# Fishing in Vestfold

> Fishing cards and 223 named waters in 6 municipalities in Vestfold. Recorded brown trout, perch and Atlantic salmon. The largest waters and the rules.

Source: https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/vestfold
Language: en
Alternate: https://finnfisk.no/fylke/vestfold (nb-NO)

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County · 6 municipalities

The 6 municipalities in Vestfold counted here have 223 named lakes in NVE's lake database between them. 27 of them have a fishing-card offer on inatur nearby. None 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 Vestfold

| Municipality | Named waters | Fishing-card offer nearby | Most GBIF records |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Færder](https://finnfisk.no/en/fiske/faerder) | 2 | 0 | Brown trout |
| [Holmestrand](https://finnfisk.no/en/fiske/holmestrand) | 68 | 7 | Brown trout |
| [Horten](https://finnfisk.no/en/fiske/horten) | 1 | 1 | – |
| [Larvik](https://finnfisk.no/en/fiske/larvik) | 109 | 10 | Brown trout |
| [Sandefjord](https://finnfisk.no/en/fiske/sandefjord) | 30 | 3 | Brown trout |
| [Tønsberg](https://finnfisk.no/en/fiske/tonsberg) | 13 | 6 | Brown 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.

- [Farris](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/larvik/farris) Larvik 21 km²
- [Goksjø](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/sandefjord/goksjo) Sandefjord 3.4 km²
- [Akersvannet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/sandefjord/akersvannet) Sandefjord 2.4 km²
- [Borrevannet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/horten/borrevannet) Horten 1.8 km²
- [Svartangen](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/larvik/svartangen) Larvik 0.83 km²
- [Suluvann](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/holmestrand/suluvann) Holmestrand 0.56 km²
- [Bergsvannet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/holmestrand/bergsvannet) Holmestrand 0.38 km²
- [Liurdvannet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/larvik/liurdvannet) Larvik 0.12 km²
- [Langvannet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/tonsberg/langvannet) Tønsberg 0.11 km²
- [Midtre Svanevannet](https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/holmestrand/midtre-svanevannet) Holmestrand 0.10 km²

## Species recorded in Vestfold

- [Brown trout 525](https://finnfisk.no/en/orretfiske)
- [Perch 282](https://finnfisk.no/en/abborfiske)
- [Atlantic salmon 117](https://finnfisk.no/en/laksefiske)
- [Pike 109](https://finnfisk.no/en/gjeddefiske)
- [Arctic char 19](https://finnfisk.no/en/royefiske)
- [Whitefish 16](https://finnfisk.no/en/sikfiske)
- [Grayling 6](https://finnfisk.no/en/harrfiske)

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](https://finnfisk.no/en/orretfiske), [perch](https://finnfisk.no/en/abborfiske) and [Atlantic salmon](https://finnfisk.no/en/laksefiske).

## The rules in Vestfold

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 Vestfold is the County Governor of Vestfold og Telemark, Statsforvalteren.

- [County Governor of Vestfold og Telemark: fish management](https://www.statsforvalteren.no/nb/vestfold-og-telemark/naringorganisasjon/fiskeforvaltning-for-grunneiere-og-organisasjoner/)
- [Norwegian Environment Agency: where can I fish?](https://www.miljodirektoratet.no/ansvarsomrader/friluftsliv/friluftsliv-og-allemannsretten/fiske/)
- [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/)

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.