# Fishing in Lærdal

> Fishing cards and 152 named waters in Lærdal (Vestland). Recorded brown trout and Atlantic salmon. Where to buy a card, the largest waters and the rules.

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

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Municipality · Vestland

Lærdal has 152 named lakes in NVE's lake database, and 5 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=laerdal)

## Fishing cards nearby (inatur)

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

- [Bettebu](https://inatur.no/fiske/591df348e4b0be4645d0c5d5)

## Facts about Lærdal

- **County**: [Vestland](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/vestland)
- **Named waters**: 152
- **Fishing-card offer nearby**: 5 of 152
- **Elevation**: 388–1655 m above sea level
- **Total area**: 55.8 km²
- **Largest waters**: Øljusjøane 8.65 km², Vestre Flågrunnsvatnet 6.45 km² and Eldrevatnet 3.56 km²
- **Species recorded**: Brown trout and Atlantic salmon

## Species recorded here

- [Brown trout 4790](https://finnfisk.no/en/orretfiske)
- [Atlantic salmon 128](https://finnfisk.no/en/laksefiske)

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.

- Lærdalsvassdraget 132
- Aurlandsvassdraget 5
- Drammensvassdraget 4
- Sagelvi 2

## Bite table for Lærdal

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

## Largest waters

- Øljusjøane 8.65 km² 1333 m
- Vestre Flågrunnsvatnet 6.45 km² 1473 m
- Eldrevatnet 3.56 km² 1116 m
- Juklevatnet 3.08 km² 1286 m
- Sulevatnet 2.99 km² 1420 m
- Starsjøen 1.92 km² 1350 m

## Named waters

Fishing-card offer nearby

- Andisvatnet
- Bjørndalstjørnane
- Bjørndalstjørnane
- Bjørndalstjørnane
- [Blandevatnet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/laerdal/blandevatnet)
- Bleiaskarvatnet
- Borlosgrovtjørni
- Breinostjørni
- Brunshaugtjørni
- Bubottjørni
- Bubottvatnet
- Daudmannsvatnet
- Drivandtjørni
- Dryftevatnet
- [Dyrkollvatnet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/laerdal/dyrkollvatnet)
- Eikestjørni
- Einarsvatnet
- Einarsvatnet
- Eldrevatnet
- Eråkstjørni
- Fagerskartjørnane
- Fagervatnet
- Fillestøltjørnane
- Finnebuvatnet
- Flågrunnsvotni
- [Fløgesprangtjørni](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/laerdal/flogesprangtjorni)
- Fossavotni
- Fossavotni
- Fossavotni
- Fremre Krekavatnet
- Frostdalstjerni
- Frønningsvotni
- Frønningsvotni
- Geitevatnet
- Grindevatnet
- Grovevatnet
- [Grånostjørni](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/laerdal/granostjorni)
- Grønevatnet
- Hadletjørni
- [Hallingskeidvatnet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/laerdal/hallingskeidvatnet)
- Halsatjørni
- Halsskartjørni
- Hemsedalstjørnane
- Hemsedalstjørnane
- Hemsedalstjørnane
- Hestebakkvatnet
- Hilmsvatnet
- Hilmsvatnet
- Hånostjørnane
- Hånostjørnin
- Hånostjørnin
- Høgdavatnet
- Indre Borlosgrovtjørni
- Juklevatnet
- Kallevasstjørni
- Kallevatnet
- Kjellarvatnet
- Kjerringtjørni
- Kluftenostjørni
- Kluftnostjørni
- Klåravatnet
- Knipenborgtjørni
- Krekavatnet
- Kvamsvatnet
- Kvelvevatnet
- Kviesjøen
- Kvikfortjørni
- Kyretjerni
- Langetjerni
- Langetjørnane
- Liahovdtjørni
- Liahovdvatnet
- Ljotetjørn
- Lomtjørni
- Lomtjørni
- Løken
- Masseringstjørni
- Mjåvatnet
- Nabottjørnane
- Nausavatnet
- Nedre Bjordalsvatnet
- Nedre Fagersetvatnet
- Nedre Finnsholvatnet
- Nedre Fleskevatnet
- Nedre Frostdalstjerni
- Nedre Monsetjørn
- Nedre Smeddalsvatnet
- Nedre Valdresdalstjørni
- Nordre Halsatjørni
- Nåbottjørnane
- Okketjørni
- Raudvatnet
- Rundetjørn
- Sauebottjørni
- Sauetjørn
- Sauetjørn
- Skardalstjørnane
- Skarddalstjørnane
- Skavlevatnet
- Skavlevatnet
- Skvettebottstjørni
- Skvettevatnet
- Slumpen
- Slutevatni
- Slutevatni
- Sløsnetjørni
- Småtjørnene
- Småvotni
- Soknetjørni
- Starsjøen
- Stavedalstjørni
- Steinevatnet
- Steintjørni
- Steintjørni
- Steintjørni
- Store Buasogen
- Store Bukkesteinsvatnet
- Store Ljosegrunnsvatnet
- Store Sanddalsvatnet
- Suleskartjerni
- Sulevatnet
- Svartatjørn
- Svartavatnet
- Svartetjørni
- Svartetjørni
- Svartevatn
- Systretjørnane
- Tjørni
- Toralsvatnet
- Tuftagjeltjørni
- Vadtjørni
- Vardahaugtjørni
- Vasselavatni
- Vasselavatni
- Vassetvatnet
- Vesle Juklevatnet
- Vestre Flågrunnsvatnet
- Vetle Bukkesteinsvatnet
- Vetle Ljosegrunnsvatnet
- Vetle Sanddalsvatnet
- Vetle Stavedalstjørni
- Vetlerauda
- Visettjørni
- Øksnvatnet
- Øljusjøane
- Øvre Bjordalsvatnet
- Øvre Fagersetvatnet
- Øvre Finnsholvatnet
- Øvre Fleskevatnet
- Øvre Monsetjørn
- Øvre Smeddalsvatnet
- Øvre Valdresdalstjørni

## 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)

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.