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    Fishing

    Occitania / Pyrenees-Mediterranean is the ultimate holiday fishing destination. Choose from the region’s stately major rivers such as the Dordogne, Garonne and Tarn, the vast lakes of the Lévézou and the intense blue stillness of Pyrenean mountain tarns: few regions offer such a diversity of geography and fishing spots.
    With 20,000 km of water courses and more than a thousand lakes, Occitania / Pyrenees-Mediterranean is THE destination for a fishing holiday or just a weekend.
    With such a diversity of fishing locations you will find every variety of freshwater fish and every form of angling under the sun.

    And with often exemplary river stewardship and well managed fish stocks, as a fishing destination Occitania ticks all the boxes.

    With bottom fishing, whip fishing and fly fishing in magnificent and unspoilt natural surroundings, both newbies and experienced anglers will be hooked!

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    The river Dordogne (Lot)Lake of the Lévézou (Aveyron)Rivers of the Aubrac (Aveyron)The river Aveyron in Belcastel (Aveyron)Lake of the Lévézou (Aveyron)Lake of the Lévézou (Aveyron)Lakes of the Lévézou - AveyronThe river Tarn (Tarn)20,000 km of water courses and more than a thousand lakesThe Canal du MidiThe lake of Marciac, great tourist site in Midi-PyrénéesRivers of Tarn and GaronneThe river of Gavarnie, great tourist site in Midi-PyrénéesMountain lakes of the Pyrenees.The PyrénéesThe Dordogne valley, great tourist site in Midi-Pyrénées

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      Whether you’re fishing on your own or with your friends, family or children, there’s an option for you:

      > Recreational fishing: for white fish (carp, bleak, roach, tench, shad etc.) in the great rivers or vast lakes that irrigate the countryside of gently rolling hills and valleys. Best spots: the Rivers Garonne, Tarn and Lot, the lakes of the Lévézou (including the almost legendary Lac de Pareloup), and also the lakes of Gers (including Marciac and Miélan) and Tarn et Garonne.

      > Game fishing: for big predators (pike, catfish, zander, perch, etc.) in our major rivers and lakes. Best spots: the Rivers Lot, Garonne, Tarn and Aveyron, and not forgetting the Canal du Midi.

      > Mountain fishing: for salmonids (trout, salmon, freshwater char, etc.) in the region’s fast-flowing mountain rivers and tarns. Best spots: the rivers of the Aubrac, Carladez and Ségala, the Dourbie and Aveyron Gorges, the Rivers Dordogne, Tarn and Agoût and the upper reaches of the Garonne, and the mountain torrents and lakes of the Pyrenees (the Gave de Pau, Neste, Pique, Lac d’Oô, Lac de Payolle, Lac de Soulcem, Lac de Bassiès, etc.).

      As long as you obtain a compulsory fishing licence, you can try your luck on the banks of a rushing mountain river or camp on the shore of a magnificent mountain lake for a spot of category 1 fishing (for salmonids) or, if you prefer, head for lazy rivers and calm lake waters for category 2 fishing (where you’ll find roach and big predators).

      You can get a fishing licence from the website of the Fédération Nationale de la Pêche en France: www.cartedepeche.fr

      Anglers' accomodation

      • In Midi-Pyrénées you will find no shortage of designated angler’s accommodation options. These may be houses, apartments or chalets certified by the ‘Clévacances’ scheme and also other accommodation such as camp sites for example.

        The ‘Pêche’ designation is granted by the Fédération Nationale de la Pêche en France to accommodation that:
        - is less than 0.5 kilometres from a properly stocked fishing location,
        - is open during the fishing seasons,
        - provides somewhere to store fishing tackle and keep bait and catches,
        - issues fishing licences and provides information on fishing.

        To find ‘Pêche’-designated accommodation in Midi-Pyrénées, go to :
        www.cartedepeche.com
       
      Project co-financed by the European Union. Europe is partnering Midi-Pyrénées with the European Regional Development Fund.