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Rhine (Cologne) fishing report

Updated Friday, 9 October 2026 · refreshed automatically through the day

Urban big-river fishing at its best: groyne fields hold zander tight to the rocks, barbel work the current seams, and every year Cologne's stretch produces two-metre wels.

Today's report: good (74/100)

Zander is the most promising species on Rhine (Cologne) today. Water temperature is around 8.3°C and barometric pressure is falling. Gauge KÖLN shows the water level rising (6 cm/24h).

Rhine (Cologne) water temperature and flow

  • Discharge: 583.0 m³/s (20,588 cfs)
  • Level trend: rising (6 cm/24h)

Measured at gauge KÖLN · reading 12 min ago. Published by the national hydrological service, not estimated by us.

Best time to fish today

  • 18:00–20:00 local time — score 78/100
  • 00:00–02:00 local time — score 84/100
  • 08:00–10:00 local time — score 83/100

3-day outlook by species

SpeciesThursday 8 OctFriday 9 OctSaturday 10 Oct
Zander74 — good81 — excellent81 — excellent
Barbel59 — fair67 — good74 — good
Asp63 — good78 — good89 — excellent

Why this score

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

  • light: helping (+1)
  • cloud cover: helping (+1)
  • season: helping (+1)
  • wind: helping (+0.85)
  • precipitation: helping (+0.76)
  • pressure trend: helping (+0.7)

Forecast computed Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:11:48 GMT · data: Open-Meteo + gauge KÖLN · refreshed automatically through the day · see our published accuracy

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