| Andalucia is a wonderful place for the angler to | | | | you will be able top use it in other regions in Spain. |
| indulge his passion offishing. The shorelines of both | | | | In addition to the sea fishermen in Andalucia also |
| the Atlantic and the Mediterranen are a | | | | have a greatselection of rivers and lakes to |
| magnetfor many who like to go fishing in | | | | choose from. The latter for the most partare |
| Andalucia and when conditions areright you will see | | | | man made reservoirs and are particularly popular. |
| alot of fishermen setting up all along the coast line | | | | There are many of themspread throughout |
| as dusk approaches. | | | | Andalucia in the Alcornocales National Park and |
| For those who want more of a challenge and a | | | | around |
| bit more excitement thenthere are lots of | | | | Grazelema for instance. Here you can fish for |
| companies operating out of all the major | | | | pike,black bass, barbel and carp. |
| marinassuch as Duquesa, Estepona, Fuengirola | | | | There are in fact 64 such fishing preserves in the |
| Marbella Benalmadena who offersea fishing | | | | Nature Parks of |
| charter boats. On such a charter you can expect | | | | Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas and in Sierra |
| to fishfor swordfish, tuna, bass, bream and even | | | | Nevada. |
| shark. | | | | One very popular location not far from the coast |
| Swordfish are found off the coasts of | | | | is the Charco Redondajust off the new road to |
| Almería,Granada and Málaga | | | | Jerez. Also in the same National Park of Los |
| between July and | | | | Alcornocales is Celemin where there is a super |
| September and in the summer the tunny are | | | | "zona recreativa" at whichyou can camp for a |
| swimming so close to thesurface you feel you | | | | few days, free of charge, and fish to your hearts |
| could reach out and touch them. Barbate and | | | | content. |
| Conilare particularly good areas for these fish. | | | | The Rio Frio between Malaga and Granada in the |
| Throughout the summer there are many fishing | | | | foothills of the Sierra de Lojahas excellent trout |
| competitions all aroundthe coasts of Andalucia and | | | | fishing and actually has records of trout fishing |
| you can find details of thee at your localmarina. | | | | theregoing back to 1664. More recently there |
| The World Coast Fishing Championships are held | | | | have been record catches of brown troutweighing |
| at Adra (Almería). | | | | in at 5.2kg. The season lasts all year round there |
| Fishing in Andalucia, from either the shore or a | | | | andis a very popular location. |
| boat requires a licence. | | | | Fishing in Andalucia in any of their resevoirs, rivers |
| This can be obtained from the offices of the | | | | and estuariesrequires a licence. These can be quite |
| "Delegación Provincialde la Conserjeria de | | | | simply obtained from the |
| Agricultura y Pesca" of which there is an officein | | | | "Delegación Agencia Medio Ambiente" |
| all provincial capital cities. If you have any trouble | | | | (AMA) and their offices re to be foundin each of |
| locatingthis then just ask one of the boat charter | | | | the provincial capital cities. An angling licence is |
| companies at your localmarina as they will be glad | | | | alsoobtainable from branches of the Caja Mar |
| to help. Once you have your sea fishinglicence | | | | bank. |