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Located at 50 km in the north of Strasbourg, in Seltz the stork reservoir is reserved for flyfishing. (see the very detailed map) Its pure water (it is the ground water of Alsace, the biggest of west Europe), the quality of his fishes, the convenient laying out, combine to bring this place on the top of the flyfishing areas in Alsace. The fishery, of 2.5 ha, is made up of 2 ponds. They go down to a depth of 10 meters. All flyfishing techniques are allowed (dry flies, nymphs, streamer, wet flies), with a maximum of 3 flies. Barbless hooks only.
The fish you will find in Seltz are mainly trouts: really big rainbow, brown and aguabonitas (the yellows), some chars, an other species like carps, tenchs, roachs, perchs, pikes (big ones). A nice pikeperch has been caught in 1999.
to the map of the reservoir in Seltz 67)
to the rules for the saison
About the daily fishing licences
- It exist a daily licence for 30 euros , that allows you to keep one trout of more than 30 cm
- It exist also a daily licence for 15 euros ,that allows a yougman (under 18), to fish with no kill rules. The yougman must be accompained by an adult.
The cards are available for the day in front of the club house, on the distributor (payment only with cash: 20, 10 , 5 euros and pieces of 1 or 2 euros)
News for march 2024
The water level is high in the beginning of march. the trouts begin to come closer the shore. Beautiful emotions are always there.
Fish immersions: On 05 march 2024, 300 kg rainbow trouts with an average weight of 1,3 kg came in the reservoir .
Warning: I would like to remind everyone that trout + 2 kg are to be put back into the water, as much as possible, to allow the greatest number of fishermen to have “big emotions”.
NB: It is also reminded to all fishermen that fishing is allowed 1/2 hour before sunrise and ends 1/2 hour after sunset.
Bravo, Claude! This is great news. Thank you for doing a fantastic job keeping the reservoir going, and for updating us.
Do you know if the border between Germany and France will be open to drive across? Merci! AL
hello Al. Thanks. At the moment the border is not open for fishing. We have stil to wait for that. I hope the border will open as soon as possible with Germany.
Hello, Claude. I hope you’re doing well and staying safe.
Any update on the Stork reservoir opening soon? How is the negotiation with city hall? I believe the D87 border crossing with Germany has been opened for traffic.
I am hoping for the best, my friend. Stay safe! Merci! AL
Thanks Al. I’m ok. Fishing in the reservoir is possible again (see the actuality on the page) but for people linving in Germnay it will surely not be possible before june the 15, because German Autorities said that the border will open at that date for every people. For the moment it’s only possible for working or a “imperious reason”. And it is the same on french side. Best regards.
Claude, I hope you are staying healthy and safe in France. I am looking forward to fishing at the reservoir again. Whenever that will be. We all have higher priorities at the moment.
Hopefully, by the time this is over, we will have a lot of monster trout as a result of this pandemic. Cheers and hope to see you again fishing! Al
yes, Al, we hope we can go fishing again as soon as possible in France. Take care !
Claude, is the reservoir open for fishing this weekend and the rest of the week? No coronavirus closure?
Merci! AL
Hello Al.
No problem, you can go as you want…😉..so, tight lines !!