Municipality · Nordland

Fishing in Steigen

Steigen has 124 named lakes in NVE's lake database, and 7 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.

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Fishing cards nearby (inatur)

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

Facts about Steigen

County: Nordland
Named waters: 124
Fishing-card offer nearby: 7 of 124
Elevation: 2–655 m above sea level
Total area: 40.4 km²
Largest waters: Storvatnet 6.64 km², Forsanvatnet 4.81 km² and Hopvatnet 3.84 km²
Species recorded: Brown trout, Arctic char and Atlantic salmon

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.

Ytre del av Steigen kommune45
Nordfolda26
Botnelva6
Lommerelva5

Bite table for Steigen

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

Largest waters

Storvatnet6.64 km²55 mfishing card nearby
Forsanvatnet4.81 km²259 m
Hopvatnet3.84 km²4 m
Straumfjordvatnet3.73 km²2 m
Lappvatnet2.02 km²34 m
Markvatnet1.92 km²29 m

Named waters

Fishing-card offer nearby

Andtjørna
Balkjostjørna
Brattfjordvatnet
Breiddalsvatnan
Djupvikvatnet
Durmålstjørna
Durmålsvatnet
Einangtjørna
Ersvikvatnet
Forsanvatnet
Fuglevatnet
Førvatnet
Galtvatnet
Galtvatnet
Gongskardvatnet
Hattvatnet
Heimstelvvatnet
Holmåkvatnet
Hopvatnet
Innervatnet
Juvikvatnet
Jørnvatnet
Kalvtindvatnan
Kalvtindvatnan
Kjerringvatnet
Knedalstjønna
Kvanndalsvatnet
Kvitvatnet
Laksåvatnet
Langtjørna
Langvatnet
Langvatnet
Lappvatnet
Laukvikvatnet
Litl Bjørndalsvatnet
Litl Tindvatnet
Litl Trollvatnet
Litlskarvatnet
Litlvatnet
Litlvatnet
Litlvatnet
Litlvatnet
Litlvatnet
Litlvatnet
Lofttjønna
Lommervatnet
Lomstjønna
Lomtjønna
Lomtjønna
Lomtjørna
Lundvatnet
Lågen
Malåvatnet
Mannslagervatnet
Markvatnet
Martnesvikvatnet
Meraftesvatn
Midtre Flekkosvatnan
Midtre Nordskotvatnet
Mølnvatnet
Nedre Flekkosvatnan
Nedre Nordskotvatnet
Nervatnet
Nonsvatnet
Norddalsvatnan
Norddalsvatnan
Nordfoldvatnet
Revvatnan
Revvatnan
Rundvatn
Røyrvikvatnet
Sennvatnet
Skagstadvatnet
Skjenaustvatnet
Skranstadvatnet
Skånlandsvatnet
Slettheivatnet
Sløelvvatnan
Småvatnan
Snøsvatnet
Stamsvikvatnan
Stamsvikvatnan
Stamsvikvatnan
Steinslandsvatnet
Stengvatnet
Stokkvatnet
Store Bjørndalsvatn
Store Bjørndalsvatnet
Store Tindvatnet
Store Trollvatnet
Storvatnet
Storvatnet
Storvatnet
Storvikvatnan
Storvikvatnan
Straumfjordvatnet
Stuvatnet
Svartdalsvatnet
Svartvatnet
Svartvatnet
Synstelvvatnet
Sørskotvatnet
Tennvatnan
Tennvatnet
Trolldalsvatnet
Trolltjønna
Trollvatnan
Trollvatnet
Trollvatnet
Tverrelvvatnet
Vallevatnet
Vanderelvvatnet
Vassdalsvatnet
Vassdalsvatnet
Vassvikvatnet
Vinkfjordvatnan
Åsjordvatnet
Åsvatna
Åsvatna
Øverdalsvatnet
Øverdalsvatnet
Øvervatnet
Øvre Flekkosvatnan
Øvre Nordskotvatnet

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 7 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.