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Fishing licenses must always be purchased. Only a valid fishing license entitles you to fish. The fishing license is personal. The rules must be followed.

Keep in mind that you are required to immediately return a fish to the water, whether it is dead or alive, if it:

1. caught during a time when fishing for the species is prohibited,
2. is caught with gear or method that is not permitted for the species, or
3. does not meet any minimum or maximum size prescribed for the species.

Methods

All fishing is done from land or ice. Only fishing with one hand tool (fishing rod, casting rod, ice rod, fly rod) is permitted per person. Fishing from a boat / float ring is prohibited.

Fishing season

Fishing all year round.

However, fishing may be canceled during the breeding season, etc.

Catch restrictions

The size of the fish is calculated via the distance from the tip of the snout to the outermost tip of the caudal fin.

Pike

• Minimum dimensions 40 cm
• Maximum dimensions 75 cm
• A maximum of 3 pike may be caught and kept per angler per day.

Perch

• Maximum dimensions 25 cm
• A maximum of 3 perch may be caught and kept per angler and day.

Red

• All rods should be carefully re-exposed to the water.