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asams · Joined: 17 Nov 2008

Where's a good spot to fish around Seoul?

catchshime · Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:33 pm Post subject: Re: Fishing around Seoul?

asams · Joined: 17 Nov 2008

catchshime · Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:03 pm Post subject: Re: Fishing around Seoul?

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

This was asked elsewhere...

Do you need a fishing license in Korea?

lnomad60 · Joined: 18 Jun 2007

I don't live near Seoul so I'm not familiar with the fishing up there; I fish mainly around the Pyeongtaek area. There are fish in the Han, btw. I think for bass, the closest to you and also maybe the best is Singal lake near Suwon. For some info, check out www.anglerstown.com - toward the bottom is a link for "Destinations," once you click that, on the resulting page is a link for the English version and you can then click on the various provinces to find the hotspots near you. You can also click on the different types of fishing on the left side (sea, lure, fly etc), most of the posts are in Korean but some English-speaking folks do post there as well and the webmaster translates most of the posts both ways.

As for a license, the answer is no. Some of the lakes/reservoirs do have a guy that will come around and charge a "maintenance fee" which can range from 5,000 - 10,000 won, which can get expensive pretty quick. From what I hear, there's some excellent fly fishing along the east coast.