Hotel des Remparts in Saint Jean Pied de Port, the heart of the Basque country
La pêche au Pays Basque, pecher dans les Landes

Fishing in the Basque Country and the Landes

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Hossegor lake Vielle saint Girons lake Leon lake Soustons lake beach on Vieux Boucau lake

Note 1: You will require a Fishing Permit, which can be purchased in any Tabac (cigarette shop) (in some place it is possible to buy a Visitors Permit at a lot lower price).
Note 2: For certain types of fish (or fishing) in France there is no season.

The following is a list of some towns with rivers.
Click on the map for information, some rivers & lakes are shown with photos

Azur
Etang de Soustons		 Anglet
Adour		 Bayonne
Adour		 Bayonne
Nive
Capbreton
Hossegor		 Dax
Adour		 Hendaye
Bidassoa		 Messanges
Lakes
Labenne
Bourdigau		 Leon
Lake		 Leon
Trout Farm		 Moliets
Lakes
Seignosse
Lakes		 Saint Paul les dax
Lake		 St. Jean de Luz
Ciboure 		Soustons
Vieux Boucau,
Vielle
St. Girons Lake
Hotels
  • Aire Sur L'Adour - on the Adour
  • Argeles Gazost - on lake and Gave de Pau
  • Arudy - Gave d'Ossau (1st Grade - Salmon & Trout)
  • Auch - on the Gers
  • Bagneres de Bigorre - on the Adour
  • Bidarry - River Nive (1st Grade - Salmon and Trout)
  • Bidache - on the lake
  • Cambo les Bains - River Nive (1st Grade - Salmon and Trout)
  • Espelette - River Nive (1st Grade - Salmon and Trout)
  • Iholdy - River Bidouze (1st Grade - Salmon and Trout)
  • Laruns - Gave d'Ossau (1st Grade - Salmon & Trout) and in mountain lakes
  • Lourdes - on Gave de Pau and lake
  • Mauleon - Gave de Saison (1st Grade - Salmon and Trout)
  • Navarrenx - on Gave d'Oloron (1st Grade - Salmon & Trout)
  • Nay Bourdettes - on Gave de Pau (1st Grade - Trout)
  • Oloron-Sainte-Marie - on Gave d'Oloron (1st Grade - Salmon & Trout) - Salmon ladder
  • Orthez - on lake and Gave de Pau
  • Pau - on Gave de Pau
  • Peyrehorade - on the Adour, Gave de Pau and Gave d'Oloron (1st Grade - Salmon & Trout)
  • Riscle - on the Adour
  • Sauveterre de Bearn - on Gave d'Oloron and Gave de Saison (1st Grade - Salmon & Trout)
  • Saint Jean Pied de Port - River Nive (1st Grade - Salmon and Trout)
  • Saint Lary Soulon - numerous natural lakes in surrounding mountains
  • Saint Palais - River Bidouze (1st Grade - Salmon and Trout)
  • Saint Pee sur Nivelle - on the River Nivelle & lake
  • Saint Sever - on Adour and lake
  • Tarnos - on the lake
  • Urt - on the Adour
  • Ustaritz - River Nive (1st Grade - Salmon and Trout)
  • Vic en Bigorre - on the Adour