Where to catch southern ninespine stickleback in Romania
Southern ninespine stickleback · Pungitius platygaster
Size: 4-6 cm
- The southern ninespine stickleback (Pungitius platygaster) is a small fish of fresh and brackish water, of the stickleback family, found in the lower reaches of rivers flowing into the Black Sea, the Sea...
- In Romania and the Republic of Moldova it is found in all the Danube's backwaters, the inland ponds around Bucharest and in the Prut, Dniester, Siret, Ialomița, Buzău rivers etc.
- where it lives in fresh or slightly brackish water, namely in shallow, heavily vegetated still water (pond edges, fish ponds, Delta lakes near reeds, etc.), or in the muddy, slow-flowing sections of...
- Usual length is 4-6 cm, up to 9 cm, and it weighs 3-4 g.
Rules on natural waters
You can keep it
It's not in its closed season now and has no legal minimum size.
The rules above are for natural waters (rivers, lakes, the Danube), where you also need a permit. On a private lake the lake's rules apply: many are catch & release or have their own limits.
Fishing spots with southern ninespine stickleback (1)
Based on the species listed on each spot's page; counties with the most spots first.