Fishing in Environmental protection, combined with a strong focus on the importance of the laws ensuring it, have led to Denmark having many fishing waters containing salmon, trout and grayling. ’s West Coast Everyone who knows Denmark knows the West Coast of Jutland – whether visitors coming to swim in the warm summer months or anglers in the cooler part of the year. In winter you can reel in heavy codfish from the beach, while the best seasons for flatfish are spring and autumn. Not forgetting garfish in early summer and mackerel in late summer. These in particular can provide a world-class experience when, on a still August day, they have chased a shoal of panic-stricken sprats in among the breakwaters.

At sea with a cutter If that’s not wild enough, you could board one of the large cutters, which take serious anglers with a penchant for giant fish out to the Yellow Reef every day. A type of fishing that requires your full attention – as well as seasickness pills!

The Limfjord The Limfjord separates North Jutland from the rest of the continent – in the most beautiful way possible. There are few places in the world where you can find such a variety and quantity of fishing spots as in this saltwater , which boasts more headlands, spits and points than any angler could fish in a lifetime. The main fishing focus is sea trout in spring and autumn, along with garfish in early summer.

The Jutland waterways Jutland is also the main area for large systems of waterways. Along the West Coast, you will find the classic rivers such as Vidå, Brede Å, Ribe Å, Kongeå, Varde Å, Skjernå and Storå – all with delightful opportunities for an encounter with salmon, sea trout and grayling. And all of them are accessible for recently arrived anglers.

Lake fishing in Jutland If a lake is more your scene, you won’t have far to go. The Danish Lake District offers by far the greatest number of lakes in the country, both large and small – linked by the country’s longest river, the Gudenå. Here you can catch pike, perch and zander as well as vast quantities of non-predatory fish.

Fine fishing on Funen is a real Promised Land when it comes to coastal fishing for sea trout.

Cod fishing Funen also has such large codfish that even seasoned fishermen are left gasping for breath when they see them. The many, but usually smaller, codfish of the Little Belt and the Great Belt are well- known, but for the really heavy fish you will need to go to the Belt.

Zealand’s codfish Nothing can beat the codfish that are caught each winter in the Oresund sound between Denmark and Sweden. Here fish weighing more than 10 kg are regularly hauled in – with every year a few specimens of more than 20 kg.

Lake fishing Zealand has a long and illustrious tradition of excellent lake fishing. Furesø and Esrum Sø are among the best known lakes, which have been fished intensively for sport for more than a lifetime – resulting in many record-breaking pike, perch and zander. We mustn’t forget to mention that in the Isefjord Zealand boasts one of the country’s best areas for sea trout – and only a few kilometres from the capital city. For those wanting to get further away from the town, there is very good large and silvery sea trout fishing throughout the West Coast of Zealand.

Fishing boom on Bornholm is Denmark’s rocky island right out in the brackish Baltic Sea, where the island’s wild sea trout enjoy optimal conditions all year round – and the fishing has been known and prized for many years.

Much more recently, salmon fishing has arrived on the scene; in fact it has only been developed here within the last decade – with record-breaking catches of Baltic salmon weighing over 20 kg.