Fish, carp family
Spirlin
- Origin
- Native species
About the species Spirlin
How to recognise it
A slender silver fish (up to about 15 cm) with a dark band along the lateral line on its sides.
Where it lives
Clean, faster streams and rivers with a gravel bottom, in shoals near the surface.
What it feeds on
Insects from the surface and insect larvae.
Spawning
From May to June on a gravel bottom.
Classification under the decree
Decree of the Ministry of the Environment of the SR no. 381/2018 Coll. on fisheries.
Classification
A native species of fish or lamprey (Section 13, paragraph 1 of the decree).
Closed season, minimum size and daily limit
What the Fisheries Act says about spirlin. For guidance only; check it in the fishing regulations of the district.
Closed season
§ 10 of the Decree- 1 Jan – 31 May
this species may not be fishedoutside this period
It does not depend on the closed season for all fish by water type. You can find this and the other rules on the fishing district page in the Law and fishing rules section.
Summary of Act no. 216/2018 Coll. and Decree no. 381/2018 Coll. (as of 6 Nov 2026). It may be out of date or contain an error, and exceptions apply on some waters. The permit and the fishing regulations of the district are binding. The fishing law, rule by rule.
Where it was recorded
Fishing districts around which a record of this species exists (GBIF).
We do not yet track where this species occurs in individual fishing districts. So far we have records from the GBIF database only for species with numerical water-temperature data.
Catches of Spirlin
Approved catches by anglers on this portal.
Nobody has logged a catch of this species yet. Be the first; once approved it will appear here and on the leaderboard.
Similar species
Photo credits
- Spirlin: Photo: Gilles San Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bleak: Photo: Harka, Akos, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roach: Photo: Scardinius_erythropthalmus1_resize.jpg: Original uploader was Algirdas at lt.wikipedia…, 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.