Lake · 227 m · Senja
Jonkasvatnan
Lake in Senja, part of Lakselva og Lyselvvassdraget/Senja øst.
The fishing card
Nymostøa
Finnfisk shows the offer on inatur that lies nearest Jonkasvatnan, within 2.5 km of the centre of the water. Read which waters the card covers, and buy it before you fish. Season, size limits and gear restrictions are set by the rights holder, not by us.
Facts about Jonkasvatnan
- Type
- Lake
- Area
- 0.31 km²
- Elevation
- 227 m above sea level
- Watershed
- Lakselva og Lyselvvassdraget/Senja øst
- Municipality
- Senja
- Nearest fishing-card offer
- Nymostøa
- Species recorded
- Brown trout, pike, whitefish, Arctic char, grayling and perch, within 2 km
- Zone
- Mountain and north
Type, area, elevation and watershed come from NVE’s lake register, the species from GBIF and the card from inatur. A water in the register is not permission to fish it. Read what the card above covers, and which rules apply locally.
The fishing season
Jonkasvatnan lies north of the Arctic Circle, and Finnfisk counts every water there as mountain and north. The ice goes weeks later than in the lowlands, and the season closes earlier.
- Brown trout: Peak in Jul and Aug. Good in Jun and Sep. Ice fishing in Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov and Dec. Spawning in Sep and Oct, check the local rules.
- Pike: Good in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep. Spawning in May, check the local rules.
- Whitefish: Peak in Oct. Good in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep. Ice fishing in Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov and Dec. Spawning in Oct, check the local rules.
- Arctic char: Peak in Jun. Good in Jul, Aug and Sep. Ice fishing in Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Nov and Dec. Spawning in Sep and Oct, check the local rules.
- Grayling: Peak in Jul and Aug. Good in Sep. Ice fishing in Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov and Dec. Spawning in May and Jun, check the local rules.
- Perch: Peak in Jul and Aug. Good in Jun and Sep. Good through the ice in Jan, Feb, Mar and Dec. Ice fishing in Apr and Nov. Spawning in Jun, check the local rules.
Ice fishing: Fished through the ice, where the ice holds you. Read the ice fishing guide before you go out on the ice.
The months say how the fishing usually is in the zone, not whether Jonkasvatnan is open to fishing. Season and closed periods are set by the rights holder and by local rules. See the whole table for both zones.
Conditions right now
In a browser, this block shows today’s weather at Jonkasvatnan: temperature, wind, rain, sunrise and sunset, the best times at first light and dusk, and the moon phase. The weather comes from Open-Meteo.
Which colour should you use?Bite table for Jonkasvatnan
In a browser, this block shows first light, dusk and the moon periods at Jonkasvatnan for today and the next two days.
Species recorded at this water
- Brown trout 5
- Pike 1
- Whitefish 1
- Arctic char 1
- Grayling 1
- Perch 1
GBIF record counts within 2 km of the centre point of Jonkasvatnan, not a population estimate and not a stocking list. Coordinates in older datasets are rounded, so a record at the outer edge of the circle may belong to the neighbouring water.
On the map
Nearby
Fishing in Senja
Every named water in the municipality, the cards available there, and which species are recorded.
Everything here is advisory. Season, size limits, quotas and gear rules are set by the rights holder and by regulation, and should be confirmed before you fish. About the sources