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Lake Vänern 
                        and some lakes nearby

Lake Vänern, the 3:rd greatest lake in Europe is well known for its good fishing. You can catch salmon and salmon trout weighing 24 to 28 pounds. There are also fine whitefish and big perch. Pikeperch and pike over 20 pounds are not unusual.

The water is very clean so the fish are not poisoned.

You are very welcome to troll, jig, angle, spin- and fly-fish.

If you want to go fishing in the rivers and lakes near lake Vänern you must get a fishing-license. This is valid for nearly all the lakes except for lake Vänern. In lake Vänern the fishing is free, but there are certain rules you must obey.

Visit the nearest tourist agency and buy the fishing-license and ask for the rules for the lakes/rivers where you want to fish.

On the first page of this website you will find a list of all communes around lake Vänern with addresses to the tourist agencies, the local contact for fishing, ramps, positions, guides, camping sites, youth hostels etc ----

  For the free fishing in lake Vänern there are minimum sizes for the following fish:

Salmon       60 cm
Salmon trout    60 cm
Pike      40 cm 
Eel         55 cm 

No fish under these minimum sizes are to be brought ashore.

In short the following applies to the trolling fishing in lake Vänern:

- Limited to 10 fishingrods per boat.

- Limited to 3 fishes a day and person for salmon trout and salmon.

- All salmon and salmon trout must be with cut fat fin.

- Trolling is only allowed in public water.

- Public water = At least 300 m from the shore or from islands more than 100 m  long.

Trolling and common angling in lake Vänern is allowed all year.

More trolling lakes.

If the weather at lake Vänern is too hard for trolling, there are smaller lakes not far away. Please observe that the trolling rules may differ.

Remember:

You have got to know the fishing rules for the lakes/rivers where you want to go fishing. Don´t forget to visit the nearest tourist agency to get the complete rules about fishing, fishing tip, where to stay etc.

To help you find your way among these webpages  there is a dictionary in Swedish/Germany/English, click next  
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