Waters ยท Hungary

Balaton fishing report

Updated Sunday, 23 August 2026 ยท refreshed several times daily

Central Europe's "sea" is shallow, milky-green and windswept โ€” the definitive fogas (zander) fishery, with huge carp and wels for those who fish the storms.

Today's report: excellent (83/100)

Common Carp is the most promising species on Balaton today. Water temperature is around 22.6ยฐC and barometric pressure is stable.

Best time to fish today

  • 18:00โ€“20:00 local time โ€” score 82/100
  • 21:00โ€“23:00 local time โ€” score 92/100
  • 09:00โ€“11:00 local time โ€” score 83/100

3-day outlook by species

SpeciesSaturday 22 AugSunday 23 AugMonday 24 Aug
Zander79 โ€” good77 โ€” good77 โ€” good
Common Carp83 โ€” excellent86 โ€” excellent86 โ€” excellent
Wels Catfish83 โ€” excellent90 โ€” excellent92 โ€” excellent

Why this score

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

  • water temperature: helping (+1)
  • season: helping (+1)
  • precipitation: helping (+0.9)
  • wind: helping (+0.85)
  • pressure trend: helping (+0.7)
  • light: helping (+0.7)

Forecast computed Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:58:08 GMT ยท data: Open-Meteo ยท refreshed several times daily ยท see our published accuracy

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Nearby waters

  • Danube (Budapest) โ€” Budapest, Hungary (122 km away)
  • Lake Bled โ€” Upper Carniola, Slovenia (282 km away)
  • Soฤa โ€” Julian Alps, Slovenia (323 km away)
  • Lipno โ€” South Bohemia, Czechia (332 km away)