# Fishing in Karmøy

> Fishing cards and 77 named waters in Karmøy (Rogaland). Recorded brown trout, Atlantic salmon and pike. Where to buy a card, the largest waters and the rules.

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

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Municipality · Rogaland

Karmøy has 77 named lakes in NVE's lake database, and 1 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=karmoy)

## Fishing cards nearby (inatur)

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

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

## Facts about Karmøy

- **County**: [Rogaland](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/rogaland)
- **Named waters**: 77
- **Fishing-card offer nearby**: 1 of 77
- **Elevation**: 2–86 m above sea level
- **Total area**: 9.3 km²
- **Largest waters**: Stiklevatnet 0.85 km², Ytra Holmavatnet 0.85 km² and Tuastadvatnet 0.77 km²
- **Species recorded**: Brown trout, Atlantic salmon, pike and perch

## Species recorded here

- [Brown trout 237](https://finnfisk.no/en/orretfiske)
- [Atlantic salmon 172](https://finnfisk.no/en/laksefiske)
- [Pike 23](https://finnfisk.no/en/gjeddefiske)
- [Perch 5](https://finnfisk.no/en/abborfiske)

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.

- Karmøy 60
- Kyst Nedstrand-Haugesund-Tittelsnes 17

## Bite table for Karmøy

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

## Largest waters

- Stiklevatnet 0.85 km² 60 m
- Ytra Holmavatnet 0.85 km² 42 m
- Tuastadvatnet 0.77 km² 25 m
- Hilleslandsvatnet 0.58 km² 22 m
- Vormedalsvatnet 0.41 km² 25 m
- Store Fotvatnet 0.32 km² 17 m

## Named waters

Fishing-card offer nearby

- Aksnesvatnet
- Aureivatnet
- Buadalsvatnet, nedre
- Buadalsvatnet, øvre
- Butjørn
- Dalsvatnet
- Fiskåvatnet
- Grasvatnet
- Grodvatnet
- Grøtheimsvatnet
- Gunnarshaugvatnet
- Gunnarshaugvatnet
- Gåsavatnet
- Hamravatnet
- Heiavatnet
- Helgalandsvatnet
- Hilleslandsvatnet
- Holmavatnet
- Ilsvatnet
- Indra Holmavatnet
- Isgardvatnet
- Kigjavatnet
- Killingtjørna
- Krokanesvatnet
- Kvalavågtjørna
- Liastemmen
- Litla Mjåvatnet
- Litlavatnet
- Litlavatnet
- Litlavatnet
- Litlavatnet
- Lysvatnet
- Melstokkevatnet
- Midtre Fotvatnet
- Mjåvatnet
- Mjåvatnet, heimra
- Moksheimsvatnet
- Nedre Helgalandsvatnet
- Nordre Brekkevatnet
- Nordvatnet
- Oskreivatnet
- Paddetjørna
- Rabbavatnet
- Reiarsvatnet
- Risdalstemmen
- Rossavatnet
- Rotatjørna
- Rotatjørna
- Rotavatnet
- Røyningsvatnet
- Røyningsvatnet
- Slettvatnet
- Spannavatnet
- Steinsvatnet
- Stemmen
- Stemvatnet
- Stiklevatnet
- Store Fotvatnet
- Storestemmen
- Strigvatnet
- Søre Brekkevatnet
- Tistreivatnet
- Tjolandsvatnet
- Tjøsvollvatnet
- Torestemmen
- [Toskatjørn](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/karmoy/toskatjorn)
- Tretjørnane
- Tuastadvatnet
- Tømmervikvatnet
- Vardatjørna
- Vassbrekkevatnet
- Vestra Mjåvatnet
- Visnesvatnet
- Vormedalsvatnet
- Ytra Holmavatnet
- Ørnareirsvatnet
- Øvre Helgalandsvatnet

## 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.