Dates are determined locally by the prefecture.
**Decisions made by the Vendée prefecture for fishing 2022 in pdf (French) format here. In summary:

• Brown trout and brook salmon (French: truite fario, saumon de fontaine) 
  • opening on Saturday March 12, 2022
  • closing on Sunday September 18, 2022
• Rainbow Trout (French: la truite arc-en-ciel)
  • fishing is allowed year-round
• Pike (French: brochet)
  • from 1st of January through 31 January 2022
  • from 30 April 2022 through 31 December 2022
• Pike-perch (French: sandre)
  • fishing is allowed year-round except from 1st april to 29th april 2022 in the entire department of Vendée
  • except in the areas where pike-perch fishing is indicated as not allowed
• Black-Bass (French black-bass)
  • from 1st of January through 29 April 2022 
  • from 1st July 2022 through 31 December 2022
• Crayfish (French: écrevisse a pattes blanches, grèles, rouges; écrevisse de Louisiane our américaines)
  • Any crayfish with white, grey or red legs is not allowed, they are protected.
  • Red Louisiana crayfish or American crayfish may be caught year-round but, may not be transported alive
• Frogs (French: grenouille verte, grenouille rousse)
  • Brown and green frogs: not allowed
• Yellow eel (French: anguille jaune)
  • from 1st April 2022 until 31st August 2022 (with authorization)
• Glasseel (anguille argentée), spiny eel (anguille d'avalaison), salmon (saumon), sea trout (truite de mer), shad (grande alose), sea lamprey (lamproies marine), river lamprey (lamproies fluviatile)
  • not allowed