Lake Titisee is the largest natural lake in the Black Forest. It is 2 kilometres long and 1 kilometre wide. It lies approx. 845 metres above sea level.
It covers an area of 1.3 km² and is up to 40 metres deep. It owes its formation to the Feldberg glacier of the last ice age. It is home to a rich variety of flora and fauna. Unique is the spiny bream (Isoetes echinospora) and the lake bream (Isoetes lacustris), which otherwise only occurs in the Feldsee and is a remnant of the last ice age.
Lake Titisee is part of a nature reserve and private motorboats (including electric motors) are not permitted on the lake.
Fish in Lake Titisee: eel, perch, bream, chub, whitefish, trout, gudgeon, pike, carp, ruffe, burbot, roach, rudd, tench, burbot, zander.
The following specific minimum sizes, closed seasons and catch limits apply:
- Pike: closed season 15 February - 15 May, minimum size 60cm, catch limit 2 fish per day
- All trout species: closed season 01.10.-28.02., minimum size 50cm, catch limit 2 fish per day
- Whitefish: closed season 15.10.-10.01., minimum size 0cm, catch limit per day 8 fish
- Zander: closed season 01.04.-31.05., minimum size 45cm, catch limit 2 fish per day
- Eel: no closed season, minimum size 40cm, catch limit 2 fish per day
- Tench: closed season 15.05.-30.06., minimum size 30cm; catch limit per day 4 fish
- Carp: minimum size 35cm, catch limit 4 fish per day
- Burbot: closed season 01.11.-28.02.; minimum size 30cm, catch limit 2 fish per day
- Arctic char: closed season 01.10.-28.02.; minimum size 25cm; catch limit 2 fish per day
Otherwise, the closed seasons and minimum sizes of the Baden-Württemberg state fishing regulations apply.
Kingfishers can be observed early in the morning and cormorants can be seen in autumn until the lake freezes over. In the summer months there is a lot of boat and public traffic, which means that quiet fishing is only possible in the early morning and late evening hours.
In winter, Lake Titisee is frozen over and covered with up to 45 cm of ice. Ice fishing is not permitted.
Fishing on Lake Titisee is only permitted with valid documents (valid annual fishing licence/youth fishing licence and valid fishing permit for Lake Titisee).
Children and young people with a youth fishing licence and valid card may only fish when accompanied by an adult (at least 18 years of age) with an annual fishing licence.
Foreign guests can purchase a guest fishing licence (valid for 4 weeks) at the local town hall in Titisee-Neustadt (Tel. 07651-206 0) or at the tourist information office in Titisee (Tel. 07652-1206 7500).
With a valid annual fishing licence/guest fishing licence, you can purchase fishing permits in the form of daily, weekly and monthly permits.
Annual licences are only available from the Titisee Sport Fishing Association, but are not issued to foreign guests.
Issue points for fishing licences:
Annual licences:
Mr Erne
haeffner.erne@web.de
Tel. 07651 4282
Dates by arrangement
Daily, weekly or monthly tickets:
Points of sale:
Tourist Information Titisee
Strandbadstr. 4
79822 Titisee
Sandbank campsite
Seerundweg 9
79822 Titisee
Camping site Bankenhof
Bruderhalde 31
79856 Hinterzarten
Fishing in the river "Gutach" in the Neustadt district
Fishing is permitted from the VHS to the former screw factory (near Lidl).
A fishing licence for the Gutach can be purchased from Harry`s Bike Shop + Angelzubehör, Scheuerlenstraße 15, 79822 Titisee-Neustadt, Tel. +49 7651 - 4093.
Fishing in the Gutach is only permitted from 01 April to 30 September.
Fish species present: Brown trout.