Fish Species

Comprehensive guide to 62 Danish fish species with minimum sizes, closed seasons, bait recommendations, and biological traits.

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All Species ⭐ Popular Gamefish 🐟 Salmonids & Trout 🌊 Coastal & Marine 🌲 Lakes & Rivers 🐡 Flatfish

10 Fish Species

No fishing spots

🐡 Flatfish

Atlantic halibut

Hippoglossus hippoglossus

Minimum Size No minimum size

Closed Season No closed season

1 fishing spot

🐡 Flatfish

Brill

Scophtalmus rhombus

Minimum Size 30 cm.

Closed Season No closed season

135 fishing spots

🐡 Flatfish

Common dab

Limanda limanda

Minimum Size 25 cm. Baltic Sea & the Belts. 23 cm. Skagerrak & Kattegat.

Closed Season No closed season

4 fishing spots

🐡 Flatfish

Common sole

Solea solea

Minimum Size 24,5 cm.

Closed Season No closed season

214 fishing spots

🐡 Flatfish

European flounder

Platichtys flesus

Minimum Size 25,5 cm.

Closed Season 15/02 - 14/05 in freshwater (female flounder with roe). 01/03 - 15/04 in saltwater (Ringkøbing-, Nissum- og Stadil Fjord) 15/01 - 15/05 in saltwater (Skagerak, Kattegat, Western Baltic, The Sound (Øresund), Isefjorden og Rosklide Fjord)

135 fishing spots ⭐ ⭐ Popular Gamefish

🐡 Flatfish

European plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

Minimum Size 27 cm.

Closed Season 15/1 - 30/4 (Hun) - Skagerak, Kattegat, Western Baltic, The Sound (Øresund), Isefjorden, Roskilde Fjord og Limfjorden.

51 fishing spots

🐡 Flatfish

Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Minimum Size No minimum size

Closed Season No closed season

No fishing spots

🐡 Flatfish

Lemon sole

Microstomus kitt

Minimum Size No minimum size

Closed Season No closed season

22 fishing spots ⭐ ⭐ Popular Gamefish

🐡 Flatfish

Turbot

Psetta maxima

Minimum Size 30 cm.

Closed Season No closed season

No fishing spots

🐡 Flatfish

Witch flounder

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

Minimum Size No minimum size

Closed Season No closed season