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
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
Dear friends, please see my invitation to participate in two important signature campaigns below. Kind regards, Manfred Raguse, International Flyfishers Club The Norwegian salmon conservation organization Reddvillaksen (demands 0 emissions from salmon farms) and the international organization foodwatch (wants to stop all sales of Norwegian farmed salmon)
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
The Organization of Norwegian River Owners (Norske Lakseelver) has described last season as “the worst ever” and is now calling on politicians to take the necessary measures. A total of 70,593 salmon were caught in Norway in 2023. That is 28 percent less than in the previous year. 18,826 of the salmon caught were
Dave and Ol fishing the Gaula in very early June 2023 and Tobi uses the camera as soon as a fish took the fly. This fish was the only salmon that decided to leave the Bridge Pool in 2023. See how it goes…
The season on the Gaula started on June 1, 2023 at 00:00 with "average conditions", after very large amounts of snow in the catchment area, had dampened expectations for the start of the season among salmon fishermen above the Gaulfossen. The water temperature on June 1 was 4.6 degrees and the water flow was 336m³/sec
