Fishing district

Balatón

CarpNo. 1-0210-1-1Balatón Danube basin

Fishing district boundaries: Vodný tok Balatónu (0,25 ha) od vyústenia z Dolnej Rudávky po vtok do rieky Moravy.

region: Bratislava Region

Map and fishing district data

Course of the water, spots along the water, character and basic data

Fishing district details

Site: Bratislava Region
Fishing district user: SRZ
Organization: MsO SRZ Záhorie (Municipal SRZ organization)
Area: Bratislavská
Purpose: Fishing district
Area: 0.3 ha
Size limits of this fishing district: Common carp from 45 cm
Zander (pikeperch) from 60 cm
Wels catfish from 90 cm
Barbel from 50 cm
Asp from 50 cm
European perch up to 10 cm
Tench up to 40 cm
European eel from 60 cm
Location on the map: The location of the fishing district has not been added yet, so there is no map or weather here.

Law and fishing rules

Closed season, fishing hours, minimum sizes and daily limit. For guidance only: check them in the fishing regulations of the fishing district

Check the rules before every fishing trip

This is a summary of Act no. 216/2018 Coll. and Decree no. 381/2018 Coll. for the water type of this fishing district. It is not legal advice or fishing regulations. It may be out of date or contain an error. The local SRZ organization or another district user may refine or tighten the rules (for example a higher minimum size, a lower catch limit per permit, further fishing conditions), and on some waters and in some situations exceptions apply (border waters, fishing competitions, fishing for huchen, carp streams).

What is in your permit and in the fishing regulations of the district always applies. If you are not sure, ask your local organization or the fishing guard before you fish.

Closed season for all fish

§ 13, paragraphs 3 and 5 of the Act

15 Mar – 31 May

fishing for all fish prohibitedoutside this period

The ban does not apply 1 May – 31 May during fishing competitions (§ 13, para. 3). It also does not apply to carp waters that are watercourses (but not reservoirs, dead-end, dead and cut-off arms), or to other water bodies (§ 13, para. 5). Check in the fishing regulations of the district which case your district is.

The protection periods by species (below) apply independently of this closed season.

Daily fishing hours

§ 11 of the Decree

Applies only outside the closed season. Outside these hours fishing is prohibited (§ 14(b) of the Act).

January to April, November, December6.00 – 21.00 h

May4.00 – 24.00 h

June to October0.00 – 24.00 h

Months missing from the table fall within the closed season. The hours in November and December on trout and grayling waters relate to the exception for fishing huchen (§ 13, para. 4 of the Act); check in the fishing regulations what may be caught at that time. On border waters the hours in the permit or the fishing regulations apply (§ 11, para. 2 of the Decree). The Act regulates night fishing in two wordings that seem to contradict each other at first sight, so always ask about it in the fishing regulations of the district or the fishing guard.

Rods, baits and fishing days

§ 18 of the Act

Number of rods: at most 2
Permitted methods: bottom fishing, float fishing, spinning, fly fishing
Hooks and baits: on a rod at most 2 hooks (bottom fishing, float fishing), artificial lure at most 3 hooks, a hook at most 3 points, fly fishing at most 3 flies
Live or dead baitfish: prohibited 15 Mar – 31 May; otherwise at least 10 cm and above the minimum size
Fishing days of the week: the law specifies no restriction
Ice fishing: prohibited (watercourses, reservoirs, arms)
Other: spinning and fly fishing with a fish imitation prohibited 15 Mar – 31 May; fishing from a boat prohibited on reservoirs 1 Jan – 31 May

This is a summary. For baits, hooks and groundbait also read the fishing regulations of the district, because the user may tighten the conditions.

How many fish you may keep per day

§ 14 of the Decree

1pcsBlue groupsterlet, Siberian sturgeon, wels catfish
2pcsGreen groupeel, carp, burbot, zander, pike, tench, barbel, lake brown trout, brown trout, grayling (combined)
4pcsYellow grouprainbow trout, brook trout, common nase, vimba bream; added to the green or blue group (at most 4 fish in total)
5kgOther speciesfor example crucian carp, breams, dace and chub (combined); invasive species are not counted

The blue and green groups cannot be combined. The limit applies per day, also when fishing in several districts, and once it is reached, fishing for that day ends. The species groups follow the SRZ interpretation of January 2026, not the text of the section directly. The district user may set a lower limit in the permit, in which case the stricter one applies.

Protection periods by species§ 10 of the Decree

During this period the species must not be caught, even if the water type otherwise allows fishing at that time. It applies independently of the closed season for all fish.

1 Jan – 15 Mar: burbot
1 Jan – 31 May: grayling, spirlin, northern pike
1 Jan – 15 Jun: wels catfish, zander (pikeperch), Volga pikeperch
1 Jan – 31 Oct: huchen (in border waters 1 Jan – 31 Aug)
15 Mar – 31 May: common carp in carp waters (does not apply 1 – 31 May during competitions, nor on other water bodies); asp, chub, dace, ide, sterlet, Siberian sturgeon, tench, barbel, vimba bream, zope, white-eye bream, common bream, common nase
1 Sep – 15 Apr: brown trout, brown trout (lake form)
1 Sep – 28 Feb: peled

Some species are protected all year round (for example zingel and streber, lampreys, gudgeons, spined loaches, maraena whitefish, Carpathian barbel, sabre carp) and fishing for them is always prohibited. The full list of species is in the guide The fishing law, rule by rule.

Minimum sizes (this fishing district has its own)§ 12 of the Decree

Minimum sizes at this fishing district

fish length allowed at this fishing districtminimum size by law

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Species (name from the data)	Minimum by law	Minimum at this fishing district	Maximum at this fishing district
carp	40 cm	45 cm stricter	–
zander	–	60 cm	–
catfish	70 cm	90 cm stricter	–
barbel	40 cm	50 cm stricter	–
asp	40 cm	50 cm stricter	–
perch	no minimum size	–	10 cm
tench	30 cm	–	40 cm
eel	50 cm	60 cm stricter	–

The "minimum/maximum" value is in cm; "–" means no limit or that we cannot determine it from the data. Species names are shortened in the data, so the comparison with the law is indicative. The user may raise the size or set a maximum size, so the stricter value applies. In case of a conflict follow the fishing regulations of the district.

Minimum legal sizes

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Total length is measured from the front of the head to the end of the longest ray of the tail fin (§ 12, para. 4). No minimum size applies, for example, to sunbleak, Prussian carp, European perch, roach, stone loach and invasive species.

Before and after fishing

Carry your fishing license and permit while fishing and show them when checked (§ 12 of the Act). Check that they are valid.
Before you start fishing, write down the date and the district number (no. 1-0210-1-1); after fishing, write down the number and weight of your catch (§ 14(d) of the Act). Fishing without a record is an offense.
Prohibited fishing methods, night fishing, competitions and other rules are covered in the guide The fishing law, rule by rule.

As of 6 Nov 2026: Act no. 216/2018 Coll. on fisheries (wording effective 1 Jan 2022) and Decree no. 381/2018 Coll. (wording effective 1 Jan 2019); we found no newer wording. The law may change; you can find the current wording on Slov-Lex (Act) and Slov-Lex (Decree).

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