Fish, carp family
Rudd
- Maximum length
- 51cm
- Maximum weight
- 2,1kg
- Best water temperature
- 14–24 °C
- Water today (4.0 °C)
- Tolerates it, but slowed down
- Fishing districts near where it occurs
- 44
About the species Rudd
How to recognise it
Golden to bronze back, bright red fins and an upper mouth. The dorsal fin starts only behind the start of the pelvic fins, and between the pelvic and anal fins there is a sharp keel, which distinguishes it from the roach.
Where it lives
Overgrown still and slow waters, ponds and oxbows, in shoals just below the surface near plants.
What it feeds on
Algae and aquatic plants, insects from the surface, zooplankton.
Spawning
From April to June; it sticks its eggs to aquatic plants.
It often takes just under the surface, so it is easily caught on float tackle near vegetation. It is easily confused with the roach.
Water temperature and requirements
At what temperature the species is active and how well today's water suits it.
Tolerates it, but slowed downTypical water in Slovakia is 4.0 °C today. The species tolerates this temperature (3 to 30 °C), but the water is colder than the ideal 14 to 24 °C. Fish tend to be slower and pickier.
- tolerates 3 to 30 °C
- best 14 to 24 °C
- spawning at 14 to 20 °C
- typical water today 4.0 °C
- Length
- up to 51 cm
- Weight
- up to 2.1 kg
- Oxygen
- Typical oxygen requirements
- Position in the food chain
- 2,9plants and small animals
The values are indicative and come from the FishBase database. In a particular water, fish behave according to the weather, air pressure, oxygen and food.
Where it was recorded
Fishing districts around which a record of this species exists (GBIF).
- Štrkovisko Oširíd
- Štrkovisko u Janíčkov
- Chorvátsky kanál
- Štrkovisko U horára
- Štrkovisko Lúčky
- Dunaj č. 3
- Štrkovisko Zelená voda 2
- Štrkovisko Zrkadlový Háj
- Dunaj č. 3 – zdrž VD (Hrušov – Čunovo)
- Myjava č. 1
- Myjava č. 2a
- Dunaj č. 3 – MR Malý Zemník
- Dunaj č. 3 – MR Veľký Zemník
- Štrkovisko Kalinkovo
- Štrkovisko Rohlík
- Štrkovisko Rovinka Za Hrádzu
- Štrkovisko Rusovce
- Štrkovisko Ľadová voda – Dunajek
- Štrkovisko Ivanka pri Dunaji
- BVN Stará Tehelňa
- Štrkovisko Zelená voda 1
- Čierna voda č. 3
- Štrkovisko Malé Čunovo
- Štrkovisko Veľké Čunovo
- Štrkovisko Veľký Biel
- MR Kochanová
- Štrkovisko Drahovce č. 1
- Štrkovisko Drahovce č. 1a
- Štrkovisko Horná Streda č. 4
- Štrkovisko Klčoviny
- Štrkovisko Kňazová
- Štrkovisko Koplotovce
- Štrkovisko Leopoldov
- Štrkovisko Madunice
- Štrkovisko Madunice č.1
- Štrkovisko Peter
44 fishing districts in total, 36 shown. Show on map
Similar species
Photo credits
- Rudd: Photo: George Chernilevsky, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roach: Photo: Scardinius_erythropthalmus1_resize.jpg: Original uploader was Algirdas at lt.wikipedia…, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Silver bream: Photo: author not stated, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Minimum sizes, protection periods and permitted fishing methods are set by the fishing regulations and the conditions of the specific fishing district. Check them before you fish.