Romania
Western Romania 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 63 grounds on the map
01 / Discover the waters
Western Romania Lakes & Rivers fishing spots 63
Choose a place, explore its details or go straight to its pin on the map.
A total of 63 grounds; the first 63 of them are below.
Matching grounds:
Argeș · Argeșel River near Hârtiesti village
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Dâmbovița · Dâmbovița River near Mănești village
Explore ground →Mehedinți · Dunărea (lacul de acumulare Porțile de Fier I)
Explore ground →Mehedinți · Dunărea (lacul de acumulare Porțile de Fier I)
Explore ground →Olt · Râul Olt - acumularea Drăgănești-Olt
Explore ground →Olt · Râul Olt - acumularea Izbiceni
Explore ground →Brașov · Râul Olt - canal de fugă hidrocentrala Voila
Explore ground →Sibiu · Olt River, near Cârța, downstream of barrage
Explore ground →Caraș-Severin · River Timis near Constantin Daicovicin
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02 / Species
What can you catch in the lakes and rivers of western Romania?
Meet the species recorded in these waters. Open a species for its techniques, bait and fishing grounds.
Matching species:

European chub
Squalius cephalus

Common carp
Cyprinus carpio

Wels catfish
Silurus glanis

Prussian carp
Carassius gibelio

Pikeperch
Sander lucioperca
Barbel
Barbus barbus
Common nase
Chondrostoma nasus

Northern pike
Esox lucius

European perch
Perca fluviatilis
Common bleak
Alburnus alburnus
Asp
Leuciscus aspius

Common bream
Abramis brama
Romanian barbel
Barbus petenyi
Black bullhead
Ameiurus melas
Pumpkinseed
Lepomis gibbosus

Tench
Tinca tinca
Roach
Rutilus rutilus

Rudd
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Ruffe
Gymnocephalus cernua
Grass carp
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Vimba bream
Vimba vimba

Brown trout
Salmo trutta
Round goby
Neogobius melanostomus
Danube barbel
Barbus balcanicus
Sabrefish
Pelecus cultratus

Rainbow trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Brook trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
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In season · October
Western Romania 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 western Romania in Sep, Aug, Jul — the strip shows how many species are productive in each month.
- 0 Jan
- 0 Feb
- 1 Mar
- 3 Apr
- 5 May
- 19 Jun
- 21 Jul
- 24 Aug
- 25 Sep
- 17 Oct
- 3 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 western Romania month by month
For each month, the species in season — the most seasonal ones first.
- Jan
- No records
- Feb
- No records
- Mar
- Rainbow trout
- Jun
- Rudd, Prussian carp, Black bullhead, Tench, Grass carp, Round goby and 13 more species
- Jul
- Wels catfish, Rudd, Common carp, Prussian carp, European perch, Black bullhead and 15 more species
- Aug
- Wels catfish, Rudd, Roach, Ruffe, Common carp, Pikeperch and 18 more species
- Sep
- Wels catfish, Northern pike, Roach, Ruffe, Common carp, Pikeperch and 19 more species
- Oct
- Northern pike, Roach, Ruffe, Common carp, Pikeperch, European perch and 11 more species
- Dec
- Rainbow trout
What bites in the lakes and rivers of western Romania this month
Ranked by this month’s research score at the lake and river spots of this region.
Very good
- Vimba bream 74/100 at 2 spots
- Pikeperch 71/100 at 18 spots
- European perch 71/100 at 10 spots
- Ruffe 70/100 at 3 spots
Good
- Northern pike
- European chub
- Rainbow trout
- Common bream
- Common carp
- Danube barbel
- Asp
- Sabrefish
- Romanian barbel
- Common nase
+9 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 western Romania?
27 species are on record in the lakes and rivers of western Romania: European chub, Common carp, Wels catfish, Prussian carp, Pikeperch, Barbel, Common nase, Northern pike and others.
What can you catch in the lakes and rivers of western Romania in each month?
The month with the most species in season is September (25 species). By season: winter: Rainbow trout; spring: Brown trout and Brook trout; summer: Rudd and Prussian carp; autumn: Northern pike and Pikeperch.
How many fishing grounds are there in the lakes and rivers of western Romania?
There are 63 fishing grounds on record in the lakes and rivers of western Romania; each has its own page with the location, the species caught and the conditions that suit it.