In the Cotentin, the rivers, such as the Divette, the Saire or the Douve in the Cotentin Marshes, offer great fishing trips along the banks, and good times of relaxation with friends or family.
The Cotentin is also crisscrossed by numerous rivers where you can exercise your passion as much as you want! Come and settle down at the edge of our rivers and ponds to fish for trout, carp, zander, eels and other pike.
The fish
In Cotentin, the main cash freshwater species encountered are trout, pike, eel, carp, gudgeon, roach, etc. Find the best parcours, streams and bodies of water to enjoy good fishing moments to share with your friends or family.
fishing guide
The guide to Channel fishing established by the Departmental Federation of Fishing of La Manche will give you, by sector, all the useful information on freshwater fish, fishing routes, associations, hydraulic maps, calendars, addresses of map resellers fishing, etc.
Regulation
Freshwater fishing is governed by specific regulations which can be found on the website of the Manche Fishing Federation.
Channel Fishing Federation
The Departmental Federation of Approved Associations for Fishing and the Protection of the Aquatic Environment of La Manche (FDAAPPMA 50) is a departmental associative structure (association under the 1901 law), governed by the environmental code, having the character of an establishment of 'public utility.
She regroup 13 000 fishermen within 25 AAPPMA (Approved Associations for Fishing and Protection of the Aquatic Environment).
Its missions consist of supervision and development of recreational fishing, environmental education and the study, preservation and restoration of aquatic environments of the department.
In Cotentin, we find the following AAPMA:
- Cherbourg trout,
- The Trout of the Scye,
- The Fishermen La Sinope Montebourg,
- The Gardon Saint-Sauveurais,
- The Fishermen of Douve-Picauville
- Le Gardon Chef-du-Pontais,
- The Carentanaise float