Municipality · Troms

Fishing in Lyngen

Lyngen has 57 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.

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Facts about Lyngen

County: Troms
Named waters: 57
Fishing-card offer nearby: 0 of 57
Elevation: 2–891 m above sea level
Total area: 13.8 km²
Largest waters: Jægervatnet 7.23 km², Rottenvikvatnet 0.65 km² and Brevatnet 0.51 km²
Species recorded: Arctic char and brown trout

Species recorded here

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.

Ullsfjorden og Sørfjorden15
Lyngen vest14
Jægerelva9
Kvalvikelva7

Bite table for Lyngen

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

Largest waters

Jægervatnet7.23 km²2 m
Rottenvikvatnet0.65 km²513 m
Brevatnet0.51 km²543 m
Vaggasvatnet0.46 km²273 m
Holmevatnet0.45 km²413 m
Storvatnet0.42 km²407 m

Named waters

Aspevatnet
Barheivatnet
Bjørnevatnet
Blåvatnet
Brannåsvatnet
Bredalsvatnet
Brevatnet
Dalvatnet
Elvejordsvatnet
Elvevatnet
Fiskevatnet
Fugldalsvatnan
Førstevatnet
Gielasjávri
Gjerdelvvatnan
Gjerdelvvatnan
Grønvatnet
Hellarvikvatnet
Herrevatnet
Holmevatnet
Iselvvatnet
Isskarvatnet
Jægervatnet
Kalddalsvatnet
Koppangsvatnet
Kuvatnet
Kvalvikvatnet
Langvatnet
Langvatnet
Litlevatnet
Lomvatnan
Lomvatnet
Myrvatnet
Nedre Rødtindvatnet
Nedrevatnet
Olderelvvatnet
Pollvatnet
Rottenvikvatnet
Rundvatnet
Russelvfjellvatnet
Rypdalsvatnan
Rypdalsvatnan
Saksvatnet
Storskorvatnet
Storvatnet
Strupskardvatnan
Strupskardvatnan
Strupskardvatnan
Strupvatnet
Ternvatnet
Trollvatnet
Uŋggajávrrit
Vaggasvatnet
Veidalsvatnet
Veidalsvatnet
Øvre Rødtindvatnet
Øvrevatnet

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.

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

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.