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EN Fishing, is easy ! Code of Practice Some useful tips are given in the brochure to encourage a more respectful fishing practice and the environment in general.
When to fish? Periods of fishery opening
Fishing is permitted one hour before the official time Zone Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4
of sunrise until one hour after the official time of 1 1 1 1
Still waters
sunset. 2
only minnow
and 2
only minnow
and 2 2
gudgeon gudgeon only in lakes
3 3 3 3 and ponds
4 4 4 4
Mixed waters
1 1 1 1
only minnow only minnow
2 and
gudgeon
2 and
gudgeon
2 2
The exception, night fishing 3 3 3 3
Carp fishing on board can be practised throughout the 4 4 only crayfish 4 4
year, only on the main water course and the edge of the
river from one hour after sunset to one hour before sun-
White waters
rise. The fish must be returned to the water immediately 1 1 1 1
Only minnows,
and freely. 2 2 gudgeon 2 2
The full rules of night fishing www.maisondelapeche.be and pike
3 3 3 3
4 4 only crayfish 4 4
Fishery opening times
Period 1 : 01/01 to Friday before 3rd Saturday authorised partially authorised forbidden.
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 Any fish or crayfish captured outside the opening
period must be freely and immediately returned to the
Period 4 : 01/10 to 31/12 water at the place of its capture.
1 Belica, Common bleak, Silver bream, Common bream, Cucian carp,
Respect the Common carp, Three-spined stickleback, Roach, Ide, Stone loach,
riverbanks, crops, Rudd, Tench
flora and other
people’s property 2 Spirlin, Asp, Pike, Barbel, European chub, Ruffe, Gudgeon, Common
in general; nase, Grayling, European perch, Zander, Common minnow, Common dace
Please do not disturb 3 Lavaret, Peled, Artic char, Brook trout, Rainbow trout, Brown trout
wildlife;
4 Huchen ou Danube salmon, Goldfish, Silver carp, Grass carp, Bighead
To maintain fishing carp, Spinycheek crayfish, Louisiana crawfish, Signal crawfish, Turkish
grounds, remember crawfish, White sturgeon, Lake sturgeon, Atlantic sturgeon, Siberian
to retrieve your
sturgeon, Sterlet, Prussian carp, Round goby, Western tubenose goby,
waste, and do not
Ictalurus sp., Pumpkinseed, Eastern mudminnow, Stone moroko, Wels
leave it on site.
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.
Places where fishing is prohibited
Fishing is prohibited at all times:
• in the locks • in white water streams where they
pass through a wood surrounded by
• In the fish-ways, artificial bypass for
the forest
river obstacles that hinder the free
movement of fish and outfalls to faci- • in the Meuse, downstream of the
litate downstream migration and less dam of Lixhe, on the right bank of the
than fifty meters from the infrastruc- border with the Flemish Region and
ture. the left bank to the height of crossing
the street in Halle and the platform of
• on and within fifty meters downstream
the dam
of dams and weirs in the area of calm
waters • in Amel, less than fifty meters
downstream from the waterfall of Coo
• the top of bridges and footbridges
spanning the waterways • in Ourthe, between the dam and
the Nisramont bridge, as well as
• in the Monsin island with the exception
downstream from the Grosses Battes
of the Esplanade Albert edge
dam in Angleur to the Grosses Battes
• in the valleys with the exception of the bridge in Angleur
valleys of the Sambre and Hemlot,
• in the Semois, from the Vanne des
where fishing is still allowed
Bains to the bridge of France in Bouil-
• in the spawning grounds following lon, and the full width of the Semois
the Meuse: Colébi spawning grounds, for twenty meters upstream from the
Dave, Jambes, Maizeret, Namêche, mouth of the valley to the Ilions bridge
Lanaye and Ossay islands and Bouries on route N832 at Cugnon
• in confluences of the Sambre with: the • in Gileppe, Eupen and Ry de Rome lakes
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, The limits of fishing zones are indicated on each bank
Samson and the Mehaigne using the following pictogram :
Fishing spots to discover
Fishing companies of the course
are available on the website
www.parcoursdepeche.be
What equipment to use?
The authorised equipment Banned Baits and Lures
It is prohibited to use a fishing gear or equipment other • blood, cord, brain or offal (offal is authorised for fishing
than : crayfish using scales)
• the line hand (max. 2 per fisherman). The fisherman • fish eggs, fresh or canned, alone or mixed in bait or
must be in close proximity to them and be able to primers
monitor them constantly. The number of single or mul- • live fish. However, fishing is allowed with vivid species of
tiple hooks is limited to three for the same hand line. 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,
In the White-water area, only the use of barbless the line can be established only by means of a pole
hooks or crushed or pinched barbs is allowed.
Pounding
• the balance of crayfish (max. 5 per angler). The largest Shelling (stir the bottom of the river with their feet to
dimension of the crayfish balance cannot exceed two attract fish during the fishing action) performed by the
feet. angler himself is allowed from 1st Saturday in June to 30
• landing net is used only to remove the fish or crayfish September.
caught by angling.
Every fish caught other than by mouth must be returned
immediately and freely to water at the place of capture.
Prohibited practices
It 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.)
Where to fish in Walloon?
Distribution of waterways
Still waters
The 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,
Mixed waters
Eupen lake, Gileppe lake, Neufchâteau lake, Lake Nisramont,
The Amblève downstream of the bridge of Sougné, the
Robertville lake, Ry lake of Rome, lake of Suxy, lake of Warfaaz;
Chiers, the Dendre in its part not included in the hydraulic
The following ponds: pond of Basses Forges to Mellier, pond
routes, as well as its tributaries, the Dyle downstream of the
of Bocq to Scy, ponds of Bologna to Habay, pond of Châtelet
confluence of the Gala (or Cala) Hour, La Hantes, downstream
In Habay, lake of Doyards in Vielsalm, pond of the Fabrique
of the French border at Montignies Saint Christophe; The
in Habay, pond of the Mill to Habay, pond of Nismes, pond of
Hemlot, the Lesse downstream of the confluence with
Poix in Poix-Saint-Hubert, pond of Oyes bridge in Habay, pond
the Lhomme, the Mehaigne and its tributary the Soile, the
of the Trapperie in Habay, pond of Serinchamps.
Neufchâteau stream downstream of Lake Neufchâteau,
Orneau downstream of Onoz, the Ourthe downstream of
the bridge of Jupille to Hodister, the Rulles downstream
White waters of the Trapperie pond, the Semois, the Senne, the Vesdre
The Amblève upstream of the Pont de Sougné, the Ourthe downstream of the confluence with the Hoëgne, the Vierre
upstream of the Pont de Jupille to Hodister, the Vesdre downstream of the confluence with the brook of Neufchâteau,
upstream of the confluence with the Hoëgne ; the Viroin, from the confluence of the Ru du Fond du Haza to
All the other rivers not mentioned above in this annex. the confluence with the Ton.
Limitation of fishing and harvesting
Totally banned fish Sampling ban
The 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
European eel Amur bitterling
• 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 levy
The levy is allowed only if the captured fish reaches the
Brook lamprey European bullhead
specified minimum size:
Minimum height at time of collection 60 cm :
Calm - Mixed waters
Sea trout Atlantic salmon
Pike 1
ALSO : Twait shad, Houting, European crayfish,
Ninespine stickleback, European sea sturgeon, Euro-
pean flounder, Allis shad, European river lamprey, Minimum height at time of collection 50 cm :
Sea lamprey, Spined loach, European weatherfish.
White waters
The fish length is measured from the end of the mouth to
that of the tail fin.
Pike
Still waters
When a species is subject to a minimum length of sample, Zander 2 Asp
all fish of that species whose head or tail were cut are
considered not reaching the minimum length of sampling. Calm - Mixed - White waters
Barbel
Minimum height at time of collection 30 cm : Maximum daily samples
per angler :
Sneep Grayling 2
Common carp 2
(over 30 cm)
European chub Ide (Orfe)
30
30 specimens of each species
Common dace Tench
Common Bleak Spirlin
Minimum height at time of collection 24 cm :
Gudgeon Minnow
Brown trout 5. European perch 5
(of group 3)
Handle your catch gently while
wetting your hands first;
If the fish has swallowed the bait
Minimum height at time of collection 15 cm : too deeply, cut the line.
Only 15 cm in Meuse
Roach and rudd
30
30 for the set of two species
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.The fishing license is mandatory useful information and contacts
Maison Wallonne De La Pêche ASBL
The fisherman must carry their own fishing license Rue Lucien Namêche, 10 - 5000 NAMUR
for the Walloon Region. 0032 (0)81 41 15 70
The license is available to all regardless of age. info@maisondelapeche.be | www.maisondelapeche.be
Types of fishing licenses Hunting & Fishing Branch
• Permit A for € 12.39: Fishing with only one or two lines on the Avenue Prince de Liège, 15 - 5100 JAMBES
waterfront and the use of net. 0032 (0)81 33 58 50
http://environnement.wallonie.be
• 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 Fisheries Department
scales. Avenue Prince de Liège, 15 - 5100 JAMBES
The license is personal and valid for the current year. It cannot 0032 (0)81 33 59 00
be exchanged against a permit of another value.
The license of Walloon is enough to fish on the waterways. On Toll-free number of the Public Service of Walloon
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. 1718
Appel gr atuit
Points of sale S.O.S. Environment - Nature (poaching Intervention)
Fishing licenses are available online on the website 0800/20 026 (Toll free)
www.permisdepeche.be. The license can be downloaded
immediately after placing the order. Small fishing boat
Permits are also issued at bpost-kiosks located in the The information regarding the registration certificate required
Walloon Region. 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 Dock
The 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 NamurMaison wallonne de la pêche asbl
Rue Lucien Namêche, 10 - 5000 NAMUR
0032 (0) 81 41 15 70
info@maisondelapeche.be
www.maisondelapeche.be
www.maisondelapeche.be
With the support of :
Fonds
Piscicole et
Halieutique
de Wallonie
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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