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Dunajec (Upper) fishing report

Updated Monday, 17 August 2026 ยท refreshed several times daily

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

Today's report: poor (39/100)

Brown Trout is the most promising species on Dunajec (Upper) today. Water temperature is around 14.7ยฐC and barometric pressure is stable. Gauge Nowy Targ shows the water level rising (3 cm/24h).

Best time to fish today

  • 08:00โ€“10:00 local time โ€” score 66/100
  • 12:00โ€“14:00 local time โ€” score 67/100
  • 16:00โ€“18:00 local time โ€” score 71/100

3-day outlook by species

SpeciesSunday 16 AugMonday 17 AugTuesday 18 Aug
Brown Trout39 โ€” poor43 โ€” fair48 โ€” fair
Grayling39 โ€” poor52 โ€” fair71 โ€” good
Huchen23 โ€” poor31 โ€” poor38 โ€” poor

Why this score

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

  • water temperature: helping (+1)
  • precipitation: helping (+1)
  • wind: helping (+0.9)
  • cloud cover: helping (+0.85)
  • pressure trend: helping (+0.8)
  • river flow: helping (+0.7)

Forecast computed Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:38:03 GMT ยท data: Open-Meteo + gauge Nowy Targ ยท refreshed several times daily ยท see our published accuracy

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