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Fishing in Rogaland

The 21 municipalities in Rogaland counted here have 2,506 named lakes in NVE's lake database between them. 101 of them have a fishing-card offer on inatur nearby. 1 of the curated fishing spots on Finnfisk is 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 Rogaland

MunicipalityNamed watersFishing-card offer nearbyMost GBIF records
Bjerkreim20118Brown trout
Bokn130Brown trout
Eigersund22920Brown trout
Gjesdal1954Brown trout
Haugesund297Brown trout
Hjelmeland2250Brown trout
Hå630Atlantic salmon
Karmøy771Brown trout
Klepp80Atlantic salmon
Lund1797Brown trout
Sandnes2370Atlantic salmon
Sauda1080Brown trout
Sokndal1336Brown trout
Sola10Atlantic salmon
Stavanger432Atlantic salmon
Strand930Brown trout
Suldal34133Atlantic salmon
Time550Brown trout
Tysvær1480Brown trout
Utsira10–
Vindafjord1273Brown 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. Lakes near Stavanger with a fishing-card offer nearby are on Fishing spots near Stavanger, with travel times by public transport.

Curated fishing spots in Rogaland (1)

Species recorded in Rogaland

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: Atlantic salmon, brown trout and Arctic char.

The rules in Rogaland

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 Rogaland is the County Governor of Rogaland, 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.