Travel / Fishing in Poland - where to go, what to catch? [74]

As a Swede living in Poland, I'm surprised that Poland has that type of stric laws regarding fishing. In Sweden, we don't need license to fish - at all. And when we were kids, we could even fish for free in almost every places.

Our goverment encourage us to do outdoor activities and here... you need license to fish in almost every public waters (except private ones).

And there are so much regulations for what to do, what to keep, blah blah blah.

I understand if they want to keep nice eco system in fresh water but at least, let us fish without license in the sea cause - especially when you are using only ONE rod to fish and not doing some crazy net fishing... Why are people trying to control their country that much? There are plenty of fish in the sea (more than you can even eat) and many sport fishermen are doing catch and release - especially us foreigners who have that tradition since we were kids. Maybe THAT'S the reason why polish fishermen rarely do catch and release just because it's so strict so therefore once they get the fish, they will refuse to release it.