Fishing District - Soča Angling

Fishing season: from 1.4. to 31.10.

Description of boundaries: The Soča River from the bridge by house number Trenta 1 to the bridge in the village Čezsoča with the tributaries of Lepena and Koritnica.

Permitted to fish within: The Soča River from the bridge by house number Trenta 1 to the bridge in Čezsoča with the tributaries of Lepena (entire stream) and Koritnica (from the confluence of the Soča River to the bridge at Kluže):

Permitted fishing methods: - fly fishing - fishing with a fly rod and one artificial fly and single barbless hook

Permitted daily catch: 3 salmonids, of which only 1 marble trout. Only one salmonid over 50 cm. After harvesting the 3rd fish (daily limit is reached) fishing is not allowed anymore.

The minimum fish length and fishing season:

Marble trout 60 cm, from 1.4. to 30.9.

Grayling harvesting is not allowed!

Rainbow trout with no minimum length, from 1.4. to 31.10.

- cross Marble and brown trout, with no minimum length, from 1.4. to 30.10.

Type of fishing licenses: Fishing permits are for 1 day, for 3 days,  for 7 consecutive days ‘all catch and release’ districts,and annual fishing licenses for members and non-members of RZS.

Sales points for fishing permits:

- Ribiška hiša, Interpretacijsko središče za ribištvo* Interpreting Centre for Fisheries, Kal-Koritnica 35, 5230 Bovec, tel: +386 (0)5 384 19 29, ribiskahisa.bovec@gmail.com. OPEN DAILY 8:30 - 11:30; TUESDAY and THURSDAY 16:30 - 19:30.

- Kamp Klin, Lepena 1, 5232 Soča, tel: +386 (0)5 388 95 13

- Online purchase of daily fishing permits at https://www.ribiskekarte.si/en/zavod-za-ribistvo-slovenije/soca-4

Fishing species in Soča river  

Family Species Scientific name
Salmonidae Marble trout Salmo marmoratus
Salmonidae Marble and brown trout cross S. marmoratus x S. trutta f. fario
Salmonidae Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
Thymallidae Grayling - landing is not allowed! Thymallus thymallus
Salmonidae Brown trout Salmo trutta fario



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