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Fishing,is easy !

Code of PracticeSome useful tips are given in the brochure to encourage a more respectful fishing practice and the environment in general.

Any fish or crayfish captured outside the opening period must be freely and immediately returned to the

water at the place of its capture.

Zone Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4

When to fish?

The exception, night fishingCarp fishing on board can be practised throughout the year, only on the main water course and the edge of the river from one hour after sunset to one hour before sun-rise. The fish must be returned to the water immediately and freely.The full rules of night fishing www.maisondelapeche.be

Fishery opening times Period 1 : 01/01 to Friday before 3rd Saturday in March Period 2 : 3rd Saturday in March to the Friday before the 1st Saturday in June Period 3 : 1st Saturday in June to 30/09 Period 4 : 01/10 to 31/12

Respect the riverbanks, crops, flora and other people’s property in general;

Please do not disturb wildlife;

To maintain fishing grounds, remember to retrieve your waste, and do not leave it on site.

Periods of fishery opening

1 Belica, Common bleak, Silver bream, Common bream, Cucian carp,

Common carp, Three-spined stickleback, Roach, Ide, Stone loach,

Rudd, Tench

2 Spirlin, Asp, Pike, Barbel, European chub, Ruffe, Gudgeon, Common

nase, Grayling, European perch, Zander, Common minnow, Common dace

3 Lavaret, Peled, Artic char, Brook trout, Rainbow trout, Brown trout

4 Huchen ou Danube salmon, Goldfish, Silver carp, Grass carp, Bighead

carp, Spinycheek crayfish, Louisiana crawfish, Signal crawfish, Turkish

crawfish, White sturgeon, Lake sturgeon, Atlantic sturgeon, Siberian

sturgeon, Sterlet, Prussian carp, Round goby, Western tubenose goby,

Ictalurus sp., Pumpkinseed, Eastern mudminnow, Stone moroko, Wels

catfish, Fathead minnow, any other species living in waters subject

to the Decree of 27 March 2014, with the exception of species whose

fishing is totally prohibited.

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Only minnows, gudgeon and pike

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only minnow and gudgeon

only minnow and gudgeon

only minnow and gudgeon

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Fishing is permitted one hour before the official time of sunrise until one hour after the official time of sunset.

Fishing is prohibited at all times:

Places where fishing is prohibited

• in the locks

• In the fish-ways, artificial bypass for river obstacles that hinder the free movement of fish and outfalls to faci-litate downstream migration and less than fifty meters from the infrastruc-ture.

• on and within fifty meters downstream of dams and weirs in the area of calm waters

• the top of bridges and footbridges spanning the waterways

• in the Monsin island with the exception of the Esplanade Albert edge

• in the valleys with the exception of the valleys of the Sambre and Hemlot, where fishing is still allowed

• in the spawning grounds following the Meuse: Colébi spawning grounds, Dave, Jambes, Maizeret, Namêche, Lanaye and Ossay islands and Bouries

• in confluences of the Sambre with: the Thure, the Hantes, the Biesmelle, the Eau d’Heure, the Biesme and Fosses stream

• in confluences of the Meuse with: Her-meton, Molignée, Bocq, the Burnot, Samson and the Mehaigne

• in white water streams where they pass through a wood surrounded by the forest

• in the Meuse, downstream of the dam of Lixhe, on the right bank of the border with the Flemish Region and the left bank to the height of crossing the street in Halle and the platform of the dam

• in Amel, less than fifty meters downstream from the waterfall of Coo

• in Ourthe, between the dam and the Nisramont bridge, as well as downstream from the Grosses Battes dam in Angleur to the Grosses Battes bridge in Angleur

• in the Semois, from the Vanne des Bains to the bridge of France in Bouil-lon, and the full width of the Semois for twenty meters upstream from the mouth of the valley to the Ilions bridge on route N832 at Cugnon

• in Gileppe, Eupen and Ry de Rome lakes

Fishing spots to discoverFishing companies of the course

are available on the website

www.parcoursdepeche.be

The limits of fishing zones are indicated on each bank using the following pictogram :

The authorised equipmentIt is prohibited to use a fishing gear or equipment other than :• the line hand (max. 2 per fisherman). The fisherman

must be in close proximity to them and be able to monitor them constantly. The number of single or mul-tiple hooks is limited to three for the same hand line.

• the balance of crayfish (max. 5 per angler). The largest dimension of the crayfish balance cannot exceed two feet.

• landing net is used only to remove the fish or crayfish caught by angling.

Every fish caught other than by mouth must be returned immediately and freely to water at the place of capture.

Prohibited practicesIt is not allowed to :• practice ice fishing.• fish by hand or any other search technique in places

frequented by fish or crayfish.• catch fish in tin or lead box and any similar structure

or lure imitating it, by whatever means the animal may be imitated.

During the close pike season, it is forbidden to use:• fish bait • artificial baits, except artificial or rotating or vibrating

or swaying bait, equipped with a single hook whose largest dimension does not exceed two centimetres.

Preferably use a deep basket whose thread is made of a soft material and devoid of nodes;

Remember to take all baits and excess primers and materials (nylon, weights etc.)

What equipment to use?

Banned Baits and Lures• blood, cord, brain or offal (offal is authorised for fishing

crayfish using scales)• fish eggs, fresh or canned, alone or mixed in bait or

primers• live fish. However, fishing is allowed with vivid species of

group 1, as well as through the bleak spirlin, chub, stud, ruffe, river perch and minnow, except for the coloured varieties of these species when they exist. In this case, the line can be established only by means of a pole

PoundingShelling (stir the bottom of the river with their feet to attract fish during the fishing action) performed by the angler himself is allowed from 1st Saturday in June to 30 September.

In the White-water area, only the use of barbless hooks or crushed or pinched barbs is allowed.

Distribution of waterways

Mixed watersThe Amblève downstream of the bridge of Sougné, the

Chiers, the Dendre in its part not included in the hydraulic

routes, as well as its tributaries, the Dyle downstream of the

confluence of the Gala (or Cala) Hour, La Hantes, downstream

of the French border at Montignies Saint Christophe; The

Hemlot, the Lesse downstream of the confluence with

the Lhomme, the Mehaigne and its tributary the Soile, the

Neufchâteau stream downstream of Lake Neufchâteau,

Orneau downstream of Onoz, the Ourthe downstream of

the bridge of Jupille to Hodister, the Rulles downstream

of the Trapperie pond, the Semois, the Senne, the Vesdre

downstream of the confluence with the Hoëgne, the Vierre

downstream of the confluence with the brook of Neufchâteau,

the Viroin, from the confluence of the Ru du Fond du Haza to

the confluence with the Ton.

White watersThe Amblève upstream of the Pont de Sougné, the Ourthe

upstream of the Pont de Jupille to Hodister, the Vesdre

upstream of the confluence with the Hoëgne ;

All the other rivers not mentioned above in this annex.

Still watersThe Meuse, the Sambre and its dead

branches, the Scheldt and its cuts, the Lys,

the Geer ;

The following canals and their annexes, such as

cuts and basins: Albert Canal, Hainaut Canals,

Charleroi The Canal (Chanxhe-Poulseur and Angleur), the

Dender canalized downstream from Ath ;

The other canals or parts of canals mentioned in Annex 1 to the

Royal Decree of 2 February 1993 listing hydraulic dependencies

transferred from the State to the Walloon Region ;

The following lakes: Lake Bütgenbach, Eau d’Heure lakes,

Eupen lake, Gileppe lake, Neufchâteau lake, Lake Nisramont,

Robertville lake, Ry lake of Rome, lake of Suxy, lake of Warfaaz;

The following ponds: pond of Basses Forges to Mellier, pond

of Bocq to Scy, ponds of Bologna to Habay, pond of Châtelet

In Habay, lake of Doyards in Vielsalm, pond of the Fabrique

in Habay, pond of the Mill to Habay, pond of Nismes, pond of

Poix in Poix-Saint-Hubert, pond of Oyes bridge in Habay, pond

of the Trapperie in Habay, pond of Serinchamps.

Where to fish in Walloon?

European eel Amur bitterling

European bullhead

Atlantic salmon

Brook lamprey

Sea trout

Pike

Pike

AspZander 2

Barbel

Minimum height at time of collection 60 cm :

Minimum height at time of collection 50 cm :

Calm - Mixed waters

White waters

Calm - Mixed - White waters

Still waters

ALSO : Twait shad, Houting, European crayfish, Ninespine stickleback, European sea sturgeon, Euro-pean flounder, Allis shad, European river lamprey, Sea lamprey, Spined loach, European weatherfish.

Limitation of fishing and harvesting

Sampling banThe levy is prohibited:• in the Meuse, Sambre and Scheldt, for any fish that has

not been fished in the main bed of the river.• the Meuse downstream from the Lixhe• for brown trout in the lake of Plate Taille until 1 January

2021• for all whitefish fish• for all brown trout of more than 50 cm in the still water

zones and mixed water zones with the exception of lakes and ponds

Limits of levyThe levy is allowed only if the captured fish reaches the specified minimum size:

Totally banned fish

The fish length is measured from the end of the mouth to that of the tail fin.

When a species is subject to a minimum length of sample, all fish of that species whose head or tail were cut are considered not reaching the minimum length of sampling.

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Roach and rudd 30 for the set of two species

Only 15 cm in Meuse

Common carp (over 30 cm)

Common dace

Common Bleak

Brown trout . (of group 3)

European chub

Gudgeon

Sneep

Ide (Orfe)

Spirlin

Grayling

Tench

Minnow

European perch

30 specimens of each species

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Minimum height at time of collection 24 cm :

Minimum height at time of collection 30 cm :

Every fish caught subject to a levy of prohibition or captured as surplus is to be returned immediately and freely in to water at the place of its capture.

Minimum height at time of collection 15 cm :

Maximum daily samples per angler :

Handle your catch gently while wetting your hands first;

If the fish has swallowed the bait too deeply, cut the line.

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The fishing license is mandatory useful information and contacts

1718Appel gratuit

The fisherman must carry their own fishing license for the Walloon Region.The license is available to all regardless of age.

Types of fishing licenses• Permit A for € 12.39: Fishing with only one or two lines on the waterfront and the use of net.

• Permit B for € 37.18: permit A + any fishing, with one or two lines by hand other than on the edge of the water (wading, boat, pontoon) This permit also authorises the use of crayfish scales.

The license is personal and valid for the current year. It cannot be exchanged against a permit of another value.

The license of Walloon is enough to fish on the waterways. On the other rivers, the fisherman must obtain their license and the membership card of the fishing company or, in the absence of a company, the authorisation of the riparian owner.

Points of saleFishing l icenses are available online on the website www.permisdepeche.be. The license can be downloaded immediately after placing the order.

Permits are also issued at bpost-kiosks located in the Walloon Region.

Maison Wallonne De La Pêche ASBLRue Lucien Namêche, 10 - 5000 NAMUR

0032 (0)81 41 15 70 info@maisondelapeche.be | www.maisondelapeche.be

Hunting & Fishing BranchAvenue Prince de Liège, 15 - 5100 JAMBES

0032 (0)81 33 58 50 http://environnement.wallonie.be

Fisheries DepartmentAvenue Prince de Liège, 15 - 5100 JAMBES

0032 (0)81 33 59 00

Toll-free number of the Public Service of Walloon

S.O.S. Environment - Nature (poaching Intervention)0800/20 026 (Toll free)

Small fishing boatThe information regarding the registration certificate required

to operate on hydraulic channels can be obtained from:

Federal Office for Mobility and Transport Rue du Progrès, 56 - 1210 Brussels

info.mar@mobilit.fgov.be | www.mobilit.belgium.be

Fishing boats can park at the location indicated by a compliant buoy.

For more information contact us or visit our websites:

Operational Directorate General for Mobility and Waterways

Boulevard du Nord, 8 - 5000 Namur

Fishing DockThe authorisation to install a floor along

a hydraulic track must be sought from the:

Operational Directorate General for Mobility and Waterways

Boulevard du Nord, 8 - 5000 Namur

Maison wallonne de la pêche asblRue Lucien Namêche, 10 - 5000 NAMUR

0032 (0) 81 41 15 70info@maisondelapeche.be www.maisondelapeche.be

www.maisondelapeche.be

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This brochure offers a simplified version of the regulations. The information includes general regional provisions. Special temporary provisions may supplement these.

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