# Fishing in Modalen

> 69 named waters in Modalen (Vestland). Recorded brown trout and Atlantic salmon. The largest waters, watercourses and the rules.

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

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Municipality · Vestland

Modalen has 69 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=modalen)

## Facts about Modalen

- **County**: [Vestland](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/vestland)
- **Named waters**: 69
- **Fishing-card offer nearby**: 0 of 69
- **Elevation**: 115–1105 m above sea level
- **Total area**: 20.6 km²
- **Largest waters**: Steinslandsvatnet 2.31 km², Svartavatnet 2.23 km² and Skjerjavatnet 2.08 km²
- **Species recorded**: Brown trout and Atlantic salmon

## Species recorded here

- [Brown trout 41](https://finnfisk.no/en/orretfiske)
- [Atlantic salmon 25](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.

- Steinslandsvassdraget 39
- Haugsdalsvassdraget 21
- Osterfjorden nord 5
- Eksingedalsvassdraget 3

## Bite table for Modalen

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

## Largest waters

- Steinslandsvatnet 2.31 km² 116 m
- Svartavatnet 2.23 km² 782 m
- Skjerjavatnet 2.08 km² 815 m
- Stølsvatnet 1.84 km² 584 m
- Smalavatnet 1.31 km² 820 m
- Store Nordalsvatnet 0.88 km² 1011 m

## Named waters

- Austrebotnvatnet
- Beitlatjørna
- Botnelvvotna
- Botnelvvotni
- Dalavatnet
- Fagerdalstjørna
- Gavlavatnet
- Herlangen
- Hevikatjørna
- Hjortevatnet
- Hornafjellsvatnet
- Insta Sørdalsvatnet
- Krossvatnet
- Kvanngrødvatnet
- Kvernhusbotnvatnet
- Kvitavatnet
- Langavatnet
- Lomatjørna
- Nedre Berdalsvatnet
- Nedre Norddalsvatnet
- Nedre Skålebotnsvatnet
- Nedre Sørdalsvatnet
- Nedstavatnet
- Rindavatnet
- Saufjellsvatnet
- Seljedalsvotna
- Seljedalsvotni
- Seljedalsvotni
- Skavlavatna
- Skavlavatni
- Skjerjavatnet
- Smalavatnet
- Steinadalstjørnene
- Steinadalstjørnene
- Steinadalstjørnene
- Steinavatnet
- Steinslandsvatnet
- Store Nordalsvatnet
- Stølsvatnet
- Stølsvatnet
- Svartavatnet
- Svartavatnet
- Sylvbergstjørnane
- Sylvbergstjørnane
- Sætertjørna
- Sætravatnet
- Sørdalsvatnet
- Trollholevatnet
- Vardadalstjørnane
- Vardadalstjørnane
- Vardadalstjørnane
- Vardadalstjørnane
- Vardadalstjørnane
- Veslavatnet
- Vestre Kvammavatnet
- Vestrebotnvotna
- Vestrebotnvotni
- Vestrebotnvotni
- Åbotnsvatnet
- Åsabotnvotna
- Åsabotnvotni
- Åsabotnvotni
- Åsabotnvotni
- Åsabotnvotni
- Øvre Norddalsvatnet
- Øvre Sørdalsvatnet
- Øvstavatnet
- Øvste Berdalsvatnet
- Øvste Skålebotnsvatnet

## 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.