Skip to content

County · 21 municipalities

Fishing in Troms

The 21 municipalities in Troms counted here have 2,589 named lakes in NVE's lake database between them. 149 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 Troms

MunicipalityNamed watersFishing-card offer nearbyMost GBIF records
Balsfjord13513Brown trout
Bardu1562Arctic char
Dyrøy482Brown trout
Gratangen310Brown trout
Harstad9420Brown trout
Ibestad490Brown trout
Karlsøy20217Brown trout
Kvæfjord11419Brown trout
Kvænangen2442Arctic char
Kåfjord570Arctic char
Lavangen300Brown trout
Lyngen570Arctic char
Målselv2005Arctic char
Nordreisa2300Arctic char
Salangen560Arctic char
Senja28719Brown trout
Skjervøy550Arctic char
Storfjord1210Arctic char
Sørreisa520Brown trout
Tjeldsund13017Brown trout
Tromsø24133Brown 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 Troms (4)

Species recorded in Troms

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, Arctic char and Atlantic salmon.

The rules in Troms

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 Troms is the County Governor of Troms og Finnmark, 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.