This part
of the country is among the youngest and wildest pearls of the central highlands.
It comprises about 50 lakes of
different sizes, most of which are so-called crater lakes.
The area
is about 20 km long and 5 km wide and has a south-westerly
- north-easterly direction.
The craters and the lakes lies in two rows.
Most of the lakes are fed
and discharged underground.
The original "ice age brown
trout" is still to be found in
Veidivotn lakes and is caught in 20-30 of those lakes.
The brown trout range in size
is mostly 1 to 3 kg and numerous
brown trout up to 5 kg are caught annually as well.
The bigger
trout are most likely to bite in the evening during the latter part
of summer.
Good number
of hard fighting artic char is caught every year
as well on Veidivotn lakes.
The natural food of the fish is varied, flies,
chrysalides, worms, conches, sticklebacks etc...
Total catch 2009:
Brown trout 19.925
- Arctic char 9.599 - Largest fish 2009 14.4 pound brown trout
Distance from the capital approx 200 km
Open for fishing from June 15th until August
20th
For further details
concerning pricing & availability
gofishing@internet.is
tel:
+354-551-2016 +354-866-9354
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