General
A fishing license is required to fish within the waters of the Foxen and Struven-Stora Le fisheries management areas. The fishing license is personal and may not be transferred. Only hand gear is permitted. The fishing license does not give the right to fish for crayfish. Persons 16 years of age and younger may fish without a fishing license. A control fee of SEK 1,000 may be charged upon inspection if a valid fishing license cannot be presented.
Areas with limited fishing rights
Within the fishing license area there are 2+1 areas where fishing is not permitted for fishing license sales. 1 - Northern part of Foxen 2 - Fish farm V:a Fågelvik In these 2 areas, fishing is not permitted during the period 1 May - 31 October except for fishing license holders and buyers of Local Licenses 3 - The area around Holmerudsälven. Here a fishing license within Stuven-Stora Le FVOF is required. All trout caught there must be released.
Methods: Only hand gear is allowed. When trolling, a maximum of 4 rods per separate fishing license applies. When fishing other than this, a maximum of 2 rods per separate fishing license applies and no deep rigs or paravanes.
Catch restrictions: Maximum length of pike 80 cm. Minimum size for pike perch is 45 cm. Maximum 2 pike perch and 2 pikes per day and angler. Closed season for pike perch with pike perch fishing ban; May 1 - June 15. Minimum size for trout/salmon is 60 cm.
Other rules: Crayfish fishing has been prohibited since January 1, 2020 according to the County Administrative Board's decision.
Fishing license and local card: For fishing license holders, fishing is free in the area. Fishing rights certificates (fishing cards) do not need to be issued for fishing rights holders; it is sufficient to be able to state your name and the property through which you have fishing rights when checked. As a fishing rights holder, you can bring guests with you for free. Those who live within the fishing management area but do not have fishing rights can buy a local card.
Fishing supervision: Takes place through some of the supervisors appointed by the association. Fishing supervision may also be hired out.
Fishing rights: Ownership of fishing rights is separate from ownership of water and shore. This means that you are not automatically a fishing rights holder because you own a piece of a lake or a piece of shore. In order to have fishing rights, this right must be registered in the property register. It is therefore not enough that the fishing is mentioned in the purchase contract. Changes to fishing rights can only be made through an act by the National Land Survey. The fishing right follows the village boundaries. You can therefore have fishing rights without having shore rights or water rights and you can have fishing rights outside the shore of another property. If the fishing is undivided, you have the right to fish anywhere in the village's fishing waters, regardless of which property it is located outside. In connection with the formation of a fishing conservation area, a fishing rights investigation is carried out and a fishing rights list is prepared. These documents report which properties have fishing rights in the fishing conservation area whether the fishing rights are individual (divided) or joint (undivided) and what proportion each property has of the fishing waters in the fishing conservation area.