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Isar

River

The Isar is an alpine Danube tributary with a pronounced salmonid and grayling zone.

River system
Donau
Length
292 km
Species
34
Threatened (Red List)
5

Federal states

Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Berlin Brandenburg Bremen Hamburg Hesse Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Lower Saxony North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia Rhein Elbe Donau Oder Weser Ems Main Mosel Neckar Havel Spree Saale Inn Finowkanal Oder-Havel-Kanal Main-Donau-Kanal Mittellandkanal Bodensee Chiemsee Ammersee Starnberger See Müritz Steinhuder Meer Scharmützelsee Schwielochsee Senftenberger See Isar

Map: Natural Earth (public domain); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Fishing here

Besides a fishing licence (Fischereischein) you need a permit (Angelkarte) from whoever holds the fishing rights for the water.

Bavaria

Guest licence for non-residents

Without the exam for adults not resident in Germany, for up to three months; issued by the municipality.

Fishing licence BayFiG AVBayFiG

Species Bavaria
Brown Trout 26 cm · 1 Oct – 15 Mar
Common Carp 35 cm
European Eel 50 cm · 1 Oct – 31 Dec
Grayling 35 cm · 1 Jan – 30 Apr
Northern Pike 50 cm · 15 Feb – 30 Apr
Pike-perch (Zander) 50 cm · 15 Feb – 30 Apr

Minimum size · closed season, per state; a range is a harvest slot. Statewide rules for anglers as of 24 Oct 2026, without guarantee. Clubs and waters can set stricter rules; the ordinance text is binding.

Fish species in this water body

Expected occurrence, modelled from the fish zones of this water (trout zone, grayling zone, and barbel zone), habitat type and the federal states a species lives in, and checked against GBIF records — not a record of observations here.

Population records

No published population data yet. Data is pulled automatically from official sources and published after review.