Waters · Germany

Elbe (Hamburg) fishing report

Updated Tuesday, 25 August 2026 · refreshed several times daily

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 report: good (67/100)

Zander is the most promising species on Elbe (Hamburg) today. Water temperature is around 10.9°C and barometric pressure is stable. Gauge HAMBURG ST. PAULI shows the water level falling (11 cm/24h).

Best time to fish today

• 11:00–13:00 local time — score 86/100
• 20:00–22:00 local time — score 82/100
• 23:00–01:00 local time — score 93/100

3-day outlook by species

Why this score

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

• water temperature: helping (+1)
• pressure trend: helping (+1)
• solunar period: helping (+1)
• river flow: helping (+0.95)
• cloud cover: helping (+0.9)
• precipitation: helping (+0.9)

Forecast computed Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:27:14 GMT · data: Open-Meteo + gauge HAMBURG ST. PAULI · refreshed several times daily · see our published accuracy

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Nearby waters

• Müritz — Mecklenburg, Germany (183 km away)
• Rügen Bodden — Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (243 km away)
• Edersee — Hesse, Germany (268 km away)
• IJsselmeer — Netherlands (317 km away)