The char fishing on Grundsjön is commented on by those who run out of fish and by those who say they get "good with fish". The char fishing on Grundsjön is commented on by those who run out of fish and by those who say they get "good with fish". The char fishing on Grundsjön is commented on by those who run out of fish and by those who say they get "good with fish"?

After fishing in various places for several days, a group reports: "We pulled in 2 small chars which we released back. We caught a lot of lake and whitefish. The ground sea trout no longer exists. When you have sat for as many hours as we have and not caught any char. You have to think about putting char in the lake again. The whitefish eats the char roe". Another (in the same gang?) says "everyone says the same thing, In recent years, the char has gone back a lot, non-existent stock. Trout seems perfectly fine but char availability a complete disaster.”

At the same time, the following has been reported: "Went to Grundsjön last Wednesday, which was great weather and good fish. Two filled the quota and the other three each got their char. The weight was in between 450 and 700 gram." Another writes: "We started the sports holiday at Grundsjön and it turned out better than expected, the biggest char was by the kilo, I think".

All reporting is received and used as a basis for the board's work, plans and information.
The reactions are genuine and taken seriously, says Helge Jonsson, who is chairman of Långåfisket and board chairman of the Grundsjö project, the investment to save the char stock in Grundsjön for 'all future'.

Since the end of the 1970s, Grundsjörödingen has been threatened and if the Grundsjö project had not existed, the disaster would be a fact today, he says. The rescue measures work with reduction fishing for whitefish and support measures through the cultivation and release of fertilized roe in places that are not laid dry.

– This means that there are actually char in Grundsjön today, but cannot of course be compared to how it was before and shortly after the lake regulation fifty years ago, says Per-Ola Persson, who is in charge of quality at Långåfisket.

Unfortunately, the situation is such that there is not the cultivation capacity that we need with the conditions that we have to set up. We have done a lot of work in inventorying all conceivable cultivation possibilities, but unfortunately, in the nearest five-year perspective there is none. The farming operation is focused on the cultivation and rearing of fish for slaughter.

Within the Grundsjö project, work continues to find other forms of char cultivation, partly with a smaller facility that could be located directly at Grundsjön, partly by building dams in the dam, where the rum is not destroyed thanks to the availability of water even when the dam is emptied. In that project, a preliminary study will come in a week or so. The big problem today is that the sea ice settles over the rum and it is 'freeze-dried'.

This means that we are now applying a new strategy that involves taking rum in Grundsjön and setting it out, fertilized, in places that are not at risk of being laid dry when the magazine is emptied. The method is proven and works. What then remains as a disadvantage is the nutritional competition with whitefish before the fry reach approx 80 gram. What reduces that problem is remedied by reduction fishing for whitefish, a method that works well but does not completely reduce the problem, says Per-Ola Persson