Luxembourg
Luxembourg 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 22 grounds on the map
01 / Discover the waters
Luxembourg Lakes & Rivers fishing spots 22
Choose a place, explore its details or go straight to its pin on the map.
A total of 22 grounds; the first 22 of them are below.
Matching grounds:
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02 / Species
What can you catch in the lakes and rivers of Luxembourg?
Meet the species recorded in these waters. Open a species for its techniques, bait and fishing grounds.
Matching species:
Roach
Rutilus rutilus
European chub
Squalius cephalus
Brown trout
Salmo trutta
Common carp
Cyprinus carpio
European perch
Perca fluviatilis
Barbel
Barbus barbus
Common dace
Leuciscus leuciscus
Grayling
Thymallus thymallus
Common bleak
Alburnus alburnus
Pumpkinseed
Lepomis gibbosus
Tench
Tinca tinca
Round goby
Neogobius melanostomus
Wels catfish
Silurus glanis
Common bream
Abramis brama
Rudd
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Northern pike
Esox lucius
Common nase
Chondrostoma nasus
Prussian carp
Carassius gibelio
Grass carp
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Rainbow trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Asp
Leuciscus aspius
Ruffe
Gymnocephalus cernua
Pikeperch
Sander lucioperca
White bream
Blicca bjoerkna
Silver carp
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Goldfish
Carassius auratus
Lake char
Salvelinus umbla
Ide
Leuciscus idus
Brook trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
Arctic char
Salvelinus alpinus
Brown bullhead
Ameiurus nebulosus
Black bullhead
Ameiurus melas
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In season · October
Luxembourg 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 Luxembourg in Sep, Aug, Jul — the strip shows how many species are productive in each month.
- 0 Jan
- 0 Feb
- 2 Mar
- 4 Apr
- 11 May
- 14 Jun
- 20 Jul
- 26 Aug
- 29 Sep
- 12 Oct
- 3 Nov
- 0 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 Luxembourg month by month
For each month, the species in season — the most seasonal ones first.
- Jan
- No records
- Feb
- No records
- Mar
- Lake char, Rainbow trout
- Apr
- Lake char, Brook trout, Rainbow trout, Ide
- May
- Arctic char, European chub, Brown trout, Pumpkinseed, Goldfish, Lake char and 5 more species
- Jun
- Grass carp, Wels catfish, Silver carp, Black bullhead, European chub, Brown trout and 8 more species
- Jul
- Brown bullhead, Common carp, Barbel, Tench, Rudd, Prussian carp and 14 more species
- Aug
- European perch, Common bleak, Common nase, Brown bullhead, Roach, Common carp and 20 more species
- Sep
- Common dace, European perch, Grayling, Common bleak, Common nase, Roach and 23 more species
- Oct
- Grayling, Roach, Northern pike, Round goby, White bream, Pikeperch and 6 more species
- Dec
- No records
What bites in the lakes and rivers of Luxembourg this month
Ranked by this month’s research score at the lake and river spots of this region.
Very good
Good
+11 more species
Weak
A 0–100 score from season, water temperature, habitat and local records; a general trend, not a guarantee.
Before you cast
Rules specific to this region 42
The entries are summaries compiled from that country’s fishing legislation; each lists its legal basis and official source. The official text is binding, and rules can vary by state and by water. Check the rules on your permit before you fish.
Legal framework and permits
Law of 28 June 1976 regulating fishing in inland waters (as amended) (Mémorial A-43 28.07.1976; last major amendment: Loi du 7 mars 2019 (file 7288)). Art. 2: 1st category = sections of the Sûre where the state holds the fishing right (the reservoir section of the Esch-sur-Sûre dam and from the old Ettelbruck bridge to the mouth of the Our at Wallendorf); 2nd category = all other inland waters (fishing right belongs to riparian owners, lease/lot system). Art. 3–8: fishing licence. Art. 10: seasons, sizes, quotas, hours and protected zones are left to regulation. Art. 11: prohibited methods. Art. 19(3): fishing prohibited in spawning streams excluded from leasing and in polluted sections. Permit: permis de pêche mandatory over 14 years of age (digital, MyGuichet). Ordinaire €18/year (€4/month): 2nd category + written permission of the lot tenant. Spécial A €30/year: + from the bank in the 1st category. Spécial B €40/year: + from a boat in the 1st category. Under 14 without licence, with a single hand-held rod. No licence required at some paying ponds (Echternach, Weiswampach, Kockelscheuer, Remerschen, etc.). Competent authority: Ministère de l'Environnement, du Climat et de la Biodiversité; Administration de la gestion de l'eau (AGE); Conseil supérieur de la pêche.
Legal basis: Loi modifiée du 28 juin 1976 portant réglementation de la pêche dans les eaux i… communiqué text
Legal framework and permits
Grand-Ducal Regulation of 16 April 2003 governing the fishing seasons and legal minimum sizes for fish species (16.04.2003 (in force 15.06.2003); amended by: Règlement grand-ducal du 22 novembre 2019 (Mémorial A n° 796, 27.11.2019)). Art. 1: open season and size for 20 species; Art. 2: 18 species whose fishing is completely prohibited; Art. 3: species not on the list may be fished all year round without size limit. Competent authority: Ministry of the Environment / AGE.
Legal basis: Règlement grand-ducal du 16 avril 2003 portant réglementation des périodes de p… communiqué text
Legal framework and permits
Regulation of 21 July 1976 determining the fishing methods and gear permitted in the two categories of inland waters (21.07.1976 (as amended)). Number of rods (1st category 1–2, 2nd category 1), single hook, bait rules, ban on groundbaiting with maggots. Competent authority: AGE.
Legal basis: Règlement grand-ducal du 21 juillet 1976 portant fixation des modes et engins d… communiqué text
Legal framework and permits
Regulation of 7 March 2019 on the fishing licence model and fees (07.03.2019). Licence types and fees. Permit: Fees above. Competent authority: AGE / AED.
Legal basis: Règlement grand-ducal du 7 mars 2019 (modèle du permis de pêche, droit et taxe… communiqué text
Legal framework and permits
Border waters (Moselle, Sûre/Sauer, Our – condominium with Germany): Border waters fishing agreement (1975); border waters fishing act (1984); regulation on angling in the condominium border waters (2001); Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland border waters fishing regulations (1975 agreement; 21.11.1984; 14.12.2001; RP 18.11.1986 / 03.05.2021; SL 2020). Moselle (Schengen–Wasserbillig), Sauer (Wasserbillig–Wallendorf), Our (tripoint near Lieler–Wallendorf) and the Vianden reservoir. Joint Border Fishing Commission; rules identical in content in both countries (closed seasons, sizes, night ban, prohibited stretches). Permit: 'permis/Fischereierlaubnisschein' mandatory from age 14 (no state fishing certificate required). Category A / Uferschein (from the bank): €15 year / €10 month / €5 week. Category B / Nachenschein (from a boat on the Moselle and Sauer, includes A): €40 / €25 / €10. Separate SEO permit for bank angling on the Vianden reservoir (tourist permit 01.04–30.11, 2 weeks). On private land, additionally the right holder's permission. Competent authority: Gemeinsame Grenzfischereikommission; LU: AGE; DE: SGD Nord (higher fisheries authority).
Legal basis: Staatsvertrag/Convention (1975) entre le Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, la Républiq… communiqué text
Legal framework and permits
Upper Sûre lake (Lac de la Haute-Sûre): Regulation of 16 April 2021 establishing the protection zones around the Upper Sûre lake and regulating prohibited/restricted activities (drinking water source) (Mémorial A n° 316, 22.04.2021). Esch-sur-Sûre dam is a drinking water source (SEBES). Zones: I (immediate protection), IIA, IIB, IIC, III. Rules on angling, groundbaiting, competitions, boats and motors. Permit: angling in the lake and pre-dams (Bavigne, Pont Misère) with an inland waters licence (the lake is 1st category → spécial A/B). Competent authority: Ministry of the Environment / AGE; operator SEBES.
Legal basis: Upper Sûre lake (Lac de la Haute-Sûre): Règlement grand-ducal du 16 avril 2021… communiqué text
General closed season
There is no single national general closed season, but for carp, tench, mreana, nase (Chondrostoma nasus), roach, rudd, bleak, gudgeon, vandoise and Prussian carp the fishing season is '15.06 – day before 1 March'; pike/zander closed 01.01–14.06. Thus most species are closed from the beginning of March to 14 June. Period: 01.03 – 14.06 (for cyprinid species).
Legal basis: RGD 16.04.2003 Art. 1 communiqué text
Methods and bait
In 1st category (except the Ettelbruck–Wallendorf section) 1 or 2 hand rods, in 2nd category a single hand rod; one hook per rod, rod under constant supervision. Casting (spinning), natural/artificial fly, and trolling with max. 3 artificial flies permitted. Crayfish, frogs and natural/artificial fish eggs may not be used as bait; groundbaiting with natural/artificial maggots prohibited. Landing net/gaff only for landing a hooked fish. Period: All year.
Legal basis: RGD 21.07.1976 arts. 1–5 communiqué text
Methods and bait
Fishing with light/fire/electrical devices, fishing by breaking ice, gathering fish by artificial means, piercing or cutting tools, firearms, snares, explosives and poison, catching fish by hand, and attaching nets and baskets to passes/ladders in the water are prohibited. Period: All year.
Legal basis: Loi 28.06.1976 Art. 11 communiqué text
General closed season
Border waters (Moselle, Sauer, Our): annual total fishing ban: no species may be fished during these periods. Period: Moselle and Sauer: 01.03 – 14.06; Our: 01.01 – 31.03.
Legal basis: Border waters (Moselle, Sauer, Our): GrenzGewFischV RP § 7(1); LU RGD 14.12.2001… communiqué text
Night fishing
Border waters (Moselle, Sauer, Our): fishing prohibited during the stated hours. Period: 01.04–31.10: 23:00–05:00; 01.11–31.03: 19:00–07:00.
Legal basis: Border waters (Moselle, Sauer, Our): GrenzGewFischV RP § 5 no. 5 communiqué text
Methods and bait
Border waters (Moselle, Sauer, Our): 1 hand rod per person on the Sauer and Our, 2 on the Moselle; rods may not be left unattended; fishing from the bank. Maximum 3 salmonids (trout, grayling) and 1 pike per day. Non-native (gebietsfremde) fish species, crayfish, tadpoles and frogs prohibited as hook bait (Ködern); groundbaiting (Anfüttern) with dyed maggots prohibited. A fish-egg ban could not be verified in this text. When fishing from a boat, the boat must be anchored/moored to the bank; fishing while moving or drifting prohibited (trolling effectively prohibited). Period: All year.
Legal basis: Border waters (Moselle, Sauer, Our): GrenzGewFischV RP § 4–6 communiqué text
Protected species
Inland waters: 18 species whose fishing is completely prohibited (Salmo salar, Salmo trutta trutta, Lota lota, Acipenser sturio, Alosa alosa, Alosa fallax, Lampetra planeri, Lampetra fluviatilis, Petromyzon marinus, Platichthys flesus, Rhodeus amarus, Barbatula barbatula, Misgurnus fossilis, Cobitis taenia, Cottus gobio, Phoxinus phoxinus, Alburnoides bipunctatus, Carassius carassius): fishing prohibited.
Legal basis: RGD 16.04.2003 art. 2 (as amended by RGD 22.11.2019) communiqué text
Protected species
Border waters (Moselle, Sauer, Our): species protected all year (Salmo salar, Salmo trutta trutta, Lota lota, Lampetra planeri, Rhodeus amarus, Misgurnus fossilis, Cobitis taenia, Carassius carassius, Alburnoides bipunctatus, Astacus astacus, Austropotamobius torrentium, Margaritifera margaritifera, Unio tumidus, Unio crassus): fishing prohibited.
Legal basis: GrenzGewFischV RP § 7(3) (consolidated 13.06.2023) communiqué text
Closed season and minimum size
Brown trout (truite de rivière) (Salmo trutta fario), 1st category (except Esch-sur-Sûre reservoir) — Closed season: 01.10 – 31.03. Minimum size: 25 cm. Open: 01.04–30.09.
Legal basis: RGD 16.04.2003 Art. 1 pt. 3 communiqué text
Closed season and minimum size
Brown trout (Salmo trutta fario), 2nd category — Closed season: 01.10 – 31.03. Minimum size: 20 cm.
Legal basis: RGD 16.04.2003 art. 1 pt. 4 communiqué text
Closed season and minimum size
Brown trout (Salmo trutta fario), Esch-sur-Sûre reservoirs (Upper Sûre) — Closed season: 01.10 – 31.03. Minimum size: 30 cm.
Legal basis: RGD 16.04.2003 Art. 1 pt. 2 communiqué text
Closed season and minimum size
Lake trout (Salmo trutta lacustris), All waters — Closed season: 01.10 – 31.03. Minimum size: 30 cm.
Legal basis: RGD 16.04.2003 Art. 1 pt. 1 communiqué text
Closed season and minimum size
Arctic char (omble chevalier) (Salvelinus alpinus), Esch-sur-Sûre reservoirs — Closed season: 01.10 – 31.03. Minimum size: 30 cm. Rainbow trout is not listed → under Art. 3 year-round, without size limit (subject to a category 1 licence).
Legal basis: RGD 16.04.2003 art. 1 pt. 5 communiqué text
Closed season and minimum size
Grayling (ombre) (Thymallus thymallus), All waters (including Attert) — Closed season: 01.01 – 31.05. Minimum size: 35 cm. In 2019 the opening was moved from 01.05 to 01.06 and the size raised from 30 to 35 cm; the separate Attert rule (pt. 7) was repealed.
Legal basis: RGD 16.04.2003 art. 1 pt. 6, as amended by RGD 22.11.2019 communiqué text
The first 20 of 42 entries are listed.
Frequently asked
What can you catch in the lakes and rivers of Luxembourg?
32 species are on record in the lakes and rivers of Luxembourg: Roach, European chub, Brown trout, Common carp, European perch, Barbel, Common dace, Grayling and others.
What can you catch in the lakes and rivers of Luxembourg in each month?
The month with the most species in season is September (29 species). By season: spring: Lake char and Rainbow trout; summer: Brown bullhead and Common carp; autumn: Grayling and Roach.
How many fishing grounds are there in the lakes and rivers of Luxembourg?
There are 22 fishing grounds on record in the lakes and rivers of Luxembourg; each has its own page with the location, the species caught and the conditions that suit it.
