Public fishing lakes, rivers and canals in Gorj — pike, pike-perch, bream, carp, tench, chub.
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Gorj county lies in western Oltenia beneath the Parâng, Vâlcan and Godeanu mountains. The Cerna valley reservoir Iovanu, high in the Godeanu range, holds trout; the Motru, Jiu, Tismana and Gilort rivers run trout and grayling in their headwaters and coarse fish where they reach the plain around Târgu Jiu.
The mountain rivers — Motru, Tismana, upper Jiu, Gilort — are RNP-Romsilva salmonid water (daylight only, huchen and grayling released). Lowland waters and reservoirs are contracted to AJVPS Gorj, whose permit is needed with the free ANPA recreational permit.
Every angler needs the free ANPA recreational permit, available online at permise.anpa.ro. It covers the Danube, its arms, the Black Sea and non-contracted public waters.
Most inland lakes and rivers in Gorj are contracted to the county fishing association (AJVPS Gorj), which requires its own permit — sold by the day or the year and available from the association's offices and partner shops.
Mountain trout sectors in Gorj are managed by RNP-Romsilva: fishing is daylight only, from sunrise to sunset, with the Romsilva fishing tariff instead of the AJVPS permit. Border waters such as the Prut also need a Border Police endorsement.
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