With over 180,000 lakes, a long coastline and numerous rivers there are fishing opportunities all around Finland.

Wherever you go in Finland there will be local guides and local fishing information and easy access to local waters.

With over 180,000 lakes, a long coastline and numerous rivers there are fishing opportunities all around.

Wherever you go in Finland there will be local guides and local fishing information and easy access to local waters.

For the enthusiast, the salmon-rich rivers of Lapland and the Archipelago are difficult to beat and also offer seat trout and pike fishing.

The most notable salmon-fishing rivers in Finland are Tenojoki in Lapland, Tornionjoki and Simojoki in Northern Finland, and Kymijoki, which empties into the Gulf of Finland in Kotka.

Other popular salmon-fishing sites are the delta areas of Kemijoki and Oulujoki rivers.

Central Finland offers exciting fly fishing with innumerable rivers and rapids set amidst vast forests.

Lake fishing offers fishing for pike, perch, pike-perch (zander) and trout, bream, ide and asp.

The most popular fish with fishermen across Finland is still the perch (Finland's national fish).

On the lakes there are opportunities to fish from either the shore or by boat and in winter, you can experience ice fishing (fishing through a hole in the ice!).

The article Fishing in Finland originally appeared on 999 Today