Germany
Western Germany Lakes & Rivers Fishing Map
Find your stretch of water. Explore the lakes and rivers, get to know the species and plan your next day by the water.
Lakes and riversAll 2683 grounds on the map
01 / Discover the waters
Western Germany Lakes & Rivers fishing spots 2683
Choose a place, explore its details or go straight to its pin on the map.
A total of 2683 grounds; the first 90 of them are below.
Matching grounds:
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02 / Species
What can you catch in the lakes and rivers of western Germany?
Meet the species recorded in these waters. Open a species for its techniques, bait and fishing grounds.
Matching species:
Common carp
Cyprinus carpio
European perch
Perca fluviatilis
Northern pike
Esox lucius
Common bream
Abramis brama
Pikeperch
Sander lucioperca
Rainbow trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Brown trout
Salmo trutta
Tench
Tinca tinca
Wels catfish
Silurus glanis
European chub
Squalius cephalus
Roach
Rutilus rutilus
Barbel
Barbus barbus
Asp
Leuciscus aspius
Rudd
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Grass carp
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Grayling
Thymallus thymallus
Round goby
Neogobius melanostomus
Prussian carp
Carassius gibelio
Ide
Leuciscus idus
Ruffe
Gymnocephalus cernua
Common dace
Leuciscus leuciscus
Pumpkinseed
Lepomis gibbosus
Common nase
Chondrostoma nasus
Common bleak
Alburnus alburnus
Brook trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
Goldfish
Carassius auratus
Crucian carp
Carassius carassius
White bream
Blicca bjoerkna
Lake char
Salvelinus umbla
Bighead carp
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Vimba bream
Vimba vimba
Black bullhead
Ameiurus melas
Largemouth bass
Micropterus salmoides
Silver carp
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
White-eye bream
Ballerus sapa
Brown bullhead
Ameiurus nebulosus
Volga pikeperch
Sander volgensis
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In season · October
Western Germany Lakes & Rivers fishing calendar
Species with a productive season this month. Seasonal data is a guide, not a guarantee of a catch.
Species counts peak in the lakes and rivers of western Germany in Aug, Sep, Jul — the strip shows how many species are productive in each month.
- 2 Jan
- 1 Feb
- 3 Mar
- 5 Apr
- 12 May
- 20 Jun
- 26 Jul
- 34 Aug
- 34 Sep
- 23 Oct
- 6 Nov
- 2 Dec
The height of the strip is the number of productive species in that month; it is not a guarantee of a catch. The turquoise column is the current month.
What is caught in the lakes and rivers of western Germany month by month
For each month, the species in season — the most seasonal ones first.
- Jan
- Rainbow trout, Lake char
- Feb
- Lake char
- May
- Bighead carp, Grass carp, Prussian carp, Pumpkinseed, Black bullhead, Silver carp and 6 more species
- Jun
- Wels catfish, Rudd, Bighead carp, Common carp, European chub, Grass carp and 14 more species
- Jul
- Tench, Goldfish, European perch, Common bream, Wels catfish, Barbel and 20 more species
- Aug
- Crucian carp, Tench, Ide, Ruffe, Common dace, Goldfish and 28 more species
- Sep
- Northern pike, Tench, Ide, Ruffe, Common dace, Goldfish and 28 more species
- Oct
- Volga pikeperch, Northern pike, Ide, Ruffe, Common dace, White bream and 17 more species
- Dec
- Rainbow trout, Lake char
What bites in the lakes and rivers of western Germany this month
Ranked by this month’s research score at the lake and river spots of this region.
Very good
- Pikeperch 77/100 at 803 spots
- Ruffe 74/100 at 125 spots
- Grayling 74/100 at 145 spots
- Northern pike 73/100 at 1582 spots
- European perch 72/100 at 1714 spots
- Roach 72/100 at 553 spots
- Common dace 72/100 at 123 spots
- Common bream 71/100 at 845 spots
- Vimba bream 71/100 at 17 spots
- Ide 70/100 at 130 spots
Good
- Rainbow trout
- Round goby
- Common carp
- Asp
- European chub
- Volga pikeperch
- Barbel
- White bream
- Common nase
- Lake char
+16 more species
Weak
A 0–100 score from season, water temperature, habitat and local records; a general trend, not a guarantee.
Frequently asked
What can you catch in the lakes and rivers of western Germany?
37 species are on record in the lakes and rivers of western Germany: Common carp, European perch, Northern pike, Common bream, Pikeperch, Rainbow trout, Brown trout, Tench and others.
What can you catch in the lakes and rivers of western Germany in each month?
The month with the most species in season is August (34 species). By season: winter: Lake char and Rainbow trout; spring: Brook trout and Brown trout; summer: Wels catfish and Tench; autumn: Northern pike and Ide.
How many fishing grounds are there in the lakes and rivers of western Germany?
There are 2,683 fishing grounds on record in the lakes and rivers of western Germany; each has its own page with the location, the species caught and the conditions that suit it.
