Best time to fish in Hjelset

Today, Thursday, October 29, 2026 · local time (CET) · Møre og Romsdal, Norway Today, Thu, Oct 29 · CET

Today's rating Poor day 2 out of 10

Best time today 3:10–4:30 pm Also 5:40–7:40 am and 11:40 am–1:40 pm

High tides: 12:28 am and 12:45 pm
Major periods: 1:54–3:54 am and 2:26–4:26 pm
Solunar activity: High
Sun: 7:56 am–4:30 pm

Today, Thursday, October 29, the best time to fish in Hjelset is 3:10 pm to 4:30 pm, with a major period and sunset, though with rising pressure, fresh wind and rough seas. It's a poor day (2/10). The best day this week is Wednesday, November 4, at 7/10.

Bad weather during the best window: strong wind or big waves. If you go out, be very careful and stay off rocks and jetties.

Your day in Hjelset at a glance

Night Day Tide Major Minor Best windows 1 3:10–4:30 pm2 5:40–7:40 am3 11:40 am–1:40 pm

The strip runs from midnight to midnight, local time. Night in gray, daylight in yellow; the blue curve is the tide; below, the solunar periods and the best windows.

Fishing forecast for the next 7 days

Day	Rating	Best times	High tides	Moon
Today	2poor day	3:10–4:30 pm5:40–7:40 am	▲ 12:28 am ▲ 12:45 pm	Waning gibbous
Fri 30	5average day	7:10–8:30 am3:20–5:20 pm	▲ 1:17 am ▲ 1:31 pm	Waning gibbous
Sat 31	6average day	7:20–9:20 am4:30–5:10 pm	▲ 2:13 am ▲ 2:24 pm	Waning gibbous
Sun 1	7good day	3:00–4:30 pm8:30–9:20 am	▲ 3:20 am ▲ 3:30 pm	Last quarter
Mon 2	4fair day	11:10 pm–12:00 am3:00–5:50 pm	▲ 4:39 am ▲ 4:53 pm	Waning crescent
Tue 3	4fair day	7:20–8:40 am2:50–3:50 pm	▲ 6:10 am ▲ 6:20 pm	Waning crescent
Wed 4	7good day	7:20–9:30 am7:50–8:30 pm	▲ 7:27 am ▲ 7:32 pm	Waning crescent

Each day's rating comes from the tide, the solunar periods, the light and, when we have the forecast, the weather.

What can you catch in Hjelset?

Pollack Pollachius pollachius · fish · 158 records Photo: Citron · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
1. JanJ
2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD
Atlantic cod Gadus morhua · fish · 142 records Photo: Wikimedia Commons · public domain
1. JanJ
2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD
Pollock Pollachius virens · fish · 95 records Photo: Tino Strauss · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
1. JanJ
2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD
Ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta · fish · 54 records Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
1. JanJ
2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD
Whiting Merlangius merlangus · fish · 32 records Photo: Georges Jansoone ( JoJan ) - · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
1. JanJ
2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD
Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus · fish · 31 records Photo: Wikimedia Commons · public domain
1. JanJ
2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD
European hake Merluccius merluccius · fish · 24 records Photo: Fernando Losada Rodríguez · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
1. JanJ
2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD
Atlantic mackerel Scomber scombrus · fish · 20 records Photo: Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
1. JanJ
2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD

These are sightings and catches recorded since 1970 (reports from divers and anglers, scientific surveys and museum collections), not a promise that you will catch them. The months come from sightings only, adjusted for how many there are each month; hatched months have too few to tell.

Source: GBIF.org, which also gathers OBIS data. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY 4.0, from 1,130 datasets (retrieved October 24, 2026). Where the data comes from

Photos: each species' image on Wikidata (Wikimedia Commons) or, if there isn't one, one from GBIF; only licences that allow this use, each with its author and licence.

Piers, ramps and tackle shops nearby

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How we work out the best time

We score every moment of the day, every 10 minutes, with simple rules anglers have used for decades:

Tide: 2 to 3.5 points in the hour before and the hour after each high and low tide. Spring tides (high coefficient) score more, because the water moves faster.
Solunar: 2.5 points in the major periods (moon overhead or underfoot) and 1.5 in the minor ones (moonrise and moonset).
Light: 2 points at dawn and dusk, from first light to the end of the morning golden hour and from the evening golden hour to the end of twilight.
Weather: falling pressure adds 1 point and rising pressure takes 1 away; wind takes points away from force 4 (about 12 mph), up to 5 points in a gale; waves of 1.6 ft to 4.9 ft add half a point (they stir up the water) and from 8.2 ft they take points away (up to 4).
Best windows: the stretches of 40 minutes to 3 hours with the most points, at least an hour apart.
Day's rating out of 10: the best window (up to 5), the moon (up to 2, near new or full moon), the tide coefficient (up to 2) and whether a solunar period lines up with sunrise or sunset (1). Without a tide, we score out of 8 and scale it to 10. Good weather adds up to 1 point and bad weather pulls it down.

Today: best window 3.2 of 5, moon 1 of 2, coefficient 2 of 2 and lineup 1 of 1; the weather multiplies the rating by 0.25.

It's a guide, not a guarantee: fish don't read tide tables. Always check the sea conditions and local fishing rules before you go.

Learn more

Fishing rules in Hjelset

Licenses, size limits, bag limits and closed seasons are set by the authorities and change often. We don't copy them here: check the official website before you go.

Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries · National rules

Questions about fishing in Hjelset

What's the best time to fish in Hjelset today?

3:10 pm to 4:30 pm, with a major period and sunset, though with rising pressure, fresh wind and rough seas. Also 5:40 am to 7:40 am and 11:40 am to 1:40 pm. Today's rating: 2/10 (poor day).

What about tomorrow? When's the best time to fish in Hjelset?

Tomorrow, Friday, October 30: 7:10 am to 8:30 am, with a rating of 5/10.

Which day this week is best for fishing in Hjelset?

Wednesday, November 4, at 7/10. Its best window is 7:20 am to 9:30 am.

What can you catch in Hjelset?

Sport fishing species with the most records within about 19 mi of Hjelset: pollack, Atlantic cod, pollock, ballan wrasse and whiting. October is one of the months when these are seen most: haddock and European hake. These are sightings and catches recorded in GBIF and OBIS, not a promise that you will catch them.

When are the solunar periods in Hjelset today?

Major: 1:54–3:54 am and 2:26–4:26 pm. Solunar activity today: high.

Does the tide affect fishing in Hjelset?

Yes. Today high tide is at 12:28 am and 12:45 pm and low tide at 6:42 am and 7:08 pm, with a tide coefficient of 95 (spring tides). The hours around each tide change tend to fish best, because moving water carries food.

How is the rating worked out?

From the tide, the solunar periods, the light at dawn and dusk, the moon phase and, when we have the forecast, the pressure, the wind and the waves. Each factor gives a fixed number of points and the rating sums them up out of 10.

Does it take the weather into account?

Yes. During today's best window: rising pressure (+0.43 inHg in 24 h), fresh cross-shore wind (19 mph) and rough sea: 8.9 ft waves. Strong wind and big waves lower the rating; falling pressure raises it a little.

What are the fishing rules in Hjelset?

Recreational fishing rules in Hjelset (licenses, size limits, bag limits and closed seasons) are set by the authorities: Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries. They change often: check the official website before you go.

More about Hjelset today

Our own calculation: tide from Hjelset (Kartverket), sun and moon with astronomy-engine and, when available, weather and sea from Open-Meteo (ECMWF, NOAA GFS and Copernicus Marine, CC BY 4.0). © Kartverket / Norwegian Mapping Authority, Hydrographic Service (https://www.kartverket.no): tidal zone 57 (https://vannstand.kartverket.no/tideapi_en.html). Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Modified: TidePlanet applies the zone's time delay (-2 min) and height factor (0.98) to the harmonic constants of Kristiansund in the Slackwater database (https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database).

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