Fishing

Lakes and tarns

BELLEY - Etang des Ecassaz

This is a private tarn, for fishing only

There is a high density of white fish (roach, rudd, tench, carp)
There are no catfish
There is a high density of carp (including many fish weighing more than 10 kg)

Many easy-to-get-to fishing spots - Night fishing is permitted

Open all the year round – For further information please contact :
+33 (0)4 79 81 31 40 (JPG Loisirs et Passions[Leisure and Hobbies] shop - 19 rue St Martin 01300 BELLEY, France) or consult the brochure available from the Belley Tourist Office

Details of the area reserved for fishing on the shores of the Barterand Lake

POLLIEU - Barterand Lake

Category 2 : perch, pike, small fish for frying

VIRIEU-LE-GRAND - Virieu-le-Grand Lake

Category 2 : pike, perch, roach, bream, carp, tench, rainbow trout, fario trout, rudd

Sporting fly fishing from the last Saturday in September to the second Sunday in May

For further information, please telephone +33 (0)6 77 70 83 00

View of the Barterand Lake

Rivers and streams

Le Furans (a stream which crosses the communes of Belley, Chazey-Bons, Pugieu and Virignin)
Category 1

The Rhône (large river crossing the communes of Belley and Virignin)
Category 2 : trout, pike, carp, small fish for frying, bream, cardoon, spirling, bleak, burbot, pikeperch, silurid, common perch, and grayling

The Séran (stream crossing the communes of Belley and Virignin)
Category 1 : trout, grayling, minnows, blageon

View of the Furans

Where to buy fishing permits

In Belley :
Café des sports and JPG Loisirs Passion for the Séran (Category 1), the Rhône (Category 2) and the Furans (Category 1)