News about fishing in Iceland

General

Attendance at Veiðiheimar! 

The website Veiðiheimar has been active for approximately 4 years. Initially, it was only in Icelandic, but an English version was added in 2023. Its usage has been steadily increasing,

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Sea trout

Sea trout fishing figures

The performance of the most famous sea trout rivers varied this summer. Fishing in the river Tungulækur was significantly better than last year. There was a 46% increase in fishing

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Salmon

Salmon fishing statistics

The salmon fishing season in Iceland ended last month in the natural salmon rivers, but fishing is still ongoing in the East and West Rangá rivers. The final numbers from

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Salmon

Many of the smaller rivers are doing well

Fishing in many of the country’s smaller salmon rivers has been good this summer, with the best fishing reported in the Andakílsá and Hrútafjarðará rivers. Last week, River Hrútafjarðará yielded

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Salmon

Best salmon fishing since 2018

Salmon fishing this summer has surpassed expectations in multiple rivers, with some rivers reporting a threefold increase in catches compared to last year. Many rivers have already yielded double catches,

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Arctic Char

Sea-running Arctic char

Many of the best-known rivers in the country known for their Arctic charr runs had high water levels well into the summer. As a result, fishing season started late, and

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