Fishing exam; registration and participation

    The state fishing examination is offered online by the Institute for Fisheries of the Bavarian State Institute for Agriculture. Participants can take the exam at various times and locations throughout the state.

    Description

    Successful completion of the fishing exam is a prerequisite for obtaining a fishing license. To take the fishing examination, you must register for the online examination, pay the examination fee and take part in a preparatory course.

    You can register online via the link "Online procedure" below. If you have any difficulties with the registration, your course instructor or the Landesfischereiverband Bayern e. V. (Tel.: 089/6427-2650) will be happy to help you. Please send a written application to the Landesfischereiverband Bayern e. V. , Mittenheimer Str. 4, 85764 Oberschleißheim.

    Further information on the examination procedure, the training plan and the providers of preparatory courses can be found under "Further links".

    Online service

    Fischerprüfung - Online-Anmeldung zur Staatlichen Fischerprüfung

    ID: L100042_45

    Description

    The fishing examination is taken by approximately 10,000 citizens each year under the auspices of the Bavarian State Institute for Agriculture (Institute for Fisheries). Registration for the state fishing examination and the procedure for payment of the examination fee are standardised across the state and are mainly carried out via the internet.

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    Language

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de

    Englisch

    Sprache: en
    Sprachbezeichnung nativ: English

    Contact person

    Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft - Institut für Fischerei

    Address

    address

    Weilheimer Straße 8
    82319 Starnberg

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    postal address

    Weilheimer Str. 8
    82319 Starnberg

    Contact

    E-Mail: fischerei@lfl.bayern.de

    Kontaktformular sicher: https://formularserver-bp.bayern.de/sichererKontakt?caller=433410027742Sicheres Kontaktformular

    Sonstiges: https://www.bayernportal.de/dokumente/behoerde/55776454285Weiterführende Informationen im BayernPortal

    Telefon Festnetz: +49 8161 8640-6121

    Fax: +49 8161 8640-6170

    Internet

    Language version

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de

    Englisch

    Sprache: en
    Sprachbezeichnung nativ: English

    Prerequisites

    Anyone wishing to take the fishing exam must register for the online exam in advance, pay the exam fee and take part in a preparation course. Furthermore, the applicant must have reached the age of 12 on the day of the exam.

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    Deadlines

    The participant must register before attending the preparatory course. The participant number generated in the process is passed on to the course instructor. As soon as the examination fee has been booked in the system and the 30 compulsory hours of a preparatory course have been entered in the system, the participant can register for an examination.

    Costs

    Please enquire about the costs for the preparation course with the respective course instructors.

    The examination fee is 50 euros and can be paid after registering for the online examination via the link provided under "Online procedure".

    Documents

    • official photo ID

      for juveniles without photo identification, the birth certificate

    • Training certificate with course confirmation
    • Invitation to the examination

    Further Information

    Area of validity

    Bavaria

    Official approval

    Officially approved by Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft, Forsten und Tourismus (Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Tourism) on 09.02.2026

    Keywords

    Fischereiprüfung, Fischereischein

    Language version

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de

    Englisch

    Sprache: en
    Sprachbezeichnung nativ: English