Fishing in Turkey

Turkey has been known as a country of fishing and fishery products since ancient times. Surrounded by seas on three sides, Turkey is boasting numerous lakes and rivers where wide variety of fish live.

Fishing in Turkey by SA Sheila

Besides, the inland resources are very rich in Turkey. This fishery potential will increase with the completion of the Atatürk Dam in the Southeastern Anatolian Region of Turkey and will create more areas to be used for fishery purposes. The species obtained from the inland fisheries are mainly Common carp, Grey mullet, Mullet, Pike perch, Trout, Eel etc. On a geographical basis, the greatest fish activity has traditionally been located along the East Black Sea Coast of Turkey, including fisheries for a variety of shellfish.

In response to recognition of strong household demand, the growing requirements of the tourist industry and strong demand for certain species on export markets, production from the Aegean Sea has increased considerably.

Since the natural structure is very suitable for aquaculture, it seems that Turkey will achieve great developments in this area. The farms are particularly located in the Central Anatolian, Aegean and Western Blacksea Regions and their numbers have increased in the past years, leading to production surplus that cause rise in the exports of Turkish fishery products. The species of the products produced in these regions are trout, sea bream, sea bass and salmon.

Fresh water fishing in Turkey evidently offers even greater potential for both fish and shellfish. Substantial export oriented business has developed and Turkey became a supplier to European countries, USA and Middle East countries.

The export of fishery products valued at 99 million US$ in 1999 and the major export markets of these products are the European Union, USA, Commonwealth Independent States (CIS) and Middle East Countries.

Fishing in Adrasan

 It is possible to find each kind of fish in Adrasan waters. Some of the delicious fishes found in Adrasan are: Leer fish, amberjack, greater amberjack, sea bream, sword fish, red gumard, chub mackerel, grouper, red porgy, little tunny, atlantic bonito, skipjack tuna, baraccuda, brushteeth lizardfish, garfish and sea breams. Besides, grida fish, special to Mediterrian is also very delicious. At the points where rivers meet the sea, seabass and chub can be found especially in winters.

Which kinds of fishes can be found in Adrasan? The fishes you will like caching according to seasons are: leer fish, amberjack, dogtooth grouper, sea breams, albacore, atlantic bonito, skipjack tuna, baraccuda (brushteeth lizardfish), seabass and garfish. Leer fish, amberjack and dogteeth grouper will carry you away.
 
What is the method of fishing? We set off for fishing early in the morning. First we catch atlantic bonito, horse mackerel or garfish with the rapalas you have or we give you. And in the meantime we have our breakfast accompanied by the unique landscape of Adrasan and drink our coffees or tees. We cath fishes with backpulling method until we find the suitable crib fishes. We go on like this until 9 o’clock. When we find the suitable crib fishes, without paying attention to what time it is we start to catch leerfish and amberjack with our big fishing lines using these crib fishes as alive baits.
 
On the basis of our past experiences, we wait for the excellent moment when the fishes meet with our fishing lines in the right hunting areas. If you are lucky and there is plenty of leerfish on that day, it is impossible to desribe the joy and excitement you will have. Your struggle at the moment will remain as one of the unforgettable memories you have. Of course this is not the only method for fishing, we have other methods depending on the season, day, kinds of fish and region especially to cath barracuda and sea bream. The main goal of our fishing tours is to catch big fishes as leerfishes and amberjacks.
 
We go fishing tours with our small fibre boat and the boat of Deepfishing as a team. If the number is higher than normal, we rent a bigger boat in addition to ours. The owner of the hotel Mustafa Abi, who is a master of and addicted to fishing and Menderes from

 Deepfishing will make your moments unforgettable thanks to their experiences. Maybe you will cath the biggest fish in your life in these waters.

Let’s go fishing, let’s live the unforgettable moments..