Fishing in Amsterdam
Just got back from a few weeks in London / Europe, while I was over there I teed up a day of fishing with one of Amsterdam's guides and got a taste for the freshwater fishing over there.
We mainly caught Zander which are similar to the Yankee Walleye but apparently fight a lot harder and a couple of Perch (our Redfin). There was the chance of a big Pike but we didn't try for them, the fishing was good enough not to worry about it.
Anway here are a few pics of the trip, the better ones should be in an article sometime soon with a summary of how the trip went, so I can't put up the good stuff.
My first Zander, got him on a softie of some sort
Some of the kit, can't remember the rods we were using but it was teamed up with an older Twin Power 4000
How's the size of this wind turbine! They're everywhere over there
'Perch'
A few of the local carp fishos with their enormous fishing poles
Probably the best Zander of the day caught by Juul (Yool) that must have checked in somewhere around the 55cm mark
The teeth on one of the larger ones I caught, this one was on bait
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Mitch300491
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Not the nicest looking place
Not the nicest looking place to fish haha
deepwater
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great pics there Ben ,its
great pics there Ben ,its good to see where any of us crue go in the world we are all still getting a chance to go fishing
good stuff Ben
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alfred
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Always great to be fishing
Always great to be fishing somewhere else in the world! Top stuff Ben.
Lamby
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Oh Amsterdamage, must admit I
Oh Amsterdamage, must admit I never think to go fishing when there
Blue Whaler
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I was wondering when this
I was wondering when this would come up - in fact, it is so commercialized now that the experiance would be the same as walking into a "Bunnings Warehouse"!!!!!!
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tiimmbo
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But did you catch anything in
But did you catch anything in Disneydam ?
Lamby
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Used a few plastics!
Used a few plastics!
Adam Gallash
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nice
Was wondering where you had go to Ben, that middle one looks like it would have pulled some string.
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glastronomic
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Great to see that fish are
Great to see that fish are back in the rivers!
When I grew up there the polution killed all fish in the big rivers that all came from Germany industrial (Ruhrgebied)
THe reclaimed polders are indeed full of wind turbines and a bit of an eyesore, but this is what we need here as well instead of just burning coal and gas!
Blue Whaler
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Awesome Ben - pity you did'nt
Awesome Ben - pity you did'nt get around to catching some Cod - I used to live 18km from Amsterdam, in Haarlem, went fishing off the Zandvoort Harbour on weekends for cod - takes bait like a tailor does. Great fishing those zanders - cheers ' dankje wel' mate.
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Way to go Ben, nice fish. Oh
Way to go Ben, nice fish. Oh and Juuls............Nice chops.
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adam87
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nice fish there!
im sure i seen an episode of ifish about 2 weeks ago and juul was the guide am i right? they were in amsterdam
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Nice
I must admit I was hoping this post would go in a completely different direction.
Looking forward to the article; what mag will it be in?
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danno
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Yer paul was fishing for
Yer paul was fishing for them on ifish. That ep is on again today right now on 1HD
Good stuff mate great fish.
dkonig82
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Never would have thought of
Never would have thought of it as a fishing destination, but good to see you got on to some!
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Ben Derecki
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Thanks guys.Yep plenty of
Thanks guys.
Yep plenty of people there to experience some Amsterdamage but it's not my cup of tea. And yeah it was with the same guy that iFish hooked up with, Juul said Paul was a pretty cool bloke.
I wanted to squeeze in a fish somewhere while I was O/S. England would have been one option but Amsterdam was in the middle of the trip so I though it would be a good time to do it there... have a bit of a break and chill out for a day. It turned out to be great timing, after tearing around London and Berlin for a week it was time to kick back and do something different.
This is his website if you're interested:
http://www.fishingamsterdam.com/en
glastronomic
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Will give the fishing a good
Will give the fishing a good going over next time there.
What Paul forgot to say is that there is a strong link with Western Australia in that excact part of Amsterdam.
This was where the VOC shipbuilding wharfs were and from where the Batavia left on her voyage to the Abrollos.
These ships were MASSIVE! and a marvel of engineering.
This is also where the very first stone bulding structure was build on Australian soil by some of the soldier survivors from this famous shipwreck!
It is still standing!
Some maybe interesting bits of info could be that the bridges in Amsterdam open for pleasure crafts at 3 am every morning to let you through to the middle of Amsterdam and find a place to "park" your vessel in one of the "Grachten".
This is great to do the "Nightlife" in Amsterdam in comfort as you operate from your boat, walk to the pubs & clubs and when tired just doss down in your own bed on board.
There is also a Yachthaven opposite the central station where you can also park your boat fro a while doing the Amsterdam expirience.
Booking is very recommended!