Skorradalsvatn is a lake in the west of Iceland. It is situated in a narrow valley between the Hvalfjörður and the valley Reykholtsdalur Its length is about 15 km. Around the lake there are some high mountains, Unusually for Iceland, the shores of the lake are quite forested due to reforestation started by a governmental initiative. Consequently, the valley looks a bit like some regions in the Alps, for example near Salzburg in Austria. There are no villages on the shores, but many of summer houses.
Skorradalsvatn has a lot of fish, mostly small char, but there are also giant char and huge trout.
However, it has proven rather difficult to catch these fish on a pole from the bank, and most of these giant fish are caught by trolling from a boat with large spinners, or in a net.
An old legend says that there was a giant snake in the lake called the Skorradalsormin.