Fly-fishing in the Gosau reservoir

Gosau, Oberösterreich, Österreich

pets allowed
All weather
Suitable for groups
Suitable for pushchairs
Suitable for kids (all ages)

At the Gosau reservoir in the idyllic rear Gosau valley, you can fly-fish in a cosy atmosphere. Enjoy beautiful hours at the lake and look forward to great fish catches in this breathtaking landscape.

Good luck for fishing in the Gosau reservoir

Follow your passion and enjoy a few cosy hours with your family and friends at the Gosau reservoir. In the reservoir and also in the reservoirs at Klaushof (trout pond) in Gosau you can try the spinning rod, i.e. a hook. Only simple hooks are allowed, triplets are forbidden here.

The energy from Gosau’s water

The Steeg power plant in the front valley of Gosau reservoir, the Gosauschmied power plant at the Gosau reservoir and the Gosau power plant at the Lake Gosau are operated by Stern & Hafferl Verkehrsgesellschaft. The water flows from the Lake Gosau into the Gosau reservoir and from there in the 8 km long Gosaubach, whose stream bed is reserved for fly-fishing, on to the reservoirs at the Klaushof and to the storage power station in Steeg. A total of 15,000 Gosau households can be supplied with electricity using the power of the glacier water.

Fishing regulations in Gosau

Fishing is forbidden in all the tributaries of the Gosaubach!

Gosaubach flow course:

one fishing rod, only with fly/nymph
fishing permit: three salmonids per day

Reservoirs (Gosauschmied, Klaushof):

one fishing rod with one hook
no stubble fishing, no fishing with worm or dough
no triplets
minimum dimensions:
- Grayling 32 cm
- brown trout 30 cm
- rainbow trout 28 cm
- brook trout 25 cm
- arctic char 28 cm
Crab fishing is forbidden without exception!

You can find more information about the licenses in prices/conditions.

We have collected the fishery hot spots on the Dachstein Salzkammergut Website.

Experience a 360° panorama tour through Gosau valley…

Opening hours

Fishing season: 1st may until 15th of september

Arrival

Elevation

800 m

Accessibility / arrival

by car
from Salzburg:
Motorway exit Golling via B162 Abtenau and B166 to Gosau

from Linz:
Motorway exit Regau on Salzkammergut street B145 towards Gmunden and Bad Ischl to Bad Goisern, in Bad Goisern turn right onto B166, at the Gosaumühle junction turn right towards Gosau

from Vienna/Graz:
Motorway exit Liezen on the B320, in Trautenfels turn on Salzkammergut street B145 to Bad Aussee, turn on Koppen street through Obertraun and Hallstatt, at the Gosaumühle junction turn left towards Gosau

from Villach:
Tauern motorway to exit “Eben im Pongau”, via the B166 Pass Gschütt federal road to Gosau

by train
Attnang-Puchheim - Steinach-Irdning lines
Arrival by train in "Steeg / Gosau" then continue with bus 542 in the direction Gosausee

By bus
Bus 470 (Abtenau - Gosau) direction Gosau, stop Gosau Abzw. Pass Gschütt
Bus 542 (Bad Ischl - Gosausee) direction Gosausee, stops Haltestelle: Gosau Klaushof, Gosau Bärnausiedlung, Gosau Ressenbachweg, Gosau Vordertal B166, Gosau Ramsau B166, Gosau, Gemeindeamt, Abzw. Pass Gschütt, Hauptstraße, Gosau Wirtsweg, Gosau Leitenweg, Gosau Schüttmannweg, Mittertal b. Gosau Ort, Mittertal, Hornspitzlift, Hintertal b. Gosau Falmbach, Hintertal b. Gosau Mühlradl, Hintertal b. Gosau Ort, Hintertal b. Gosau Madlgasse, Hintertal b. Gosau Schmiedweg, Hintertal b. Gosau Freilichtmuseum,Hintertal b. Gosau Zwieselalmbahn (Panoramajet), Hintertal b. Gosau Gosaukammbahn

Detailed information on the respective train and bus times can be found at https://www.oebb.at/en/ (train) and https://www.postbus.at/en(bus).