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Ruka season passes are on sale in our webshop and ticket sales points. You can load your season pass onto a keycard at our ticket sales points during the winter season.
We have clean, free-flowing rivers areas and many ponds and lakes abundant with fish. In addition to breathtaking scenery, you can enjoy your catch ensured by the systematic maintenance of fishing water, regular fish stocking, close seasons and sustainable fishing.
We are confident in claiming that there are no lakes or rivers in Kuusamo without fish. The nearest fishing spot is often by the cottage pier, and the most thrilling fishing experiences include fly fishing on the banks of a roaring waterfall.
You have functional fishing equipment and the best lures and flies at your disposal. You’ll learn to fish safely and handle fish responsibly.
Whether it’s a family fishing trip on a boat, fly fishing in the best fishing places or an ice fishing trip to catch perch, a professional fishing guide makes sure you’ll have fun and will do everything they can to help you catch a fish.
For younger fishers and those looking for a guaranteed catch, there are also salmon ponds buzzing with stocked fish. Accessibility has been taken into consideration, too, as you can fish from the Käylä fishing pier, among others, from a wheelchair.
The general fishing right is similar to the Everyman’s Right, which gives every person the right to enjoy Finnish nature within certain parameters. The general fishing right can be either free of subject to a charge. Hook and line fishing, ice fishing and fishing with a simple herring rig are free general fishing rights, as is fishing at sea in general water areas and in the Finnish fishing zone.
Our aim is to make purchasing of your fishing licence as easy as possible. Uistin.net gathers all the information needed regarding fishing licences (at the moment unfortunately only in Finnish). In addition, we have compiled fishing license outlets into a single list.
The general fishing right subject to a charge refers to paying the fisheries management fee, which applies to everyone aged 18–64. After paying the fisheries management fee, you can fish with one rod all around Finland.
Metsähallitus is responsible for collecting the fisheries management fee. Paying the fee is always an investment in nature because Metsähallitus uses the income from fees to manage fishing waters and ensure fishing opportunities.
You need a regional rod licence for rivers and special destinations. A separate licence is also required for trap fishing, fishing with several rods or crayfishing.
You can try to catch the unique native brown trout on the Oulankajoki, Kitkajoki and Kuusinkijoki rivers. Also smaller running water destinations are worth a shot.
When fishing in rivers and running water, you need to pay the fisheries management fee and river-specific licence, or the joint licence for the Oulankajoki and Kitkajoki rivers, or the regional licence for Oulankajoki’s headwaters, Kitkajoki’s headwaters, Kuusinkijoki river or smaller rivers. Lure and fly, using live bait in running water with plenty of whitefish and salmon is forbidden (also applies to hook and line fishing with a worm).
The Kuusamo region has more than 4,000 lakes and ponds rich in fish. Trolling is especially pleasant on Lakes Kuusamojärvi, Muojärvi and Kitkajärvi.
Hook and line fishing on lakes and ponds is an Everyman’s Right. For other fishing, the fisheries management fee and local fishing licence, or the joint licence for Järvi-Kuusamo, Lake Kitkajärvi or Irni, or a specific licence for a body of water, must be paid.
Hook and line fishing on lakes and ponds is an Everyman’s Right. For other fishing, the fisheries management fee and local fishing licence, or the licence for the salmon pond in question. We reserve the right to change the information and prices.
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