Fishing, any where near London

sebastianj

We try and have fish twice a week and I have calculated the costs it is a bit too much. I have now bought a Rod and am gathering worms to go fishing, question is where to go? Ideas on best places to fish most appreciated.
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dacouch

The evironmental agency has a list of some of the venues on its website and it even tells you if the fishing is free

maninthestreet

Don't go fishing without a rod licence!

sebastianj

This beats the object of having cheap fish, so, I pay for the license, drive to the pond, invite fish for dinner, catch it somehow, then save what? Are you saying it is a crap idea?
seb

bob_a_builder

At first, I thought you meant as a hobby, get out and about sort of thing
But no you want to eat the stuff
I really think you may be better off doing the hunter gatherer thing at the fishmongers rather than the fishing venues round London, even though the salmon has been making a come back in the Thames

sebastianj

My first thought was to start catching pigeons in Piccadilly but was told that bacteria will kill me instead. I am sure fish should be ok, don't mean to catch it at Hampton Court, a bit further away.
seb

bob_a_builder

My first thought was to start catching pigeons in Piccadilly but was told that bacteria will kill me instead.

You're a dedicated moneysaver and no mistake

Some info on what MIGHT be edible - LINK

Some info on why you might not be able to take what you want LINK

Teahfc

Should you find the urge to fish in the UK the coarse fishing season starts on June 16th and the cost of a licence is £26.00 for a year.

Reading your posts in this thread that you would like to eat the fish you would need to visit a trout lake in order to catch and eat. You still need a fishing licence for that and a days fishing at a trout lake would cost you £20 ish plus the price of the fish you catch.

The fine for fishing with no licence ie £2000 the fine for removing fish from a river is up to £5000.

Reading your previous posts in other threads you seem pretty clever person so I am taking this thread to be a bit of a wind up chasing pigeons etc

If not and you intend to remove fish from rivers I hope you get caught and fined £5000