# Fishing in Vestvågøy

> 104 named waters in Vestvågøy (Nordland). Recorded brown trout, Atlantic salmon and Arctic char. The largest waters, watercourses and the rules.

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

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Municipality · Nordland

Vestvågøy has 104 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=vestvagoy)

## Facts about Vestvågøy

- **County**: [Nordland](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/nordland)
- **Named waters**: 104
- **Fishing-card offer nearby**: 0 of 104
- **Elevation**: 2–338 m above sea level
- **Total area**: 16.2 km²
- **Largest waters**: Urvatnet 2.24 km², Farstadvatnet 1.25 km² and Ostadvatnet 1.22 km²
- **Species recorded**: Brown trout, Atlantic salmon and Arctic char

## Species recorded here

- [Brown trout 41](https://finnfisk.no/en/orretfiske)
- [Atlantic salmon 21](https://finnfisk.no/en/laksefiske)
- [Arctic char 20](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.

- Vestvågøy kommune 65
- elv fra Farstadvatnet 13
- Ballstadelva 5
- Storfjordelva 4

## Bite table for Vestvågøy

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

## Largest waters

- Urvatnet 2.24 km² 3 m
- Farstadvatnet 1.25 km² 3 m
- Ostadvatnet 1.22 km² 23 m
- Lilandsvatnet 0.94 km² 13 m
- Lyngedalsvatnet 0.82 km² 18 m
- Nedre Heimredalsvatnet 0.69 km² 8 m

## Named waters

- Almenningsvatnan
- Bjørnskardalsvatnet
- Bogtjørna
- Brasetdalsvatnet
- Brutjønna
- Bøvatnet
- Dalsvatnet
- Dalvatnet
- Farstadvatnet
- Forsdalsvatnet
- Forsvatnet
- Geitvatnet
- Grønnlivatnet
- Gårdsvatnet
- Haugvatnet
- Heivatnet
- Holdalsvatnet
- Håtindvatnet
- Høgpiggsåstjønnan
- Indre Lyngedalsvatnet
- Innervatnet
- Justadvatnet
- Kjekstjønna
- Klevatnet
- Kretjønna
- Kvanndalsvatnet
- Lilandsvatnet
- Limstrandvatnet
- Linndalsvatnet
- Litl-Svarholtvatnet
- Litle Kringlebotnsvatnet
- Litlgeitvatnet
- Lomtjønna
- Lomtjønna
- Lomtjønna
- Lomtjønna
- Lomtjønna
- Lyngedalsvatnet
- Lågvatnet
- Løvdalsvatn
- Midtre Heimredalsvatna
- Molandstjønna
- Molandsvatnet
- Mons Johantjønna
- Mørkdalsvatnet
- Mørkdalsvatnet
- Mørkdalsvatnet
- Nakkvatnet
- Nedre Heimredalsvatnet
- Nedredalsvatnet
- Ner-Storfjordvatnet
- Nertjønna
- Nervatnet
- Norddalsvatnet
- Ostadvatnet
- Otertjønna
- Penningvatnet
- Ramnflogvatnet
- Ramsvikvatnet
- Reppvatnet
- Risjordtjønna
- Sevtjønna
- Sevvatnet
- Sjøvatnet
- Skimtvatnet
- Skjerpvatnet
- Skrådalsvatnet
- Skullbruvatnet
- Smedvikvatnet
- Solstadvatnet
- Sortenvatnet
- Spengersvatnet
- Stor-Svarholtvatnet
- Store Kringlebotnsvatnet
- Storeidvatnet
- Storfjordvatnet
- Stortjønna
- Stortjønna
- Storvatnet
- Storvatnet
- Svarttjørna
- Tjuvhusdalsvatnet
- Tjønna
- Tjønnan
- Tjønndalstjønna
- Torvdalsvatnet
- Trolldalstjønna
- Trolldalsvatnan
- Trolltjønna
- Urevatnet
- Urtjønna
- Urvatnet
- Utdalsvatnet
- Utdalsvatnet
- Vasskarvatnet
- Vervatnet
- Vesterdalsvatnet
- Vestredalsvatnet
- Vikjordvatnet
- Vikvatnet
- Åstjønna
- Øvervatnet
- Øvre Heimredalsvatnet
- Øvretjørna

## 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 Nordland: fish management](https://www.statsforvalteren.no/nb/nordland/naringorganisasjon/fiskeforvaltning-for-grunneiere-og-organisasjoner/)
- [Fishing rules in Norway (NJFF)](https://www.njff.no/fiske/fiskeregler)
- [Salmon fishing: rules and state fee](https://www.miljodirektoratet.no/ansvarsomrader/arter-naturtyper/fiske/nar-kan-jeg-fiske-laks-sjoorret-og-sjoroye/)

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](https://finnfisk.no/en/laksefiske)

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.