The river Pesnica with tributaries is - in its upper part, from the state border in Jurij to the railroad viaduct in Pesnica- a salmonid-cyprinid river meant for recreational fishing and is home to brown trouts, rainbow trouts, common nases, chubs,common daces, common roaches, bleaks and other smallfish. In its lower part - from the dam in Pernica to the bridge in Gočeva- it is home to carps, chubs, catfish, zanders, pikes, crucian carps, common roaches, common rudds, bleaks, perches and other smallfish.