Going Fishing in Spain
Find a good spot, deal with fish that won't bite and swap fishing stories the Spanish way.
Freshwater fishing in Spain needs a regional licencia de pesca, and many rivers and reservoirs are pesca sin muerte, catch and release only. Locals fish embalses and rivers at dawn and the jokes are universal: nothing's biting, the one that got away, and how big it really was. The cards follow a day at a reservoir near Madrid with a friend and an old local fisherman.
- 1
¿Conoces algún buen sitio por aquí?
Do you know a good spot around here?
- 2
En el embalse, junto a la presa, se pesca bien.
The fishing's good at the reservoir, by the dam.
- 3
¿Tienes la licencia de pesca?
Have you got your fishing licence?
- 4
Aquí es pesca sin muerte.
It's catch and release here.
- 5
Hoy no pican.
They're not biting today.
- 6
¡Ha picado uno!
I've got a bite!
- 7
Esto es cuestión de paciencia.
It's all about patience.
- 8
¡Recoge despacito!
Reel it in slowly!
- 9
¡Se ha escapado!
It got away!
- 10
Aquí estás como pez en el agua.
You're in your element here.
- 11
No he pescado ni uno.
I haven't caught a single one.
- 12
¡La suerte del principiante!
Beginner's luck!
- 13
Era así de grande, te lo juro.
It was this big, I swear.
- 14
¡Anda ya, no seas exagerado!
Oh come off it, don't exaggerate!
- 15
Mañana, a las seis en pie.
Tomorrow we're up at six.
- 16
Ese va directo a la sartén.
That one's going straight in the frying pan.
- 17
¡Silencio, que espantas a los peces!
Quiet, you're scaring the fish away!
- 18
Me están comiendo los mosquitos.
The mosquitoes are eating me alive.
- 19
Venga, lo dejamos por hoy.
Right, let's call it a day.
- 20
¿Repetimos la semana que viene?
Shall we do it again next week?