Where to fish ?

Navigable and non-navigable watercourses

The fishing licences for the Walloon region (type A or B) allow fishing in the navigable watercourses (in orange in the chart).

The list of these watercourses is presented below:

• The Lys
• All channels: l'Espierres, Ath-Blaton, Nimy-Blaton, Antoing-Blaton, Charleroi-Bruxelles, central channel (canal du centre), Albert
• The Escaut (except for affluents)
• The Dendre downstream from the confluence between western and eastern the Dendre (Ath)
• The channelled part of the Haine
• The Sambre
• The lakes of l'Eau d'Heure
• The Meuse
• The derivation of the Meuse, from the Meuse in Liège until the Coronmeuse bridge
• The Semois downstream from the Deleau windmill (or from Nawés) to Herbeumont
• The Ourthe downstream from the Nisramont dam
• The Amblève downstream from the Remouchamps bridge
• The Lesse downstream from the first fixed dam.
  

Particular settings

Click on the chart to learn the particular settings for the different watercourses!

Nocturnal carp fishing

Nocturnal carp fishing is authorized in the following places, as long as the rules set in the ministerial order are followed:

Forbidden Fishing Zones

Fishing is always forbidden:

• In the parts of the non-navigable and non-floatable watercourses that cross the woods under the forest regime.
• In the locks.
• In the vicinity of all dams, locks, déversoir, pertuis, vanne, arrivée d'eau et embouchure d'affluent for which an interdiction zone is signalled.
• In the zones the Administration indicates in the summer period, during pollution events, during certain works and actions of fish repopulation or because of an exceptional concentration of fish.
• From the top of the bridges in the navigable or floatable channels and watercourses.
• In the leisure ports, darses et bassins de garage, indicated by the Administration.

The interdicted zones are signalled by the following pictographs:

This pictograph is used alone when the interdiction is punctual. When the interdiction is prolonged along a certain distance, it is completed by the arrow presented below.

The signals may only be present in the right margin if the watercourse is narrow and the local disposition allows for this.

The arrow is used when the interdiction stretches over a long distance or when the terrain justifies it; the pictograph n° 1 can be completed with two arrows pointing in opposite directions, as a reminder.

The arrow may be accompanied by an indication of the distance where the interdiction is applied.