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Senftenberger See

Lake

The Senftenberger See was formed from a former lignite open-cast mine.

River system
Elbe
Species
31
Threatened (Red List)
6

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 Isar Inn Finowkanal Oder-Havel-Kanal Main-Donau-Kanal Mittellandkanal Bodensee Chiemsee Ammersee Starnberger See Müritz Steinhuder Meer Scharmützelsee Schwielochsee Senftenberger See

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.

Brandenburg

Exemptions instead

No tourist licence: anyone may fish for non-predatory fish without a Fischereischein, as may short-stay visitors not resident in Germany. The fishing levy and a permit are still required.

Fishing licence BbgFischG BbgFischO

Species Brandenburg
Asp 40 cm · 1 Apr – 30 Jun
Bitterling Protected year-round
Blue Bream 20 cm · 1 Mar – 31 May
Burbot 30 cm
Common Carp 35 cm
European Eel 50 cm
European Smelt Protected year-round
European Weatherfish Protected year-round
Ide 30 cm
Ninespine Stickleback Protected year-round
Northern Pike 45 cm · 1 Feb – 31 Mar
Pike-perch (Zander) 45 cm · 1 Apr – 31 May
Spined Loach Protected year-round
Sunbleak Protected year-round
Tench 25 cm

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 (lowland lake), habitat type and the federal states a species lives in, and checked against GBIF records — not a record of observations here.

Only through stocking · 1

Population records

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