# Fishing in Haugesund

> Fishing cards and 29 named waters in Haugesund (Rogaland). Recorded brown trout, Atlantic salmon and Arctic char. Where to buy a card, the largest waters and the rules.

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

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Municipality · Rogaland

Haugesund has 29 named lakes in NVE's lake database, and 7 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=haugesund)

## Fishing cards nearby (inatur)

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

- [Presthaug](https://inatur.no/fiske/65d46402a6d3604af4091beb)

## Facts about Haugesund

- **County**: [Rogaland](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/rogaland)
- **Named waters**: 29
- **Fishing-card offer nearby**: 7 of 29
- **Elevation**: 1–158 m above sea level
- **Total area**: 3.1 km²
- **Largest waters**: Sandvatnet 0.42 km², Kallandsvatnet 0.4 km² and Kvernavatnet 0.34 km²
- **Species recorded**: Brown trout, Atlantic salmon and Arctic char

## Species recorded here

- [Brown trout 88](https://finnfisk.no/en/orretfiske)
- [Atlantic salmon 25](https://finnfisk.no/en/laksefiske)
- [Arctic char 20](https://finnfisk.no/en/royefiske)

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.

- Kyst Nedstrand-Haugesund-Tittelsnes 22
- Kvalaelva 6
- Vigdarvassdraget 1

## Bite table for Haugesund

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

## Largest waters

- Sandvatnet 0.42 km² 11 m
- Kallandsvatnet 0.4 km² 10 m
- Kvernavatnet 0.34 km² 23 m
- Eivindsvatnet 0.32 km² 58 m fishing card nearby
- Krokavatnet 0.2 km² 158 m fishing card nearby
- Bakkavatnet 0.14 km² 6 m

## Named waters

Fishing-card offer nearby

- [Arkavatnet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/haugesund/arkavatnet)
- Bakkavatnet
- Bakkavatnet
- Bårdshaugvatna
- Drikkevann Hillerøya
- Dyrtjørn
- [Eivindsvatnet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/haugesund/eivindsvatnet)
- Fiskevatnet
- Førlandsvatnet
- Førlandsvatnet
- [Gåsavatnet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/haugesund/gasavatnet)
- Gåsavatnet
- Holmalivatnet
- Kallandsvatnet
- [Krokavatnet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/haugesund/krokavatnet)
- Kvednavatnet
- Kvernavatnet
- Kvernavatnet
- Langatjørna
- Lintjørn
- [Løkavatnet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/haugesund/lokavatnet)
- Randvatnet
- Rotatjørna
- Saltveitvatnet
- Sandvatnet
- [Skeisvatnet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/haugesund/skeisvatnet)
- Tjelltjørna
- Tornesvatnet
- [Urdadalsvatnet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/haugesund/urdadalsvatnet)

## 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 Rogaland: fish management](https://www.statsforvalteren.no/nn/rogaland/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.