# Finnfisk > A guide to inland fishing in Norway: 132 curated fishing spots with a page each, 3,070 waters with a fishing-card offer nearby, 350 municipality pages, and guides to species, gear, lures, flies, colour and technique. Norwegian is the primary language and lives at the same paths without the /en prefix. Every route on this site carries a Markdown copy of itself at `/llms.txt`. The page at https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/lom/tesse has one at https://finnfisk.no/en/vann/lom/tesse/llms.txt. This file is the exception: it is the index, not the front page. Everything here about seasons, minimum sizes, quotas and permitted gear is advisory. The rights holder and the regulations decide, and it is to be confirmed locally before anyone fishes. A water being on the map is not permission to fish it. ## Finding somewhere to fish - [Fishing map of Norway](https://finnfisk.no/en/kart): A fishing map of Norway: search every named water, filter by municipality, and toggle zones, mountain lakes, rivers and inatur licence offers. - [Fishing spots in Norway](https://finnfisk.no/en/fiskeplasser): Fishing spots across Norway, with a map: curated guides with zones, species, gear and rules, plus every inatur fishing-card offer. - [Fishing spots near Oslo: fishing cards and travel times](https://finnfisk.no/en/fiskeplasser-naer-oslo): Lakes near Oslo S that have a fishing-card offer nearby, with distance, travel time by public transport, a link to the offer and the species recorded. Plus the rules in Oslomarka and where fishing is forbidden. - [Fishing spots near Bergen: fishing cards and travel times](https://finnfisk.no/en/fiskeplasser-naer-bergen): Lakes near Bergen station that have a fishing-card offer nearby, with distance, travel time by public transport, a link to the offer and the species recorded. Plus where you fish free on the kommune’s land. - [Fishing spots near Trondheim: fishing cards and travel times](https://finnfisk.no/en/fiskeplasser-naer-trondheim): Lakes near Trondheim S that have a fishing-card offer nearby, with distance, travel time by public transport, a link to the offer and the species recorded. Plus the rules in Bymarka and at Jonsvatnet. - [Fishing spots near Stavanger: fishing cards and travel times](https://finnfisk.no/en/fiskeplasser-naer-stavanger): Lakes near Stavanger station that have a fishing-card offer nearby, with distance, travel time by public transport, a link to the offer and the species recorded. Plus free fishing at Stokkavatnet. - [Here and now](https://finnfisk.no/en/na): the nearest spot, the conditions right now and the lure colour to use, from where you are standing. - [Fishing by municipality](https://finnfisk.no/en/fiske): the way in to 350 municipality pages. Each lists its named waters, the licences sold there and the species recorded in it. - County pages sit at `/fylke/`, 14 of them, one for every county but Oslo. Oslo is both a municipality and a county, and its municipality page is the page for both: https://finnfisk.no/en/fiske/oslo. Each county page has a table of its municipalities, the largest waters with a fishing-card offer nearby, the curated spots, the species recorded and the regional fishing authority. - [Fishing in Agder](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/agder): 25 municipality pages, 5,352 named waters, 246 of them with a fishing-card offer nearby. - [Fishing in Akershus](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/akershus): 21 municipality pages, 1,676 named waters, 167 of them with a fishing-card offer nearby. - [Fishing in Buskerud](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/buskerud): 18 municipality pages, 3,401 named waters, 471 of them with a fishing-card offer nearby. - [Fishing in Finnmark](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/finnmark): 18 municipality pages, 5,218 named waters, 2 of them with a fishing-card offer nearby. - [Fishing in Innlandet](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/innlandet): 45 municipality pages, 5,762 named waters, 633 of them with a fishing-card offer nearby. - [Fishing in Møre og Romsdal](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/more-og-romsdal): 26 municipality pages, 1,661 named waters, 42 of them with a fishing-card offer nearby. - [Fishing in Nordland](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/nordland): 37 municipality pages, 4,893 named waters, 199 of them with a fishing-card offer nearby. - [Fishing in Rogaland](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/rogaland): 21 municipality pages, 2,506 named waters, 101 of them with a fishing-card offer nearby. - [Fishing in Telemark](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/telemark): 17 municipality pages, 4,247 named waters, 415 of them with a fishing-card offer nearby. - [Fishing in Troms](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/troms): 21 municipality pages, 2,589 named waters, 149 of them with a fishing-card offer nearby. - [Fishing in Trøndelag](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/trondelag): 38 municipality pages, 6,880 named waters, 356 of them with a fishing-card offer nearby. - [Fishing in Vestfold](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/vestfold): 6 municipality pages, 223 named waters, 27 of them with a fishing-card offer nearby. - [Fishing in Vestland](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/vestland): 43 municipality pages, 5,794 named waters, 152 of them with a fishing-card offer nearby. - [Fishing in Østfold](https://finnfisk.no/en/fylke/ostfold): 11 municipality pages, 816 named waters, 88 of them with a fishing-card offer nearby. - Water pages sit at `/vann//`, 3,070 of them, one for every water with a fishing-card offer on inatur within 2.5 km. The page usually shows the nearest offer, and asks the reader to check what the card covers. At 10 of the waters fishing is forbidden, at 1 it is free on terms a source gives, and at 26 the card nearby does not cover the water. Those pages say so and link no card. Every URL is in https://finnfisk.no/sitemap.xml. - Spot pages sit at `/fiskeplass/`, 132 of them, each written by hand with zones, species, gear and rules. ## Guides - [All guides](https://finnfisk.no/en/guider): the index the ones below hang off. - [Lure colour guide](https://finnfisk.no/en/fargeguide): Which lure colour when? Pick time of day, light, water clarity and species, and get a recommended colour and lure. - [Fishing gear: rod, reel and line](https://finnfisk.no/en/utstyr): A gear guide for inland fishing: rod, reel and line types, what weight the gear handles, a full kit list and recommended setups. - [Fish guide: the species and what works](https://finnfisk.no/en/fiskeguide): A fish guide to Norwegian freshwater species: trout, grayling, char, perch, pike and whitefish, with traits and what suits them best. - [Reel guide: types, size and drag](https://finnfisk.no/en/snelleguide): A reel guide: fixed-spool, baitcasting and ice reels, which size suits the species, and how to set the drag. - [Knot guide: fishing knots step by step](https://finnfisk.no/en/knuteguide): A knot guide with diagrams: palomar, improved clinch, non-slip loop, double uni, surgeon’s, FG, arbor, loop to loop and dropper loop. - [Lure guide: the lure types and when to use what](https://finnfisk.no/en/slukguide): A lure guide for inland fishing: spoon, spinner, plug and jig, when to use what, and on to a dedicated guide for each type. - [Spoon guide: weight, colour and retrieve](https://finnfisk.no/en/skjeguide): A spoon guide for trout and Arctic char: choosing weight and colour, how to fish a spoon, and well-known spoons like Abu Toby and Kuusamo Professor. - [Spinner guide: blade, size and colour](https://finnfisk.no/en/spinnerguide): A spinner guide for trout, grayling and perch: choosing size and colour, how to fish a spinner, and well-known spinners like Mepps and Blue Fox. - [Plug guide: types, depth and retrieve](https://finnfisk.no/en/wobblerguide): A plug guide: floating, sinking and suspending, how to control diving depth and retrieve for trout and pike. - [Fly fishing for beginners: how to get started](https://finnfisk.no/en/fluefiske): Learn fly fishing from scratch: how it differs from lure fishing, the overhead cast step by step, four easy ways to fish, where the fish are, and what to do when one takes. - [Fly fishing gear: what you need](https://finnfisk.no/en/fluefiskeutstyr): Fly fishing gear for beginners: rod, reel, line, backing, leader and tippet explained simply, what the class means, the words on the box, and what can wait. - [Fly guide: fly fishing in Norway](https://finnfisk.no/en/flueguide): A complete fly guide: fly rod and class, fly types, well-known patterns, casting technique and tips per species for grayling, trout and char. - [When do fish bite best? Day, weather and season](https://finnfisk.no/en/bitetider): When do fish bite best? First light and dusk are the peaks, but midday is often best in cold water, under cloud, deep and on the ice. The day, the weather, water temperature, the season and the species. - [Bite table for all of Norway: sun, pressure and moon](https://finnfisk.no/en/huggtabell): A bite table for today and the week ahead, where you are or at a water: first light and dusk from the sun, falling pressure from the forecast, and the moon periods, with the caveat that the evidence for them is weak. - [Fishing trip: how to plan a good day](https://finnfisk.no/en/fisketur): What makes a fishing trip good? Rules and licences before you leave, what goes in the bag, how to read the spot in the first minutes, how to fish it, and how to close out the day. - [Catch and release: putting the fish back alive](https://finnfisk.no/en/gjenutsetting): The fish is undersized, protected or outside the quota, and has to go back. How to play, hold and let it go, and how to cut the leader when the hook is too deep to take out. - [Fishing with children: rules and good trips](https://finnfisk.no/en/barnefiske): Fishing with children in Norway: under-16s fish free from 1 January to 20 August, which gear suits them, safety at the water and how to keep it fun. - [Fishing without a fishing card: where and when it is allowed](https://finnfisk.no/en/fiske-uten-fiskekort): Fishing without a fishing card in Norway: rod fishing in the sea is free, and under-16s fish inland species free from 1 January to 20 August. Otherwise you need permission from whoever owns the fishing rights. A water with no card on inatur is not a free water. - [State fishing fee 2026 and 2027: who must pay, what it costs and how](https://finnfisk.no/en/fiskeravgift): The state fishing fee is NOK 347 in 2026, or NOK 554 for a family. Everyone aged 18 or over who fishes for salmon, sea trout or sea char in a watercourse must pay it. It is not a fishing card. How to pay, and what happens if you do not. - [Brown trout fishing: season, gear and lures](https://finnfisk.no/en/orretfiske): Brown trout fishing in Norway: where trout hold, when they bite, which rod and lure suits, spawning time and what the rules actually say about size limits and closed seasons. - [Large brown trout in Norway: lures, season and rules](https://finnfisk.no/en/stororretfiske): Fishing for large brown trout in Norway: the Hunder trout of Lågen and Mjøsa, why smelt make trout big, which heavy spoons get down in the current, the 50 cm minimum size and when the spawning run is closed. - [Grayling fishing: fly, season and rivers](https://finnfisk.no/en/harrfiske): Grayling fishing in Norway: where grayling live, why they spawn in spring rather than autumn, which fly rod and fly size suits, and the maximum size limits you need to know. - [Arctic char fishing: mountain lakes, season and gear](https://finnfisk.no/en/royefiske): Arctic char fishing in Norway: how to tell char from trout, why they move shallow right after ice-out, which spoons work, and why red works so strikingly well. - [Perch fishing: jigs, shoals and season](https://finnfisk.no/en/abborfiske): Perch fishing in Norway: where the shoals hold through the season, why a microjig beats most things for big perch, and why perch are the best first fish for a child. - [Pike fishing: gear, wire traces and season](https://finnfisk.no/en/gjeddefiske): Pike fishing in Norway: where pike lie in ambush, why a wire trace is not optional, when autumn beats spring, and why you should release the largest females. - [Whitefish fishing: maggot, spawning runs and rakfisk](https://finnfisk.no/en/sikfiske): Whitefish fishing in Norway: why whitefish are hard on lures, which fine tackle actually produces, when the spawning run gathers them, and what rakfisk is really made from. - [Salmon fishing in Norway: rules, state fee and season](https://finnfisk.no/en/laksefiske): Salmon fishing in Norway: the state fishing fee, the fishing card, catch reporting, disinfection against Gyrodactylus salaris, daily quotas and when the season is actually open. - [Sea trout fishing: free with a rod, closed areas and season](https://finnfisk.no/en/sjoorretfiske): Sea trout fishing in Norway: rod fishing at sea is free for everyone, but not everywhere, and the catch must be reported. Closed areas, season, coastal lures and gear. - [The fishing season in Norway: when is it worth going, and for what?](https://finnfisk.no/en/fiskesesong): Which fish bites when? Month by month for trout, grayling, char, perch, pike, whitefish, salmon and sea trout, in the lowlands and in the mountains. Ice-out, water temperature and spawning run the year, and the rules are set locally. - [Ice fishing: safe ice thickness, gear and species](https://finnfisk.no/en/isfiske): Ice fishing in Norway: how thick the ice must be before you walk out (NVE recommends at least 10 cm of core ice), where ice fails, what gear you need, and which species bite under the ice. ## The site - [The wall of fish](https://finnfisk.no/en/veggen): catches shared by people fishing in Norway, with species, size and roughly where. - [About](https://finnfisk.no/en/om): who publishes this, which sources it uses, and what it does not claim. - [Brand](https://finnfisk.no/en/merkevare): the logo and colours. - [Embed the fishing conditions on your website](https://finnfisk.no/en/bygg-inn): A free box for the website of a mountain board, a fishing club or a campsite: the weather at the water now, a lure colour tip and the link to the fishing card. Pick a water and copy the code. - [Privacy](https://finnfisk.no/en/personvern): what is stored, where, for how long. - [Terms](https://finnfisk.no/en/vilkar): the rules for using the site and for posting to the wall. ## Not here Signed-in and device-local pages (`/konto`, `/mine`, `/fangster`, `/tur`, `/admin`) and the search page (`/sok`) are noindex and have no llms.txt. There is nothing on them to read from outside. The box other websites embed, `/embed/vann//`, is noindex too and has no llms.txt. The water page is the page to read.