licence fishing in scotland

scrollball · #1 07-24-2005, 05:43 PM

do you need to require a envirnoment agency rod licence fishing in scotland.. because in you are required to buy one in england and wales.......but buying it at the post office does not seem to include scotland. thanks

Portland Pirate · #2 07-24-2005, 06:42 PM

There is no Rod Licence in Scotland. What a civilised bunch us Scott's are

scrollball · #3 07-24-2005, 07:02 PM

does that mean you can fish for free at lakes, rivers and canals? thanks

mugz · #4 07-25-2005, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Portland Pirate

There is no Rod Licence in Scotland. What a civilised bunch us Scott's are

no licence required pal, all you have to pay is the cost of your day ticket.

Calincalif · #5 09-13-2005, 02:34 PM

Do you only sell day tickets or can you get an annual license? Which is what most of us here do.

Pross · #6 09-13-2005, 04:29 PM

Most waters will have season tickets in some way, it may be the rights are given to an angling club and you have to get annual membership to the club or you may just be able to get annual permits for a particular section of river or lake from the person who owns the fishing rights. A lot of places will have week tickets and day tickets as well although some fisheries (mainly on rivers) will be season permit holders only. Having week or day tickets available is obviously ideal for tourists who are only in the area for a couple of days or weeks especially when you are looking at thousands of pounds for some stretches on salmon waters.

Calincalif · #7 09-13-2005, 06:12 PM

So if I wanted to fish consistently on fresh waters for "Game" fish it woul be very expensive
? What are some of the costs for joining a club?

Pross · #8 09-14-2005, 09:19 AM

It depends where you fish. My local river is the Usk which has a decent reputation for salmon (by UK standards!) and the strecth I looked at this year was about £110 for the year for non-migratory trout. Salmon is usually far more expensive and other stretches can be a lot more expensive just for trout while there are adjacent stretches to the one I priced which are owned by angling clubs and are similar prices but the price allows access to all club waters. I know of several free stretches of river which hold trout. It is the salmon that are very expensive to fish for, I'm not sure what sort of prices you'd have to pay in Scotland but I suspect the famous salmon rivers like the Spey would be serious money. Added to all that, in England and Wales you need a rod licence for all freshwater fishing which is about £35 per year.

Calincalif · #9 09-14-2005, 02:28 PM

Lic here are $33.35 US dollars, and then you must purchase a salmon punch card and a steelhead (ocean trout) report card they are minimal in cost. Add the cost of a second rod lic which is around $7.50 and you've already spent over $45 or about 26 quid at the current exchange rate. Only saving grace is ther's a larger area to fish with the exception of closed area like most other parts of the world

Stuart · #10 09-20-2005, 09:08 PM

You will pay through the nose for most of the famous salmon rivers in Scotland, but if you are willing to spend a bit of time doing some research you can have great sport for very little money. There are beats on rivers like the tay, tweed and spey where you can get on for as little as £10 for a days fishing, although you dont get any of the trimmings like a ghillie etc.

Move away from the bigger rivers and there is still a host of great fishing to be had, some of which is free. There are beats on the endrick (the main tributory of Loch Lomond) that will cost you as little as £6 per day. And for the course angler the majority of the fishing is free.

Spend a little time looking about and you can have a reasonably priced weeks fishing with some good sport into the bargin.

Cheers

Stuart

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