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Best saithe (coalfish) lakes in Denmark

42 Denmark waters hold saithe (coalfish), 42 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality, leading with the waters in our reviewed search catalog — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. A powerful North Atlantic schooling predator that follows herring and other small fish across current-washed coastal points, steep walls and offshore banks.

1. Great Belt — Smålandsfarvandet — 228 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #1: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites, 6 carry-in or shore-oriented
2. Skagen Coast — Ålbæk Bay — 147 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #2: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites, 6 carry-in or shore-oriented
3. Faxe Bay — North East — 92 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #3: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites, 3 carry-in or shore-oriented
4. Ebeltoft Vig — 206 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #4: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites, 6 carry-in or shore-oriented
5. Faxe Bay — South East — 112 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #5: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites, 2 carry-in or shore-oriented
6. Great Belt — Kalundborg West — 199 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #6: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites, 3 carry-in or shore-oriented
7. Øresund — South — 60 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #7: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 5 public access sites, 5 carry-in or shore-oriented
8. Nysted Bay — East — 75 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #8: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
9. Bornholm — Southwest Coast — 146 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #9: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites, 3 carry-in or shore-oriented
10. Bornholm — Northwest Coast — 199 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #10: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites, 6 carry-in or shore-oriented
11. Køge Bay — North — 52 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #11: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites, 6 carry-in or shore-oriented
12. Little Belt — Middle — 261 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #12: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites, 6 carry-in or shore-oriented
13. Sejerø Bay — Middle — 156 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #13: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 4 public access sites, 4 carry-in or shore-oriented
14. Sejerø Bay — Sejerø Island — 192 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #14: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
15. South Funen Archipelago — Faaborg South — 148 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #15: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites, 6 carry-in or shore-oriented
16. Øresund — Middle — 83 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #16: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites, 6 carry-in or shore-oriented
17. Skagen Coast — Grenen — 367 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #17: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 5 public access sites, 5 carry-in or shore-oriented
18. South Funen Archipelago — Langeland Sound North — 73 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #18: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites, 6 carry-in or shore-oriented
19. South Funen Archipelago — Langeland Northeast — 144 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #19: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 5 public access sites, 5 carry-in or shore-oriented
20. Læsø — Central West — 48 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #20: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites, 3 carry-in or shore-oriented
21. Skagen Coast — Northwest — 307 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #21: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 5 public access sites, 5 carry-in or shore-oriented
22. Great Belt — Bridge West — 144 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #22: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites, 6 carry-in or shore-oriented
23. Djursland Coast — Grenaa South — 77 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #23: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites, 6 carry-in or shore-oriented
24. Køge Bay — Middle — 81 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #24: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites, 6 carry-in or shore-oriented
25. Little Belt — North — 206 ft max · survey depth data · Sea Trout, Atlantic Herring, European Flounder, GarfishWhy #25: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites, 6 carry-in or shore-oriented

…plus 17 more Denmark waters holding saithe (coalfish).

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When to fish saithe (coalfish) in Denmark

• Spring 15–160 ft — Locate bait before fishing a current-facing point or steep measured break; school depth matters more than an old waypoint.
• Summer 25–260 ft — Use sonar to follow mobile schools along deep walls and channel mouths, and keep the lure above the marks.
• Fall 20–220 ft — Track herring or other schooling forage through constrictions and work the outside edge rather than driving through the school.
• Winter 45–320 ft — Winter marks are commonly deeper and scattered; confirm a current legal fishery and a real school before committing.

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