Fishing in Latvia takes place all year round and is particularly interesting as the different seasons call for very different techniques, the most extreme of which is probably ice-fishing in winter.
Common catches include: carp, pike, perch, bream, tench, lampreys and eels as well as salmon, trout, plaice and others.
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Latvian recordfish. Situation on 2006.
|
Fish (English) |
Fish (Latin) |
Weight (kg) |
Year |
Place/lake/river |
|
Catfish |
Silurus glanis |
58.20 |
2003. |
Daugava river |
|
Pike |
Esox lucius |
19.56 |
1989. |
Ungurs |
|
Carp |
Cyprinus carpio |
19.70 |
1994. |
Lubāns |
|
Pike-perch |
Stizostedion lucioperca |
11.130 |
2004. |
Burtnieks |
|
Asp |
Aspius aspius |
7.50 |
1994. |
Daugava |
|
Trout |
Oncorhynchus mykiss |
6.66 |
1993. |
Salaca |
|
Sea trout |
Salmo trutta |
6.00 |
1995. |
Salaca |
|
Bream |
Abramis brama |
5.610 |
2005. |
Pāles ūdenskr. |
|
Chub |
Leuciscus cephalus |
3.70 |
1987. |
Salaca |
|
Eel |
Anguilla anguilla |
3.50 |
2004. |
Venta river |
|
Sea trout |
Salmo trutta fario |
3.875 |
2000. |
Pededze |
|
Tench |
Tinca tinca |
3.19 |
2004. |
Pļavu lake |
|
Burbot |
Lota lota |
4.080 |
2002.. |
Salaca |
|
Silver crucian |
Carassius auratus |
2.10 |
1998. |
Ungurmuižas lake |
|
Perch |
Perca fluviatilis |
2.15 |
2003. |
Cepša lake. Valm.distr. |
|
Crucian |
Carassius carassius |
2.08 |
2002. |
Babītes lake |
|
Vimba bream |
Vimba vimba |
1.45 |
1989. |
Venta |
|
Roach |
Rutilus rutilus |
1.31 |
2004. |
Usmas lake |
|
Grayling |
Thymallus thymallus |
1.02 |
1987. |
Gauja river |
|
White chub |
Leuciscus leuciscus |
0.345 |
2001. |
Rūja |
|
Ruff |
Gymnocephalus cernua |
0.146 |
1998. |
Boževas lake |
|
Salmon |
Salmo salar |
16.00 |
2005. |
Venta river |
|
Cod |
Gadus morhua callarias |
5.990 |
2005. |
Baltic sea |
|
Plaice |
Platichthys flesus |
1.690 |
2006. |
Baltic sea |
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