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Best arctic char lakes in Norway

486 Norway waters hold arctic char, 486 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. Cold-water beauty that thrives where trout sulk — shallow at ice-out, deep all summer, electric through the ice.

1. Randsfjorden — 430 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
2. Femunden — 492 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
3. Snåsavatnet — 397 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
4. Møsvatn — 225 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
5. Altevatnet — 325 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
6. Tinnsjå — 1509 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
7. Holsfjorden — 945 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
8. Storsjøen — 1014 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
9. Krøderen — 427 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
10. Øyeren — 249 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
11. Suldalsvatnet — 1234 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
12. Vesle Ossjøen — 384 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
13. Fyresvatnet — 1237 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
14. Totak — 1004 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
15. Selbusjøen — 676 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
16. Aursunden — 197 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
17. Nisser — 768 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
18. Salsvatnet — 1522 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
19. Vannsjø — 144 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
20. Hornindalsvatnet — 1686 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
21. Farris — 394 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
22. Nååmesjenjaevrie — 276 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
23. Storsjøen — 56 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
24. Sperillen — 423 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
25. Byglandsfjorden — 548 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish

…plus 461 more Norway waters holding arctic char.

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When to fish arctic char in Norway

• Spring 4–15 ft — The weeks after ice-out are the year's best shallow shot — small spoons along the drop.
• Summer 20–60 ft — Char follow the cold down — vertical jig small spoons and tubes over the deepest basins.
• Fall 8–30 ft — Fall brings them back to gravel shoals in spawning color — the prettiest fish of the year.
• Winter 10–40 ft — A premier ice target — char roam under the ice and hit small jigging spoons hard.

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