable Zanderland! The best season for zander is during the warmest period in the middle of summer.

Anglers’ basic game species are pike and perch – these are fish that you can go after in all waters. You can rest assured that there is a constant threat of big pike in open lake areas! Pike strike lures throughout the open-water season, while the season for perch extends from late June to September.
 
Zander bites in summer. There are big brown trout on Lake Näsijärvi.
 
Salmonoids from lakes and rapids

The red-fleshed predatory fish, brown trout and landlocked salmon, are eager to snatch your lure on Lakes Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi and on many other large lakes. Salmonoids favour cold water, which means that their best trolling seasons are in spring and late autumn. You can catch these fish in summer too by attaching a diver to the end of your line.

The game fish pursued on rapids by fly-fishing and spinning enthusiasts are brown trout, rainbow trout, grayling and ide. Examples of magnificent rapids sites include the Kotalan Kosket Rapids in Virrat, the Vilppulankoski Rapids in Vilppula and River Aurejoki in Ikaalinen. Among other species on the Siuronkoski Rapids in Nokia and the Kuokkalankoski Rapids in Lempäälä, the lines of anglers are whizzed by asp, cyprinids that grow to be large. You can also pursue them on the torrents of Lakes Kulovesi and Rautavesi and in the Toutonen area of Lake Pyhäjärvi.
 
Brown trout of Kotalan Kosket Rapids.
 
 

Game fish species in the Tampere Region

 
Best season Size of game fish, kg
Species Generally smallest permitted size Closed
season		 Lakes
Rapids
 		 Typical Likely Jackpot
Zander Zander aka Pike-perch 37 см. local increases, incl. Lakes Pyhäjärvi and Längelmä-vesi 40 см.   10.6.-15.8   0-2 2-6 6-11
Pike Pike     20.5.-15.11   0.5-3 3-10 10-16
Perch Perch     15.6.-30.9.
1.3.-15.4.
ice-fishing 		  0.02-0.5 0.5-1 1-2,5
Brown trout Brown trout 40 cm 11.9.-15.11.* rapids and torrents 1.5.-30.6.
1.10.-15.12		 15.5.-30.6.
15.8.-10.9.
16.11.-30.11		 0.7-2 2-4 4-10
Landlocked salmon Landlocked salmon 40 cm 11.9.-15.11.* rapids and torrents 1.5.-30.6.
1.10.-15.12		   0.7-2 2-5 5-10
Grayling

Grayling

 30 cm     1.5.-30.6. 15.8.-10.9. 0.3-0.6 0.6-1 1-2
Whitefish Whitefish     20.6.-10.7.

15.3.-15.4.
ice-fishing		 10.6.-15.7. 1.10.-31.12.
1.10.-15.12.
Tammerkoski		 0.2-0.7 0.7-2 2-5
Rainbow trout

Rainbow trout

     1.5.-30.10
mostly ‘plant and fish’ lakes		 1.5.-15.7.
15.8.-30.9.		 1-2 2-4 4-6
Asp Asp     1.6.-15.9. 20.5.-31.7. 1-2 2-5 5-7
Ide Ide     15.6-31.8. 15.6.-31.7. 0.2-0.6 0.6-6 2-3
Roach

    15.6.-31.8.   0.05-0.2 0.2-0,5 0.5-1
Bream Bream     15.6.-31.8.   0.1-1.2 1.2-3 3-5
Burbot     15.1.-28.2.
ice-fishing		   0,3-1,5 1,5-3 3-6
Signal crayfish, crayfish

Signal crayfish

 Local regulations may exist. 1.11.-21.7. (at 12.00 noon) 1.8.-30.9.        
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