Voorne Canal in Holland

[TF_mercury2622]

I am fishing a festival on the Voorne canal in May, and I was wondering what type of floats, rigs, groundbaits etc would be best.

If anyone can help, be appreciated.

Also any info on the river Spui would be helpful.

Cheers

[TF_fishphone]

Hi mercury

If you go on maggotdrowners.com there is loads of info on the Voorne Canal in Holland. I have been once many years ago now and can remember its well deep. Big pole floats 3-6g. Feeder tight across the far side. When we went the fish were tightly shoaled up and some days it was foul hooking all day long. I dropped out of the competition I was in as some anglers were deliberately just fishing with large bare hooks to foul hook the bream. I went further along the canal and just pleasure fished instead and caught all my fish properly and still had good days.

[TF_paulnewell]

I think . Some of the old trentmen fish it. Give Gerry’s of Nottingham a ring . They may give you some info ! 😮 🙁

[TF_the big fella]

Hi

Fishing from stages on the Voorne in approx 11-14 feet deep max but that’s on a top 6-7, even at your feet around the legs of stages it’s deep

Pole floats usually 1.5/2.0/3.0 gramme we mainly used, however if the winds bad I can see why higher may be required or maybe a flat float for laying on etc

If your loose feeding casters the bream will sometimes come quite high up in the water to intercept with odd IDE and roach

As has been said tip far bank or pole line etc

Ps they do actually catch some bream closer to the stages early season

PPS – as daft as it sounds and completely unconventional if it’s hard and appears devoid of bream fish. Be brave and pop a A sinking white or red hair rigged boilie and don’t be surprised if your tip wangs around first chuck……..

It does your head in one year we went it saved us so many times and you could catch 5-7 bream from a barren peg.

[TF_joffmiester]

simplematchfishing.com have a whole load of photos and a lot of the lads also have a facebook page

[TF_mercury2622]

Many thanks guys, I’ll check out all the info bits you’ve given me.

[TF_big jackParticipant]

Forget 2&3 gram floats pal I have fished it 3 time and each time when its been hard up near the pump house Ive done 180 pound bags fishing 5 & 6gram floats fishing in 12 to 15 feet of water that’s your top 5 on yer pole fishing double corn on a 14 hook slightly over depth on a 0.14 hook length catching bream all day to 4 and 5 pound mate the trick is to let it run through just holding it and pulling back on your rig slightly we no bream love it nailed but there they don’t believe me also put five to six Jaffa size balls in just brown crumb laised with molasis and corn that’s all you need and I battered them each time I went love Holland The voorme is like the weaver not like a canal got a slight tow to it and deep enjoy and good look pal tight lines

[TF_mercury2622]

Cheers Jack. How far out? Don’t think we are near the pump house though.

[TF_the big fella]

Lol

Bream to 4-5lbs you sure lol hehehe !!! 5lb never saw one of them between 4 of us over 7-8 days over 6-7 trips which is 160+ days fishing….

Fished it no end had weights myself to 164lb weighed not estimated, and divide by the number of bream caught and 2lb -10ozs to 2lb-12 they average and that’s been same whether we been April May or September over 6-7 trips……

You get the odd one that might push 4lb in spring if spawned up, but no way do they average anything like that weight?.

34-36 bream for a tonne if not weighing they like peas in a pod, we could not believe how they averaged out over all the years to within ounces etc

I’m sure you will sort it yourself when you get there, but on the festivals see what the locals do and they scale right down to impart some movement on it

We now go further up North and they are a lot bigger bream up there! 5lb is a skimmer lol

Ps pump house are very consistent pegs there is a basin there and they don’t always peg that as it can be a bit of a flier…..

Hope it’s of use

[TF_big jackParticipant]

OK pal whatever 🙂 about 5 to 6 metres out mate don’t need to go any further than that like I said its 15 feet deep and flat hope this helps PS I must be seeing things then when I caught them bream lol and are you sure you are on the right canal mate there’s no basin there near the pump house must be thiking of the bridge water canal mate lol

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