Czech Lakes & Rivers Fishing Map

Fisheries Act (Act on pond fishing, exercise of fishing rights and fisheries guard service) (99/2004 Sb.; consolidated version 01.07.2025 (last amendment 70/2025 Sb.)). Rybářský revír (fishing ground) system; pstruhový (trout) and mimopstruhový (non-trout) revíry; § 13 prohibited methods and prohibited places (100 m from dam body, 50 m below/above fish pass, bridges, canal locks); § 5 designation of chráněná rybí oblast (protected fish area); § 13 odst. 10 power of the revír user to set 'bližší podmínky' (additional conditions). Permit: Two documents mandatory: rybářský lístek (fishing licence; issued by the municipality/ORP for 30 days, 10 years or indefinitely, § 13b) + povolenka k lovu (fishing permit from the revír user, § 13c). Both must be carried when fishing; the fishing log (evidence docházky a úlovků) must be filled in. Competent authority: Ministerstvo zemědělství (Ministry of Agriculture); regional authorities (krajský úřad) that designate and supervise revíry; revír users (ČRS, MRS etc.).

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Implementing Regulation of Act No. 99/2004 (Ministry of Agriculture) (197/2004 Sb. (as amended)). § 8a daily catch limits (7 kg; number per species), § 11 minimum sizes (nejmenší lovné míry), § 12 daily fishing hours, § 13 closed seasons (doby hájení), § 14–17 and Annex 7 permitted fishing methods (live bait, treble hooks, spinning periods). Permit: Same as above. Competent authority: Ministerstvo zemědělství.

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Czech Anglers Union Fishing Regulations – Supplementary conditions for exercising the fishing right (approved by Republiková rada ČRS 15.09.2023 (for 2024–2025); the 2026–2027 version was approved on 04.09.2025). Rules in addition to the law: ban on double/treble hooks in non-trout waters 01.01–15.06, autumn-spring fly fishing restrictions, ban on fishing from boats (except permitted revírs), marker buoy (bójka) rules, additional protection for grayling/salmon; regional unions (územní svaz) set additional quotas and sizes (e.g. North Moravia: carp over 70 cm returned). Licence: Povolenka types: místní, územní, celosvazová, celorepubliková; separate povolenka for pstruhový and mimopstruhový. Competent authority: Český rybářský svaz, z. s. (ČRS) and územní svazy.

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Morava (MRS districts): Additional fishing conditions of the Moravian Anglers' Union (annual/2-year rybářský řád). Additional limits in South and Central Moravian districts; content could not be verified in detail in this study. Licence: MRS povolenka or joint ČRS-MRS (celorepubliková) povolenka. Competent authority: Moravský rybářský svaz, z. s.

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Nature and Landscape Protection Act and implementing regulation (list of protected species) (114/1992 Sb.; 395/1992 Sb.). Additional restrictions in national parks (NP) and CHKOs; fishing for protected fish/crayfish species (e.g. rak říční, jelec jesen, mník, vranka) is prohibited – but may be permitted in some revírs under an exemption from the OOP (nature conservation authority). Permit: in NP waters only in revírs operated by the park administration, with its own povolenka. Competent authority: Ministerstvo životního prostředí, AOPK ČR, NP administrations (Správa NP Šumava etc.).

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Fishing outside the set daily fishing hours is prohibited (§ 13 odst. 3 písm. c); accordingly, in non-trout waters fishing is closed between 00:00–04:00 (summer) / 22:00–05:00 (winter). Under the North Moravian ČRS rules, in darkness (1 hour after sunset – 1 hour before sunrise) the fishing spot must be lit with an electric light. Period: Non-trout revír: prohibited outside 04:00–24:00 April–September, outside 05:00–22:00 October–March. Trout revírs: prohibited outside January–February 07–17, March 06–18, April 06–20, May 06–21, June–July 05–22, August 06–22, September 07–20, October 07–19, November–December 07–17.

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Explosives, poison, narcotic substances, spears, gaffs, forks, line without rod, fishing by hand/striking, electricity and fishing under the ice are prohibited; invasive species on the EU list may not be returned to the water or used as bait; maximum 2 rods; fixed nets/traps (slupy, vrše) prohibited; obstructing fish passage prohibited. Period: All year.

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Bait fish (nástražní ryba), double and treble hooks may only be used between 16.06–31.12; spinning (přívlač), deep trolling (hlubinná přívlač) and čeřínek are only permitted between 16.06–31.12. In effect, predator fishing for pike/zander/catfish opens on 16 June. Additional ČRS condition: 01.01–15.06 in fly fishing only classic fly tackle, max. 3 cm lure, additional weight/float prohibited. Period: 01.01–15.06.

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In pstruhový revír waters fishing for all species is closed. Spinning and fly fishing are permitted 16.04–30.11; for other species (carp etc.) only plant baits in float/bottom fishing. Pike, chub, perch, catfish, asp and zander caught in a pstruhový revír may not be returned to the water. Period: 01.12–15.04.

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Daily catch limit: 7 kg in total in all revírs; outside trout waters carp, grass carp, pike, zander, asp and wels catfish 2 fish in total and 3 salmonids; in trout revírs 2 carp, 3 salmonids. Reserving fishing spots prohibited; automatic hook-setting systems (samosek) prohibited; bottom/float rods may not be left unattended. Period: All year.

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ČRS revírs: Fishing from a boat is generally prohibited in ČRS revírs; revírs where boat fishing is permitted are indicated in the revír description. Rules on transporting and using bait/marker buoys (bójka) are restricted. Period: All year.

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ČRS North Moravia and Silesia (Územní svaz pro Severní Moravu a Slezsko): carp of 70 cm and above must be released immediately; carp, pike, zander, grass carp, asp, wels catfish, tench and barbel combined 10 per month, 40 per year; increased minimum sizes (tench 25, perch 15, pike 60, zander 50 cm); transporting bait (vyvážení) generally prohibited; the revír holder may close the revír for 2×14 days per year. Period: 2024–2025 (the 2026–2027 ÚS Severní Morava a Slezsko version could not be verified in this review).

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Polish border waters (Odra 1, Olše 1/3/4, Opava 5/6, Petrůvka 1, Prudník 1): In border waters the minimum size for pikeperch is 50 cm; closed season for mreana and podoustev 01.01–30.06, wels catfish 01.01–31.05; ostroretka and podoustev 5 per day. Period: All year.

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The povolenka can now also be issued electronically (mobile app); the angler enters the date, revír no., species, length and weight indelibly. Catches of invasive species on the EU list (slunečnice pestrá, střevlička východní, sumeček černý, hlavačkovec Glenův) must also be recorded. The Rybářská stráž can suspend the e-povolenka via the app. Period: All year (zákon 99/2004 current § 13c).

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ČRS revírs: In trout revírs, all salmonids caught by float/bottom fishing must be released; the day ends once 3 salmonids are retained. Gaff prohibited; foul-hooking fish by sharp jerking (podsekávání) prohibited; floating objects marking feeding/fishing spots prohibited (except stick floats not anchored to the bottom); bójka at most 15×15×30 cm; fishing from a boat only in permitted revírs, and an angler in a boat may not have a rod outside the boat. Period: All year.

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ČRS ÚS města Prahy: Grayling protected all year; brown trout minimum 30 cm, grayling 25 cm and 4 per day; in mimopstruhový waters 01.01–15.06 double/treble hooks prohibited with all methods (except Vltava 7, Vltava 9, VD Drásov, where spinning is permitted all year); 'srkačka' (rig with the hook attached directly to the feeder) prohibited; in trout revírs spinning/fly fishing at most 3 days per week. Period: 2026–2027.

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Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): fishing prohibited.

The table in our records

Closed season

All year

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Ide (jelec jesen) (Leuciscus idus): fishing prohibited.

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Closed season

All year

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Burbot (mník) (Lota lota): fishing prohibited.

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Closed season

All year

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Other fish and lampreys on the 395/1992 list (ostrucha, ježdík žlutý, drsek, hrouzek Kesslerův, piskoř, sekavec, sekavčík, střevle, vranka, plotice lesklá, cejn perleťový, mihule) (Pelecus cultratus, Gymnocephalus schraetser, Zingel zingel, Zingel streber, Romanogobio kesslerii, Misgurnus fossilis, Sabanejewia balcanica, Cobitis elongatoides, Phoxinus phoxinus, Cottus gobio, Cottus poecilopus, Rutilus virgo, Rutilus meidingeri, Lampetra planeri, Eudontomyzon mariae): fishing prohibited.

The table in our records

Closed season

All year

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