Well, just to provide you with an inside look into french history.

Here's something completely unallowed, but I'm not going to jail for that ...

Here in France, the brook trout is known as "Le saumon de fontaine" (litteraly, Fountain Salmon). Well I just caught a Fountain Zander in one of the foutain of the Versailles Palace's garden.

Wasn't able to fish very long because of the security.

But here's for you.

The fountain were it was caught (behind me in the picture) is called the "Bassin d'Apollon".

Pretty unusual. Notice how I had not to look like a fisherman and dress accordingly to fool the security service. I even brought a attach é case and a copy of Seneca's Letters to Lucilius, just to fool the "enemy" :

Hope you enjoy it.

The picture was taken by a new-york city tourist, and I think she almost freaked out. ;D

 That's great !!! Makes jumping a fence to get into someone's pond pretty tame. What kind of gear were you using?

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BTW BE CAREFUL ;D!!!!!!

I'm curious...how did you get a rod and reel pass the security?

Thats Bad A!! dude!!  I would never imagine sneaking into a palace as a tourist to go fishing! lmao

This was actually just for the fun of it. And a bet with a friend too.

I usually don't target for zander, but it was fun and fishing under the pressure of getting caught is pretty weird.

Anyway, how did I go pass the security with a rod and reel you asked Grimlin?

I guess a picture is worth a thousand words.

The rod is a wimpy 4-piece trout rod. So I can tell you battling zanders on it was pretty fun on 4-lbs line.

(On the same day I caught another bigger zander in the park; not in a fountain though, in a bassin)

you sly devil.

you are tempting me to try that little pond at my work now....Don't know if there is actually anything in it either.

nice thats bad a**!! your like some under cover fisherman

you should make a show or movie lol

This is about as original a post as I've seen in a long time!

Well done

I wonder how that Zander survived in that fountain and what it was feeding on!? How in the world did it get there? I can imagine that the water get's pretty warm in summer in that fountain, not really something that zander like. Are there any other fish in there and how deep is it? From the size of the zander, it must have been eating well! Seems like there is a ecosystem of it's own in that fountain. Ist das ein Aprilscherz? ;D

I wonder how that Zander survived in that fountain and what it was feeding on!? How in the world did it get there? I can imagine that the water get's pretty warm in summer in that fountain, not really something that zander like. Are there any other fish in there and how deep is it? From the size of the zander, it must have been eating well! Seems like there is a ecosystem of it's own in that fountain. Ist das ein Aprilscherz? ;D

Hey Daniel ! Kein Aprilscherz hier !

More seriously, the foutain ain't that small either..... like 1.2 acres (not that small for a fountain). As for the depth, let's say like 5-6 feet: pretty deep for a foutain.

And food he has plenty ! Like you've got carps, and goldfish in there too..... I don't have a clue how he came here... I just knew there must be zanders in there because I saw a couple of small zander like 10-15cm while visiting the garden with friends.... I just had to give it a try. :