no license needed on private pool?

[flank0]

my mate just said if you pay for the day on a private pool... no need for rod license is tha corrct or is he wrong?

 

a rod license is needed no matter were you fish and whos pool it is??

[RobStubbs]

Your mate is wrong they are needed anywhere you fish (except the sea).

 

Rob.

[Peter Sharpe]

It sounds as if your mate hasn't got a rod licence, so next time he goes to this pool, why not call the EA and put it to the test?

[seph]

Even if you fished your own pond in the back garden you would need a license.

[UK-Fishing-Tackle.co.uk]

OK chaps - in full agreement with the above - our recommendation to all customers in the shop is they must (or should) have a license in order to fish any inland water private or otherwise....

 

HOWEVER...interesting questions..

 

When does an estuary become a river - salt water estuaries are free in my understanding to fish - or if they are not there are certainly a lot of places which claim they are. When does it become a river precisely, and when do you start requiring a license (it always seems a bit muddled that one).

 

Secondly - some lakes can have general licenses from what I understand - see the page below. I think newbarn farm near paignton has such a license since they claim on their site no national rod licence is required.

 

http://www.gethooked.co.uk/ea_text/ea_text.html

 

So it's not always black and white - and again - I've said it once and I'll say it a thousand times that the EA just don't do enough to educate anglers, don't do enough to enforce licensing and it's about time fishing was removed from their remit and passed to a proper 'fisheries' body governing freshwater and sea angling.

[RobStubbs]

The guy was talking about a private pool not the vaguearies of when does the sea become the river. That is however well documented and covered on the EA website.

 

I too believe there are very rare examples of lakes that have coverall permits but you can count them on the fingers of one hand. The water owner effectively buys a licence for the anglers - hence why it's so rare.

 

So the simple answer is as stated before, you always need a rod licence.

 

Rob.

[chesters1]

stunned to see them checking licencies at my local pond today ,first time i have seen them since '69 ,looked like the same chap too but far older

one chap got caught as a bailiff i dont check them but not having one could be stopped if they had to produce one on buying a permit but i suspect a little too easy for those that make the rules

[RobStubbs]

stunned to see them checking licencies at my local pond today ,first time i have seen them since '69 ,looked like the same chap too but far older

one chap got caught as a bailiff i dont check them but not having one could be stopped if they had to produce one on buying a permit but i suspect a little too easy for those that make the rules

 

Nothing stopping you as a bailiff asking to see them as well.

 

Rob.

[UK-Fishing-Tackle.co.uk]

Sorry Rob - just making the point it isn't always clear cut as to when a license is and isn't required - although I accept you'd always need a license to fish your own (or someone elses) private pond. As a fishing shop owner with people who walk into our shop I'd never heard of a 'general pond license' until late last year and if anyone had asked me about such things (i.e. if they were going on holiday) I'd probably have said no such thing existed. I believe they are more common in holiday areas and tuition type venues.

 

Of course Chesters you could ask, but I often forget my license so I'd be sent packing (a paying customer) - it's not strictly right I know, and I should always carry it, but all EA bailiffs are supposed to be able to check via a mobile phone now anyway - I have had that done twice (both at the same lake last year) and both times he gave me the nod after 2 mins and said carry on.

Edited July 22, 2006 by UK-Fishing-Tackle.co.uk

[Elton]

I've never heard of such a licence, either, and will contact the EA next week for clarification. If it is so, then their site really should be amended:

 

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subje...174139/?lang=_e

 

Did you know that anyone aged 12 years or over who fishes for salmon, trout, freshwater fish or eels in England and Wales must have an Environment Agency Rod Fishing Licence?