Matildanjärvi 6515
Lake Matildanjärvi is a fishing site known for its natural beauty in Teijo National Park. Here you can enjoy the quiet of nature and familiarise yourself with the present-day life and craft traditions of the historic ironworks villages in the area.
Accessible fishing is also available to physically disabled anglers in Lake Matildanjärvi. To make the most of you fishing trip, you can rent a boat at the Nature Information Hut by the lake. In addition to being home to traditional wild fish species, the lake is stocked with rainbow trout large enough to catch. You can try your luck on a day trip or come for a longer stay. If spending the night outdoors in the national park is not for you, local tourism enterprises can offer a number of charming accommodation options.
Matildanjärvi
Purchasing a permit
Purchasing Information
In Matildanjärvi angling permit area, the customer can choose between a 3-hour or 24-hour permit. The prices for angling permits are as follows:
| permit validity | permit price |
|---|---|
| 3 hours | 15 € |
| 24 hours | 25 € |
Persons under 18 years of age can buy the angling permit at half price.
Persons under 15 years of age may fish under the angling permit and within the fishing quota of an adult belonging to the same party, without needing to purchase an angling permit of their own.
A family may purchase a family permit, which costs twice as much and has a fishing quota twice as large as an individual angling permit. A family consists of children under 18 years of age and their parents or legal guardians as well as married and common-law couples.
- Buy licence from web store
- Catch reports
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Service number 020 69 2424 (Mon–Fri 9 AM–3 PM)
Licence sellers
Where to purchase A permit
You can pay licences using the most common payment methods in the online store (verkkokauppa.eraluvat.fi).
Metsähallitus' fishing permits may also be purchased by phone. The service is open on
weekdays from 9 AM to 3 PM.
Mobile licence
With the Eräluvat app, you can purchase angling permits easily and quickly. You can pay with a debit or credit card. Read the instructions for using the app.
Mathildedal (Salo): Teijo Nature Centre (nationalparks.fi)
Permit terms
Permit terms for the area
Calendar year. Fishing at Matildanjärvi is not allowed between 06/06 00:00 and 08/06 15:00 (Angling Day 2024).What does the permit entitle the holder to
All visitors fishing in Matildanjärvi permit area must obtain Matildanjärvi 6515 angling permit.
As general fishing rights do not apply within Matildanjärvi angling permit area, it is prohibited to fish there with a lure under a fisheries management fee as well as fish with a rod and line (hook and line fishing), and through a hole in the ice in wintertime (ice fishing), unless the angler has obtained an angling permit. The Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY) has issued the decision on restricting general fishing rights.
Matildanjärvi 6515 angling permit grants the right for lure fishing with lure, fly or jig as well as for hook and line fishing and ice fishing.
Fishing gear and bait
During the ice-free period, an angler may use one (1) rod with a single line. The rod must be in the angler’s hand or within reach at all times (no more than 2 metres away). The rod may not be left alone for fishing. When trolling lures or flies from a rowboat, an angler may use at maximum two (2) rods, each one with a single line.
When fishing from the ice, one angler can use at maximum two (2) rods, each one with a single line. One of these may be a passive rod (left alone for fishing). The passive rod may be no more than 10 metres away from the angler. To fish from the ice with one active and one passive rod, an angler aged between 18 and 69 years must pay the fisheries management fee. Fishers who have reached the age of 65 or more by 31 December 2023 are an exception: they do not have to pay the fisheries management fee.
All types of artificial baits as well as natural baits, such as worms, grubs, shrimps and bait paste, may be used in Matildanjärvi angling permit area.
Using harpoon and dive fishing are prohibited.
Watercraft
You may use your a flotation device for fishing.
The use of an outboard motor for fishing is prohibited (including electric outboard motors).
Catch quotas
The size of the catch quota depends on the validity of the permit. The maximum number of fish that an angler may catch is indicated in the table below:
| permit validity | Maximum catch |
|---|---|
| 3 hours | 1 rainbow trout |
| 24 hours | 3 rainbow trouts |
There is no catch quota limit for other fish species.
Regardless of how many permits you have purchased, catching more than three rainbow trouts during a 24-hour period is prohibited.
Catch sizes and protection periods
Fishers must observe the catch sizes and protection periods mandated in the Fishing Decree.
Further information
Services in the area
Anglers at Lake Matildanjärvi benefit from the comprehensive services of the Teijo National Park. These include boat and cabin rentals, lean-to shelters, campfire sites, a caravan area and services and fishing structures designed specifically with physically disabled anglers in mind.
Teijon Kalamajat offers rental cabins and for lodgings with a bit more luxury, the Kirjakkala Ironworks Village, Hotel Mathildedal and Hotel Mathildan Marina are only a short distance away.
Boats are rented at Natura Viva in Teijo Nature Center. For more information, please visit www.naturaviva.fi.
Fisheries management
Catch-sized rainbow trout is stocked into the waters every 2-3 weeks between May and September.