Captain
Frans Boonstra

Member since September 2019 Wijk Bij Duurstede, Netherlands
Background
I've been fishing all my life, and in 2018, I decided to dedicate my career to doing what I love. I'm addicted to catching predatory fish, especially Zander. I enjoy teaching people how to fish, sharing passion and knowledge with my clients, and showing them a good time in beautiful nature. I love being outdoors, catching fish, and I love even more sharing that experience with other avid anglers.
Techniques
I prefer fishing with light rods and fishing with lures or dead bait in several ways.

Hey, I'm Captain Frans Boonstra

Wijk Bij Duurstede, Netherlands
Background
I've been fishing all my life, and in 2018, I decided to dedicate my career to doing what I love. I'm addicted to catching predatory fish, especially Zander. I enjoy teaching people how to fish, sharing passion and knowledge with my clients, and showing them a good time in beautiful nature. I love being outdoors, catching fish, and I love even more sharing that experience with other avid anglers.
Techniques
I prefer fishing with light rods and fishing with lures or dead bait in several ways.
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Reviews
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Fishing Reports

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Kayakfisher

Excellent
4.9 / 5
(47 reviews)
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Fishing Reports

Big ides on De Krommerijn
Big ides on De Krommerijn
Jul 28, 2022 Wijk Bij Duurstede
Today I was allowed to arrange a fishing trip that the wife had received as a surprise from her husband. It took getting used to the techniques we were using so it was difficult for my clients to catch fish. And when a nice pike finally grabbed the baitfish from my female guest, this fish was unfortunately lost. Because there are many large ides and asps on this water, I had thrown bread into the water all day long. And finally we saw the long-awaited eddies on the surface of the water. After I caught a big ide, my male guest also switched to ide fishing. And he knew that game right away. After a few big roaches he also caught a beautiful ide. On the way back we trolled and that resulted in 2 fat bass in the last 10 minutes.
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Kayakfishing on De Overijsselse Vecht
Kayakfishing on De Overijsselse Vecht
Jul 26, 2022 Wijk Bij Duurstede
This day I had the honor of hosting a birthday trip. On special request I came to water that is in the vicinity of the customer. That meant figuring out what could work well here. When the customer felt light bites I tried a smaller hook and then found out which baitfish was swimming around here. I caught a few of those to use as bait. But... there were no bites on this bait. So I advised a shad that matched the baitfish in color. And that worked for my guest; in addition to a missed bite and a pike shooting off the surface, a nice pike came on board. And I caught some nice perches myself with a smaller bait because I didn't want to catch the pike for my client.
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Kayakfishing on De Krommerijn
Kayakfishing on De Krommerijn
Jul 13, 2022 Wijk Bij Duurstede
Today we were with my Hobie-kayaks on the small river called Krommerijn in Holland. My guest came from South Africa and wanted to learn fishing in Holland. And he was lucky or ..... a good angler. Anyway, he catched his first pike ever in 8 minutes under the bridge where we started. Most of the time it brings bad luck to catch the first fish so early. But not today on the 13th (!) of July. After this pike he catched a beautiful zander and... another pike and another zander and another pike. And half way our trrip we catched some small perches and gobles from shore just for the fun and because they were new species for my guest. So we had a great day and some very nice catches in beautiful surroundings.
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Zander workshop
Zander workshop
Jul 31, 2021 Wijk Bij Duurstede
This half day we went fishing in a canal nearby Wijk bij Duurstede in the centre of the Netherlands. My guests wanted to learn fishing on zander. We cathched this morning 4 zanders.
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Fishing with kids
Fishing with kids
Jul 29, 2021 Wijk Bij Duurstede
Last week I went fishing with two nice kids. We had a lot of fun nearby my house in a little town called Oudega in the province Friesland (Holland). We catched lot of roachs and the kids good not stop : ). The next day I went also fishing on pike with the boy.
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 47 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (116)
amazing morning kayak fishing!
Frans is a very cool local Dutch guide !
Frans is a very cool local Dutch guide !
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Good experience
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Friendly captain
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Recommend this charter
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Appropriate for children
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Satisfied with the boat
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Caught fish
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Rohit B.
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Excellent
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Great fishing with Frans!

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip โ€“ Kayak Fishing (AM) on August 16, 2025
I had a very nice time fishing with Frans. He is knowledgeable about the local areas and I caught a couple of pikes!
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Matt K.
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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See the Netherlands that others miss out on!

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip โ€“ Kayak Fishing on September 3, 2025
A very peaceful and enjoyable kayak trip on a beautiful stretch of river.ย  Frans is a great captain who is patient and thoughtful...
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Mark N.
Excellent
4.7 / 5
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Very good
4.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Frans was great and fun to be with

VERIFIED   Boatfishing on June 9, 2025
We did not catch a lot of fish but Frans was very nice and tried as hard as he could. It was everything I could ask for in...
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Firas M.
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Amazing on-shore rod fishing trip

VERIFIED   Halve day trip - Boatfishing on April 1, 2025
As we were beginners, we opted for shore rod fishing in a river near Bunnik. Frans was amazing in teaching us basic techniques...
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Alexander E.
Excellent
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August fishing trip

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip โ€“ Kayak Fishing (PM) on August 23, 2025
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