# Fishing in Kvinnherad

> 227 named waters in Kvinnherad (Vestland). Recorded brown trout, Atlantic salmon and Arctic char. The largest waters, watercourses and the rules.

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

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Municipality · Vestland

Kvinnherad has 227 named lakes in NVE's lake database. The full list is below. A water on the list is not permission to fish it: check rules and fishing cards locally.

[Show on map](https://finnfisk.no/en/kart?kommune=kvinnherad)

## Facts about Kvinnherad

- **County**: [Vestland](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/vestland)
- **Named waters**: 227
- **Fishing-card offer nearby**: 0 of 227
- **Elevation**: 8–1231 m above sea level
- **Total area**: 40.4 km²
- **Largest waters**: Blådalsvatnet 2.83 km², Midtbotnavatnet 2.47 km² and Opsangervatnet 2.32 km²
- **Species recorded**: Brown trout, Atlantic salmon, Arctic char, grayling, perch, pike and whitefish

## Species recorded here

- [Brown trout 351](https://finnfisk.no/en/orretfiske)
- [Atlantic salmon 199](https://finnfisk.no/en/laksefiske)
- [Arctic char 17](https://finnfisk.no/en/royefiske)
- [Grayling 6](https://finnfisk.no/en/harrfiske)
- [Perch 6](https://finnfisk.no/en/abborfiske)
- [Pike 6](https://finnfisk.no/en/gjeddefiske)
- [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.

- Blåelva 33
- kyst Strandebarm-Strandvik 22
- kyst Etnefjorden-Sunde 19
- Handalandselva 15

## Bite table for Kvinnherad

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

## Largest waters

- Blådalsvatnet 2.83 km² 711 m
- Midtbotnavatnet 2.47 km² 771 m
- Opsangervatnet 2.32 km² 8 m
- Håvikvatnet 1.77 km² 57 m
- Insta Mosevatnet 1.7 km² 873 m
- Kvitebergsvatnet 1.64 km² 9 m

## Named waters

- Aterstadvatnet
- Aterstadvatnet
- Aursdalsvatnet
- Bakdalsvatnet
- Bakkastølsvatnet
- Barnamyrsvatnet
- Bergsdalsvatnet
- Bergsstølsvatnet
- Bjellandstjørna
- Blådalsvatnet
- Blådalsvatnet
- Bondhusvatnet
- Botnatjørna
- Botnavatna
- Botnavatna
- Botnavatna
- Botnavatnet
- Brandvikvatnet
- Bruhaugvatnet
- Bukkavatnet
- Dalsvatna
- Dalsvatna
- Dalsvatna
- Demmevatnet
- Erslandsvatnet
- Fagerdalsvatnet
- Fagnabotnstjørna
- Fatlandsvatnet
- Fjellandsbøvatnet
- Fjellandsvatnet
- Fjellhaugvatn
- Floetjørnane
- Fonnavatnet
- Fossahalsvatnet
- Fossavatnet
- Fuglatjørn
- Fuglatjørn
- Fuglatjørn, l
- Furdalstjørna
- Furebergspytten
- Fynderdalsvatnet
- Geitabudalsvatnet
- Geitavatna
- Geitavatna
- Geitavatnet
- Goddalsvatnet
- Gravdalsvatnet
- Grytevatna
- Gråfjellsvatnet
- Grønlitjørn
- Gygrastølsvatnet
- Hagabekktjørna
- Halsavatnet
- Hatlesteinsvatnet
- Haugakrokvatnet
- Haukadalstjørna
- Haukåstjørna
- Heimsta Brufossvatnet
- Heimsta Bukkaspelvatnet
- Heimsta Kvitnadalsvatnet
- Heimsta Reppavatnet
- Helevatnet
- Hellvikvatnet
- Hildalsvatnet
- Holmavatnet
- Holmedalsbotnavatnet
- Håvikvatnet
- Hølen
- Ingavatnet
- Insta Brufossvatnet
- Insta Bukkaspelvatnet
- Insta Kvitnadalsvatnet
- Insta Mosevatnet
- Insta Reppavatnet
- Isdalsvatnet
- Isorvatnet
- Jordsvatnet
- Juklavatnet
- Kabusa
- Kilsdalsvatnet
- Kjekavatnet
- Kjersvatnet
- Kjøhølen
- Kloppatjørna
- Kringlevatnet
- Krokatjørna
- Krokavatnet
- Krokavatnet
- Krokavatnet
- Krokavatnet
- Krokavatnet
- Krokavatnet
- Krokavatnet
- Krokavatnet
- Krolivatnet
- Krukestølen
- Kråkevatnet
- Kudalsvatn
- Kudalsvatn
- Kvanngrødtjørn
- Kvanngrødvatnet
- Kvelvetjørn
- Kvitebergsvatnet
- Langagilsvatnet
- Langavatnet
- Langelivatnet
- Leirvikvatnet
- Liarevatnet
- Lomatjørna
- Lomatjørna
- Lomatjørna
- Lomatjørna
- Lomstjørna
- Lukevatnet
- Løfallstjørn
- Løfallstjørn
- Mannsvatnet
- Markjelkevatnet
- Middagsvatnet
- Midtbotnavatnet
- Midthølen
- Midtra Brufossvatnet
- Midtra Kvitnadalsvatnet
- Mjåvatnet
- Mosavatnet
- Myrdalsvatnet
- Myrdalsvatnet
- Mysevatnet
- Måvatnet
- Møsetjørna
- Nautavatnet
- Nautavatnet
- Nautavatnet
- Nesjastølsvatnet
- Nordaskredvatnet
- Norddalsvatnet
- Nordlidalsvatnet
- Omnatjørnane
- Omnatjørnane
- Opsangervatnet
- Opstveitvatnet
- Orefallstjørnane
- Prestavatnet
- Reikavatnet
- Rennedalsvatnet
- Rundatjørna
- Rundavatnet
- Rustatjørna
- Røyradammen
- Røytehølen
- Sagdammen
- Sandvatna
- Sauavatna
- Sauavatnet
- Sauavatnet
- Seldalsvatnet
- Selnutvatnet
- Sitautevatn
- Skagatjørna
- Skatetjørna
- Skrumstjørna
- Skulevatnet
- Småstølsvatnet
- Solbjørnvatnet
- Staffivatnet
- Steinsvatnet
- Stemmelandsdammen
- Stemmetjørna
- Stemvatnet
- Storatjørn
- Storatjørna
- Stølsvatnet
- Stølsvatnet
- Sundstølvatnet
- Svartatjørn
- Svartatjørn
- Svartatjørna
- Svartatjørna
- Svartatjørna
- Svartatjørna
- Svartavatnet
- Svartavatnet
- Svartavatnet
- Svartavatnet
- Svartavatnet
- Svartavatnet
- Svartavatnet
- Svartavatnet
- Svartavatnet
- Svartavatnet, stora
- Svartavatnet, vesla
- Svartedalsvatnet
- Sæterskardsvatnet
- Teigavatnet
- Tjørna
- Tjørnane
- Tjørnene
- Tjørnlitjørna
- Torvtjørna
- Tranetjørna
- Trollavatnet
- Trombetjørnane
- Tveitebotnvatnet
- Tveitedalsvatnet
- Urdabotnvatnet
- Urdadalsvatnet
- Urdavatnet
- Urdavatnet
- Vadtjørn
- Valedalsdammen
- Vasstølsvatnet
- Vatnastølsvatnet
- Vatnastølsvatnet
- Verhardevatnet
- Veslavatnet
- Vesledalsvatn
- Vestredalsvatnet
- Vestreviktjørna
- Vetrhusvatna
- Vetrhusvatna
- Vetrhusvatna
- Volavatna
- Ådnavikvatnet
- Åstjørna
- Øvredalsvatnet
- Øyarhamnsvatnet
- Øyravatnet

## 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)
- [Salmon fishing: rules and state fee](https://www.miljodirektoratet.no/ansvarsomrader/arter-naturtyper/fiske/nar-kan-jeg-fiske-laks-sjoorret-og-sjoroye/)

There are 1 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](https://finnfisk.no/en/laksefiske)

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.