Fishing in Russia
There is no general recreational licence, but the famous salmon and taimen rivers are permit-only through licensed camps, and some sit in border zones.
10 researched spots — 3 Fly Fishing, 6 Freshwater, 1 Saltwater.
Species you can target
- Amur pike
- Arctic char
- Atlantic salmon
- asp
- bluefish
- brown trout
- char
- grayling
- horse mackerel
- king salmon
- lake trout
- landlocked salmon
- lenok
- mullet
- northern pike
- omul
- perch
- pike
- rainbow trout
- taimen
- wels catfish
- zander
Fishing spots in Russia
- Kola Peninsula Rivers — Murmansk Oblast. Fly Fishing, Advanced. Target species: Atlantic salmon, brown trout, Arctic char.
- Kamchatka Rivers — Kamchatka Krai. Fly Fishing, Advanced. Target species: rainbow trout, king salmon, char.
- Volga Delta — Astrakhan Oblast. Freshwater, Intermediate. Target species: wels catfish, zander, asp.
- Lake Baikal — Irkutsk Oblast / Buryatia. Freshwater, Intermediate. Target species: omul, grayling, taimen.
- Ponoi River — Murmansk Oblast. Fly Fishing, Advanced. Target species: Atlantic salmon.
- Lena River Basin — Sakha Republic. Freshwater, Advanced. Target species: taimen, lenok, grayling.
- Black Sea Coast — Krasnodar Krai. Saltwater, Beginner. Target species: horse mackerel, bluefish, mullet.
- Karelian Lakes — Republic of Karelia. Freshwater, Beginner. Target species: northern pike, perch, brown trout.
- Lake Ladoga — Leningrad Oblast. Freshwater, Intermediate. Target species: landlocked salmon, lake trout, pike.
- Amur River — Khabarovsk Krai. Freshwater, Advanced. Target species: taimen, Amur pike, lenok.
Licence requirements and closed seasons change regularly. Always confirm with the relevant fisheries authority before you fish — each spot page links to its source.