5575 Kalliojoki

Permits needed for fishing

In this permit area, you will need an angling permit when lure fishing in sections with rapids and running water. You will also be required to pay the fisheries management fee, unless you are under 18 years of age, over 70 years of age, or are 65 years of age or older as of 31 December 2023.

If you are lure fishing with only one rod and lure in still waters, such as river pools, payment of the fisheries management fee is sufficient.

Hook and line fishing and ice fishing are fully prohibited in running and rapids sections of waters with migratory fish stocks (i.e. also this permit area). In still waters, hook and line fishing and ice fishing are permitted free of charge with one rod.

Please note that the Kalliojoki angling permit area practically comprises of flowing water only.

Waters and area-specific restrictions in the permit area

Always make sure to check the location of the permit area. Please see either the map window or the PDF map on this page. Enlarge the map window to view the location of the permit area more clearly.

The highest rapids of the Kalliojoki route are protected spawning areas. The protected areas are marked on the permit area map.

The Korpikoski rapids are accessible from the forest lorry road on the north side of the rapids. Fishing from the south bank requires permission from the landowner.  

Tips

The best times to fish in the Kalliojoki River are early and late summer when the rapids are full of water and the surface waters are not too warm. If you mean to go after grayling specifically, then late summer/fall is the season for you.

You should seek out rapids with low fishing pressure. Most rapids in the Kalliojoki River are easily accessible and you can move from one section to another with relatively little effort. If you see that a rapids section is being heavily fished, move to somewhere else entirely.

Passive and cautious fish are extremely difficult to fool. When the fish are acting in this way, you would do well to switch your lures and flies to slightly smaller ones. This is especially effective when using flies to catch grayling.

The "final slide" of some rapids may surprise you. The Kalliojoki water system has several rapids that run directly into a lake. These final sections are every now and then visited by large trout from the open lake who like to feed on small fish, so lures and flies that mimic vendace, for example, can be really effective.

Further information

Fisheries management

The Kalliojoki River waterway was restored in 2009–2010. During restoration, the diversity of the river, once cleared for timber floating, was restored to resemble more closely its natural state, with special attention paid to the living conditions of fish in the salmon family. Restoration efforts were continued in the 2010s by adding spawning gravel to rapids, thereby enabling the natural reproduction of fish.

The waters of Kalliojoki are managed with fry stocking of trout and grayling.

Discharge information

The mean discharges of the Kalliojoki route are 3.6 m3/s in the upper reaches and 5.5 m3/s in the lower sections.