If you drive on the highway Koniyskomu from Ankara to the south, almost immediately after the intersection of the ring road to the right you can see a large mirror of water, which is surrounded by reeds - Gölbaşı lake.

Crossed by the old Seljuk bridge over the river Kızılırmak, travelers are at the lake, whose name means "The Lake", located near the cave. Here, you can relax on the shore in front of the entrance to Ankara. He is considered the largest body of water, located in this region of Turkey.

Here you will find a shady park, two mosques and two ponds with fat carp. According to local legend, he came out of his cave, Abraham became a fierce critic of the king Nemrut and tried to break the idols in the temple there. Tirana did not like it, and he ordered Abraham to relieve the fortress walls in the expansion of the bottom of the fire. Abraham was saved, according to the word of God when the fire turned into water and firewood in the carp. Since then, the carp is sacred and it is believed that those who eat it - blind.

Near the pond is the first Ain-i-Zeliha (Ayn-i-Zeliha), named after the daughter of Nemrut restaurant and tea room where you can sit in the shade and food to feed the carp, which are sold by the water hawkers. On its shores are always a lot of pilgrims.

This lake is not very deep. The maximum depth here reaches up to four meters, the bottom is flat, muddy, without cavities. It is found a variety of cancers, indicating the purity of the water - in a dirty crabs do not live. So catch them here and the tourists and the locals. However, this is not the most attracts fishermen from all over the world. Lake Gölbaşı literally filled with fish. It is mainly inhabited by pike, carp and tench, spinning so you will be a must.

The fish in the lake started, according to local residents, the Americans in the 50-ies of the last century. They collaborated while in the military field with the Turkish government. Turks from that time began to support the presence of fish in the lake and prevent its disappearance. The main type of food for the pike is a jewel, and since nobody except eat pike, this kind of fish brood here in large numbers.

Gölbaşı Lake has long been recognized as the best fishing in Turkey. This abundance of fish is not the last role played by the fact that this lake until recently held mass Fishing trips and fishing engaged, basically, local fishermen and a small portion of visitors to go fishing enthusiasts.

Only recently I received a sport fishing development. This was due to the fact that the majority of local residents began to travel to work in Europe and there is already familiar with the sport and learned spinning fishing. Despite this, and it is now often found in the southern part of the lake, set for pike network or rakolovnitsy.

On the lake there is one major drawback: there are few places to catch fish from the shore, as on one side the shore built up with houses, and on the other - is overgrown with reeds. The best fishing can only be fishing from a boat, but you need it to take somewhere. You can negotiate with the locals or bring an inflatable boat, but you can, here to take her rented wooden. Tackles desirable result is also because there are no specialized shops where you can buy them.