Waters · Hungary

Balaton fishing — live bite forecast

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

Today's bite rating: good (76/100)

Wels Catfish is the most promising species on Balaton today. Water temperature is around 20.8°C and barometric pressure is stable.

Best time to fish today

  • 20:0022:00 local time — score 90/100
  • 05:0007:00 local time — score 94/100
  • 17:0019:00 local time — score 87/100

3-day outlook by species

SpeciesSaturday 4 JulSunday 5 JulMonday 6 Jul
Zander75good81excellent82excellent
Common Carp74good92excellent92excellent
Wels Catfish76good89excellent88excellent

Why this score

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

  • water temperature: helping (+1)
  • pressure trend: helping (+1)
  • light: helping (+1)
  • cloud cover: helping (+1)
  • season: helping (+1)
  • precipitation: helping (+0.9)

Forecast computed Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:15:13 GMT · data: Open-Meteo · refreshed several times daily · see our published accuracy

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