Waters · Italy
Lake Garda fishing report
Updated Friday, 9 October 2026 · refreshed automatically through the day
Italy's largest lake pairs Mediterranean weather with alpine depth. Pike hunt the harbour mouths and weedbeds of the shallow southern basin while whitefish patrol open water.
Today's report: good (74/100)
Northern Pike is the most promising species on Lake Garda today. Water temperature is around 19.3°C and barometric pressure is stable.
Best time to fish today
- 18:00–20:00 local time — score 78/100
- 07:00–09:00 local time — score 91/100
- 11:00–13:00 local time — score 79/100
3-day outlook by species
| Species | Thursday 8 Oct | Friday 9 Oct | Saturday 10 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Pike | 74 — good | 84 — excellent | 90 — excellent |
| European whitefish | 52 — fair | 62 — good | 67 — good |
| Common Carp | 69 — good | 76 — good | 77 — good |
Why this score
Cast & Scan uses a deterministic, published scoring model — no black box. The strongest influences on today's Lake Garda rating:
- light: helping (+1)
- season: helping (+1)
- precipitation: helping (+0.9)
- cloud cover: helping (+0.85)
- pressure trend: helping (+0.8)
- solunar period: helping (+0.7)
Forecast computed Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:21:45 GMT · data: Open-Meteo · refreshed automatically through the day · see our published accuracy
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Read before you go
- When pike bite: the pressure, light and temperature windows
- Barometric pressure and fishing, explained
More northern pike waters
- Bodensee (Lake Constance) — Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Chew Valley Lake — Somerset, England
- Lake Windermere — Lake District, England
- Loch Lomond — Scotland
- Lough Corrib — Galway, Ireland
Nearby waters
- Po River (Cremona) — Lombardy, Italy (75 km away)
- Lake Como — Lombardy, Italy (117 km away)
- Soča — Julian Alps, Slovenia (235 km away)
- Bodensee (Lake Constance) — Baden-Württemberg, Germany (244 km away)
- Lake Bled — Upper Carniola, Slovenia (276 km away)
- Chiemsee — Bavaria, Germany (282 km away)