Linafallet, Linaälven

Linafallet is a fish counter on Linaälven, located in the fishway at Linafallet, near the confluence with Ängesån. The counter records fish passing through the fishway, including salmon, trout and grayling. For anglers, Linafallet is useful because it provides a migration signal from a specific passage in the Ängesån–Linaälven part of the Kalix River system. The data should be read together with river conditions, local reports and the exact stretch you plan to fish, not as a direct forecast of fishing success.

These charts show recorded migration at Linafallet across the available seasons in this dataset. They can help compare years, identify the main migration window and show how movement through the fishway changed between seasons.

Treat the charts as data from one fixed passage, not as a complete picture of fishing quality across Linaälven or Ängesån. The annual chart can show whether a season had a higher or lower recorded count, but it should be read with care if the counter was not active for the full season or if records were later corrected.

A cumulative chart can show how quickly fish moved through Linafallet during the season. A weekly or monthly chart helps identify when movement builds, peaks and slows down. The clearest picture comes when historical migration is compared with current water conditions, local reports and the part of the system you plan to visit or fish.

The counter is located in the fishway at Linafallet, a waterfall on Linaälven near the confluence with Ängesån. This position matters because fish passing the counter are moving through a defined passage, not through the whole river system.

Linafallet is a key migration point because the waterfall is a natural barrier that required a fishway to allow salmon and trout to reach upstream areas. A fish recorded at Linafallet has reached this upper part of the Ängesån–Linaälven route.

For anglers, the key question is how the planned fishing area relates to Linafallet. If you are looking at water above the fall, the count can help show whether fish have passed into that part of the system. If you are fishing elsewhere, the data still gives useful migration context, but it should be checked against local conditions and reports.

The counter is installed in the Linafallet fishway. Registered fish can be separated by species using image and video, and the system also records length, time and direction of passage.

1. Fish pass through the fishway.
2. The counter records the passage.
3. Image and video help separate species.
4. Length, time and direction are registered.
5. The results can be used to follow migration through Linafallet.

This means the data is useful for understanding movement through the fishway, but it should still be treated as a monitoring record from one fixed point. It does not show where fish are holding, whether salmon are taking flies or lures, or whether conditions are good on a specific stretch.

Use Linafallet data as a migration signal, not as a fishing forecast. Current public count records can help show whether fish are passing through the fishway now, while historical records help compare the timing and strength of different seasons.

For trip planning, the strongest signal comes when several things line up: movement through Linafallet, suitable water level, stable or improving temperature, and recent reports from the section you want to fish. Historical data can describe past migration patterns, but it should not replace current river conditions, local rules or fresh catch reports.