The mother of all zander lakes!<\/p>\n
The muddy Lake Pyh\u00e4j\u00e4rvi is ranked among the best zander lakes in Finland and it is also renowned for its big perch. Stocks of pike are especially strong around the Lemp\u00e4\u00e4l\u00e4 and Vesilahti areas. The Tampere side of Lake Pyh\u00e4j\u00e4rvi is a good area for salmonoids.<\/p>\n
Lake Pyh\u00e4j\u00e4rvi, spreading out to the south of Tampere, is a central lake and its waters are a mixture of the brown humus-rich waters from the Lake N\u00e4sij\u00e4rvi water route, the bright waters of the Lake L\u00e4ngelm\u00e4vesi and Hauho route and the muddy shades of the Lake Vanajavesi route.<\/p>\n
The deepest spots of Lake Pyh\u00e4j\u00e4rvi lie between Tampere and Nokia. The area is maintained through substantial restocking with brown trout and rainbow trout. You can go after salmonoids in places such as the deeps close to Pyynikki islands and Saunasaari Island. It is also possible to catch a salmonoid by casting from the shores in Ratinanvuolle Strait, Viinikanlahti Bay and Hatanp\u00e4\u00e4 Point, located downstream from the Tammerkoski rapids fishing site.<\/p>\n
The Rajasalmi area and River Nokianvirta make for great fishing grounds where big perch and zander thrive. The Rajasalmi bay areas are also of interest to pike anglers.<\/p>\n
The shallow waters in the towns of Lemp\u00e4\u00e4l\u00e4 and Vesilahti provide the best pike-fishing areas on Lake Pyh\u00e4j\u00e4rvi. The bays, sounds and shallows in the Toutonen, Alhoselk\u00e4 and Vakkalanselk\u00e4 areas are the realm of big pike. Lake Hulausj\u00e4rvi and N\u00e4ppil\u00e4nsalmi Sound flowing into the lake from the Toutonen area provide a great pike spot in the spring and autumn.<\/p>\n
Zander is the most sought-after game species on Lake Pyh\u00e4j\u00e4rvi. The lake is renowned for its big zander and the largest specimens caught in recent years have been in the range of 10 kilos. Catching big zander is not easy and the typical size of zander caught in lure-fishing is in the range of 1\u20132 kilos even on Lake Pyh\u00e4j\u00e4rvi.<\/p>\n
Popular sites for fishing zander and perch include Hahkalanvuolle Strait in Lemp\u00e4\u00e4l\u00e4, Kierimonsalmi Sound between the Toutonen and Vakkalanselk\u00e4 areas, Aniansalmi Sound, Kaivanto Canal flowing between Sorvanselk\u00e4 and Saviselk\u00e4, as well as River Nokianvirta. The sound areas are up to 10\u201320 metres deep and, in addition to horizontal jigging with soft plastics, vertical jigging for zander using conical weighted lures and soft plastics is also popular.<\/p>\n
In the summer, anglers go after zander at the mouths of bays and edges of mid-lake shallows. In late autumn, zander thrive in the deeps of Vakkalanselk\u00e4 and Sorvanselk\u00e4.<\/p>\n
The sounds of Lake Pyh\u00e4j\u00e4rvi have strong currents, as a result of which their winter ice cover is weak. Nevertheless, the lake is a splendid ice-fishing site and, in addition to big perch, people have also caught zander in its waters in recent years. Whitefish can be pursued with ice-fishing tackle in late winter.<\/p>\n
There are plenty of roach, bream and other cyprinids in the lush waters of southern Lake Pyh\u00e4j\u00e4rvi. In addition, tench and asp are also found in this area. Asp weighing 5\u20136 kilos are caught every year from the Kuokkalankoski Rapids in Lemp\u00e4\u00e4l\u00e4.<\/p>\n
Fishing is prohibited on Hahkalanvuolle Strait and in the areas surrounding Luodonsaari Island from 1st May to 15th June to ensure zander reproduction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":444,"template":"","region":[18,29,12,27],"destination_type":[52,53],"species":[],"class_list":["post-170","fishing_destination","type-fishing_destination","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","region-nokia","region-pirkkala","region-pyhajarvi","region-tampere","destination_type-ezeri","destination_type-lieli-ezeri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zanderland.fi\/latviesu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fishing_destination\/170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zanderland.fi\/latviesu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fishing_destination"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zanderland.fi\/latviesu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/fishing_destination"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zanderland.fi\/latviesu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zanderland.fi\/latviesu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zanderland.fi\/latviesu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=170"},{"taxonomy":"destination_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zanderland.fi\/latviesu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination_type?post=170"},{"taxonomy":"species","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zanderland.fi\/latviesu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/species?post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}