Bulgaria
Bulgarian 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 141 grounds on the map
01 / Discover the waters
Bulgarian Lakes & Rivers fishing spots 141
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A total of 141 grounds; the first 90 of them are below.
Matching grounds:
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Provadijska, River Provadijska at Sindel (Avren)
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Varna · Provadijska, River Provadijska at Sindel
Explore ground →Provadijska, River Provadijska at Zlatina
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Varna · Provadijska, River Provadijska at Zlatina
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02 / Species
What can you catch in the lakes and rivers of Bulgaria?
Meet the species recorded in these waters. Open a species for its techniques, bait and fishing grounds.
Matching species:
European chub
Squalius cephalus
European perch
Perca fluviatilis
Prussian carp
Carassius gibelio
Common carp
Cyprinus carpio
Wels catfish
Silurus glanis
Pikeperch
Sander lucioperca
Pumpkinseed
Lepomis gibbosus
Common bleak
Alburnus alburnus
Northern pike
Esox lucius
Rudd
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Vimba bream
Vimba vimba
Brown trout
Salmo trutta
Romanian barbel
Barbus petenyi
Round goby
Neogobius melanostomus
Barbel
Barbus barbus
Silver carp
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Tench
Tinca tinca
Grass carp
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Common bream
Abramis brama
Roach
Rutilus rutilus
Rainbow trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Asp
Leuciscus aspius
Danube barbel
Barbus balcanicus
Black bullhead
Ameiurus melas
Brook trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
Ide
Leuciscus idus
White bream
Blicca bjoerkna
Largemouth bass
Micropterus salmoides
Common nase
Chondrostoma nasus
Bighead carp
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Ruffe
Gymnocephalus cernua
Burbot
Lota lota
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In season · October
Bulgarian 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 Bulgaria in Jun, Sep, Aug — the strip shows how many species are productive in each month.
- 1 Jan
- 1 Feb
- 4 Mar
- 5 Apr
- 11 May
- 28 Jun
- 26 Jul
- 27 Aug
- 28 Sep
- 15 Oct
- 7 Nov
- 4 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 Bulgaria month by month
For each month, the species in season — the most seasonal ones first.
- Jan
- Burbot
- Feb
- Burbot
- Mar
- Roach, Rainbow trout, Common nase, Ide
- May
- Pumpkinseed, Brown trout, Brook trout, Prussian carp, Common bleak, Rudd and 5 more species
- Jun
- Tench, Black bullhead, Wels catfish, Pumpkinseed, Brown trout, Round goby and 22 more species
- Jul
- Tench, Black bullhead, Wels catfish, Pumpkinseed, Round goby, Romanian barbel and 20 more species
- Aug
- Tench, Black bullhead, Wels catfish, Pikeperch, Pumpkinseed, Round goby and 21 more species
- Sep
- Wels catfish, Pikeperch, Northern pike, Brown trout, Round goby, Romanian barbel and 22 more species
- Oct
- Pikeperch, Northern pike, European chub, European perch, Common carp, Vimba bream and 9 more species
- Nov
- Pikeperch, Northern pike, Burbot, Roach, Rainbow trout, Common nase and 1 more species
- Dec
- Northern pike, Burbot, Roach, Rainbow trout
What bites in the lakes and rivers of Bulgaria this month
Ranked by this month’s research score at the lake and river spots of this region.
Very good
- Pikeperch 77/100 at 34 spots
- Northern pike 76/100 at 25 spots
- European perch 72/100 at 56 spots
- Roach 70/100 at 7 spots
Good
- Rainbow trout
- Common bream
- Ide
- Common carp
- Largemouth bass
- Asp
- European chub
- Barbel
- Common nase
- Ruffe
+15 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 Bulgaria?
32 species are on record in the lakes and rivers of Bulgaria: European chub, European perch, Prussian carp, Common carp, Wels catfish, Pikeperch, Pumpkinseed, Common bleak and others.
What can you catch in the lakes and rivers of Bulgaria in each month?
The month with the most species in season is June (28 species). By season: winter: Burbot and Northern pike; spring: Rainbow trout and Ide; summer: Tench and Black bullhead; autumn: Pikeperch and Wels catfish.
How many fishing grounds are there in the lakes and rivers of Bulgaria?
There are 141 fishing grounds on record in the lakes and rivers of Bulgaria; each has its own page with the location, the species caught and the conditions that suit it.
