News from Norway’s Gaula River According to official statistics, the Gaula was among over 500 salmon rivers the Norwegian river with the highest number of large salmon over 7 kg caught nationwide in the 2026 season, with 772 large salmon caught. In terms of the total number of salmon caught, the Gaula ranked
How was last season and what can we expect for the 2026 season on the Gaula? The extreme weather conditions, with high water levels and wet, cold temperatures in the first weeks of the 2025 season, followed seamlessly by periods of extreme heat, seemed to make a good season impossible. Nevertheless, the salmon
Precipitation records and heatwave in the Trøndelag region In May, the Trøndelag region experienced eight record rainfall records, and things didn't improve in June. Overall, the weather during this period was extremely wet for a continuous period of 10 weeks. Even the hardy little Norwegians hardly ever went outside to play during this
Following a mid-term assessment of salmon stocks, the Norwegian Environmental Protection Agency has decided not to introduce any new regulations for salmon fishing this season. Historically strict rules were introduced at the beginning of this year, and the effect remains to be seen. Catches in most of the rivers for which we have data
The season started at midnight on 1 June with a water flow of 200m³/sec. at Gaulfossen and a water temperature of 7.1°C. During the course of the day, the Gaula fell to 160m³/sec. by the afternoon. The weather conditions in the days before the start of the season seemed to favour an early start
There are only a few days left until the start of the season on 1 June at the Gaula. We can hardly wait. The weather conditions make an early start likely. The water level is no longer at a very high level for this time of the year (15 May down to 128m³/sec, on
In a new film we show how Mortan A. Carlsen from the Faroe Islands catches and releases the largest salmon in the entire 2024 season on the Gaula. Read Mortan's own account: I have been fishing the Gaula for many years and one of my favourite places is the Bridge Pool in Rognes which
The uncertainty that has persisted since last year about the length of this year's season at the Gaula has still not been completely resolved. Firstly, it is now clear that the season will run from at least 15 June to 17 August. In several press releases last autumn, the Norwegian Environmental Protection Agency (MD
The Norwegian Environment Agency (Miljødirektoratet) has decided to close 33 of Norway’s most important salmon rivers overnight, from 23 June, initially until 4 July 2024. It disappoints thousands of sport fishermen from all over the world and causes damage in the tens of millions with this decision. The consequences for river owners, organisers, hobby
On 1 June 2024 at midnight, the eagerly awaited new season on the Gaula began with a water flow of just 95m³ per second and a water temperature of 7.3° C. These almost ideal conditions had enabled the fresh running salmon to ascend into the middle beats of the Gaula early on. The classic
