Fishing in Holland

[JackPike]

I might be going to Holland camping and predator fishing either this or next i would like to find out info on permits,baits restrictions and campsites cheers .JP

[StuMac]

Will mail you a few more details, but you should know that predator fishing season is closed 'til last Sat in May if you were thinking of going next week.

 

Basically you need a licence (Sport Viskart, from any post office, I think 5.60 Euros, valid for whole country) and a permit (Vergunnung, from tackle shops, valid for region you want to fish in). The permit usually has an incredibly detailed account of where you can fish.

 

No live baiting. Most Dutch fisherman mainly go for Bream Roach etc, there are surprisingly few pikers considering how good it is.

[Peter Waller]

Perch fishing is staggering out there, it really is! Pike, even in the heart of Amsterdam, can be sizable. Have a daughter who helps run a 'head shop' out there called Chills & Thrills so I pop over now and again. Great place, :cool: :cool: :cool: , it really is. Anyway, fishing is great, pike lures are about 30% of UK prices, especially Rapallas! When you out there, no pike matches I'm afraid If you go for bream etc try hemp as a bait, if you don't catch its good in coffee. Interestingly Holland had reintroduced its close season, although I'm not sure of the details. If you get lonely hang round Centraal Station, you won't be lonely for long

[Newt]

StuMac:

... No live baiting ....

Interesting. What got that rule started?

[JackPike]

Thanks for the info fellers ,Mmmm no livebaiting not worry plenty of alternatives what are the rules on deadbaits.As for hanging out at central station I think Carp less Lady (Mrs JP) would have a few words to say about that but not in English or Dutch probaly in her best French

[Spiderfan]

I understood September 15th was pertinent to pike fishing in Holland. Maybe its from when live-baiting is allowed.

 

BTW, no trebles.

[StuMac]

Live baiting was banned totally a few years ago. I'll check my Hague city permit, but I think you can use trebles for dead baits. There are certainly some rules, but I couldn't work them out last time I was there - I used to live in Holland but Dutch is v. rusty now.

 

At present you certainly can't fish with lures, dead fish, offal etc. until last Sat. in May, but you can fish with a limited number of approved baits (bread, cheese, potatoes, worms) throughout the year. This means that they basically have a predator close season from 1st April - last Sat in May.

 

I'm pretty sure you're allowed to take undersize perch if you plan to use them as dead bait.

 

You also need no permit (but still a licence) to fish with these baits on a public waterway (i.e. one with boat traffic). Rules are a bit complex and change from region to region, but I think that's right.

 

When I lived in Holland (thirty years ago) it was still very common for Anglers to kill all the fish they caught that were over the size limit. Carp and pike were (and still are) often eaten. Eels were a delicacy. I remember seeing a guy of about 50 killing a nice tench to take home for his cat. These days Holland is probably one of the few places to adopt our attitudes. I was speaking to a 'senior' Dutch angler in the Hague back in March, and he was moaning about people naming carp etc. Although angling's very popular in Holand, the amount of water is enourmous and most of it is very well looked after with a very healthy fish population.

 

I think Pete Waller will agfree that the Angling pressure, even in big cities like the Hague and Amsterdam, is a tiny fraction of that on waters in the south east of the UK. The fishing, even right in the middle of urban areas, is unbelievable by our standards. It's sometimes feels as if everyone has a river Yare or a lake of Mentieth to themselves

 

http://www.xs4all.nl/~ghv/ghvhome.html

 

Folk might like to look at this link. Home page of the Hague fishing club. It's in Dutch but there are links which describe some very good venues. Interesting links on Pike Fishing (Snoekvissen). Also a section on Stocking / maitaning fish in the Hague. Believe it or not, this is done by the council with help from volunteers. Look at the size of some of the bream going in to water just next to a block of flats!!

 

You really feel you get you moneys worth when you buy a licence / permit in Holland!

 

Stuart

[Spiderfan]

Zander are plentiful and sought after too - for the table, not a safe return I mean.

 

In Holland, landowners are responsible for the waterways on their land and look after it they certainly do. It makes sense, living in a country of which 90% is below sea-level! One unlucky chap I know has his water polluted when the local 'council' re-tarmacced an adjacent road and he had to be physically restained from having a go at the officials who came to investigate his complaint.

 

I agree with Stu, top-notch, unpressured fishing in lovely surroundings.

 

[ 24 April 2002, 01:00 PM: Message edited by: Spiderfan ]

[Alan Taylor]

JackPike:

I might be going to Holland camping and predator fishing either this or next i would like to find out info on permits,baits restrictions and campsites cheers .JP

Jack, let me know when and where and I will see if I can be of any help. No promises until I know more. :cool:

The licence(s) realy realy are a must. We have a police force that just checks that all the rules are being obeyed and DO hand out heavy fines for offenders. I am not implying that you might not bother but there are those .............nuff said.

 

Alan(nl)

 

[ 24 April 2002, 02:13 PM: Message edited by: Alan Taylor ]

[JackPike]

It will be probaly next year now,I would love to go this year but got a few personal problems to sort out .