Guided Halibut Havoysund Norway Guided Fishing in Norway

"Paul coped very well with a very testing week due to clients. His interest in the fishing is a real help and is as good as ive found in my travels. The fishing was excellent and would fish in norway again but find the cost of living(food fuel etc) there hard to stomach when compared to every where else ive fished."

"Unfortunately i didnt manage any Halibut this time but the Cod fishing was brilliant and i even managed a Plaice weighing over 6lb's which made my trip.

A little tip if you are thinking of going one day is to fish off the jetty in the evenings as the Plaice and dab fishing is brilliant, just use prawns and light leads catch one after the other"

"What a trip! made even more memorable by the guide and the camp owners

See you all next year"

"if you are looking for Halibut then look no further, this part of Norway is the best. a little bit exposed but very good fishing and all right on your door step

Please call me for next year"

"Great trip all round, excellent host in Paul whom is very helpful and knowledgeable.
Not a single problem from booking the trip to returning home.
Oh and the small matter of pulling up the biggest fish i have ever done and ever likely to with that 183cm, 86 kilo Halibut.
Many many thanks Gary Winterbottom.
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"For the second time this year, the group was blessed with exceptionally good weather for fishing. On arrival the sun was so hot I thought we had gone the wrong way and landed in Spain rather than the Artic circle! I did not catch anything exceptional to my own rod on this occasion but witnessed the capture of a Halibut assessed at around 175 pounds on our boa. An incredible fish. Will be booking again."

"Hello Sportquest / Paul

Thanks for organising yet another great trip to Norway for me. This time i went to Havoysund and loved it, in fact i loved it that much that i booked a trip back for the following hosted trip when i was still there.

We had very good Cod and coalfish with the odd Wolffish and no Halibut at the start of the holiday. Not that we did not try our hardest, but that changed at the end of the holiday as the last two days the Halibut fishing really kicked off. We all had huge Halibut and Henrik was brilliant

I can not recommend this place in Norway enough. The camp, the staff and facilities were top class and am already counting down the days for next year. Thanks paul your guiding was as always very good "

"I had an excellent trip, well organised and very professional with good communication. The guide Paul wa top class and i ended up with four personal bests including a 2015 camp record summer cod of 53lb."

"The holiday itself was the best thing throughout, So much so that Ill be booking again soonest. The most pleasing thing was when I finally hooked a Halibut although I was given advise ,I was left to fight with it and finish by landing it Another part that the whole group were thank full for the weather was brill."

"Dear Paul, Apart from the weather (rain, sleet and about 2 hours sunshine all week!) it was
, as usual, an enjoyable break from work. I did not see any exceptional fish but all on our boat contributed to a total of seven Halibut (of which mine weighed in at around 4LBs!) We had lots of Cod, several Woolfies and some nice Plaice.

The flight out of Alta was delayed one hour but we just managed to catch the connection to Copenhagen with minutes to spare.

The airlines are currently a nightmare with baggage. on the way out, one guy had his rod tube damaged and a rod broken. On the return journey they managed to lose the same tube altogether. My fish box, full of fish, mostly Halibut, did not appear at Manchester and I am praying they will find it today.

All this has not, so far, put me off and my cheque is enclosed for the next trip!"

"Excellent trip, although weather could have been better for the first 4 days. Lodges were very good. The large Halibut were the obvious highlight, although my 23lb Cod was a great catching experience!

The three flights on the out and return trip were hard work, especially as we had a 4 hour wait at Alta but less than 40 mins for transfer at Oslo

Camaraderie and banter was also brilliant with lodge mates - Friends for life"

"Great camp, shame we had poor weather, only thing is the distance to the fishing grounds can be a trek. Didnt expect the fuel bill we had. Maybe this could be explained when booking as a 1st time to camp."

"Best part was getting 7th largest fish in the Halibut Festival. Excellent guides and boats. Fantastic destination, if you are after the big one."

"Overall happy with holiday. One observation being that after being entered into a competition we were then told that we would not have access to any guides for two days. Drivers for the boat were provided, but were not guides by any means. The paid for guides were already in the competition, so would not have been available to us anyway.
Another small point is that at this resort card was almost demanded to exclusion of cash. "

"Worst weather ever in Havoysund (according to our guides) for our first 4 days. Although I'd looked up the tidal range it did not prepare me for the strength of the currents between the islands and most of my weights/pirks were just not heavy enough in 60m plus. Did buy a heavier pirk from the shop but very expensive. We had one fantastic 2 hour period in an evening when we followed the guidebook and I caught several cod to 25lb, 38lb was the largest on the boat. One halibut caught on our boat on the last day when guide came out with us. Overall a poor week's fishing for me although other boats had fantastic catches. Would book guideboat if went again. Massive petrol bill, first day we had used £100 of fuel, not sure brochure suggested bill would be so high, about £450 overall.


Well organised trip, pity we had to stop overnight in Oslo although hotel was very good and breakfast was a superb buffet catering to all tastes. Accommodation at Havoysund was adequate and kitchen quite well equipped. Provided breakfast was o.k. with cereals, boiled eggs etc. If you travel alone be aware that you will be sharing with probably 3 others!
Foul weather for our first 4 days and although the tide heights don't look much it really rips between the islands and you do need lots of heavy gear, pirks etc need to be at least 400g in such conditions as you are fishing in 45-90m of water! Chrome pirk worked best for me and I caught about 12 cod over 15lb, biggest 25lb and largest on our boat 38lb. Overall the boats with the guides had the best fishing with loads of halibut up to around 100 lb. Shop has an extensive range of gear but prices are steep so best take your own.
Petrol costs are significant, allow about £150 per person over the 6 days.
I enjoyed the trip overall and would recommend Sports quest. My next trip will be to warmer climes though!







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"Had a great time in Norway,

Havoysund for the second time this year.

Met a good bunch of guys and the guides having excellent knowledge of the area.

Fishing was slow for the Halibut in comparison to the March trip for the big Cod but still great fun.

I'll be back

Shane"

"This was my first time summer fishing in northern Norway with halibut, cod and large coalfish the targets. So I didn't quite know what to expect after 3 successive trips to Soroya for the Skrei fishing.

We arrived to be told the weather was looking windy the next day but there was the option to go out that evening fishing, so we fished until 1.30am in the "midnight sun". That, in its self, was a an amazing experience and we got 7 days fishing!!

The weather wasn't with us all week (it snowed most days) and we never quite had the conditions we needed. Due to the weather we couldn't get out to the cod grounds so had several days of solid halibut fishing which is hard work. However when you finally hook one they are amazing fighters, my first ever was 66lb so chuffed to bits. When we finally got out to the cod grounds the sea was too rough to allow us to get to the best spots, and fish effectively due to the size of the swell. Least we got some sport though!

So the fishing was difficult due to the weather (that's fishing ) but both Mathew Rickard and the Nordic Sea Angling lads did their best to put us on the fish. All in all a really good week though and looking forward to going back to Havoysund for the Skrei in March.

Thanks you Sportquest."

"2nd trip to Havoysund, both times with bad weather unfortunately, but biggest concern is distance needed to travel to find fish, especially Cod. Big fuel bill £185.

Cabins could do with a bit of TLC now. Shower cubicle falling apart and stuff like that.
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"Site was good.

Fishing and weather was poor.

Boats were very good."

"The holiday was well planned and set out.

Effective communication both written and verbally meant no surprises and / or problems were encountered - great trips!! Thanks :-)"

"Excellent, helpful and friendly guides, especially for a Norway rookie like me.

Halibut festival and the evening were great, if I return to Havoysund, I would like to go when the festival are on.

Kev dancing with the Halibut!!!"

"Thanks Paul for putting me on Halibut time after time and i think the other guys thought i had paid you lots. (i managed 14 Halibut in the week and the others only managed a couple each...)"

"For me this was by far the best holiday i ever had with excellent fishing from day 1 personally i landed no less than 7 halibut ranging from small pan size to a PB of 154cm photos already sent to Paul .
The guides were brilliant with expert knowledge and the boats are of top quality.
The accommodation is not 5 star but very comfortable and well mantained and the bonus is the breakfast is included.
Overall an excellent week and i would not change anything."

"Fishing not as productive as previous trips, but then, it is not always about the size of the catch! Having said that, I caught my first Wolfie in about 7 trips!"

"Everything about this holiday was good."

"All round great fishing holiday,with some brilliant fishing, met some great blokes,which is always a bonus, journey getting to havoysund is hard work, we were lucky with the weather, not much to do if the weather turns nasty. Only downside for us was polybox full of frozen halibut (16kg)and some tackle didn't arrive at Heathrow, waiting to see if it gets couriered to me, should smell pleasant!! Nothing to do with sportquest holidays though, SAS Airlines fault "

"I have just returned from a Sportquest Hosted trip to Havoysund in Norway. We had a Great weeks fishing mainly thanks to the Sportquest Guide Ross. His boat handling was superb and his knowledge of the fishing grounds was brilliant. He put us on fish every day. He could not do enough for us. So a Big Thank You to him. A great ambassador for Sportquest. Our boat with him had 33 Halibut for the week, so we returned home tired but Happy. Also a Big Thank you to Sportquest for their excellent organising of the trip. From Flights, Hotel and Accommodation, all we needed to do was turn up. They had managed everything. The Buzz from our fellow anglers was everyone was happy with Sportquest and would all be looking to return to Norway with them in the future. "

"Dealing with sportquest was top notch as was ross the guide. Our room was missing a microwave and only had 2 pots/pans. Also would have been better if the whole sportquest group were next door to each other as our cabins were separate at either ends of the camp. Overall really enjoyed my first Norway trip and looking forward to Vesteralen next year."

"The guide Ross was excellent and knowledgeable and made a huge difference to our catch rate."

"Havøysund was an excellent venue to fish from and the guides at the camp were really helpful, worth going on the guide boat to be able to pick their brains for local knowledge."

"Awesome trip we all had a great time and having the guide for the entire week was the best. Roll on 2026 "

"I wanted a big Halibut and wasnt disappointed i landed the biggest out of our group, it went 90kg and was released unharmed as were all our fish. My next target on my bucket list is a Cod over 50lb's and looking at your website i think i may be coming on your hosted trip to Soroya
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"The guides took us to their favourite spots to target some Halibut and they were spot on with the tides and managed to get us all our very first Halibuts. They also took us Plaice fishing one day and we had so many around the 4lb area we even managed a small halibut on light rods which was a great fight. I have said to the guides we will be coming back next year as i lost a Halibut that looked massive

Thanks to head Guide Ulf"

"HI i will attempt to send the best photos i have so far , I am awaiting a whole bunch more that look to be of better quality, unfortunatly we did not spend as much time shooting good photo shots as we would have liked now that we are home , you kind of get lost in the fishing moment and the taking of pictures becomes a chore! and there just never seems to be Time? considering the amount and diversity of the fish we had around us almost all the time, Poor Stuart could not put his rod down from the moment we got to the camp especially after he watched me hook an 85 cm halibut on a dexter wedge from the jetty on my bass rod and 20 lb braid second cast And almost land the fish without a gaff or net !! (he still has the scars to prove it from its teeth) FUNNY! . We all struggled with the 24 hr sunshine ,Its just so hard to leave the fishing and try to sleep.On the last day we we left the shelter of the islands and travelled North into the Barrents Sea for a short 4 hr session , I have never seen a shoal of fish so large in my life, we were in 150 meters of water on the edge or a drop off that contoured for about a mile and a half we had fish thick on the sounder from bottom to 10 meters below the surface, a mix of Cod , Coalfish, big Haddock, Ling Cod and Wolf fish that went on as far as we were drifting and probably much further.We were catching just off our leeder, Stu had Coalies to 18 lb and a big Haddock everytime the Coalies were a bit slow, I was the same ,I hooked and landed 38.8 lb Cod at literally 10 meters under the surface. Our days fishing were ended by some gentle drifting by the rocks in shallow water with light gear and prawn baits for big Dabs and Plaice, Of course Halibut of all sizes were part of our daily catch from 70 cm being about the smallest to the largest we caught at 160 cm, we all had big fish ,Simon 115cm ,Stuart 130cm. I had the big one but Stu lost a very strong fish on a 3 lb livebait.smashed up like it was 6lb line. AWSOME. We did not loose a days fishing but we saw awide range of weather conditions, some ugly but mostly beautifull just like the scenery. We all had a fantastic trip ! This is our second time to this camp and it will not be the last, highly recommend Havoysund to anyone wishing to target some of Norways finest species"

"Hello Sportquest, thanks for organising a great trip. The camp and staff were brilliant and the fishing was some of the best i have ever experienced.

I have been going to Norway for the last 10 years and i must say that Havoysund will take some beating.

We both have agreed maybe to go for 2 weeks next year but to the Lofoten Islands as we like to try different places. Once again thank you"

"This is my fourth trip and fishing camp to Norway.
As always the fishing was superb, Havoysund did not disappoint, the Halibut fishing was insane… no small fish here just beasts. All 4 of us smashed our previous best. Cod and Coalfish were in abundance.
The Guides were by far the best we’ve ever had, so much knowledge and help I can’t speak highly enough of them both.
The only minor disappointment was we wanted to try for plaice, but unfortunately we only caught 1’

All in all 10/10"

"As a group we did really well for Halibut, but I was shamefully outfished by by brother and also by my nephew, who had never caught a fish over 10lb before. Lots of cod, but they do seem to be smaller on average than in the Lofoten Islands. "

"Fantastic fishing holiday , service was top notch from start to finish , already booked another trip "

"A great trip to Havoysund . The overnight hotel for us had changed , we preferred the previous years hotel , that said what we had was good . The fishing was great and the best we have had for Halibut . Accommodation on the camp had been upgraded slightly which was good . A re-organisation with the boat berthing made things easier . The Guide was helpful during the week and we were guided one day as promised . Only one negative , our suits had not been cleaned at the start of our week . That said all enjoyed what the camp had to offer and we are booked again for 2026 .

Pictures and videos of our trip on the Black rock lave net fishermen's face book page which you are welcome to lift and use ."

"Excellent holiday thank you Sportquest and the Nordic guides at Havoysund"

"Fishing was great, guides did more than they had to do.flights on time.
It could not have gone better"

"The Norway fishing trip was also a great adventure. Seen many Caribou on the journey North into Artic circle. The fishing was excellent, our group of 4 had 4 or 5 halibut each which was our target species. Also had some fine cod to 27 lb. The afternoon on the plaice fishing grounds produced a good number of flatfish including a stunning 8 lb specimen plaice. We seen whales, dolphins & eagles. Excellent fishing expedition & a great outdoor adventure. We have already booked again for 2027. Best regards, John Joyce"