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Fishing in Agder

The 25 municipalities in Agder counted here have 5,352 named lakes in NVE's lake database between them. 246 of them have a fishing-card offer on inatur nearby. 4 of the curated fishing spots on Finnfisk are in the county. A water on the list is not permission to fish it: check what the card actually covers, and which rules apply locally.

The municipalities in Agder

MunicipalityNamed watersFishing-card offer nearbyMost GBIF records
Arendal930Brown trout
Birkenes26329Brown trout
Bygland4273Brown trout
Bykle19816Brown trout
Evje og Hornnes17915Brown trout
Farsund8123Brown trout
Flekkefjord2220Brown trout
Froland28849Brown trout
Gjerstad1770Brown trout
Grimstad7512Brown trout
Hægebostad1560Brown trout
Iveland630Brown trout
Kristiansand23310Brown trout
Kvinesdal3200Brown trout
Lillesand770Brown trout
Lindesnes27210Brown trout
Lyngdal1490Brown trout
Risør660Brown trout
Sirdal50519Brown trout
Tvedestrand8313Brown trout
Valle3826Brown trout
Vegårshei18716Brown trout
Vennesla1130Brown trout
Åmli43711Brown trout
Åseral30614Brown trout

“Fishing-card offer nearby” counts the waters with a fishing-card offer on inatur within 2.5 km. It does not say that the card covers the water. Cards sold anywhere else are not counted. “Most GBIF records” is the species with the most records in the municipality, among those with at least five. A dash means no species has five.

The largest waters with a fishing-card offer nearby

Each has a page of its own, with the fishing-card offer, the facts about the water and the fishing season.

Curated fishing spots in Agder (4)

Species recorded in Agder

The number is the sum of GBIF occurrence records in the municipalities where the species has at least five. It is not a measure of how much fish there is. It says the species has been observed in the county, not that it is in any particular water, and not that fishing for it is permitted.

The guides to the species with the most records: brown trout, perch and Atlantic salmon.

The rules in Agder

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. The regional fishing authority in Agder is the County Governor of Agder, Statsforvalteren.

Sources: NVE lake database (waters), GBIF (species records), SSB (municipality and county) and inatur (fishing cards). Every number is the sum of the municipality pages in the county. Rules are not reproduced here, verify locally.