FÉDÉRATION DU LOIRET POUR LA PËCHE ET LA PROTECTION DU MILIEU AQUATIQUE

The Loiret departmental federation, presided over by Régis Pétrot, looks after a particularly rich and varied piscicultural domain, offering distinct regions and landscape features that multiply fishing opportunities. Three river basins share the territory: the Loire, which crosses the département from east to west over 150 km, the Essonne and its marshes to the north, and the Loing and its network of small rivers to the east in the Gâtinais. The great state-owned forest of Orléans, in the center of the département, criss-crossed by the very old canal of the same name and its many reservoir ponds, also offers great possibilities. Finally, there are the navigable canals: the Canal Latéral à la Loire, the Canal de Briare and the Canal du Loing, which link the Loire and Seine rivers. Rivers, canals and reciprocal waterways offer a wide variety of pleasures, and there's no shortage of fish: fry, carp, pike, zander, black bass and catfish, not to mention fario trout.