# Fishing in Vågå

> Fishing cards and 94 named waters in Vågå (Innlandet). Recorded brown trout, Arctic char and grayling. Where to buy a card, the largest waters and the rules.

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

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Municipality · Innlandet

Vågå has 94 named lakes in NVE's lake database, and 11 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=vaga)

## Fishing cards nearby (inatur)

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

- [Gobjørke](https://inatur.no/fiske/571f22a5e4b07554380ff490)
- [Rustvegen](https://inatur.no/fiske/51ae02aee4b00dd18cc96fc0)
- [Tuvstulvegen](https://inatur.no/fiske/50fdb7d1e4b01d431517678d)
- [Sandånebbvegen](https://inatur.no/fiske/679103eccba87e2dfc0c11d8)

## Facts about Vågå

- **County**: [Innlandet](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/innlandet)
- **Named waters**: 94
- **Fishing-card offer nearby**: 11 of 94
- **Elevation**: 355–1724 m above sea level
- **Total area**: 71.5 km²
- **Largest waters**: Gjende 15.78 km², Vågåvatnet 13.95 km² and Nedre Heimdalsvatnet 7.22 km²
- **Species recorded**: Brown trout, Arctic char and grayling

## Species recorded here

- [Brown trout 160](https://finnfisk.no/en/orretfiske)
- [Arctic char 14](https://finnfisk.no/en/royefiske)
- [Grayling 13](https://finnfisk.no/en/harrfiske)

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.

- Glommavassdraget 94

## Bite table for Vågå

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

## Largest waters

- Gjende 15.78 km² 985 m
- Vågåvatnet 13.95 km² 362 m
- Nedre Heimdalsvatnet 7.22 km² 1052 m
- Øvre Sjodalsvatnet 4.91 km² 954 m
- Bessvatnet 4.7 km² 1372 m
- Russvatnet 4.62 km² 1175 m

## Curated guides (3)

### [Sjodalen (Vågå)](https://finnfisk.no/en/fiskeplass/sjodalen)

Brown trout

### [Otta og Vågåvatnet, Sone 8 (Vågå)](https://finnfisk.no/en/fiskeplass/lagen-sone-8)

Brown trout Grayling Arctic char

### [Langmorkje og Nordherad statsallmenning (Vågå)](https://finnfisk.no/en/fiskeplass/langmorkje-nordherad)

Brown trout Arctic char

## Named waters

Fishing-card offer nearby

- Bergetjønne
- Besstjønnin
- Besstrondtjønnin
- Bessvatnet
- Birisjøen
- Birisjøen
- Bjørnbøltjønne
- Blåtjønnin
- Blåtjørnin
- Brurskardstjønne
- Bukkehåmårtjønne
- Butjønne
- Buvatnet
- Danntjønne
- Diprtjørni
- [Dravtjørni](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/vaga/dravtjorni)
- Dyrtjørni
- Dyrtjørni
- Døradalsvatni
- Flatningen
- Flåtåtjønne
- Gammelolatjørni
- Garmodammen
- Gjende
- Gjæsingvatnet
- Gorrklopptjørni
- Griningsdalsvatnet
- Gutusjøtjørnin
- [Hansbergtjønne](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/vaga/hansbergtjonne)
- Haugtjønne
- Heimsandtjern
- Hellertjønne
- Hesthaugtjørni
- Hestretjørni
- Hindtjønnin
- Hindtjørnin
- Hosketjønnin
- Hånåtjørni
- Ingulsjøen
- Jettjørni
- Kalvtjørni
- [Kjøpangertjørnin](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/vaga/kjopangertjornin)
- [Klonestjørnin](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/vaga/klonestjornin)
- Klonestjørnin
- Krosstjønne
- Kvitingen
- Lalmsvatnet
- Langtjønne
- Langvatnet
- Leirungstjønnin
- Lemonsjøen
- Lomtjørni
- [Melingen](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/vaga/melingen)
- Melistjønne
- Nedre Birisjøtjønne
- Nedre Grjothovdtjørni
- Nedre Heimdalsvatnet
- Nedre Leirungen
- Nedre Sjodalsvatnet
- [Nesetjørni](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/vaga/nesetjorni)
- Porten
- [Rindtjørni](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/vaga/rindtjorni)
- Rishovdtjørni
- Russvatnet
- Sandmeltjørnin
- [Silungstjørni](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/vaga/silungstjorni)
- Sisseltjørni
- Sjugurdsjøen
- Skjedølavatnet
- Skytningen
- Skåltjørni
- Slomtjørni
- Strondsætertjørni
- Surtningen
- Svarthåmårtjønne
- Svarttjønne
- [Svarttjønne](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/vaga/svarttjonne)
- Svarttjørni
- Søre Svarttjønne
- Tjønnholtjønne
- Tjørnosen
- Tronddalstjønne
- [Turrhaugtjørni](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/vaga/turrhaugtjorni)
- Tuvstultjørni
- Tynna
- [Veslsvarttjønne](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/vaga/veslsvarttjonne)
- Vesltjønne
- Veslvatnet
- Vågåvatnet
- Øvre Birisjøtjønne
- Øvre Grjothovdtjørni
- Øvre Leirungen
- Øvre Sjodalsvatnet
- Øvre Teppingje

## 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 Innlandet: fish management](https://www.statsforvalteren.no/nb/innlandet/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.