Fishing near Franeker, Friesland

Franeker sits in the flat polder landscape of western Friesland, surrounded by a dense network of fearten (canals) and vaarten. The arumervaart runs close to town, and the broader Frisian canal system connects anglers to larger waters including the IJsselmeer. Predator fishing for pike, perch, and zander is the backbone of the local scene, with the Frisian lakes and open IJsselmeer drawing anglers from across the region.

Top waters to fish near Franeker

Species & education

Learn what type of fish are in Franeker, Friesland and what's needed to catch them.

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Atlantic Salmon

Salmo salar

Bleak

Alburnus alburnus

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Burbot

Lota lota

Carpa-cabeça-grande

Hypophthalmichthys nobilis

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Common Gudgeon

Gobio gobio

Common Sturgeon

Acipenser sturio

Eurasian Pikeperch

Sander lucioperca

European Eel

Anguilla anguilla

Houting

Coregonus oxyrinchus

Ide

Leuciscus idus

Maraena Whitefish

Coregonus maraena

Northern Pike

Esox lucius

Rudd

Scardinius erythrophthalmus

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