Fishing in Gemert-Bakel

The municipality of Gemert-Bakel has granted Hengelsportvereniging Ons Genoegen permission to fish in the pond Dribbelei. Would you like to fish in this pond? Please contact Hengelsportvereniging Ons Genoegen(external link).

Hengelsportvereniging De Middenpeel rents the Alderman Slitsvijver from Natuurmonumenten. Do you want to fish here? Then you can become a member of this association or use a day pass. Information about membership and day passes can be found on the website of Hengelsportvereniging De Middenpeel(external link).

The Rooye Plas is primarily intended for water skiing and recreation. Fishing is also allowed in the pond of the Rooye Plas if you have a permission slip. As of 1-1-2019, the municipality will issue a permission slip to a maximum of 25 people. To apply for a permission slip, you must have a VISpas or a small VISpas.

A Fishing Permission Statement costs €55.00 and is valid until the end of the year. Please note that there may be a waiting list. For a permission slip, please contact the municipality's Public Management team. You will receive a response to your request within 6 weeks.

Within our municipality, Water Board Aa and Maas also manages waterways on which fishing is allowed. The fishing rights are leased to sportfishing Zuid-West Nederland for the following waters: Peelse loop, Snelle loop, Kaweise loop and Bakelse Aa.

More information can be found on the website of Sportvisserij Zuid-West Nederland(external link).

Within our municipality, a first location has been designated where youth up to 14 years old may fish without a (small) VISpas. At these locations, therefore, youth 14 years and older and adults are NOT allowed to fish. It concerns the pond in Doonheide at the Waterlelie. This youth fishing location requires a separate written permission from the municipality. The municipality grants permission for this to a maximum of 50 people for 1 year.

Go to the form to request an exemption for fishing on Doonheide (external link).

The permission must be signed (either digitally or not) by a youth when fishing on these locations. This written permission states the location and what is (not) allowed.

Additional waters where youth may fish may be designated in the future. If so, those new locations will be added to the written permission form.