Go Fishing in Andalucia, Southern Spain

Andalucia is a wonderful place for the angler toin other regions in Spain.
indulge his passion of fishing. The shorelines ofIn addition to the sea fishermen in Andalucia also
both the Atlantic and the Mediterranen are ahave a great selection of rivers and lakes to
magnet for many who like to go fishing inchoose from. The latter for the most part are
Andalucia and when conditions are right you willman made reservoirs and are particularly popular.
see alot of fishermen setting up all along theThere are many of them spread throughout
coast line as dusk approaches.Andalucia in the Alcornocales National Park and
For those who want more of a challenge and aaround Grazelema for instance. Here you can fish
bit more excitement then there are lots offor pike,black bass, barbel and carp. There are in
companies operating out of all the major marinasfact 64 such fishing preserves in the Nature Parks
such as Duquesa, Estepona, Fuengirola Marbellaof Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas and in Sierra
Benalmadena who offer sea fishing charter boats.Nevada.
On such a charter you can expect to fish forOne very popular location not far from the coast
swordfish, tuna, bass, bream and even shark.is the Charco Redonda just off the new road to
Swordfish are found off the coasts ofJerez. Also in the same National Park of Los
Almería,Granada and Málaga betweenAlcornocales is Celemin where there is a super
July and September and in the summer the tunny"zona recreativa" at which you can camp for a
are swimming so close to the surface you feelfew days, free of charge, and fish to your hearts
you could reach out and touch them. Barbate andcontent.
Conil are particularly good areas for these fish.The Rio Frio between Malaga and Granada in the
Throughout the summer there are many fishingfoothills of the Sierra de Loja has excellent trout
competitions all around the coasts of Andaluciafishing and actually has records of trout fishing
and you can find details of thee at your localthere going back to 1664. More recently there
marina. The World Coast Fishing Championshipshave been record catches of brown trout
are held at Adra (Almería).weighing in at 5.2kg. The season lasts all year
Fishing in Andalucia, from either the shore or around there and is a very popular location.
boat requires a licence. This can be obtained fromFishing in Andalucia in any of their resevoirs, rivers
the offices of the "Delegación Provincial de laand estuaries requires a licence. These can be
Conserjeria de Agricultura y Pesca" of whichquite simply obtained from the "Delegación
there is an office in all provincial capital cities. IfAgencia Medio Ambiente" (AMA) and their offices
you have any trouble locating this then just askre to be found in each of the provincial capital
one of the boat charter companies at your localcities. An angling licence is also obtainable from
marina as they will be glad to help. Once you havebranches of the Caja Mar bank.
your sea fishing licence you will be able top use it