Sänksjön

Sänksjön is one of Hökensås Sportfiske’s put-and-take lakes in Hökensås nature reserve, Habo municipality. Rainbow trout is stocked here, often together with brown trout. The lake is a yellow lake: fly fishing, spin fishing and bait fishing. It sits east of the dense lake group, closer to Bastasjön and Rödsjön. The permit is not the same as the Tiveden or Baltak permits.

Species

Rainbow trout is the main species. Hökensås stocks salmonids in named lakes, so-called put and take. This page is Sänksjön, not Bastasjön which is a blue quota fly water next door.

Rainbow trout in clear, deeper water can sit further out in the middle of the day. After a stocking they can sit tight for a short time. Walk the last stretch toward the shore quietly.

Fly fishing, spin fishing and bait fishing

Yellow lake: fly fishing, spin fishing, bait fishing are allowed. One rod. Groundbait and live fish as bait are banned. Private boats, canoes and rafts may not be used. The same yellow permit opens the other yellow lakes. A red permit also opens yellow waters.

The reserve has its own rules: camping is banned in the area, fires only at marked barbecue sites. Cars only on marked roads.

The permit is sold digitally and in machines at Fiskecentret. Buy it before you fish.

Lures and flies

Small spoons and spinners in silver, white or orange are a common start where spin is allowed. On fly: nymph, pupa and a simple streamer, preferably deeper when the water is warm. The tips are general for rainbow trout in a lake.

Fish a bay or bank properly before you change.

When they bite

Morning and evening are often best. Hökensås describes Sänksjön as one of the deeper lakes on the ridge, with cooler water even in warm spells. Stocking is decided by Hökensås. Ice fishing has its own season on yellow and red lakes, not on the blue ones.

Getting there

The map pin is the named lake Sänksjön, Brandstorp district in Habo municipality. Not a lake with the same name somewhere else. Drive toward Hökensås Fiskecentrum at Håkängen, Tidaholm. Maps are with the operator.

On iFiske or hokensas.se: choose the Hökensås permit, not Tiveden.

Rules

Always check the current rules with the permit seller. The permit is personal. Quota, boat hire and season belong to Hökensås and they change.

Give space if someone is already on the shore. Take your rubbish home. Follow signs at the water, not only the map pin. If the lake is closed for stocking, it shows with the seller.