🇳🇴 Fishing in Randsfjorden
Norway's fourth-largest lake — mixed fishery south of Mjøsa
Randsfjorden is Norway's fourth-largest lake (140 km²), lying just south of Mjøsa in Innlandet. The lake offers an impressive mix: brown trout, pike, perch, whitefish, vendace and burbot. Trolling for trout and casting for big pike bring anglers back year after year.
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Weather at Randsfjorden
Best fishing times today
Day length: 10h 57mBite windows today
- Dawn04:27 – 06:39Excellent
- Morning06:39 – 11:07Good
- Midday11:07 – 13:35Calm
- Afternoon13:35 – 15:35Good
- Dusk15:35 – 17:47Excellent
- Night17:47 – 04:27Good
Geography & facts
The lake is 74 km long, up to 4 km wide and reaches 131 m in depth. It drains via the Randselva river.
How to fish
Summer trolling for trout; shallow-water pike in spring and autumn; whitefish and vendace on nets — plus flies and micro-jigs.
Fish species
Gear & tips for brown trout
- Dry flies (Adams, Klinkhammer, CDC Caddis, Royal Wulff)
- Nymphs (Hare's Ear, Pheasant Tail, Copper John, Perdigon)
- Streamers (Wooly Bugger, Zonker, Muddler Minnow)
Dries during a hatch, nymphs sub-surface, streamers for bigger fish. Read the current — trout hold behind rocks and along seams. Stay low and quiet on the bank.
Fishing license
Licenses are sold by the local grunneierlag via Inatur — day and season passes. Norway's national fee doesn't apply to lake fishing.
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