Dear All

I am very much interested in Fishing but it is not possible without having a Licence. I am in Frankfurt. Anybody knows what is the procedure to make a fishing licence.
Where to get registered?
How much it costs?
How long is the validity?

Last week during my holidays to Italy/Austria I came to know that without licence you can do fishing in private fish ponds. People provide you the equipment and you pay the fee and here you go.
Is there any chance like that in Germany? Where can I find information on it?

Regards
fktrust7

You need to get an "Angelschein". For this, you need to register in a fishing school, and then pass an evaluation from the Hunting and Fishing office. You will then get a certificate and with this certificate you can get your license.

More infos here:
http://www.vdsf.de/angeln/leitfaden.pdf
http://www.anglerteam.de/angelschein/angelschein.html

regards,
-a

@FKT7

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@aalvarez
Now I know the procedure a little bit. I have found out this information.

http://www.frankfurt.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=2778&_myvars[_id_listenartikel]=58090

They have given few contact numbers to register in fishing school. But the question is which one is better regarding cost. Is there any limit like driving licence that you have to make --Hrs. and each hr. costs.

@Akshay
Nice link indeed. I never thought of ebay. It's a good idea to save money on fishing equipment also. Thankx


Regards
fktrust7