# Fishing in Vaksdal

> Fishing cards and 175 named waters in Vaksdal (Vestland). Recorded brown trout and Atlantic salmon. Where to buy a card, the largest waters and the rules.

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

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Municipality · Vestland

Vaksdal has 175 named lakes in NVE's lake database, and 8 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=vaksdal)

## Fishing cards nearby (inatur)

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

- [Dyratoni](https://inatur.no/fiske/5cf2655267c9bc00035f7164)
- [Eksingedalsvegen](https://inatur.no/fiske/5874cbaee4b0eeb6f27d23eb)

## Facts about Vaksdal

- **County**: [Vestland](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/vestland)
- **Named waters**: 175
- **Fishing-card offer nearby**: 8 of 175
- **Elevation**: 87–964 m above sea level
- **Total area**: 25.3 km²
- **Largest waters**: Skjerjavatnet 7.69 km², Askjellsdalsvatnet 2.84 km² and Bergavatnet 0.79 km²
- **Species recorded**: Brown trout and Atlantic salmon

## Species recorded here

- [Brown trout 181](https://finnfisk.no/en/orretfiske)
- [Atlantic salmon 64](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.

- Eksingedalsvassdraget 53
- Bergsdalsvassdraget 39
- Tysseelva 10
- Øyaelvi 10

## Bite table for Vaksdal

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

## Largest waters

- Skjerjavatnet 7.69 km² 964 m
- Askjellsdalsvatnet 2.84 km² 805 m
- Bergavatnet 0.79 km² 411 m
- Bergsvatnet 0.66 km² 500 m fishing card nearby
- Toskedalsvatnet 0.56 km² 182 m
- Flatavatnet 0.45 km² 720 m

## Named waters

Fishing-card offer nearby

- Almatjørni
- Andre Lauvtjørna
- Askjellsdalsvatnet
- Austre Gråvatni
- Beinhellervatnet
- Belaskartjørni
- Bergavatnet
- [Bergsvatnet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/vaksdal/bergsvatnet)
- Blomdalsvatnet
- Blåfjellvatnet
- Blåtjørna
- Blåtjørni
- Bogavatnet
- Botnatjørni
- Botnavatnet
- Botnavatnet
- Breidbekktjørni
- Brislibroka
- Brislingabroki
- Buhellervatnet
- Bukksteinvatnet
- Byvatnet
- Dalatjørna
- Djupetjørni
- Djupevatnet
- Drivedalstjørnane
- Dyrabottsvatnet
- Eksetjørni
- Fagermyrvatnet
- Fantabotnsvatnet
- Fjellbotnvatnet
- Flatavatnet
- Flatavatnet
- Fossatjørna
- Fossavatnet
- Fossdalsvatnet
- Fugletjørna
- Fyletjørna
- Fyrste Lauvtjørna
- Gammersviktjørna
- Gavlavatnet
- Gavvatnet
- Giljavatnet
- Grågavltjørnane
- Gråsidvatnet
- Gråvatnet
- Grøndalsvatnet
- Gufsekrossvatnet
- Gåstjørna
- Haugsgrovvatnet
- Heimsta Kvanndalsvatnet
- Herfangsvatnet
- Hestfjelltjørna
- Hjellatjørni
- Hjellatjørni
- Holevatnet
- Holmatjørna
- Holmavatnet
- Holmavatnet
- Hundabukstjørni
- Illebruvatnet
- Kaldestadtjørni
- Kalvatjørni
- Kjehellertjørni
- Kjelldalstjørni
- Kjerringatjørna
- Klenavatnet
- [Klingetjørni](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/vaksdal/klingetjorni)
- Kraksåvatnet
- [Krokatjørni](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/vaksdal/krokatjorni)
- Krokavatnet
- Krokavatnet
- Krokavatnet, nedre
- Krokavatnet, øvre
- Krossatjørnane
- Krosstjørnane
- Krosstjørnane
- Kupetjørna
- Kupevatnet
- Kvanndalsvatnet
- Kvanngrøvatni
- Langatjørna
- Langavatnet
- Langetjørni
- Langgrova
- Leirovatnet
- Leitestjørnane
- [Leitestjørni](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/vaksdal/leitestjorni)
- Leitevotni
- Leitevotni
- Litlavatnet
- Litlvatnet
- Loddviktjørni
- Lomavatnet
- Midtvatnet
- Midtvatnet
- Mjøstøltjørni
- Moavatnet
- Moavatnet, nedste
- Mylletjørni
- Nardalsvatnet
- Nedre Blåvatnet
- Neretjørni
- Nesheimsvatnet
- Nilsatjørnane
- Nipetjørna
- Nipevatnet
- Nonstadgilsvotni
- Nordravatnet
- Nordre Gråvatni
- [Oddmunddalsvatnet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/vaksdal/oddmunddalsvatnet)
- Oksatjørni
- Oksetjørni
- Osatjørni
- [Ospetjørni](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/vaksdal/ospetjorni)
- Otterstadvatnet
- Rundatjørna
- Sauadalsvatni
- Saudalsvatnet
- Sigvatnet
- Sjuskartjørna
- Skarsvatnet
- [Skarvavatnet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/vaksdal/skarvavatnet)
- Skjerjavatnet
- Skredatottjørna
- Småbrekkevatnet
- Smørtjørna
- Stemmetjørna
- Stemmetjørna
- Stemmetjørni
- Stoatjørnane
- Storavatnet
- Storavatnet
- Storavatnet
- Storfossdammen
- Storlitjørni
- Strupedalsvatnet
- Stølstjørni
- Stølsvatna
- Surratjørna
- Svartatjørna
- Svartavatnet
- Svartavatnet
- Svartavatnet
- Svartetjørna
- Svarttjørna
- Sætratjørna
- Tjørnadalsvatnet
- Torvavatnet
- Toskedalsvatnet
- Trappetjørnan
- Trefallvatnet
- Trekanttjørni
- Trollavasstjørni
- Trollavatnet
- Trollavatnet
- Træsvatnet
- Tuftatjørni
- Tverrdalsvatni, nedre
- Tverrdalsvatni, øvre
- Uragjeltjørna
- Urdedalstjørni
- Vardavatnet
- Vatnastølvatnet
- [Veslavatnet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/vaksdal/veslavatnet)
- Veslavatnet
- Vetle Askjelldalsvatnet
- Vetlevatnet
- Vikavatnet
- Åretjørna
- Ørnebergtjørna
- Øvre Blåvatnet
- Øvretjørni
- Øvsthustjørna
- Øyaskartjørni

## 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.