Waters · Germany
Rügen Bodden fishing report
Updated Friday, 9 October 2026 · refreshed automatically through the day
The shallow brackish lagoons behind Rügen island are Europe's trophy pike flats — sight-fishing water where metre-plus Baltic pike cruise in less than a metre of water.
Today's report: good (64/100)
Zander is the most promising species on Rügen Bodden today. Water temperature is around 14.8°C and barometric pressure is falling. Gauge LAUTERBACH shows the water level falling (40 cm/24h).
Rügen Bodden water temperature and flow
- Level trend: falling (40 cm/24h)
Measured at gauge LAUTERBACH · reading 30 min ago. Published by the national hydrological service, not estimated by us.
Best time to fish today
- 00:00–02:00 local time — score 86/100
- 03:00–05:00 local time — score 87/100
- 07:00–09:00 local time — score 90/100
3-day outlook by species
| Species | Thursday 8 Oct | Friday 9 Oct | Saturday 10 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Pike | 0 — very poor | 0 — very poor | 0 — very poor |
| Zander | 64 — good | 86 — excellent | 91 — excellent |
| Sea trout | 44 — fair | 73 — good | 78 — good |
Why this score
Cast & Scan uses a deterministic, published scoring model — no black box. The strongest influences on today's Rügen Bodden rating:
- water temperature: helping (+1)
- solunar period: helping (+1)
- cloud cover: helping (+1)
- season: helping (+1)
- light: helping (+0.95)
- precipitation: helping (+0.9)
Forecast computed Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:29:51 GMT · data: Open-Meteo + gauge LAUTERBACH · 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
- How river flow trend changes the bite
- 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
- Müritz — Mecklenburg, Germany (115 km away)
- Öresund — Denmark/Sweden (174 km away)
- Drawsko — Pomerania, Poland (205 km away)
- Mörrumsån — Blekinge, Sweden (219 km away)
- Elbe (Hamburg) — Hamburg, Germany (243 km away)
- Gulf of Gdańsk — Pomerania, Poland (336 km away)