Municipality · Troms

Fishing in Balsfjord

Balsfjord has 135 named lakes in NVE's lake database, and 13 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.

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Fishing cards nearby (inatur)

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

Facts about Balsfjord

County: Troms
Named waters: 135
Fishing-card offer nearby: 13 of 135
Elevation: 5–853 m above sea level
Total area: 57.7 km²
Largest waters: Takvatnet 15.27 km², Ytre Fiskelausvatnet 7.68 km² and Geatkejávri 6.96 km²
Species recorded: Brown trout, Arctic char, Atlantic salmon, perch, grayling, pike and whitefish

Species recorded here

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.

Målselvvassdraget26
Lakselva (aursfjorden)25
Malangen23
Sagelva15

Bite table for Balsfjord

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

Largest waters

Takvatnet15.27 km²214 m
Ytre Fiskelausvatnet7.68 km²159 m
Geatkejávri6.96 km²123 m
Sagelvvatnet5.11 km²92 m
Josefvatnet3.4 km²89 m
Indre Fiskelausvatnet2.66 km²159 m

Named waters

Fishing-card offer nearby

Andorvatnet
Balsaakkvatnet
Bergvatnet
Bjørnevatnet
Bjørnevatnet
Brynjulvsvatnet
Bulombola
Dagrosvatnet
Dalvatnet
Damvatnan
Damvatnan
Damvatnan
Dápmotjávri
Finndalsvatnet
Fiskevatnet
Fiskevatnet
Fisktjørna
Fjellvatnet
Geatkejávri
Geitauget
Gommovatnet
Grønvatnet
Guhkesluoppal
Hallarvatnet
Havellvatnet
Heivatnet
Henrikvatnet
Hestevatnet
Hestvatnet
Holmevatnet
Holmevatnet
Hølvatnet
Indre Fiskelausvatnet
Ingebrigtvatnet
Jardalsvatnet
Jordvatnet
Josefvatnet
Juksavatnet
Kalvevatnet
Kalvevatnet
Kjerkevikvatnet
Kjosvatnet
Krokelvvatnet
Kvilarvatnet
Laksvatnet
Laksvatnet
Langvatn
Langvatnet
Langvatnet
Langvatnet
Langvatnet
Langvatnet
Langvatnet
Litje Juksavatnet
Litje Sagelvvatnet
Litje-Fjellvatnet
Litjejordvatnet
Litjevatnet
Litjevatnet
Litjevatnet
Litlehølen
Litlvatnet
Litlvatnet
Lomtjønna
Lomvatna
Loppovatnet
Mellatverrelvvatnet
Middagshaugvatnet
Mielkeváhjávri
Muntervatnet
Nikkavatnet
Nils-Nilsavatnet
Nordbyvatnet
Nordfjordvatnet
Omasvárrijávri
Per Jonsavatnet
Per-Gunnersavatnet
Perkelvatnet
Reingjerdtjørnan
Reinvatnet
Reinvegvatnan
Reinvegvatnan
Revavatnet
Rundvatnet
Rundvatnet
Rundvatnet
Rundvatnet
Råttvatnet
Råttvatnet
Sagelvvatnet
Sagvatnet
Sandsvatnet
Sennavatnet
Sennvatnet
Sjukavatnet
Skarvatnet
Skutvikvatnet
Sløkjevatnet
Smalakvatnet
Smalvatnet
Småvatnan
Småvatnan
Småvatnan
Småvatnan
Storbuktvatnet
Storfjellvatnet
Storhaugvatnet
Stortindvatnet
Stortindvatnet
Storvatnet
Storvatnet
Storvatnet
Storvatnet
Storåsvatnet
Strømslilombola
Svartvatnet
Svartvatnet
Synnelvvatnet
Takvatnet
Tennesvatnet
Tindvatnet
Tjønna
Tortenskoltvatnet
Tømmerelvvatnet
Vargevatnet
Vasskjosen
Vassurdvatnan
Vassurdvatnan
Virránjávri
Ytre Fiskelausvatnet
Øksevatnet
Øvre Brokskarvatnet
Øvre Hallarvatn
Øvre Lombola
Čazajávri

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.

There are 3 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

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.