Waters · Germany
Elbe (Hamburg) fishing report
Updated Friday, 9 October 2026 · refreshed automatically through the day
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 (72/100)
Zander is the most promising species on Elbe (Hamburg) today. Water temperature is around 7.8°C and barometric pressure is falling. Gauge HAMBURG ST. PAULI shows the water level falling (95 cm/24h).
Elbe (Hamburg) water temperature and flow
- Level trend: falling (95 cm/24h)
Measured at gauge HAMBURG ST. PAULI · reading 8 min ago. Published by the national hydrological service, not estimated by us.
Best time to fish today
- 00:00–02:00 local time — score 85/100
- 05:00–07:00 local time — score 78/100
- 08:00–10:00 local time — score 80/100
3-day outlook by species
| Species | Thursday 8 Oct | Friday 9 Oct | Saturday 10 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zander | 72 — good | 82 — excellent | 82 — excellent |
| European Perch | 58 — fair | 73 — good | 81 — excellent |
| European eel | 61 — good | 66 — good | 67 — good |
Why this score
Cast & Scan uses a deterministic, published scoring model — no black box. The strongest influences on today's Elbe (Hamburg) rating:
- pressure trend: helping (+1)
- solunar period: helping (+1)
- cloud cover: helping (+1)
- season: helping (+1)
- light: helping (+0.95)
- wind: helping (+0.85)
Forecast computed Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:16:45 GMT · data: Open-Meteo + gauge HAMBURG ST. PAULI · refreshed automatically through the day · see our published accuracy
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More zander waters
- Balaton — Hungary
- Śniardwy — Masuria, Poland
- Edersee — Hesse, Germany
- Müritz — Mecklenburg, Germany
- Rhine (Cologne) — North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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)
- Öresund — Denmark/Sweden (318 km away)
- Rhine (Cologne) — North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (353 km away)