# Fishing in Sandefjord

> Fishing cards and 30 named waters in Sandefjord (Vestfold). Recorded brown trout, perch and pike. Where to buy a card, the largest waters and the rules.

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

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Municipality · Vestfold

Sandefjord has 30 named lakes in NVE's lake database, and 3 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=sandefjord)

## Fishing cards nearby (inatur)

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

- [Melsomvikveien](https://inatur.no/fiske/554cc462e4b08641253ea174)
- [Reppeskål](https://inatur.no/fiske/5304a927e4b0dbca741aab72)

## Facts about Sandefjord

- **County**: [Vestfold](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/vestfold)
- **Named waters**: 30
- **Fishing-card offer nearby**: 3 of 30
- **Elevation**: 16–316 m above sea level
- **Total area**: 8.6 km²
- **Largest waters**: Goksjø 3.39 km², Akersvannet 2.4 km² and Illestadvannet 0.52 km²
- **Species recorded**: Brown trout, perch and pike

## Species recorded here

- [Brown trout 67](https://finnfisk.no/en/orretfiske)
- [Perch 14](https://finnfisk.no/en/abborfiske)
- [Pike 12](https://finnfisk.no/en/gjeddefiske)

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.

- Numedalslågen 24
- Aulivassdraget 5
- Melsombekken (fra akersvatnet) 1

## Bite table for Sandefjord

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

## Largest waters

- Goksjø 3.39 km² 28 m fishing card nearby
- Akersvannet 2.4 km² 16 m fishing card nearby
- Illestadvannet 0.52 km² 50 m
- Askjemvannet 0.4 km² 38 m
- Åletjønn 0.36 km² 204 m
- Grorødvannet 0.19 km² 92 m

## Named waters

Fishing-card offer nearby

- [Akersvannet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/sandefjord/akersvannet)
- Askjemvannet
- Bakkevannet
- Bergsvannet
- Bølevannet
- Diplingane
- Gallisvannet
- Gjennestadvannet
- [Goksjø](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/sandefjord/goksjo)
- Grorødvannet
- Grøntjernet
- Heivannet
- Illestadvannet
- Kleiveren
- Klostervannet
- Lakskjønnvannet
- Langevannet
- Langvannet
- Lille Heivannet
- Molandvannet
- [Napperødtjerna](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/sandefjord/napperodtjerna)
- Rønningsvannet
- Slira
- Steinsvannet
- Stisvannet
- Stålerødvannet
- Støfseren
- Svartvannet
- Trollsvannet
- Åletjønn

## 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 Vestfold og Telemark: fish management](https://www.statsforvalteren.no/nb/vestfold-og-telemark/naringorganisasjon/fiskeforvaltning-for-grunneiere-og-organisasjoner/)
- [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.