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As there are abundant inland waters especially in Kartepe district, the variety and high population of fish   results in widespread amateur fishing practiced throughout the area. As drinking water basin of Sakarya and Kocaeli, Sapanca Lake, located on the Akmeşe road with small Dam Lakes of Kirazoğlu and Ketence as locally named as well as Derbent river and crystalline waters of rivers flowing down from Samanlı Mountain is a reserve of carp (mirror carp and common carp), crane (oklama), catfish, European chub, rudd, rainbow trout and common trout.
 
To catch them, the carp and European chub as well as catfish are generally caught with roller line sets (float or plumb line bottom fishing), with corn (dry, fresh, boiled, canned), dough, pulp, angleworm and fresh fish for bait. Carps of 15 and 16 kgs. have been caught in the waters here, and even carps named as trophy above 30 kgs. are known to exist. The sport fishing (catch, take a photo-release to the water) with their numbers rapidly increasing in the recent years show a lot of interest to these trophies. Fishing is prohibited between 15 March and 15 June as it is their laying season.  Pike fishing is quite fun. Excluding the prohibited period between 15 December and 31 March, angling is free with a length limit of 40 cm minimum for fishing and a daily limit of maximum 10 fish.
 
Fishing is practiced using spoon-drills, rapala, artificial bait and although unethical, with live bait. Pike of approximately 1 meter long have been caught so far.
 
Although catfish is found in Sapanca Lake, they are also seen in the Derbent River. Catfish is mostly caught with live baits and as there are also big sized catfishes, fishing gears and fish lines need to be thick and resistant.  Prohibition period is between 15 March and 15 June and size restriction is 90 cm, catch restriction is 1 fish.


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