Species active in October
These species are in their feeding window right now. Open the app to see the daily catch score for spots near you.
- African sharptooth catfishClarias gariepinusMarch–NovemberNight bottom fishing · heavy float
- Aristotle's catfishSilurus aristotelisApril–OctoberNight bottom fishing · dead or live bait
- AspLeuciscus aspiusApril–OctoberSpinning · spoons
- Atlantic bluefin tunaThunnus thynnusJune–OctoberTrolling · live bait
- Atlantic codGadus morhuaJanuary–April, October–DecemberBottom rig · distance casting
- Atlantic halibutHippoglossus hippoglossusMay–NovemberHeavy Jigging · Drift Fishing
- Atlantic herringClupea harengusMarch–May, September–NovemberPaternoster · Pier and Mole Fishing
- Ballan wrasseLabrus bergyltaApril–NovemberRock fishing · light lures
- BarbelBarbus barbusMay–OctoberFeeder Fishing · Bottom Rig
- BayadBagrus bajadMarch–NovemberNight bottom fishing · live bait
- BluefishPomatomus saltatrixSeptember–DecemberSpinning · Shore Jigging
- BogueBoops boopsJanuary–DecemberFloat fishing · light bottom rig
- ChubSqualius cephalusApril–OctoberFloat Fishing · Surface Fishing
- Common breamAbramis bramaApril–OctoberFeeder Fishing · Bottom Rig
- Common dabLimanda limandaJanuary–May, September–DecemberBottom rig · distance casting
- Common naseChondrostoma nasusMay–NovemberFloat Fishing · Light Bottom Rig
- Common soleSolea soleaApril–OctoberNight bottom fishing · beach and harbour mouth
- Danube salmonHucho huchoJanuary–February, October–DecemberSpinning · Large Lures
- Dogtooth tunaGymnosarda unicolorApril–NovemberHeavy jigging · popping
- Dusky grouperEpinephelus marginatusApril–NovemberHeavy bottom fishing · slow jigging
- European congerConger congerApril–DecemberNight bottom fishing · heavy tackle
- European flounderPlatichthys flesusMarch–NovemberBottom rig · estuary fishing
- European hakeMerluccius merlucciusJanuary–May, October–DecemberDeep bottom fishing · vertical jigging
- European lingMolva molvaJanuary–April, October–DecemberBoat vertical fishing · wreck and reef fishing
- European plaicePleuronectes platessaMarch–OctoberBottom rig · distance casting
- European sardineSardina pilchardusApril–NovemberSabiki rigs · light float
- European SeabassDicentrarchus labraxMarch–May, September–NovemberSpinning · Light Spinning/LRF
- European whitefishCoregonus lavaretusApril–OctoberHegene Dropper Rig · Vertical Fishing
- Giant trevallyCaranx ignobilisMarch–NovemberPopping · heavy jigging
- Golden redfishSebastes norvegicusJanuary–DecemberDeep Pilking · Bottom Rig
- Grass carpCtenopharyngodon idellaMay–OctoberBottom rig · feeder
- GraylingThymallus thymallusMay–OctoberFly fishing · nymphing
- Greasy grouperEpinephelus tauvinaJanuary–DecemberHeavy bottom fishing · slow jigging
- Great barracudaSphyraena barracudaJanuary–DecemberSpinning · trolling
- Greater amberjackSeriola dumeriliMay–NovemberShore jigging · popping
- HaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinusApril–OctoberBottom rig
- Indo-Pacific sailfishIstiophorus platypterusJune–NovemberTrolling · live bait
- Irish pollanCoregonus pollanJune–NovemberNot an angling target (commercial netting)
- Italian barbelBarbus plebejusApril, July–OctoberBottom rig · feeder
- LeerfishLichia amiaMarch–NovemberSpinning · shore jigging
- Lesser-spotted dogfishScyliorhinus caniculaJanuary–DecemberBottom fishing · night shore fishing
- Marbled spinefootSiganus rivulatusApril–NovemberLight float fishing · fine bottom rig
- MeagreArgyrosomus regiusApril–NovemberLive bait · heavy spinning
- Narrow-barred Spanish mackerelScomberomorus commersonJanuary–May, October–DecemberTrolling · spinning
- Nile perchLates niloticusJanuary–May, September–DecemberTrolling · heavy spinning
- Nile tilapiaOreochromis niloticusMarch–NovemberFloat fishing · light bottom rig
- PollackPollachius pollachiusJanuary–May, September–DecemberSpinning · jigging
- PoutingTrisopterus luscusJanuary–April, September–DecemberBottom rig · mole and pier fishing
- Prussian carpCarassius gibelioApril–OctoberFeeder · float rig
- Pumpkinseed sunfishLepomis gibbosusMarch–NovemberLight float fishing · ultralight spinning
- Red mulletMullus barbatusMay–OctoberBottom rig · light surfcasting
- RoachRutilus rutilusMarch–NovemberFloat Fishing · Match Fishing
- Round sardinellaSardinella auritaMay–NovemberSabiki rigs · light spinning
- Roving coral grouperPlectropomus pessuliferusJanuary–DecemberSlow jigging · live bait
- SaithePollachius virensMay–OctoberPilking/Jigging · Spinning
- SalemaSarpa salpaApril–NovemberFloat fishing · light bottom rig
- Sea troutSalmo trutta truttaJanuary–May, September–DecemberSpinning · Wading
- Shorthorn sculpin (bull-rout)Myoxocephalus scorpiusApril–NovemberLRF · bottom rig
- Spangled emperorLethrinus nebulosusJanuary–DecemberBottom rig · light jigging
- Striped seabreamLithognathus mormyrusMarch–DecemberSurfcasting · light bottom rig
- SwordfishXiphias gladiusMay–OctoberNight deep drifting · trolling
- Thornback rayRaja clavataMarch–OctoberBottom fishing · distance surfcasting
- TigerfishHydrocynus forskahliiMarch–NovemberSpinning · light jigging
- Trichonis ruddScardinius acarnanicusMarch–NovemberFloat fishing · light bottom rig
- Tub gurnardChelidonichthys lucernaMay–OctoberLight bottom rig · trailed rigs
- TuskBrosme brosmeApril–OctoberBottom Rig · Deep Jigging
- Two-spot red snapperLutjanus boharJanuary–DecemberBottom rig · jigging
- VendaceCoregonus albulaJanuary–March, June–DecemberIce fishing · light sabiki
- Volga zanderSander volgensisApril–NovemberVertical jigging · light softbait
- White seabreamDiplodus sargusJanuary–DecemberFloat fishing · bottom rig
- Young Bluefish (Çinekop)Pomatomus saltatrixAugust–NovemberLight Spinning · Shore Jigging
Fishing Calendar
All species
- African sharptooth catfishClarias gariepinusMarch–NovemberNight bottom fishing · heavy float
- Arctic charSalvelinus alpinusFebruary–SeptemberVertical Fishing · Deep Trolling
- Aristotle's catfishSilurus aristotelisApril–OctoberNight bottom fishing · dead or live bait
- AspLeuciscus aspiusApril–OctoberSpinning · spoons
- Atlantic bluefin tunaThunnus thynnusJune–OctoberTrolling · live bait
- Atlantic codGadus morhuaJanuary–April, October–DecemberBottom rig · distance casting
- Atlantic halibutHippoglossus hippoglossusMay–NovemberHeavy Jigging · Drift Fishing
- Atlantic herringClupea harengusMarch–May, September–NovemberPaternoster · Pier and Mole Fishing
- Atlantic mackerelScomber scombrusJune–SeptemberFeathers · light spinning
- Atlantic wolffishAnarhichas lupusMarch–JulyBottom rig
- Ballan wrasseLabrus bergyltaApril–NovemberRock fishing · light lures
- BarbelBarbus barbusMay–OctoberFeeder Fishing · Bottom Rig
- BayadBagrus bajadMarch–NovemberNight bottom fishing · live bait
- BluefishPomatomus saltatrixSeptember–DecemberSpinning · Shore Jigging
- BogueBoops boopsJanuary–DecemberFloat fishing · light bottom rig
- ChubSqualius cephalusApril–OctoberFloat Fishing · Surface Fishing
- Common breamAbramis bramaApril–OctoberFeeder Fishing · Bottom Rig
- Common dabLimanda limandaJanuary–May, September–DecemberBottom rig · distance casting
- Common naseChondrostoma nasusMay–NovemberFloat Fishing · Light Bottom Rig
- Common soleSolea soleaApril–OctoberNight bottom fishing · beach and harbour mouth
- Danube salmonHucho huchoJanuary–February, October–DecemberSpinning · Large Lures
- Dogtooth tunaGymnosarda unicolorApril–NovemberHeavy jigging · popping
- Dusky grouperEpinephelus marginatusApril–NovemberHeavy bottom fishing · slow jigging
- European congerConger congerApril–DecemberNight bottom fishing · heavy tackle
- European flounderPlatichthys flesusMarch–NovemberBottom rig · estuary fishing
- European hakeMerluccius merlucciusJanuary–May, October–DecemberDeep bottom fishing · vertical jigging
- European lingMolva molvaJanuary–April, October–DecemberBoat vertical fishing · wreck and reef fishing
- European plaicePleuronectes platessaMarch–OctoberBottom rig · distance casting
- European sardineSardina pilchardusApril–NovemberSabiki rigs · light float
- European SeabassDicentrarchus labraxMarch–May, September–NovemberSpinning · Light Spinning/LRF
- European whitefishCoregonus lavaretusApril–OctoberHegene Dropper Rig · Vertical Fishing
- Giant trevallyCaranx ignobilisMarch–NovemberPopping · heavy jigging
- Golden redfishSebastes norvegicusJanuary–DecemberDeep Pilking · Bottom Rig
- Grass carpCtenopharyngodon idellaMay–OctoberBottom rig · feeder
- GraylingThymallus thymallusMay–OctoberFly fishing · nymphing
- Greasy grouperEpinephelus tauvinaJanuary–DecemberHeavy bottom fishing · slow jigging
- Great barracudaSphyraena barracudaJanuary–DecemberSpinning · trolling
- Greater amberjackSeriola dumeriliMay–NovemberShore jigging · popping
- HaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinusApril–OctoberBottom rig
- Indo-Pacific sailfishIstiophorus platypterusJune–NovemberTrolling · live bait
- Irish pollanCoregonus pollanJune–NovemberNot an angling target (commercial netting)
- Italian barbelBarbus plebejusApril, July–OctoberBottom rig · feeder
- Lake troutSalmo trutta lacustrisMarch–SeptemberTrolling · Deep Trolling
- LeerfishLichia amiaMarch–NovemberSpinning · shore jigging
- Lesser-spotted dogfishScyliorhinus caniculaJanuary–DecemberBottom fishing · night shore fishing
- Marble troutSalmo marmoratusApril–SeptemberFly fishing · light spinning
- Marbled spinefootSiganus rivulatusApril–NovemberLight float fishing · fine bottom rig
- MeagreArgyrosomus regiusApril–NovemberLive bait · heavy spinning
- Narrow-barred Spanish mackerelScomberomorus commersonJanuary–May, October–DecemberTrolling · spinning
- Nile perchLates niloticusJanuary–May, September–DecemberTrolling · heavy spinning
- Nile tilapiaOreochromis niloticusMarch–NovemberFloat fishing · light bottom rig
- PollackPollachius pollachiusJanuary–May, September–DecemberSpinning · jigging
- Pontic shadAlosa immaculataMarch–JuneSpinning · spoons
- PoutingTrisopterus luscusJanuary–April, September–DecemberBottom rig · mole and pier fishing
- Prussian carpCarassius gibelioApril–OctoberFeeder · float rig
- Pumpkinseed sunfishLepomis gibbosusMarch–NovemberLight float fishing · ultralight spinning
- Red mulletMullus barbatusMay–OctoberBottom rig · light surfcasting
- RoachRutilus rutilusMarch–NovemberFloat Fishing · Match Fishing
- Round sardinellaSardinella auritaMay–NovemberSabiki rigs · light spinning
- Roving coral grouperPlectropomus pessuliferusJanuary–DecemberSlow jigging · live bait
- SaithePollachius virensMay–OctoberPilking/Jigging · Spinning
- SalemaSarpa salpaApril–NovemberFloat fishing · light bottom rig
- Sea troutSalmo trutta truttaJanuary–May, September–DecemberSpinning · Wading
- Shorthorn sculpin (bull-rout)Myoxocephalus scorpiusApril–NovemberLRF · bottom rig
- Silver carpHypophthalmichthys molitrixMay–SeptemberDedicated sponge-bait rig · near-surface presentation
- Spangled emperorLethrinus nebulosusJanuary–DecemberBottom rig · light jigging
- Starry smooth-houndMustelus asteriasApril–SeptemberBottom fishing · crab-baited shore fishing
- Striped seabreamLithognathus mormyrusMarch–DecemberSurfcasting · light bottom rig
- SwordfishXiphias gladiusMay–OctoberNight deep drifting · trolling
- TenchTinca tincaMay–SeptemberFloat Fishing · Light Bottom Rig
- Thick-lipped grey mulletChelon labrosusJune–SeptemberFloat Fishing · Light Rig
- Thornback rayRaja clavataMarch–OctoberBottom fishing · distance surfcasting
- TigerfishHydrocynus forskahliiMarch–NovemberSpinning · light jigging
- Trichonis ruddScardinius acarnanicusMarch–NovemberFloat fishing · light bottom rig
- Tub gurnardChelidonichthys lucernaMay–OctoberLight bottom rig · trailed rigs
- TuskBrosme brosmeApril–OctoberBottom Rig · Deep Jigging
- Two-spot red snapperLutjanus boharJanuary–DecemberBottom rig · jigging
- VendaceCoregonus albulaJanuary–March, June–DecemberIce fishing · light sabiki
- Volga zanderSander volgensisApril–NovemberVertical jigging · light softbait
- White seabreamDiplodus sargusJanuary–DecemberFloat fishing · bottom rig
- Young Bluefish (Çinekop)Pomatomus saltatrixAugust–NovemberLight Spinning · Shore Jigging
- ZiegePelecus cultratusApril–SeptemberUltralight spinning · fly
Season and water temperature figures show the general trend; they shift by region and year. Check current size limits, bag limits and closed seasons in your local regulations before fishing.