Fishing calendar · season by month
Fishing calendar
Which fish are in season this month? Pick a month and a region, and the calendar shows the species, each with its profile.
Month and region
The calendar needs JavaScript. The season by species is also listed in the overview below.
A good season does not mean the fish is open. Seasons, size and bag limits differ by state and water. Fishing license by state · Closed seasons in Germany
Overview: season by species
Germany: season by species
- Asp: June to November
- Atlantic cod: September to May
- Atlantic herring: March to May
- Atlantic horse mackerel: June to August
- Atlantic mackerel: June to September
- Ballan wrasse: June to August
- Brill: June to August
- Brook trout: March to November
- Brown trout: March to June
- Burbot: December to February
- Chub: March to November
- Common bream: May to November
- Common carp: April to September
- Common sole: June to August
- European eel: June to August
- European perch: August to November
- European plaice: March to November
- European sea bass: June to November
- European smelt: September to November
- European sprat: March to August
- European whitefish: June to July
- Garfish: March to August
- Grass carp: June to August
- Grayling: September to November
- Grey gurnard: June to August
- Haddock: all year
- Huchen (Danube salmon): December to February
- Ide: June to August
- Lake trout (brown trout): March to May, September to November
- Northern pike: March to May, September to November
- Pollack: June to November
- Pouting: all year
- Pumpkinseed: June to August
- Rainbow trout: September to May
- Roach: March to May, September to November
- Round goby: March to November
- Rudd: May to September
- Ruffe: all year
- Saithe (coalfish): March to November
- Shorthorn sculpin: December to February
- Striped red mullet: all year
- Tench: June to August
- Thicklip grey mullet: June to August
- Turbot: June to August
- Viviparous eelpout: March to August
- Wels catfish: March to November
- Whiting: September to February
- Zander: May to June, September to December
Northern Europe: season by species
- Asp: June to November
- Atlantic cod: September to May
- Atlantic herring: March to May
- Atlantic horse mackerel: June to August
- Atlantic mackerel: June to September
- Ballan wrasse: June to August
- Brill: June to August
- Brook trout: March to November
- Brown trout: March to June
- Burbot: December to February
- Chub: March to November
- Common bream: May to November
- Common carp: April to September
- Common sole: June to August
- European eel: June to August
- European perch: August to November
- European plaice: March to November
- European sea bass: June to November
- European smelt: September to November
- European sprat: March to August
- European whitefish: June to July
- Garfish: March to August
- Grass carp: June to August
- Grayling: September to November
- Grey gurnard: June to August
- Haddock: all year
- Ide: June to August
- Lake trout (brown trout): March to May, September to November
- Northern pike: March to May, September to November
- Pollack: June to November
- Pouting: all year
- Pumpkinseed: June to August
- Rainbow trout: September to May
- Roach: March to May, September to November
- Round goby: March to November
- Rudd: May to September
- Ruffe: all year
- Saithe (coalfish): March to November
- Shorthorn sculpin: December to February
- Striped red mullet: all year
- Tench: June to August
- Thicklip grey mullet: June to August
- Turbot: June to August
- Viviparous eelpout: March to August
- Wels catfish: March to November
- Whiting: September to February
- Zander: May to June, September to December
USA: season by species
- Alligator gar: June to August
- Black drum: all year
- Blue marlin: June to October
- Bluefish: May to October
- Bluegill: May to August
- Brook trout: March to November
- Brown trout: March to June
- Calico bass: June to August
- California yellowtail: June to August
- Channel catfish: May to November
- Coho salmon: July to December
- Common carp: April to September
- Common snook: June to August
- Crappie: March to May
- Cutthroat trout: June to August
- Flathead catfish: March to August
- Great barracuda: December to February
- Lake trout: September to May
- Largemouth bass: March to May
- Mahi-mahi: all year
- Muskellunge: August to November
- Northern pike: March to May, September to November
- Pacific halibut: June to August
- Rainbow trout: September to May
- Red drum: all year
- Sheepshead: February to May
- Smallmouth bass: March to November
- Sockeye salmon: June to November
- Spotted bass: April to May
- Spotted seatrout: March to August
- Striped bass: March to May, September to November
- Summer flounder: March to November
- Tarpon: April to September
- Wahoo: December to February
- Walleye: September to May
- White bass: March to May
- White marlin: June to August
- Yellow perch: December to February
How the calendar is made
It is based on the best-time field in each species profile, with sources there. Seasons are turned into months by the meteorological seasons (spring March to May, summer June to August, fall September to November, winter December to February, warm half of the year April to September). Species whose profile names no season are left out. Regions come from the GBIF records behind the fish compass; Northern Europe covers Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The closed-season note counts the German states with a statewide closed season for the species that falls fully or partly in the month, taken from the state regulations.
As of 22.10.2026
Quick answers
What fish are biting this month?
Pick a month and a region above: the calendar shows every species whose best time, according to its profile, falls in that month. In the USA, spring is bass and crappie time, summer brings snook and calico bass, and winter is the season for walleye and yellow perch through the ice.
Can I keep every fish the calendar shows?
Not always. A good season does not mean the fish is open: seasons, size and bag limits are set by each state and sometimes by the water. Check your state fishing license and regulations before you go.
Where do the months come from?
From the best-time field of the Pescaday species profiles, with sources there. Seasons are turned into months: spring March to May, summer June to August, fall September to November, winter December to February. Which species live in a region comes from the GBIF records behind the fish compass.
What time of day is best?
The fishing forecast shows it: a bite rating and the best time windows for your target fish where you are, free for today and tomorrow.