Hello

[KarpfenMag]

Greeting, new member here from Germany, originally from Shepperton, fished the amazing Thames for carp, then after 4 years of moving to Germany I finally took the dreaded Fischerprüfung last year! and yes it was pure hell. lol

[InteraX]

8 minutes ago, KarpfenMag said:

Greeting, new member here from Germany, originally from Shepperton, fished the amazing Thames for carp, then after 4 years of moving to Germany I finally took the dreaded Fischerprüfung last year! and yes it was pure hell. lol

Welcome!

I had to look up 'Fischerprüfung'. How on earth do tourists get to fish in Germany if you have to take a course and then pass an exam before fishing?

That sounds a bit too much, but maybe it would keep out some of the less desirable fishermen. 😁

[KarpfenMag]

15 minutes ago, InteraX said:

Welcome!

I had to look up 'Fischerprüfung'. How on earth do tourists get to fish in Germany if you have to take a course and then pass an exam before fishing?

That sounds a bit too much, but maybe it would keep out some of the less desirable fishermen. 😁

You can book an appointment with an official and get a tourist licence, but that is really touch and go, Germany is no longer efficiant like they were before sadly, and I do not mean that bad against the German people they are great, they are also tied down by red tape.

[salokcinnodrog]

Welcome to Carp.com.

Difficult due to language or due to the questions and competence test itself?

 

 

[KarpfenMag]

1 hour ago, salokcinnodrog said:

Welcome to Carp.com.

Difficult due to language or due to the questions and competence test itself?

 

 

for me the language, but i remember the first week of the test 11 people failed out of about 50. and they were ofcourse native germans

[Golden Paws]

12 hours ago, InteraX said:

I had to look up 'Fischerprüfung'. How on earth do tourists get to fish in Germany if you have to take a course and then pass an exam before fishing?

 

I think that you have to thank the Green Party for that!

German politics have run on collisions almost as a default and subsequently the smaller parties like the Greens can wield an influence above their station. They hate fishing and try to ban it but rather than going for an outright ban , they try to do it by the back door like making the licence near impossible to achieve. They also tried to ban match fishing by insisting that all fish weighed in must be killed - very Green.

The Green Party seem to be on a bit of a roll with the traditional big two of Labour and Conservatives being in free fall as the public kick back over their failures over the years. The Green Party should be a natural place for anglers or those who place place the environment high in their priorities but I would be very wary of them.

The next time Jack Polanski says "look into my eyes", be very dubious. 

[KarpfenMag]

34 minutes ago, Golden Paws said:

I think that you have to thank the Green Party for that!

German politics have run on collisions almost as a default and subsequently the smaller parties like the Greens can wield an influence above their station. They hate fishing and try to ban it but rather than going for an outright ban , they try to do it by the back door like making the licence near impossible to achieve. They also tried to ban match fishing by insisting that all fish weighed in must be killed - very Green.

The Green Party seem to be on a bit of a roll with the traditional big two of Labour and Conservatives being in free fall as the public kick back over their failures over the years. The Green Party should be a natural place for anglers or those who place place the environment high in their priorities but I would be very wary of them.

The next time Jack Polanski says "look into my eyes", be very dubious. 

I know mate, the AFD is the only party that will allow catch and release, even my german friend who was always a super lefty is now voting AFD

When I did my exam, the trainer — who’s in his late 60s — said, “If any of you catch a big carp, please put it back. You can’t eat one that size anyway.”

[salokcinnodrog]

2 hours ago, KarpfenMag said:

When I did my exam, the trainer — who’s in his late 60s — said, “If any of you catch a big carp, please put it back. You can’t eat one that size anyway.”

A friend of mine travels to Hungary regularly, where if carp are caught below a certain weight in kilograms are allowed to be despatched for food, above it have to be returned.

 

12 hours ago, KarpfenMag said:

for me the language, but i remember the first week of the test 11 people failed out of about 50. and they were ofcourse native germans

Cheers, I speak some German enough to get around, but that's my limit.