# Fishing in Aurland

> Fishing cards and 158 named waters in Aurland (Vestland). Recorded brown trout and Atlantic salmon. Where to buy a card, the largest waters and the rules.

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

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Municipality · Vestland

Aurland has 158 named lakes in NVE's lake database, and 2 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=aurland)

## Fishing cards nearby (inatur)

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

- [Klettane](https://inatur.no/fiske/50d1ac0be4b0d4c4dc6f7397)

## Facts about Aurland

- **County**: [Vestland](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/vestland)
- **Named waters**: 158
- **Fishing-card offer nearby**: 2 of 158
- **Elevation**: 55–1582 m above sea level
- **Total area**: 77 km²
- **Largest waters**: Store Øljuvatnet 20.43 km², Stora Vargevatnet 4.91 km² and Fretheimsdalsvatnet 4.14 km²
- **Species recorded**: Brown trout and Atlantic salmon

## Species recorded here

- [Brown trout 254](https://finnfisk.no/en/orretfiske)
- [Atlantic salmon 61](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.

- Aurlandsvassdraget 94
- Vossovassdraget 13
- Erdalselvi 13
- Flåmselvi 12

## Bite table for Aurland

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

## Largest waters

- Store Øljuvatnet 20.43 km² 1438 m
- Stora Vargevatnet 4.91 km² 1432 m
- Fretheimsdalsvatnet 4.14 km² 930 m
- Store Liavatnet 2.89 km² 1498 m
- Svartavatnet 2.72 km² 1441 m
- Vestredalsvatnet 2.29 km² 1152 m

## Curated guides (1)

### [Skarvheimen (Aurlandskortet)](https://finnfisk.no/en/fiskeplass/aurland-skarvheimen)

Brown trout Arctic char

## Named waters

Fishing-card offer nearby

- Adamsvatnet
- Alvsvatnet
- Andisvatnet
- Aurdalsvatnet
- Aurshovdtjørni
- Berdalsvotni
- Berdalsvotni
- Bolhovdvatnet
- Brekkedalsvatnet
- Brubotnvotni
- Bukkaholmvatnet
- Dyranosvotni
- Dyranosvotni
- Eitrevotni
- Erterhaugvatnet
- Finndalsvatnet
- Flotevatnet
- Flotvatnet
- Flyvotni
- Flyvotni
- Fossdalsvatnet
- Fossvatnet
- Fremste Kjeldhusnosvatnet
- Fretheimsdalsvatnet
- Gangdalsvatnet
- Geitavatnet
- Grodalstrupvatnet
- Grånosvatnet
- Grønebergvatnet
- Grønebotnvatnet
- Hednedalsvatnet
- Heimste Kjeldhusnosvatnet
- Hellenutvatnet
- Hestabotnvatnet
- Hestbakkvotni
- Hestbakkvotni
- Holmavatnet
- Hornsvatnet
- Hornsvotni
- Hornsvotni
- Huldabotnvatnet
- Husdalsvatnet
- Jernhusvatnet
- Joanosvotni
- Joanosvotni
- Jonadalsvatnet
- Jutulvatnet
- Jøtebotnvatnet
- Kaldavatnet
- Katlanosvotni
- Katlanosvotni
- Kjelfossvatni
- Kjelfossvotni
- Klevavatnet
- Klovnesteinvatnet
- Kreklevatnet
- Kreklevotni
- Kupatjørni
- Kvanngrøvatnet
- Kvanntjørn
- Langavatnet
- Langavatnet
- Langavatnet
- Langavotni
- Langavotni
- Lintuvatnet
- Ljosegrunnseggvatnet
- Lomatjernet
- Lomtjørni
- Lægdavatnet
- Melavotni
- Melavotni
- Midtre Mellomvatnet
- Modlaugsvatnet
- Nedre Leitevatnet
- Nedre Mellomvatnet
- Nedste Grovgjuvvatnet
- Nesbøvatnet
- Netjørn
- Norddalsvatnet
- Nosavatnet
- Paulvatni
- Paulvatni
- Raudeggvatnet
- Reindalsvatnet
- Reinungavatnet
- Reppavatnet
- Rustatjørni
- Ryggvellevatnet
- Rynjulsvotni
- Rynjulsvotni
- Seltuftvatnet
- Skammadalsvatnet
- Skarsvotni
- Skratlandevatnet
- Sleipåvotni
- Sleipåvotni
- Sleipåvotni
- Snøgjuvvotni
- Snøgjuvvotni
- Snøgjuvvotni
- Soleibakkvotni
- Soleibakkvotni
- Soleibakkvotni
- Soleibakkvotni
- Soleifletvatnet
- Spelefjellvotni
- Sprenetjørnane
- Stora Vargevatnet
- Storagrovvatnet
- Storavatnet
- Storavatnet
- Storavatnet
- Store Liavatnet
- Store Øljuvatnet
- Storebotnvatnet, midtra
- Storebotnvatnet, nedsta
- Storebotnvatnet, øvsta
- Storevatnet
- Storgrovatnet
- Storhaugvatnet
- Storhovdvatnet
- Svartavatnet
- Svartavatnet
- Svartavatnet
- Svarthovdvatnet
- Svarvavatnet
- Tempelvotni
- Timpelvotni
- Tissedalsvatnet
- Uksabotnvatnet
- Undredalsmovotni
- Vargabottsvatnet
- Vassbotnvatnet
- [Vassbygdevatnet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/aurland/vassbygdevatnet)
- Vassdalsvatnet
- Vasselsvotni
- Vasselvotni
- Vassetvatnet
- Vassetvatnet
- Vatningatjørni
- Veiverdalsvotni
- Veiverdalsvotni
- Veiverdalsvotni
- Vestredalsvatnet
- Vetla Vargavatnet
- Vetlavatnet
- Vetlavatnet
- Vetle Andisvatnet
- Vetlebotnvatnet
- [Vetlefjellsvatnet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/aurland/vetlefjellsvatnet)
- Vetlemelavatnet
- Viddalsvatnet
- Øvre Leitevatnet
- Øvre Mellomvatnet
- Øvsta Snauasetvatnet
- Øvste Grovgjuvvatnet
- Øyestølsvatnet

## 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)

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.