Fishing near Hilversum, North Holland

Hilversum sits in the Gooi region of North Holland, surrounded by a dense network of lakes, polders, and slow-moving waterways. The Loosdrechtse Plassen lie just to the southwest, the Gooimeer and Eemmeer to the north and east, and the Hilversumsch Kanaal runs directly through the city itself. This concentration of still and flowing freshwater makes the area one of the more productive coarse-fishing landscapes in the Netherlands, with pike, perch, bream, carp, and roach among the species anglers regularly target.