Everything you need to plan a successful French fishing trip — from using PiscaMaps to understanding French fishing rules.
The French licence website is clunky and broken in English — payments often fail. Here's exactly what to buy, how the AAPPMA system works, and the one trick that gets the checkout working.
Unhooking mats, weigh slings, propolis treatment, the French no-retention rule, and how to handle a big catfish safely when you're alone on the bank.
Big pit reels, long-range rods, heavy leads and snag avoidance — why public lake fishing demands different kit to your local club water.
How to run your echo sounder, cool box, phone and bivvy light for a week on a remote French lake without mains power.
A complete walkthrough of the PiscaMaps interactive map — searching and filtering venues, reading venue info, using shortlists and favourites, and planning a trip with the Trip Planner.
The PiscaMaps Trip Planner lets you build multi-venue trips, plot your driving route across France, invite fishing partners and log every catch — all in one place. No other French fishing resource offers this.
Everything you need to know before you go — booking the Tunnel or ferry, driving and tolls, buying your Carte de Pêche, French fishing rules, night fishing permissions and a full pre-trip checklist.
Everything you need to know about using an inflatable boat such as a Raptor on a large French public lake — permissions, boat safety, motor choice, batteries, and getting the most from an echo sounder.