For a very long time, salmon fishing in the river "Lagan" has been an important part of living in Laholm. Kings, clergymen and commoners battled over the salmon fishing rights. By the end of the 19th century, 20-30 tons of salmon were caught annually. At the big falls "Karsefors", east of Laholm up to 150 salmon were being caught every day. However, when the hydroelectric power plant went into production at the beginning of the 20th century, the spawning grounds disappeared and hence the salmon were lost. To compensate for this, the power company founded a salmon plant in Laholm. A modern salmon plant that releases approximately 90 000 smolt into the river Lagan every year.
Fishing is a popular sport on the riverbanks of Lagan. Reel fishing is the most common, however, parts of the river are well suited for fly-fishing. The total distance from the power plant to the mouth of the river is 8 km.
In the spring, the salmon start travelling upstream and as early as the end of April you might catch a beautiful salmon! In the autumn, fishing is truly spectacular. Many fish weigh 7-8 kg, but there are specimens of up to 14 kg.
The season begins on the 1st of March and ends on the 14th of October.
Only those with a season-ticket allowed between March 1-7th and
October 1-14th!
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Fishing permit 2026
From 15 December until 31 March 2026, we will be selling fishing licences for the 2026 season – with a 30% discount!
Subject to changes and unforeseen events.
2025 > 11
Thomas Gammelgaard from the Danish town of Knebel won 1st prize this year with his dreamy photo of two fishermen at the Lagan. Thomas receives a 2026 season fishing permit for the Lagan, as well as a few surprises. Congratulations!
Second prize went to Christel Pettersson from Mellbystrand for her lovely photo of the dog Ufo in the boat.
Last year’s winner, Verner Borg, came in third this year with his photo from Per Karls Hall.
Ashkan Akbari took fourth place with his picture from Lagaoset at sunset.
And finally, fifth place went to Heidi Rehorst with her photo from Gröningen.
Congratulations to all!
The Salmon King of the Year was Zeljko Reljanović with his 10 kg salmon.
It was caught on March 7th at Gröningen. He receives a diploma and a season permit for 2026.
The winner of the draw among the reported catches was Enes Hasanagic with his 5 kg salmon, caught on July 23rd at Lagaoset.
He also wins a season permit.
The winners will be contacted at a later time.
Congratulations!
Catches 2025
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Photo contest
Winner 2024, with this beautiful photo, was Verner Borg.
The rest of the winners can be found here.
Water temperature
Preliminary water flow (m3/s)
You can find it on Statkraft's website: http://vattennivaer.statkraft.se/LaholmWeb.html
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