Åby Älvs Nedre FVOF

Sport fishing with hand gear in the river is permitted after obtaining a fishing license.

During the 2025 season, the Åby River Lower FVO only offers 24-hour fishing permits in the river.

Our supervisors ensure that they are followed. In the event of any violations of the fishery management area rules, an inspection fee may be charged as below. Violations of other rules may lead to a police report.

If you see or catch sick/injured fish, the FVO wants you to report it to SVA. (Statens Veterinämedicinska anstalt.) https://rapporterafisk.sva.se/

Dates and Quotas:

• 250502 IMPORTANT INFORMATION This year's total quota for trout is now full, i.e. 5 trout killed. This means that it is no longer permitted to kill trout but it is permitted to fish, any trout that are caught must be released alive or dead.
• Salmon fishing is prohibited from May 1 - June 16 and from September 1 - December 31.
• Catch restriction at other times of max. 1 salmon per day and max. 5 salmon may be killed within the lower FVO of the Åby River in the 2025 season (A quota of max. 5 salmon within the area for all released cards, if the quota is reached then the release of the catch for the rest of the season will be informed on Ifiske, website, Facebook page and we will SMS the fishing rights holders)
• Trout fishing is prohibited between September 15th and October 31st.
• Catch restriction at other times of a maximum of 1 trout per day and a maximum of 5 trout may be killed within the lower FVO of the Åby River in the 2025 season (A quota of a maximum of 5 trout within the area for all cards issued, if the quota is reached, the catch will be released for the rest of the season and will be informed on Ifiske, the website, Facebook page and via SMS to fishing rights holders).
• Grayling fishing is prohibited from April 15th to May 31st. To protect the spawning grayling, the FVO recommends that grayling fishing be avoided before April 14th.
• There is a total fishing ban in the river from September 15th to October 31st.

Minimum dimensions:

• Salmon 50 cm Trout 50 cm Grayling 35 cm

Please note that fishermen should avoid wading in the river and not fish where trout and salmon are spawning.

Stoppage of fishing for salmon, trout and grayling at high water temperatures

The FVO has its own thermometer/flow meter and information about water temperature and flow in the river is posted on the website. www.abyalven.se.

The fishing council has approved that fishing for salmon, trout and grayling will be stopped when the water temperature in the river, according to the website, is 18 degrees or higher.

You can find the temperature on our website here: https://abyalven.se/

Fishermen who have lost their fishing license are not entitled to compensation for lost fishing days due to high water temperatures.

Other rules according to the regulations of the Swedish Maritime and Water Authority.

Catch reporting:

• Anyone who fishes is required to submit a catch report for trout and salmon over 50 cm within 24 hours of finishing fishing.
• Information regarding species, length, number and whether the fish is killed or released must be noted. This must be done via a form at Ifiske. You can choose not to have the catch report published on the website, but only saved for the board and fishing inspectors.

Inspection fees:

The following inspection fees may be charged if the rules are violated:

• Violation regarding the number of salmon/year 4,000 SEK
• Violation regarding the number of trout/year 2200 SEK
• Violation of the fishing ban 15/9 to 31/10 2200 SEK
• Killing of incorrectly hooked salmon (read more below) 1100 SEK
• Not submitted catch report 1100 SEK
• Not carrying a valid fishing license 1100 SEK
• Information: In the event of a violation of the rules, you may be contacted by one of our supervisors. They will then ask for your personal information. The board will then decide whether an inspection fee should be charged. If so, you will be notified of this and a payment slip. The decision can be appealed.

Re-release:

• Feel free to release fish that you don't need.
• To preserve the valuable large spawning fish, it is recommended that you release all female fish and fish larger than the following dimensions:
  Salmon over 90cm
  Trout over 70 cm
  Grayling over 45 cm

Things to consider when releasing fish:

• Never handle the fish with dry hands.
• Leave the fish in the water while you gently loosen the hook with a pair of pliers or pliers. Hold the fish until it stands on its own, then release it carefully. Be careful not to stress the fish unnecessarily!
• If the fisherman catches a salmon during the permitted time that he judges to be so injured that it will not survive, the fisheries inspector must be contacted for a decision on whether to kill the salmon. Contact information for the fisheries inspectors can be found on the association's website.
  Killed salmon goes to the village association where the annual general meeting for the year was held and must be given to them.

Wrongly hooked fish:

• A properly hooked fish should be hooked inside the mouth. The hook should be in the mouth hooked from the inside out.
• If the hook is on the outside of the mouth, the fish should be considered incorrectly hooked, and therefore must be released dead as alive.

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