At the time of the Centenary of the birth of the town of Malo les bains (Dunkirk) various demonstrations will be organized.

The Association of the Fishermen of the Dunkirk Littoral (APLD)], the Dunes of Flandres-> and opalesurfcasting.net organize a surf casting marathon on June 30, 2007.

This marathon will celebrate a high tradition in Dunkirk-Malo les bains since several generations: shore fishing.

Piqueuse de vers et pêcheuse de guernades au début du 20 ème siècle

It’s very simple, the competitors fight over 10 hours of fishings per team of 2 using 2 rods in 2 five hours match.

This marathon is opened to all.

Date from the marathon: June 30 2007

Place of the marathon: Malo les bains (Dunkirk) beach

Plan de Dunkerque-Malo les bains

Place of gathering : Base de voile de la Licorne Ecole de voile des Dunes de Flandre Digue Nicolas II Tél. 03 28 28 27 27 - Voile.dunkerque@lesdunesdeflandre.fr

End of pre-registration: june 20 2007

End of registration: june 25 2007

Start of program:

  17h30 : reception of the teams at the base de la licorne up to 6 p.m. and welcome drink.

  18h00 : Briefing of the teams on rules of the competition (French Sea fishing Federation FFPM rules) - It’s simple - PARTICIPATION REQUIRED

  18h30 : team places drawing of lots

  till 20h00 installation of the competitors

  20h00 : Start of competition, First Match.

  1h00 : End of first match and beginning of second match

  6h00 : End of second match and end of competition.

  6h30 : Dunkirk typical breakfast

  from 7h30 : Results and awards.

Some of the rules are:

  respect of the legal sizes of fish (IMPERATIVE!! possibility of disqualification), the members of the APLD will be there to help you to avoid the misidentifyings. The fish exceeding the legal size could be keepted.

  all the fish lower of 45 cm will be measured and given to water, except if you wish to keep a fish exceeding the legal size for your personal consumption. They will be entered according to equivalence size/weight of IFREMER abacus.

  number of rods per team: 2 rods (1 rod by fisher) - possibility of having other rods in reserve, nylon passed in the rings but without attached rig.

  Cast from the beach (go in water to cast is prohibited)

  Three hooks max for one rig

  No baits limitation, chumming, feeding prohibited.

  Respect of the beach, its cleanliness, and the users.

Some facts about the sea:

  low tide: 20h32
  high tide: 1h24

Some fishing facts:

Situation plage de Malo-Terminus

Plage de Dunkerque - Malo les bains

Brises lames

The fishing spot is a usual place for seabass feeding. You will catch other fish like the sole, the flat fish in general. The eel should also be quite present. The pouts also be presents at nights.

The local fishermen generally use simple rigs with 3 snoods, the last one, near the sinker, flowing.

The usually used baits are lugworm, whites, ragworms, maddies and peeler crabs.

More info: Fishing to Malo les bains

This challenge will be awarded.

Price: 30 euros for a team.

registration :

By phone to Yann ou Maryse Decoster (APLD) +33 0328261533

By mail: yann.decoster@orange.fr

Pre-registration must be done before june 20 2007.

The payment must be done before the june 25 2007.

Thanks to give us those informations:

Names, firstnames and adress, phone, birthday , mails of the two fishers.

And your payment to:

APLD - Yann Decoster - 27 allée des Eglantiers 59229 TETEGHEM - FRANCE

Fiche d’inscription marathon

A retourner à l’adresse indiquée sur la fiche avant le 25 juin 2007

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To lodge, it’s posssible to look at the website off the office de tourisme de Dunkerque or to phone:

Accueil " Plage de Dunkerque, Malo-les-Bains " Place du Centenaire - 59240 Dunkerque-Malo-les-Bains Tél : 33 (0)3 28 58 10 10 - Fax : 33 (0)3 28 58 85 29 E-mail : eole.dunesdeflandre@ot-dunkerque.fr

Open every days from march 2 to june 22 - 14 h to 18 h in week. Week end and public holidays - 10 h to 12 h 30 and 14 h to 18 h.

Open every days from june 23 to september 2 - 10h to 12h30 and 14h to 19h.

Restoration

It’s possible to eat during the marathon.

Welcome drink and breakfeast are free.

Mathias et les 2 doguettes prises durant la journée du 3 Janvier 2007

A gauche : 64 cm A droite : 59 cm

Remarque : Organisation should be modified.

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