What does today's Dunajec (Upper) fishing report say?

Today's Dunajec (Upper) fishing report rates the bite excellent (83/100) with brown trout the most active species. The report is kept up to date automatically from weather, pressure, solunar and water data.

What is the best time to fish Dunajec (Upper) today?

The strongest bite window in the next 24 hours is 11:00–13:00 local time.

Is Dunajec (Upper) rising or falling?

Flow at gauge Nowy Targ is down 0% over the last 24 hours.

Waters · Poland

Dunajec (Upper) fishing report

Updated Friday, 9 October 2026 · refreshed automatically through the day

A mountain river with Tatra headwaters, famous for grayling and one of the few places in Europe with a real chance at huchen — the "Danube salmon" — in late autumn.

Today's report: excellent (83/100)

Brown Trout is the most promising species on Dunajec (Upper) today. Water temperature is around 8.8°C and barometric pressure is rising. Gauge Nowy Targ shows the water level steady (0 cm/24h).

Dunajec (Upper) water temperature and flow

Discharge: 2.1 m³/s (74 cfs) — down 0% over 24 hours
Level trend: steady

Measured at gauge Nowy Targ · reading 47 min ago. Published by the national hydrological service, not estimated by us.

Best time to fish today

11:00–13:00 local time — score 96/100
17:00–19:00 local time — score 91/100
07:00–09:00 local time — score 92/100

3-day outlook by species

Species	Thursday 8 Oct	Friday 9 Oct	Saturday 10 Oct
Brown Trout	83 — excellent	87 — excellent	90 — excellent
Grayling	80 — good	95 — excellent	94 — excellent
Huchen	77 — good	85 — excellent	90 — excellent

Why this score

Cast & Scan uses a deterministic, published scoring model — no black box. The strongest influences on today's Dunajec (Upper) rating:

water temperature: helping (+1)
pressure trend: helping (+1)
solunar period: helping (+1)
season: helping (+1)
cloud cover: helping (+0.9)
wind: helping (+0.9)

Forecast computed Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:36:45 GMT · data: Open-Meteo + gauge Nowy Targ · refreshed automatically through the day · see our published accuracy

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