Smashing fish AL. There's something special about pulling carp out of a river. Never fished the Moselle but will get around to doing it someday. Just for general info the carte vacances only covers you for a week now. They changed it this year. Still not a bad price for a weeks fishing but a bit shitty as it's directed straight at carp anglers and if you talk to any of the French anglers they will tell you that their not happy about paying the yearly fee as all the money goes back into restocking pike and Zander which ultimately end up on a plate (sound familiar) and little or no money goes back into carp fishing and there are very few night zones.

Ps it might be cheaper to buy the yearly permit for the dept/county your going to fish. Depending on what county your going to fish it can be from 50 to 60 odd. If you then want to fish another dept in the same session or later that year you just have to get another stamp (around 20notes) for the taxe complete and then you can fish most of the country. The north east of the country (around 20 depts)I'm not sure about as they have some different rules. But the carte vacances covers you country wide

It must depend on the region you are fishing Dan as the permits for 2011 for area 19 Correze.

http://www.peche-correze.com/ the link..


Fishing permits 2011
• Carte découverte femme : 30 € • Map woman discovered: 30 €
• Carte personne majeure : 66 € • Map adult: 66 €
• Carte annuelle interdépartementale : 85 € • Annual pass interdepartmental: 85 €
• Carte personne mineure (12-18 ans) : 15 € • card minor (12-18 years): 15 €
• Carte découverte (jeune - 12 ans) : 3 € • Discovery Map (young - 12 years): 3 €
• Cartes vacances à la quinzaine 30 € (à partir de juin) • Holiday Cards fortnight € 30 (from June)
• Cartes à la journée 10 € en 1ère et 2ème catégorie • Maps to the day 10 € in 1st and 2nd grade
Ces cartes vous donnent accès à la totalité des parcours

: These cards give you access to all courses:

• 5 000 km de cours d'eau de 1ère catégorie • 5000 km of waterways 1st class
• 200 km de cours d'eau de 2ème catégorie • 200 km of watercourses in the second category
• 18 grands barrages soit 4 000 ha • 18 large dams is 4000 ha
• 9 plans d'eau fédéraux • 9 federal waters
• 9 plans d'eau réciprocitaires AAPPMA • 9 waterbodies réciprocitaires AAPPMA
• 13 parcours de grâciation (no-kill) • 13 courses catch and release (no-kill)
• 9 parcours loisirs surdensitaires • 9 courses leisure surdensitaires
• 11 parcours carpes de nuit. • 11 courses carp night

I believe that La Moselle is now 7 days, as usual in France they make the rules up as they go. I got caught out last year buying a holiday permit then having to buy additional stamps when moving between areas of the river. This year I bought the annual pass, I believe it allows me to fish all areas within that department. As I have this permit can I pay the 20 euro and fish another department or will I have to buy another annual permit for that region.

I normally head for a Pacific Peche or Mondial Peche to get advise and buy the permit, I did fish a water this year that is on the carte de la peche and allows night fishing, it was a real find and one i will for sure be returning to.

Stunning creature Al..........

yes each dept can have little difference`s and sometimes each lake can have different rules. in the creuse dept you most now ring them up and tell them where you are going to be and for how long, other depts you can only use 3 rods others you most hang a light in your swim every night. the best rule of thumb is to check out the water you intend to fish.
Al are you heading to the correze this year ?
ps.nice fish what weight was it.

21kg mate or 46lb whatever way you look at it Bloody thing was spawned out, might of gone 50 otherwise
I am heading to a lake in the Lorraine region, I checked it out last year, bloody massive but the carp were easy found in the bays and island areas, night fishing is restricted to a few shite areas, just blag it and hope for the best... Days in the bays and nights in the zones if need be.
I hope to go to the KK canal in Belguim during the winter, last year I had to cancel due to the harsh weather, fingers crossed this year, lock 13 and 14 did a few 60s last year.
Dan do you know if my permit will cover me provided I buy an additional stamp for Murthe de Moselle?

i`m not really sure if it does. i think it does but as i mentioned earlier the north east of france has some different rules. i get a lot of Belgians here and they do be talking about the KK. it sounds good and i would like to give it a go. i`ve be told that they bait very heavy and hand swim over to their mates a lot. there was two young guys here last year and they fish it a lot and only two weeks before they came here they had had all their gear stolen. they where gassed in their bivvys and woke up on the ground with massive headaches and everything was gone. this has happen a few times from what i`m told. i we also get a German here that fish`s the Albert canal , he told me that the first time he fished it he had a 30kg mirror within an hour. he done 40 nights after that and did not have a sniff.

Thats not good, i have a few mates that go twice a year, they have said it can be abit dodgy.
It is rock hard, however it is supposed to fish better in the winter months on certain locks, fusck it Dan, it is an adventure I would relish, I will likely blank but sure Fcuk we all do that
I will stay in touch and if I am heading anywhere towards the West/ South West I will give you a shout..

Well earned Al, beautiful fish. talk to ya soon. GG.