Rules for fishing license buyers
SVEG – HERRÖ FISKEVÅRDSOMRÅDE RULES FOR FISHING LICENSE PURCHASERS 2026 All fishing without a fishing license is prohibited – however, children and young people fish for free until the year they turn 18 (The area's rules also apply to children and young people!) The fishing license is personal and may not be transferred. Annual licenses are valid for the calendar year and otherwise we offer day licenses. The fishing license entitles you to sport fishing with a hand tool or a pull from a boat in planted waters (However, fly casting with a maximum of three flies is allowed). Fishing with nets, scissors, stand hooks, longlines, seines, gillnets and otters is prohibited, as is jerk fishing in all our waters!
NOTE! From the power plant Svegsdammen and 500m downstream, only fishing is permitted by people who are registered within the municipality's borders.
Within Sveg/Herrö Fvo, NOT fishing with the help of Live transmitters/activ target/livescopes/360 live or similar live techniques is allowed. Live transmitters must be removed from the boat before launching! Only today's traditional echo sounders are permitted!
All fishing license holders and children and young people also have the right to fish in all non-planted waters with angel rods and/or ice-meter rods, - however, a maximum of 10 angel rods and/or ice-meter rods per person.
Minimum dimensions: Trout, char, grayling and rainbow trout 35 cm, the minimum dimension does not apply when fishing for trout and brook trout. Maximum dimensions: Pike 80 cm Perch 38 cm Trout 55 cm Maximum number of pike that may be caught is limited to 5 pike per day and applies all year round, this applies regardless of fishing method!
In planted lakes and ponds, the number of fish that can be caught of the species trout, char and rainbow trout is maximized to 3 fish per day, valid for both day and annual passes. FVOV's planted ponds and lakes are Vargknättjärn, Hocksjön, Hundsjön, Skrattabborrtjärn, Stråsjön and Digertjärn.
All planted waters are closed to fishing from October 1 to December 14. The same waters are open for ice fishing from December 15 until the ice breaks. Other sport fishing as above is permitted from June 1 to September 30. After the ice breaks, there is a fishing ban until June 1 in planted waters. The fisheries management area can decide on temporary fishing bans in certain waters. Fishing for trout from 1 September to 31 October, and fishing for grayling from 1 April to 15 May is prohibited in all flowing watercourses, except Ljusnan downstream of Lake Svegssjön, as well as in lakes and sels within a distance of 200 metres from the inlet and outlet. Anyone who catches a trout or grayling within the prohibited area must immediately return the fish to the water. At regulating dams and specially arranged fishing routes, all fishing is prohibited 50 metres downstream from the dam building or fishing route. It is prohibited to fish from a boat, float ring or other floating craft in all planted ponds within the fishing management area. Fishing for crayfish or mussels is prohibited.
By agreement, the fishing license entitles you to fish in the entire Stråsjön, Abborrtjärn, Östingsjön, Mörttjärn, Granremssjön, Gröningen, Flärken and Svedberstjärn. The card does NOT entitle you to fishing in Amsen, Kroktjärnsbäcken, Kroktjärn, Grysssjöån, Hälltjärn, Övre Gryssjön and Mellangryssjön. The fishing card entitles you to fishing in Vemån only downstream of the highway bridge on Highway 84.
In the event of incorrect fishing/violation of the rules, a control fee of SEK 2500 will be charged and in the event of repeated violations/violations, the board may decide on stricter measures/consequences!