# Fishing in Holmestrand

> Fishing cards and 68 named waters in Holmestrand (Vestfold). Recorded brown trout, perch and pike. Where to buy a card, the largest waters and the rules.

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

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Municipality · Vestfold

Holmestrand has 68 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=holmestrand)

## Fishing cards nearby (inatur)

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

- [Verkensmyra](https://inatur.no/fiske/666ff76cb9177f6feb7fbc01)
- [Møllbakkene](https://inatur.no/fiske/5a844a5367fc46000321c4fe)

## Facts about Holmestrand

- **County**: [Vestfold](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/vestfold)
- **Named waters**: 68
- **Fishing-card offer nearby**: 7 of 68
- **Elevation**: 36–485 m above sea level
- **Total area**: 12 km²
- **Largest waters**: Bergsvannet 2.62 km², Hillestadvannet 1.57 km² and Haugestadvannet 1.5 km²
- **Species recorded**: Brown trout, perch, pike, grayling, Arctic char and whitefish

## Species recorded here

- [Brown trout 71](https://finnfisk.no/en/orretfiske)
- [Perch 59](https://finnfisk.no/en/abborfiske)
- [Pike 51](https://finnfisk.no/en/gjeddefiske)
- [Grayling 6](https://finnfisk.no/en/harrfiske)
- [Arctic char 6](https://finnfisk.no/en/royefiske)
- [Whitefish 6](https://finnfisk.no/en/sikfiske)

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.

- Drammensvassdraget 25
- Sandevassdraget 21
- Selvikelva 13
- Aulivassdraget 3

## Bite table for Holmestrand

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

## Largest waters

- Bergsvannet 2.62 km² 36 m
- Hillestadvannet 1.57 km² 37 m
- Haugestadvannet 1.5 km² 37 m
- Blindevatnet 1.01 km² 147 m
- Røysjø 0.71 km² 207 m
- Suluvann 0.56 km² 138 m fishing card nearby

## Named waters

Fishing-card offer nearby

- Askjelsvannet
- Bekkevannet
- Bergantjern
- [Bergsvannet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/holmestrand/bergsvannet)
- Bergsvannet
- Bingtjernet
- Blekktjern
- Blindevatnet
- Bondivannet
- [Borgelangevann](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/holmestrand/borgelangevann)
- Bruserudvannet
- Djupdalstjern
- Eikenesvannet
- Fjellskardvannet
- [Fløyta](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/holmestrand/floyta)
- Foksetjern
- Grennesvannet
- Grøntjernet
- Haugestadvannet
- Hillestadvannet
- Holtantjern
- Igletjernet
- Kaldmovannet
- Kjennerudtjern
- Klokketjern
- Korssjøen
- Kringlevannet
- Kroktjern
- Langevann
- Langtjernet
- Langvann
- Lillevann
- Mauretjern
- [Midtre Svanevannet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/holmestrand/midtre-svanevannet)
- Mjøvannet
- Myrvann
- Nordbykupa
- Nordre Toresvann
- Orebergvannet
- Prestevannet
- Rundtjernet
- Røysjø
- Setertjern
- Siljukollvannet
- Sollivannet
- Store Annevannet
- Store Bergvannet
- Store Jøranvannet
- Store Svartetjern
- Sukkevannet
- [Suluvann](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/holmestrand/suluvann)
- Svartetjern
- Svartevannet
- Søndre Toresvann
- Teigstjern
- Tjerna
- Torjevannet
- [Trestiklevanna](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/holmestrand/trestiklevanna-149276)
- [Trestiklevanna](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/holmestrand/trestiklevanna-161197)
- Tyritjern
- Tømmeråstjernet
- Tørrfløyt
- Ulka
- Urdervannet
- Vesle Jøranvann
- Vesle Øyvann
- Veslevannet
- Åsdammen

## 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 Vestfold og Telemark: fish management](https://www.statsforvalteren.no/nb/vestfold-og-telemark/naringorganisasjon/fiskeforvaltning-for-grunneiere-og-organisasjoner/)
- [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.