Fishing spots

Discover the best places to fish around Cahors and throughout the Lot valley: carp and predator fishing in the Lot and in the lakes, trout fishing on the Vers, fly or lure fishing on the Célé, etc.

There are many opportunities to live your passion. And as we also have enthusiasts in the Lot, they share their favorite spots with you. Meet there!

Located in the heart of the city of Cahors, on a course laid out and regularly maintained, the river Lot meets the requirements of all fishermen. The loop formed by the river, between the Chaussée du Moulin de Coty and the Valentré bridge, is labeled “ Fishing Passion course » since 2013 by the National Federation for Fishing in France.

The Departmental Federation obtained this ranking thanks to the realization of numerous projects and the construction of equipment by the Grand Cahors.

Although located in the heart of the city, the fishing course blends into a green setting since all the banks have been the subject of stabilization work by plant engineering and replanting of riparian forest.

All techniques can be practiced here., a path reserved for pedestrians on the right bank makes it possible to track the many pike ou lure black bass, more than 20 fishing stations have been set up for coarse fishing and allow easy access to the shores for fishing. family fishing.

A slipway allows the practice of boat fishing for predators while discovering Cahors from the river.

From a settlement point of view, the 2500m of river in the Cadurcian loop are home to zander, black bass, perch and pike (no-kill only) with esocid catches of more than one meter each year. You will also encounter very good densities of barbel, carp (night fishing sector throughout the course), roach, bleak, gudgeon, chub, tench, etc.

For those who want to learn about fishing, the discovery trails offer optimal conditions for learning and catching thanks to easy access and the many fish present.

The Vers stream is renowned for being one of the most beautiful trout courses in Occitania. The proposed route is located on the downstream sector of the Vers where you will learn and experience how to fish for trout in the river.

The upstream part of the Vers, wilder, welcomes a pretty population of wild trout much to the delight of specialists.

Other routes exist in the Lot such as on the Bave river downstream of Saint-Céré, on the Saint-Matré stream as well as on the Surgié lake and on the Célé in Figeac.

Finally, a family course exists on the lake of Laumel near Gourdon (with in addition to fishing a leisure offer, games for children, swimming, etc.).

Lake Saint-Sernin de Montcuq has been classified as a course family fishing in 2020 on an area of ​​4,3 hectares and classified in 2nd category. It is home to a wide variety of fish: pike, black bass, perch, zander, fario trout, carp and many more. The fishing license is compulsory for fishing, you can get it on the site of the Lot fishing federation or in the tourist offices.

These are routes with obligation to release any fish caught, whether or not they reach the legal size set by the regulations.

De Cahors in Cénevières here are the areas concerned:

• the Girou no-kill trout course in Cénevières (275 meters). The successions of gours offer many fishing opportunities in clear waters laden with limestone. To meet the demand of sports fishermen, the Fishing Federation and the AAPPMA of Cajarc have decided to create a specific no-kill course with rainbow trout spills.
• à Cahors on the river Lot from the chaussée de Coty to the chaussée du pont Valentré (length 1900 meters): no kill pike,
• à Cajarc on the Lot river from the D80 bridge at Pontou upstream to the SNCF bridge downstream (length 700 meters): no kill black bass.

Ideal for learning about the pleasure of fishing without needing a license and even if you don't have your equipment! Here carp, trout and roach will delight beginner anglers. Welcome to the Guiral mill fish farm.