can you take fish home from a fishery

[scrollball]

i've never been to a fishery in the uk, i have been to one in hong kong and you are allowed to take fish home with you that you have caught to eat. is this possible in the uk or are the fishes too dirty in water to eat? thanks.

[Fishing Forum Admin]

Almost all water do not allow you to take fish home and the best thing is to check with the water you fish directly

FIsh are fine to eat from british water but the main freshwater fish are trout that you can catch and keep

Hope this helps

[scrollball]

so you can only keep trouts from rivers and lakes? or can you not find trouts at these places and only out in sea?

[pingu]

there are mant trout fisheries all over the country, all have rules about how you fish, and how many you can take,
almost all rivers and lakes are owned by someone/association and you should check on local byelaws

[Pross]

If it's trout you're fishing for then most fisheries will have catch and take. You pay in advance to fish for a certain number of fish so, for example, you may pay for a 4 fish ticket at £6. You can fish until you have caught 4 fish which you then take and have to pay for the actual fish either by weight or per fish. You can then get another ticket if you want, generally you have to take what you catch with this type of fishing although some waters make you return doubles or certain trout species such as tigers. However, most of these fisheries will be fly fishing only. With course fishing most will have rules that all fish are to be returned except for some small fish which can be killed as dead bait for use on that water. Some places may allow eels to be taken and my local angling association has a rule that, bizarrely, barbel caught have to be removed from one of it's river stretches. So, generally, you will normally only be able to take trout and, where rules allow and you have the correct rod licence, salmon or sea trout although this is frowned upon in many places as people are working hard to increase salmon stocks. This is a general position but it is essential to check the rules / bye laws of an individual water before fishing it.

[scrollball]

thanks for all your replies. what is the difference between fly fishing and coarse fishing?thanks

[Pross]

Fly fishing is using an artificial lure usually made of feathers and other textiles cast on a rod specifically designed for the job. No weight is used and the weight / speed of the fly line is used to obtain distance. It is usually used to catch game fish i.e. salmon, trout, char etc.. Course fishing is fishing for non-game species such as carp, roach, tench, bream etc. and there are many methods which can be used.