Category: Israel

dear siras an avid fisherman living in isreal i am thinking of turning my hobby into a bussiness.do you think that there will be a market for fishing the sea of galalee from tourests coming from the states and canada.taking into account the religiouus aspect of the area.i would much appreciate any advice you may be able to giveyourslouis nickel

Posted on December 1st, 2015

Definitely. I would encourage you to check the TV shows we produced on fishing in Israel that are on our https://www.youtube.com/user/ItaloLabignan .

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Just type in “Italo fishing in Israel” in our search engine there. We filmed those shows to get visitors to Israel to also enjoy the great fishing it has to offer. If you email me at, info@canadian-sportfishing.com I can give you some good advise on how to get into the sportfishing as a guiding/charter business.

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I was reading sport fishing in Israel, is this available?

Posted on October 20th, 2015

Yes, you can sportfish in Israel in fresh & saltwater.

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There is trout fishing in certain areas of the Dan & Jordan Rivers, freshwater fishing for Large-scale Barbel, Tilapia, Carp and Wells Catfish in the Sea of Galilee.

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You can saltwater fish in the Mediterranean & Red Sea for Mackerel, Giant Trevally and much more. If you would like additional info. you can email me at info@canadian-sportfishing.com .

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Italo,I take regular trips to Israel and would love to fish the northern rivers for trout. I am aware that you can not fish in the National Parks, however the streams that border the Kibutzim are accessible from what I understand. I already read the other response you gave regarding fishing the Galilee and Mediterranean, but you did not mention fishing in the north. If this is a possibility any advice or names of Kibutz and streams that let you fish would be very helpful. I also wanted to say thank you for doing a show in Israel. Any support we can get in Israel is a blessing!Raleigh Morris

Posted on September 13th, 2015

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Hi Raleigh, you are welcome. We love Israel, it’s people, and fishing there! Not sure if you checked-out our Italo Labignan YouTube channel. If you have not, you can see all of the TV shows we shot there including the ones in the north.  To answer your question, you are correct, you cannot fish in the National Parks, but you can fish the waters outside of them. One of the most common fish in the Dan and Jordan headwaters and midsection is the barbel. When you see these in the clear water they look like trout, but they are not. You can catch them fly fishing and you can catch the large-scaled barbel with small, flashy lures. There are sections of both rivers where rainbows have escaped from the aquaculture operations and can also be caught in certain section along with a trout fishing pond right in Dafna. I do not remember the Kibutz name we fished for rainbows, but I know that it was to the north-west of Capernium and it had a tributary of the Jordan that ran trough it. I would really encourage you to contact Oz Goffman, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, State of Israel. He will be a valuable asset in answering any fishing question you may have.

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Hi! I am an avid fisherwoman from Florida who goes to Israel for half the year and I’m dying to start fishing there! If there is anyone you can connect me with in Israel I would appreciate it so much!!! I head that way in October so anything I can bring from the states I’d love to know. I have a lot of free time and I’m sure you can imagine how crazy I’m going seeing water and not having ANY idea about the fishing there. Help a fisherwoman out please! Tight lines!

Posted on August 12th, 2015

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Israel has good freshwater fishing in the Sea of Galilee for carp, wels catfish, large-scale barbel and tilapia (locally called St. Peter’s fish). The best person to speak to regarding fishing on the Sea of Galilee is Menahem Kev at Kibutz En Gev, Phone: 04-6659800 , Fax: 04-6659818, Email: resort@eingev.org.il .

For saltwater fishing, Oz Goffman, Oz Goffman,PhD, Dep of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, State of ISRAEL, goffman@research.haifa.ac.il ,  will be your best contact. He can direct you to several Israeli sportfishermen that target most of the war-water, saltwater species including; amberjack, king mackerel, tuna, swordfish, jack trevally, and much more.  All of your Florida saltwater tackle, trolling & bottom fishing lures/rigs will work in Israel’s Mediterranean & Red Sea.

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