On the banks of the Maas, gravel lakes, the Zuid-Willemsvaart, fishing pond, or trout pond… we guarantee you hours of fishing pleasure. Today, more than thirty different fish species swim here, including carp, roach, perch, pike, barbel, eel, and trout.

1. Fishing Ponds in Maasmechelen

You get access to the fishing ponds in Maasmechelen (except for trout pond De Pelikaan) with a fishing permit. A fishing permit can be requested from the listed contact persons of the different fishing clubs. Attention: there is a limitation on the number of fishing permits per year. If all permits have been allocated, you can register on a waiting list. Some clubs also organize initiatives for children or open fishing days, where anglers without a fishing permit can also access the ponds. For this, you can also contact the listed persons.

Fishing pond De Heylakker

At the sailing and surfing lake in Boorsem

Info: Theo Pustjens | T +32 (0)474 03 02 21 | d.foerier@clbgroup.be

Fishing pond De Kiezelkuil (Natural pond)

In the municipal sports park

Info: Quadflieg Pascal | T +32(0)495 76 99 25 or Hartl Bart | T +32(0)491 73 18 11

Fishing pond Monnikenhof

In Boorsem along the canal near Monnikenhof

Info: Quadflieg Pascal | T +32(0)495 76 99 25 (Carp) or Andy Ramaekers | T +32 (0)478 37 99 46 (Whitefish)

Trout pond De Pelikaan

Kikweg 3, 3630 Opgrimbie

Info: T +32(0)89 76 49 00 | www.de-pelikaan.be

2. Flemish Public Waters

The Maas and Zuid-Willemsvaart

Almost 70,000 anglers cast their lines in Flemish public waters: over 18,000 ha of fishing pleasure for young and old. The Agency for Nature and Forests manages all these activities.

Strict legislation ensures that not every fisherman can act at will and protects a healthy balance in the fish stock. Anyone who wants to fish must not only respect this legislation but also be in possession of an annual permit: the fishing permit (visverlof).

A sustainable fisheries policy protects natural fish stocks and their habitat so that future generations can also enjoy a varied fish population and healthy fishing waters.

The fishing permits for sport anglers grant access to fishing in internal waters, with the exception of ponds, fishing ponds, reservoirs, ditches, or canals, when the water flow to public waterways is naturally interrupted, i.e., when the fish can no longer move between public waterways and internal waters.