Fishing in mixed waters

The three water zones concern both navigable and non-navigable waterways. Each zone (calm, mixed, and fast) has its own specific regulations.

When to fish in the mixed water zone ?

Fishing is allowed from one hour before the official sunrise time until one hour after the official sunset time.

Concerned Zones and Watercourses

• The Amblève downstream from the Sougné-Remouchamps bridge
  
• The Chiers
  
• The Dender in sections not classified as navigable waterways, as well as its tributaries
  
• The Dyle downstream from the confluence with the Gala (or Cala)
• Tributaries of the Scheldt and Lys within the Scheldt-Lys sub-basin
  
• The Eau d’Heure
  
• The Hantes downstream from the French border at Montignies Saint Christophe
  
• The Lesse downstream from the confluence with the Lhomme
  
• The Mehaigne and its tributary the Soile
  
• The Neufchâteau stream downstream from Lake Neufchâteau
  
• The Orneau downstream from Onoz
  
• The Ourthe downstream from the Nisramont dam
  
• The Geer
• The Rulles downstream from the Fabrique pond
  
• The Semlois
• The Senne 
• The Vesdre downstream from the confluence with the Hoëgne
  
• The Vierre downstream from the confluence with the Neufchâteau stream
  
• The Vire, from the confluence of the Ru du Fond du Haza to the confluence with the Ton
  
• The Viroin
  

Particularities of the mixed water zones

• Fishing with lures and dead bait (on a rig) is allowed from the first Saturday of March until pike season opens (the first Saturday of June). In this context, only lures or rigs measuring a maximum of 7 cm in total length (including hooks and baitfish) may be used. Only minnow (vairon) and gudgeon (goujon) are permitted as baitfish on a rig.
• Barbless hooks or hooks with flattened barbs are mandatory.
  
• Fishing for species in Group 2 — which includes carnivor fish — is permitted from the first Saturday of June until January 31 of the following year.
  
• It is forbidden to harvest brown trout (truite fario) longer than 50 cm.
  
• Night fishing for common carp is prohibited.
  

Last update: September 11, 2025