With 323.802 square kilometres of land of which 96 per cent is mountains, forests and marshland, Norway offers a huge variety of game fishing in more than 25,000 kilometres of rivers and more than 200,000 lakes and tarns.
Brown trout is found everywhere in Norway but the main areas for brown trout, char, grayling and pike are in Eastern Norway and the Arctic although there are very good stocks of brown trout in Central and Western Norway too.
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A typical hedmark county trout river  |
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Game fishing for aforementioned species can practically be fished all year round in Norway, although the main season is from May till October.
The season last from the time of year when the ice goes from river, lakes and tarns until the ‘big freeze’ starts in November/December. However, during the months of January to March, so-called ‘ice-fishing’ has become very popular in most parts of the country and reports of 8 – 10 kilos (17 – 22 lb) brown trout are not uncommon. |
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Starting at an early age is fun |
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Major areas for game fishing:
a) Eastern Norway - the counties of Hedemark (bordering Sweden), Oppland, Buskerud and Telemark,
b) Parts of Western and Central Norway (counties of Sør-Trøndelag og Nord-Trøndelag),
c) Arctic Norway – the counties of Nordland |
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Mountain trout in the pan |
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