The salmon fishing season is well underway and now the time has come when the big male fish start to get restless. It is often the case that the biggest salmon of the summer are caught at this time. However, the salmon fishing has been rather quiet in most parts of the country and now the rivers that are producing decent fishing are in the Northeastern part of the country. Below is a list of the top fifteen salmon rivers in the country. In parentheses behind is the number of salmon caught at the same time last year.
- West Rangá and the west bank of Hólsá – 3261 (2387)
- East Rangá – 2522 (2218)
- Þverá/Kjarrá – 1290 (1193)
- Norðurá – 1236 (1285)
- Miðfjarðará – 1207 (1307)
- Hofsá – 1015 (494)
- Selá – 977 (653)
- Urriðafoss – 943 (823)
- Langá – 825 (660)
- Haffjarðará – 774 (782)
- Laxá in Ásum – 723 (506)
- Elliðaár – 718 (527)
- Laxá in Kjós – 657 (646)
- Laxá í Leirársveit – 652 new figures have not been received
- Jökla – 649 new figures have not been received
Ljósmynd/
News compiled from data from angling.is and mbl.is – Skorðaköst