Belgium
Belgian 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 174 grounds on the map
01 / Discover the waters
Belgian Lakes & Rivers fishing spots 174
Choose a place, explore its details or go straight to its pin on the map.
A total of 174 grounds; the first 90 of them are below.
Matching grounds:
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Binnenarm Kanaal Van GentOostende (Sint-Kruis)
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Vlaanderen · Binnenarm Kanaal Van GentOostende
Explore ground →Kanaal Van Gent Naar Oostende (Vinderhoute)
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Vlaanderen · Kanaal Van Gent Naar Oostende
Explore ground →Kanaal van Gent naar Oostende (Zandvoorde)
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Vlaanderen · Kanaal van Gent naar Oostende
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02 / Species
What can you catch in the lakes and rivers of Belgium?
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
Tench
Tinca tinca
Prussian carp
Carassius gibelio
Pikeperch
Sander lucioperca
Common bream
Abramis brama
Rudd
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Roach
Rutilus rutilus
Ide
Leuciscus idus
Pumpkinseed
Lepomis gibbosus
Ruffe
Gymnocephalus cernua
White bream
Blicca bjoerkna
Round goby
Neogobius melanostomus
Goldfish
Carassius auratus
European chub
Squalius cephalus
Common bleak
Alburnus alburnus
Wels catfish
Silurus glanis
Grass carp
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Brown bullhead
Ameiurus nebulosus
Common dace
Leuciscus leuciscus
Rainbow trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Brown trout
Salmo trutta
Asp
Leuciscus aspius
Crucian carp
Carassius carassius
Barbel
Barbus barbus
Silver carp
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Common nase
Chondrostoma nasus
Black bullhead
Ameiurus melas
Bighead carp
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Grayling
Thymallus thymallus
Vimba bream
Vimba vimba
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In season · October
Belgian 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 Belgium in Aug, Jul, Sep — the strip shows how many species are productive in each month.
- 0 Jan
- 1 Feb
- 1 Mar
- 0 Apr
- 0 May
- 23 Jun
- 30 Jul
- 32 Aug
- 28 Sep
- 10 Oct
- 4 Nov
- 1 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 Belgium month by month
For each month, the species in season — the most seasonal ones first.
- Jan
- No records
- Feb
- Roach
- Mar
- Roach
- Apr
- No records
- May
- No records
- Jun
- Pumpkinseed, Wels catfish, Grass carp, Brown bullhead, Common carp, Tench and 17 more species
- Jul
- Pumpkinseed, Wels catfish, Grass carp, Brown bullhead, Asp, Barbel and 24 more species
- Aug
- Vimba bream, Pumpkinseed, Wels catfish, Grass carp, Brown bullhead, Asp and 26 more species
- Sep
- Vimba bream, Asp, Barbel, Grayling, Common carp, Northern pike and 22 more species
- Oct
- Northern pike, Common bream, Ruffe, European perch, Pikeperch, Ide and 4 more species
- Nov
- Northern pike, Pikeperch, Common dace, Roach
- Dec
- Roach
What bites in the lakes and rivers of Belgium this month
Ranked by this month’s research score at the lake and river spots of this region.
Very good
Good
- Ide
- Common carp
- Common dace
- White bream
- Pikeperch
- Prussian carp
- Common bream
- Ruffe
- European perch
- Roach
+17 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 Belgium?
32 species are on record in the lakes and rivers of Belgium: Common carp, Northern pike, European perch, Tench, Prussian carp, Pikeperch, Common bream, Rudd and others.
What can you catch in the lakes and rivers of Belgium in each month?
The month with the most species in season is August (32 species). By season: winter: Roach; summer: Pumpkinseed and Wels catfish; autumn: Northern pike and Pikeperch.
How many fishing grounds are there in the lakes and rivers of Belgium?
There are 174 fishing grounds on record in the lakes and rivers of Belgium; each has its own page with the location, the species caught and the conditions that suit it.
