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Elbe (Hamburg) fishing — live bite forecast

The tidal Elbe through the harbour is one of Europe's great urban zander fisheries — tide-driven bite windows around slack water, right under the container cranes.

Today's bite rating: excellent (85/100)

European eel is the most promising species on Elbe (Hamburg) today. Water temperature is around 14.9°C and barometric pressure is stable. Gauge HAMBURG ST. PAULI shows the water level steady (0 cm/24h).

Best time to fish today

  • 23:0001:00 local time — score 83/100
  • 05:0007:00 local time — score 84/100
  • 18:0020:00 local time — score 86/100

3-day outlook by species

SpeciesSaturday 4 JulSunday 5 JulMonday 6 Jul
Zander76good77good79good
European Perch68good86excellent86excellent
European eel85excellent84excellent85excellent

Why this score

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

  • light: helping (+1)
  • season: helping (+1)
  • water temperature: helping (+0.97)
  • cloud cover: helping (+0.9)
  • wind: helping (+0.9)
  • precipitation: helping (+0.89)

Forecast computed Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:15:11 GMT · data: Open-Meteo + gauge HAMBURG ST. PAULI · refreshed several times daily · see our published accuracy

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