Sportfishing

Sportfishermen on Texel do not come empty-handed at home! It could be fished from a boat at sea or from the beach. Every angler finds a suitable place. And the fish bites well.

Permissions

Sport fishing is connected to certain regulations. To float into the water you need next to the rural sport angling permit, depending on the kind of fishing water and the administrator, a permit: http://www.sportvisserijnederland.nl/vispas/english/.

Sea fishery is free. In the fishing zone, the coastal waters and the sea area you need for fishing with rods no fishing permit. In the coastal waters there is a limitation of (maximum) two fishing rods. Fishing with a bob or smelt rig is in the coastal water also free, provided that the fishing law is rested with the state. If someone else owns the fishing law than a permit for bob or smelt rig is obliged.

Sport fishing is allowed along the Texel coast without a license or certificate. In relation to swimmers and bathers, fishermen requested only to cast their rod outside the guarded beach areas.

From beach pole 9 till pole 15 is the best/calm location for sport fishing. You are hardly disturbed by bathers.

Information

You could buy fishing maps of the aquatic sports areas in local tourist offices. You could find a lot of useful information about sports fishing in these.

Order VISpas easily and quickly online: https://www.vispas.nl/

Here you will find a comprehensive overview of all fishing locations: http://www.visplanner.nl/