Germany
Southern 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 3310 grounds on the map
01 / Discover the waters
Southern Germany Lakes & Rivers fishing spots 3310
Choose a place, explore its details or go straight to its pin on the map.
A total of 3310 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 southern Germany?
Meet the species recorded in these waters. Open a species for its techniques, bait and fishing grounds.
Matching species:
Common carp
Cyprinus carpio
Northern pike
Esox lucius
European perch
Perca fluviatilis
Brown trout
Salmo trutta
Pikeperch
Sander lucioperca
Rainbow trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Wels catfish
Silurus glanis
European chub
Squalius cephalus
Tench
Tinca tinca
Common bream
Abramis brama
Grass carp
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Barbel
Barbus barbus
Roach
Rutilus rutilus
Brook trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
Asp
Leuciscus aspius
Grayling
Thymallus thymallus
Rudd
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Prussian carp
Carassius gibelio
Burbot
Lota lota
Lake char
Salvelinus umbla
Pumpkinseed
Lepomis gibbosus
Common nase
Chondrostoma nasus
Ide
Leuciscus idus
Round goby
Neogobius melanostomus
Bighead carp
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Ruffe
Gymnocephalus cernua
White bream
Blicca bjoerkna
Vimba bream
Vimba vimba
Common bleak
Alburnus alburnus
Cactus roach
Rutilus virgo
Silver carp
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Black bullhead
Ameiurus melas
Common dace
Leuciscus leuciscus
Goldfish
Carassius auratus
White-eye bream
Ballerus sapa
Largemouth bass
Micropterus salmoides
Sabrefish
Pelecus cultratus
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In season · October
Southern 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 southern Germany in Sep, Aug, Jul — the strip shows how many species are productive in each month.
- 2 Jan
- 2 Feb
- 2 Mar
- 5 Apr
- 15 May
- 22 Jun
- 30 Jul
- 33 Aug
- 36 Sep
- 23 Oct
- 7 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 southern Germany month by month
For each month, the species in season — the most seasonal ones first.
- Mar
- Brook trout, Lake char
- May
- Bighead carp, Sabrefish, Rainbow trout, Grass carp, Rudd, Prussian carp and 9 more species
- Jun
- Wels catfish, Bighead carp, Goldfish, Rainbow trout, European chub, Grass carp and 16 more species
- Jul
- Tench, European perch, Wels catfish, Common bream, Barbel, Asp and 24 more species
- Aug
- Tench, Ruffe, Common dace, European perch, Pikeperch, Wels catfish and 27 more species
- Sep
- Northern pike, Tench, Ruffe, Common dace, European perch, Pikeperch and 30 more species
- Oct
- Northern pike, Ruffe, Common dace, European perch, Pikeperch, Common bream and 17 more species
- Nov
- Northern pike, Pikeperch, Roach, Grayling, Cactus roach, Burbot and 1 more species
What bites in the lakes and rivers of southern 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 1069 spots
- Ruffe 74/100 at 20 spots
- Grayling 74/100 at 171 spots
- Northern pike 73/100 at 2114 spots
- Cactus roach 73/100 at 8 spots
- European perch 72/100 at 1559 spots
- Roach 72/100 at 252 spots
- Common bream 71/100 at 610 spots
- Common dace 70/100 at 5 spots
- Ide 70/100 at 49 spots
Good
- Rainbow trout
- Vimba bream
- Largemouth bass
- White-eye bream
- Round goby
- Common carp
- Asp
- European chub
- White bream
- Barbel
+18 more species
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 southern Germany?
37 species are on record in the lakes and rivers of southern Germany: Common carp, Northern pike, European perch, Brown trout, Pikeperch, Rainbow trout, Wels catfish, European chub and others.
What can you catch in the lakes and rivers of southern Germany in each month?
The month with the most species in season is September (36 species). By season: winter: Burbot and Lake char; spring: Brook trout and Rainbow trout; summer: Wels catfish and Tench; autumn: Northern pike and Pikeperch.
How many fishing grounds are there in the lakes and rivers of southern Germany?
There are 3,310 fishing grounds on record in the lakes and rivers of southern Germany; each has its own page with the location, the species caught and the conditions that suit it.
