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The Beyond region has big beautiful lakes, large rivers, small beautiful mountain lakes, rushing mountain streams and wonderful fishing.
Fishing Licenses are usually available from cafés near the fishing areas. For more information, some contact numbers are given below.
The Alpes-Maritimes (06) has hundreds of mountain streams and rivers stocked with trout. The river trout-fishing season is from March until the third Sunday in September (1997: Sat 8 Mar to Sun 21 Sept). Fishing season for the high-mountain lakes begins the first Saturday in July. All of the stock trout comes from the trout farms (centre de pisciculture) at Roquebillière (map C5). The Alpes-Maritimes will have night carp fishing in 1997 at the Lac du Broc. This will be a "no-kill" type of fishing, where the carp must be thrown back in after being caught.
- Federation de la Pêche, Alpes-Maritimes
- Tel: (33) 493 72 06 04
The Vaucluse (84) fishing season is probably about the same as for the Alpes-Maritimes (1997 opening: Sat 8 Mar). The department has several rivers that are excellent for trout fishing, including:
- Aiguebrun (Fort de Buoux, Lourmarin)
- Auzon (Villes-sur-Auzon
- Calavon-Coulon (Apt, Pont Julien, Cavaillon)
- Durance (05: Briançon, Embrun, Lac de Serre-Ponçon) (04: Sisteron, Volonne) (84: Cavaillon, Avignon)
- Nesque (Sault, Gorges de Nesque, Venasque, Pernes-les-Fountaines)
- Sorgue (Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, l'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, le Thor)
- Aiglun (06)
- Amirat (06)
- Andon (06)
- Beuil (06)
- Bezaudun-les-Alpes (06)
- Bouyon (06)
- Breil-sur-Roya (06, Vallée de la Roya)
- Mr Garnéro (Société de Pêche)
- tel: (33) 493 04 42 95
- Briançonnet (06)
- la Brigue (06, Vallée de la Roya)
- Mr Mazzuchi (Société de Pêche)
- tel: (33) 493 04
- Caille
- Castérino (06, Vallée de la Roya)
- (private lake)
- tel: (33) 493 04 64 38
- Cipières (06)
- Collongues (06)
- Conségudes
- Coursegoules (06)
- les Ferres (06)
- Fontan (06, Vallée de la Roya)
- Mr Graglia Roger (Société de Pêche)
- tel: (33) 493 04 52 33
- Gréolières (06)
- Gréolières-les-Neiges (06)
- Gars (06)
- Lac de Ste. Croix
- Lac de St. Cassien
- Located at the northeastern edge of the Var, between Grasse and Fayence, about 10 km of lake stretches out through the hills.
- Lac de Castillon
- This lake stretches about 15 km, from St. André-les-Alpes in the north to the southern end only a few km above Castellane.
- Lac de Serre-Ponçon
- This lake is formed by a dam (the Barrage de Serre-Ponçon) on the Durance river, at the northern edge of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and the southern edge of the Haute-Alpes.
- Information about fishing in the Haute-Alpes:
- - Fédération Départementale des A.A.P.P. des Hautes-Alpes
- - rue du Cadet de Charance, 05000 Gap, France
- - tel: (33) 4(33) 92 53 54 71
- le Mas (06)
- les Mujouls (06)
- Roquesteron-Grasse (06)
- Saint-Auban (06)
- St. Martin-Vésubie
- Fishing in the Boréon, and many other nearby mountain lakes and streams.
- Saorge (06, Vallée de la Roya)
- Bar "Chez Gilou" (Société de Pêche)
- tel: (33) 493 04 51 13
- Sallagriffon (06)
- Séranon (06)
- Tende (06, Vallée de la Roya)
- Mr Lancioli, Libraire souvenirs (Société de Pêche)
- tel: (33) 493 04 62 32
- Tende (06, Vallée de la Roya)
- Mr Salvatore (Société de Pêche)
- tel: (33) 493 04 73 57
- Thorenc (06)
- Vallée de la Roya (06)
- This beautiful valley has 25 mountain lakes and 130 km of rivers open for trout fishing. Check out the villages, above: Breil, la Brigue, Castérino, Fontan, Saorge and Tende.
- Valderoure (06)
