# Fishing in Vestnes

> 36 named waters in Vestnes (Møre og Romsdal). Recorded brown trout, Atlantic salmon and Arctic char. The largest waters, watercourses and the rules.

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

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Municipality · Møre og Romsdal

Vestnes has 36 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=vestnes)

## Facts about Vestnes

- **County**: [Møre og Romsdal](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/more-og-romsdal)
- **Named waters**: 36
- **Fishing-card offer nearby**: 0 of 36
- **Elevation**: 31–861 m above sea level
- **Total area**: 4.2 km²
- **Largest waters**: Svartevatnet 0.82 km², Jutevatnet 0.77 km² and Instebotnvatnet 0.3 km²
- **Species recorded**: Brown trout, Atlantic salmon and Arctic char

## Species recorded here

- [Brown trout 54](https://finnfisk.no/en/orretfiske)
- [Atlantic salmon 15](https://finnfisk.no/en/laksefiske)
- [Arctic char 8](https://finnfisk.no/en/royefiske)

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.

- Midtfjorden sør og Romsdalsfjorden vest 8
- Sesselva 6
- Skorgelva 5
- Tressa 5

## Bite table for Vestnes

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

## Largest waters

- Svartevatnet 0.82 km² 861 m
- Jutevatnet 0.77 km² 525 m
- Instebotnvatnet 0.3 km² 724 m
- Trollvatnet 0.26 km² 666 m
- Forsevatnet 0.24 km² 407 m
- Vardfjellvatnet 0.2 km² 838 m

## Named waters

- Botnavatnet
- Brastadvatnet
- Dalsvatnet
- Dalvatnet
- Forsevatnet
- Instebotnvatnet
- Jutevatnet
- Kjøpstadvatnet
- Langvatnet
- Lauga
- Lislegrøvatnet
- Litlevatnet
- Lomstjønna
- Lomtjønna
- Melskarsvatnet
- Midttjønna
- Midtvatnet
- Misfjordvatnet
- Måsvatnet
- Møsvatnet
- Nedste Trollvatnet
- Oterskarvatnet
- Remmemsvatnet
- Skjerdingvatnet
- Småtjønna
- Sprovsvatna
- Sprovsvatnet
- Svartevatnet
- Sørvatnet
- Søråsvatnet
- Trollvatnet
- Urvatnet
- Vardfjellvatnet
- Ytstetjønna
- Åvatna
- Øvste Trollvatnet

## 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 Møre og Romsdal: fish management](https://www.statsforvalteren.no/nn/more-og-romsdal/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.