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The Fishing Website : Discussion Forums : Spearfishing in France https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ Sat, 30 May 2026 06:23:29 +0000 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:48:09 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.01 360 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=88269 <![CDATA[The Fishing Website : Discussion Forums]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Spearfishing in France : mozz wrote:Sausage rolls at...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88269&PID=1263593&title=spearfishing-in-france#1263593 Author: random
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Posted: 21 Feb 2013 at 8:48pm

mozz wrote:

Sausage rolls at the blue lady on a saturday morning remind me of home.

The only time I saw sunday morning at the Blue lady was still going from sat night :-)

The bonus about being in Antibes is that you're in the middle of europe, with cheap trains and flights to everywhere. £28 to Bristol. Hire car for £30/day and a two hour drive. you're smashing fish in the UK.

Or go up to scotland and smash the scallops.

Jump a burner down to Africa or the west coast of portugal. you're there. Just gotta make it happen.

Its easy to just sit around and do the local diving thing, but the rewards for going a bit further are deffo worth it.

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:48:09 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88269&PID=1263593&title=spearfishing-in-france#1263593 <![CDATA[Spearfishing in France : Yep exactly what Fleo says re....]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88269&PID=1263508&title=spearfishing-in-france#1263508 Author: Oli
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Posted: 21 Feb 2013 at 4:26pm

Yep exactly what Fleo says re. bluefin ban.

Another thing I used to do there but is not that productive here is shoot fish in caves/holes (chasse a trou). You need a very short (60cm) and somewhat under-powered gun (so you don't destroy your shaft every time) for that but it can get you a few good fish like sars. Don't expect to see crays though :)

Geez this forum is crawling with Frenchies, what is the immigration service doing? Tongue

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:26:45 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88269&PID=1263508&title=spearfishing-in-france#1263508 <![CDATA[Spearfishing in France : Hi, As I'm french from the...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88269&PID=1263195&title=spearfishing-in-france#1263195 Author: fleo
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Posted: 20 Feb 2013 at 9:29pm

Hi,

As I'm french from the south and spearo too, most of what the boys said here it's true. It's still lot of fish over there and u'll be surprised of some of the haul get shot overthere. But like people say, u need skills, and perfect knowledge of the coast, and a bit of luck too.
All the area arround antibe is nice and clear water, also mean really spooky fish and hard to get, deep too, over 20m or really shallow. Corsica is awsome, but hard too if you don't know where to go or no boat.

For the bluefin there is a ban since 2008,you can fish it but release straight and don't put it on bord. I wouldnt play with that as the fine is extremly high.. more than 20 000eur.. and u loose ur boat too. So since the ban we saw them quite often even on shore dive, and that quite impressive when something of 2m cruise in front of you..

The most effective method will be what we call "agachons", mean stay on the bottom with no movement and at the right place, for couple of min. Snooping could also be efficient in shallow and dirty water.

After good luck for find someone who will tell you some spot as everything is kind of "secret spot"..
]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:29:11 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88269&PID=1263195&title=spearfishing-in-france#1263195 <![CDATA[Spearfishing in France : Oli? when did the ban come into...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88269&PID=1262975&title=spearfishing-in-france#1262975 Author: mozz
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Posted: 20 Feb 2013 at 1:34pm

Oli? when did the ban come into play. the local fishing shop told us where to find them last year and i saw them being commercially fished off Naples as well. We were heading back to Nice after a Drop off in Naples and plowed straight through the middle of a school that would have been the size of 2 rugby fields.

Saw some real big ones in the straights of Gib

]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:34:33 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88269&PID=1262975&title=spearfishing-in-france#1262975 <![CDATA[Spearfishing in France : It's also very easy to get...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88269&PID=1262938&title=spearfishing-in-france#1262938 Author: kolt45
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Posted: 20 Feb 2013 at 12:10pm

It's also very easy to get sleepy when you can see dentex that look like they are 10 metres away and flittering toward you, when in fact they are 25 metres away and you have no chance.]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:10:26 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88269&PID=1262938&title=spearfishing-in-france#1262938 <![CDATA[Spearfishing in France : +1 for CorseThe grouper are prohibited...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88269&PID=1262888&title=spearfishing-in-france#1262888 Author: Nick.
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Posted: 20 Feb 2013 at 10:15am

+1 for Corse

The grouper are prohibited as well. as Kolt said you can swim to Iles Sanguinaires, but boat is much easier. When diving the pinicles offshore abit, make sure you have someone watch you, its very very easy to get carried away and end up 30m+ in the clear viz of 30m+
]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:15:15 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88269&PID=1262888&title=spearfishing-in-france#1262888 <![CDATA[Spearfishing in France : jvins wrote:Done mostly the...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88269&PID=1262647&title=spearfishing-in-france#1262647 Author: fish food
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Posted: 19 Feb 2013 at 9:32pm

jvins wrote:

Done mostly the atlantic coast, im from brittany. Everytime i was in the mediteranean we tried to spear the very shallow water, i mean 50cm to a meter, very very early on the morning. Dont use your fins to move around, use your hands and use all the cover u can find. Shot some dentex ( denti in french) and seabass (loup) and sar like that. Good fun. And put extra weight as well, heaps.

hope that help.

That's a little nugget of info.
That'd be fun.

]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:32:16 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88269&PID=1262647&title=spearfishing-in-france#1262647 <![CDATA[Spearfishing in France : Thought the med was totally fished...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88269&PID=1262533&title=spearfishing-in-france#1262533 Author: saltie
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Posted: 19 Feb 2013 at 7:30pm

Thought the med was totally fished out and I was going to have to hang up the fins for a while, getting pretty excited again, cheers for the useful info guys]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:30:51 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88269&PID=1262533&title=spearfishing-in-france#1262533 <![CDATA[Spearfishing in France : The problem with France is, it's...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88269&PID=1262408&title=spearfishing-in-france#1262408 Author: Oli
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Posted: 19 Feb 2013 at 3:39pm

The problem with France is, it's full of Frenchies...

More seriously, a lot of spearfishing to do there, as long as you don't expect the hauls we get here. And the fish being MUCH more wary, it is a great opportunity to refine those skills :)

Agree with Kolt, great spearfishing in Corsica is if you can get there and not get blasted.

Mozz, there is a complete ban on bluefins in the Meditarranean at the moment, with regular checks by police in marinas/ports in Corsica, so I'd be careful... Having said that looks as though the population might have rebounded amazingly quickly and they have been in plague proportion offshore Corsica

]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:39:38 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88269&PID=1262408&title=spearfishing-in-france#1262408 <![CDATA[Spearfishing in France : Sausage rolls at the blue lady...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88269&PID=1262373&title=spearfishing-in-france#1262373 Author: mozz
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Posted: 19 Feb 2013 at 2:28pm

Sausage rolls at the blue lady on a saturday morning remind me of home. Cap d Antibes has some great terrain, I even shot a couple of JD's there but mostly shot mullet. If you get onto a boat with a good captain (I presume thats why you are moving there) he might let you use the tender to head offshore and look for Bluefin schools]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:28:43 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88269&PID=1262373&title=spearfishing-in-france#1262373