Fishing guides in Latvia

Imants Tiltiņš

Guide · Riga and Jūrmala

Imants Tiltiņš (Predator Guide Latvia) is a competitive angler who won team silver with Latvia at the 2026 World Boat Spinning Championship and became Latvian champion in 2022. He guides 4, 8 or 12-hour pike, zander and perch trips from an aluminium boat with two Garmin LiveScope systems, LiveScope night fishing, catfish fishing with a clonk on the Daugava and winter ice fishing around Riga. Tackle is included; licences are not. The guide's website launched in October 2026.

Fish Guide Baltic

Guide team · Riga and Jūrmala

Fish Guide Baltic is a guiding service run by competitive anglers Jānis Zariņš and Vitālijs Vilcāns in Riga, Ogre and Estonia. A 6-hour trip costs €260 for one angler or €320 for two, with each additional hour costing €30. Vilcāns won team silver and pairs bronze with Latvia at the 2024 World Championship. An online enquiry is not a reservation: the guide confirms each trip personally. The website launched in October 2026.

Mārtiņš Iskrovs

Guide · All of Latvia

Mārtiņš Iskrovs guides 4, 8 or 12-hour trips for one or two anglers aboard a Finval Sport Angler 555 with a Mercury 150, two Garmin LiveScope systems and Lowrance Active Target. He also offers hourly electronics training, youth tuition and trips to waters chosen by the customer. Fish are released. In October 2026, LMSF named him captain of Latvia's national team at the World Championship, where Latvia won team silver.

Kaspars Holms

Guide · Riga and Jūrmala

Kaspars Holms (Cpt.Holmz) runs spinning trips and training for 1–2 anglers aboard an Astra 470. He mainly fishes around Riga, on the Daugava upstream of the hydroelectric dams, Burtnieks and Lake Alūksne, with expeditions to customers' chosen lakes. He specialises in fishing electronics and LIVE sonar. IR magazine described him in 2026 as one of Latvia's first fishing guides. Large trophy fish are released.

Romans Astapovs

Guide · Riga and Jūrmala

Romans Astapovs (RestBoat) has run fishing trips since 2019 aboard a Finval Casting Pro 575 on Riga's waters: Ķīšezers, Lielais Baltezers, Jugla, Daugava and Lielupe. Six hours cost €250 and eight hours €350; a third angler costs an additional €100. He also offers winter fishing and online consultations. According to LMSF results, he and Marks Petunovs were Latvian boat spinning champions in 2025 and 2026.

RigaFishing

Guide team · Riga and Jūrmala

Gatis Ernstsons and Toms Klabis run 6-hour spinning trips with two boats on waters in and around Riga, and to Usma and Alūksne by arrangement. Both guides use the same price list: €250 for one angler or €350 for two. They also set up electronics and provide training in customers' boats. Official LMSF results identify them as the 2024 Latvian boat spinning champions.

Fish Dentist

Guide · Riga and Jūrmala

Armands (Fish Dentist) runs private spinning trips for 1–2 anglers aboard a Volzhanka 46 with a Tohatsu 50 on Riga's waters, plus 8-hour expeditions to more distant lakes. The boat has Garmin LiveScope and Lowrance electronics. Tackle, life jackets and fuel are included on local trips. Trophy fish are released; legal-size catches may be kept. The service has been publicly visible since 2026.

BalticProFishing

Tour operator · Vidzeme

BalticProFishing is the fishing-holiday brand of Alūksne-based SIA LATVIA RIVERS. It mainly serves anglers from Spain, and its website is only in Spanish. It offers tailor-made fly-fishing and spinning holidays with local guides, transfers and activities for accompanying guests. Its only published price is a day trip on the Gauja from Cēsis to Līgatne, at €160 per angler.

Ričards Milašs is a competitive carp angler, the 2024 U22 world champion in the pairs standings and a member of Latvia's national team. An NGT tackle shop blog post in 2026 advertises him as a carp guide for smaller and larger carp ponds. Prices and direct contacts are not published; contact is through the NGT shop, where he works as an adviser.

Jānis Kupra (IK Rāznas brekši) introduces anglers to Lake Rāzna, shares fishing spots and techniques, and helps with winter ice fishing. From May to October he hires out rowing boats and a boat with an electric motor. The municipality and Latgale Tourism Association also recommend him as a fishing guide in 2025 and 2026. He is known for handmade floats made from Rāzna reeds. Prices are not published.

USMA FISHING

Guide · Kurzeme

Guide Mārcis runs 4–5-hour trips on Lake Usma aboard a POWERBOAT 520DC with a Tohatsu 140. Choose pike spinning, zander and perch jigging, or pelagic fishing with Garmin Panoptix. Tackle is included. There is also a 2-hour introduction for children and families, and separate boat hire.

LV GROUP

Tour operator · Riga and Jūrmala

SIA LV GROUP, whose main business is restoring buildings after fires and floods, has also offered guided fishing and boat trips since 2025. Its Vizion 500 has a Yamaha 115, Garmin LiveScope and four seats. Water, coffee and snacks are included. Full-service tours with accommodation and transport are available on request. Guide names and prices are not published.

Rainers Džeriņš is a fishing guide listed by the Preiļi Tourist Information Centre. He teaches beginners and shows experienced anglers new spots on Latgale's lakes and rivers, speaking Latvian, Russian and English. Prices, methods and species are not published; arrange trips by phone.

Normunds Ikomass (pike IN lv) is one of Latvia's first fishing guides, specialising in trophy pike on Latvia's rivers and lakes and in Finland. Media features from 2021–2024 describe him as a trophy pike guide. Prices are not published, and the latest evidence of guiding activity dates from 2024.

WHITELAKE ADVENTURE

Skipper · Riga and Jūrmala

WHITELAKE ADVENTURE runs fishing trips aboard a Terhi 450C motorboat with a 40 hp engine, Motorguide and Lowrance electronics, from Pirmā Jugla in Riga. It offers beginner spinning tuition, days on Riga's lakes and rivers, and trips transporting the boat to Daugava reservoirs, Burtnieks, Alūksne and garfish fishing near Pāvilosta. Maximum two guests, with a combined weight including equipment of 300 kg. Latvian and Russian prices differ, and the price basis is not stated.

Kārlis Goldmans (Goldmans Fishing, Ozolnieki) is a competitive ice angler and Latvian national team member, described by CopesLietas in 2022 as a fishing and boating guide. A 2020 offer lists salmon, sea trout and trout fishing on Latvian rivers and the coast for €200 plus VAT per person per day, including tackle, coffee and lunch cooked over a fire. No more recent dated offer was found.

Dzintars Vjakse offers shore fishing in Liepāja for flounder, cod and gobies from the beach or northern harbour breakwater, travelling on adapted bicycles in his Sea Fishing by Bike service. His other offer is pike fishing on Lake Liepāja by wading or using float tubes, called Wading and Catching. He hires out tackle and organises corporate events. Prices are not published, and the latest dated information is from 2021.