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Vänern fishing report

Updated Friday, 9 October 2026 · refreshed automatically through the day

The EU's largest lake runs its own landlocked salmon stock alongside skerry-field pike fishing that feels like the Baltic archipelago moved inland.

Today's report: fair (43/100)

Zander is the most promising species on Vänern today. Water temperature is around 5.5°C and barometric pressure is stable.

Best time to fish today

  • 18:00–20:00 local time — score 65/100
  • 21:00–23:00 local time — score 62/100
  • 00:00–02:00 local time — score 70/100

3-day outlook by species

SpeciesThursday 8 OctFriday 9 OctSaturday 10 Oct
Northern Pike30 — poor60 — fair38 — poor
Zander43 — fair69 — good65 — good
Atlantic salmon0 — very poor0 — very poor0 — very poor

Why this score

Cast & Scan uses a deterministic, published scoring model — no black box. The strongest influences on today's Vänern rating:

  • pressure trend: helping (+1)
  • light: helping (+1)
  • cloud cover: helping (+1)
  • season: helping (+1)
  • wind: helping (+0.85)
  • solunar period: helping (+0.7)

Forecast computed Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:31:45 GMT · data: Open-Meteo · refreshed automatically through the day · see our published accuracy

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