# Fishing in Årdal

> Fishing cards and 115 named waters in Årdal (Vestland). Recorded brown trout and Atlantic salmon. Where to buy a card, the largest waters and the rules.

Source: https://finnfisk.no/en/fiske/ardal
Language: en
Alternate: https://finnfisk.no/fiske/ardal (nb-NO)

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Municipality · Vestland

Årdal has 115 named lakes in NVE's lake database, and 3 of them have a fishing-card offer on inatur nearby. A water on the list is not permission to fish it: check what the card actually covers.

[Show on map](https://finnfisk.no/en/kart?kommune=ardal)

## Fishing cards nearby (inatur)

Offers in and around the municipality. Check what each card actually covers.

- [Kyrvassnosi](https://inatur.no/fiske/50ee8921e4b0eb579d78a324)

## Facts about Årdal

- **County**: [Vestland](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/vestland)
- **Named waters**: 115
- **Fishing-card offer nearby**: 3 of 115
- **Elevation**: 2–1427 m above sea level
- **Total area**: 35.2 km²
- **Largest waters**: Årdalsvatnet 7.46 km², Mannsbergvatnet 2.2 km² and Koldedalsvatnet 1.88 km²
- **Species recorded**: Brown trout and Atlantic salmon

## Species recorded here

- [Brown trout 116](https://finnfisk.no/en/orretfiske)
- [Atlantic salmon 8](https://finnfisk.no/en/laksefiske)

The number is how many occurrence records GBIF holds, not a measure of how much fish there is. It says the species has been observed in the municipality, not that it is in any particular water, and not that fishing for it is permitted.

## Watercourses

The main watercourses the municipality’s waters drain into, by number of waters. The watercourse often decides which rules apply, since regulations are written per watercourse.

- Årdalsvassdraget 62
- Nysetelvi 23
- Indre offerdalselvi 13
- Ytre offerdalselvi 7

## Bite table for Årdal

In a browser, this block shows first light, dusk and the moon periods in Årdal for today and the next two days.

## Largest waters

- Årdalsvatnet 7.46 km² 2 m
- Mannsbergvatnet 2.2 km² 1346 m
- Koldedalsvatnet 1.88 km² 1177 m
- Torolmen 1.64 km² 1051 m
- Uradalsvatnet 1.57 km² 1314 m
- Heimre Krekavatnet 1.54 km² 1320 m

## Named waters

Fishing-card offer nearby

- Andrevatnet
- Assvaldsvatnet
- [Austanbottsvatnet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/ardal/austanbottsvatnet)
- Bekkedalsvotni
- Berdalsflui
- Berdalsvatnet
- Biskopsvatnet
- Biskopsvatnet
- Blankevatnet
- Blåsarbåten
- Blåsarbåttjørni
- Bolletjørni
- Botnavatnet
- Botnavatnet
- Breibottsvatnet
- Demningen
- Dyrebottsvatnet
- Engjesetvatnet
- Fjellvatnet
- Fossdalsgrunntjørni
- Fossdalstjørnane
- Fremre Holevatnet
- Fremre Vasspollane
- Fyrstevatnet
- Geitenosvatnet
- Geitånatjørni
- Graveskarvatnet
- Grøndalsvatni
- Grøndalsvotni
- Heimre Krekavatnet
- Hellingvatnet
- Hestedalsvatnet
- Hjelledalsvatnet
- Holsbruvatnet
- Hyttedalsvatnet
- Indre Kyrkjevatnet
- Isvatnet
- Jervvatnet
- Jonsvatnet
- Kalvevatnet
- Kiparvatnet
- Klypedalsvatnet
- Kolabottsvotni
- Koldedalsvatnet
- [Kyrevatnet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/ardal/kyrevatnet)
- Kyrevotni
- Kyrkjevatnet
- Langedalsvatnet
- Langetjørn
- Ljøsnabottstjørni
- Lometjørni
- Lovardalsvatnet
- Lovardalsvatni
- Lovardalsvotni
- Mannsbergvatnet
- Merkestjørni
- Midtvatnet
- Mjukevatnet
- Munketjørni
- Nedre Breibottsvotni
- Nedre Buvatnet
- Nysetvatnet
- Raudbergtjørni
- Reinsgravtjørni
- Reinspelvatni
- Reinsspælvotni
- Riskalsvatnet
- Ryvatni
- Ryvatni
- Samfellevatnet
- Sandtjørn
- Simletjørni
- Sjursettjørni
- Skogsvatnet
- Sletterustvatnet
- Småløyptevatnet
- Sotatjørni
- Steinhustjørni
- Store Slettedalsvatnet
- Storebekkvatnet
- Storebekkvatnet
- Storevatnet
- Svartetjørni
- Svartevatnet
- Svartevatnet
- Svartevatnet
- Svartevatnet
- Svartevatnet
- Svartevatnet
- Synnosvatnet
- Telefontjørni
- Tisedalsvatni
- Tisedalsvatni
- Tisedalsvatni
- Torolmen
- Trollsjøen
- Trollvatni
- Trollvatni
- Trollvotni
- Turtagrøvotni
- Uradalsvatnet
- Vasselavatnet
- Vestre Slettedalsvatnet
- Vetle Krekavatnet
- Viervatnet
- Viervatnet
- Ytre Vasspollane
- Årdalsvatnet
- Årdalsvatnet
- Åsettjørni
- [Åsetvatnet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/ardal/asetvatnet)
- Øvre Breibottsvotni
- Øvre Buvatnet
- Øvre Vikadalsvatnet
- Øytjørn

## The rules for this area

Finnfisk does not reproduce local rules, because they are set per water and per watercourse and they change. Season, minimum and maximum sizes, daily quotas and closed seasons come from the rights holder who sells the card, and from the regional regulation.

- [County Governor of Vestland: fish management](https://www.statsforvalteren.no/nn/vestland/naringorganisasjon/fiskeforvaltning-for-grunneigarar-og-organisasjonar/)
- [Fishing rules in Norway (NJFF)](https://www.njff.no/fiske/fiskeregler)
- [Salmon fishing: rules and state fee](https://www.miljodirektoratet.no/ansvarsomrader/arter-naturtyper/fiske/nar-kan-jeg-fiske-laks-sjoorret-og-sjoroye/)

There are 2 salmon fishing offers in this area. Fishing for salmon, sea trout and sea char in a watercourse requires the state fishing fee from age 18, on top of the fishing card, and all catches must be reported. [See the salmon guide](https://finnfisk.no/en/laksefiske)

Sources: NVE lake database (waters, elevation, area, watercourses), GBIF (species records), SSB (municipality and county) and inatur (fishing cards). Fishing-card proximity means “offer in the area”, not that a specific water is covered. Rules are not reproduced here, verify locally.