Fishing in Italy
31 species across 40 spots
Italy offers fishing across 40 spots with 31 species in marine, freshwater, freshwater, brackish waters. Suitable for beginner to expert anglers.
Top Spots
Clear, sandy-bottomed waters with abundant seagrass beds make this Sardinian hotspot a prime red mullet destination.
Protected marine area with pristine reefs; dentex are abundant and often bite from the surface to mid‑water columns.
Rocky reefs and kelp beds where Cline congregate in large numbers during summer months.
31
Species
40
Spots
Species
31
Common dentex
Dentex dentex
marine
Cline
Clinitrachus argentatus
marine
Sparus stellatus
Sparus stellatus
Sparus atlanticus
Sparus atlanticus
Red mullet
Mullus barbatus
marine
Blackspot picarel
Spicara melanurus
marine
Esox cisalpinus
Esox cisalpinus
freshwater
Zope
Ballerus ballerus
freshwater, brackish
Dusky grouper
Epinephelus marginatus
marine
Perugia's limia
Limia perugiae
freshwater
Dules produles
Dules produles
Serranus marmoratus
Serranus marmoratus
Chestnut goby
Chromogobius quadrivittatus
marine
Narrow-snouted pipefish
Syngnathus tenuirostris
marine
European hake
Merluccius merluccius
marine
European seabass
Dicentrarchus labrax
marine, freshwater, brackish
Atlantic bonito
Sarda sarda
marine, brackish
European conger
Conger conger
marine
Orangeback bass
Serranus annularis
marine
Quagga goby
Pomatoschistus quagga
marine
Salmo carpio
Salmo carpio
freshwater
Blackbellied angler
Lophius budegassa
marine
Mediterranean sand smelt
Atherina hepsetus
marine, freshwater, brackish
Senegalese sole
Solea senegalensis
marine
Dogtooth grouper
Epinephelus caninus
marine
Southern meagre
Argyrosomus hololepidotus
marine, brackish
Chabot du Lez
Cottus petiti
freshwater
Salmo microps
Salmo microps
Sturgeon
Acipenser sturio
marine, freshwater, brackish
Atlantic bluefin tuna
Thunnus thynnus
marine, brackish
Southern bluefin tuna
Thunnus maccoyii
marine