Fishing

The North pier: a nice fishing spot. Anglers from all over the country come to the North pier. At the beginning of the North pier, just across the restaurant you can do some good sea bass fishing. In stormy weather there is a good catch of fish on the inner side.
During competitions that have to be held at the restaurant because of the storm, some nice codlings and firm flounders are sometimes caught. With low tide the chance to lose leaders is sometimes big. On the pier there is not really one super spot with fish. One moment there is a good catch across the corner, the other moment there is not, whilst the catch is then good at the fence.
You can always catch some codling. The catch of dab is moderate at the moment; the first soles start to show up at the end of May. When the sole fishers arrive, then also the sea brass fishers show up armed with a plug fishing rod, floats and jig heads.
Is the fishing bad from the beach because of the cold weather, then some fish can be caught on the pier in the deeper water.
Now here are some pier hints; Use a fishing rod support; never place your fishing rod on the blocks, because the chance your line will break will then become a lot bigger. Avoid the pier with stormy weather, because it can be perilous because of breaking waves.
Use enough lead (150 - 180 grams) especially beyond the corner; there the current can sometimes be heavy. Look, when choosing your spot and especially when fishing codling, if you can climb down easily, because it might happen a fish falls off the hook and end up between the blocks (only do that with good weather and under supervision, because the blocks can be slippery).
Hook measures that can be used for codfish and sea brass are 1,0 through 4,0 and for the other fish 6 through 2.

Types of fish:
Sole, codfish, gurnard, dab, flounder, garfish, sea brass, eel pout, eel, whiting, plaice, pout, sea trout, pollack, twaite, mackerel, and mullet. Various types you will only catch in summer, but a surprise is not impossible. For example, it is well possible to catch a fat sole in the middle of November and the sea brass is staying ever longer as well.

With thanks to Klaas Wijker and Ton Nientied Alkmaar