Can I fish here?
Find places to fish and what permission you need to fish there.
10 waters mapped1 club10 checked in the last month
Currently covering the Thames between Abingdon and Wallingford. More areas coming.
How this map works
The colours are the permission
Every stretch is drawn in the colour of what it is reported to need. Tap one to show only those.
The badges are how well we know it
- Checked by CanI.fish — Somebody here found the evidence, recorded it on the page and dated it.
- Reported — Somebody told us. Nobody here has checked it.
- Anglers confirmed — Anglers who had been there told us the page matched. Counted on its own, and no number of them turns a page green.
- Disputed — We hold conflicting information and have not resolved it.
Waters are drawn as stretches, not pins
“The Thames at Wallingford” is a length of bank, not a point. A pin tells you a club exists somewhere near here; a stretch tells you where the permission starts and where it stops, which is the thing you need standing on the towpath.
Tap a stretch for the detail. The map needs JavaScript; everything below does not.
Or plan a day — say what you want to catch, how far you will go and what you will pay, and see what matches.
This site grants no permission to fish.
Checked by us
Clubs and fisheries (1)
The bodies reported to control these waters. Each page lists their waters and what we were told about joining.
Add or correct a water
Draw a water we are missing, or tell us where we have one wrong. Every submission is reviewed by a person.
Rod licences
You need one to fish for freshwater fish in England and Wales, on top of any ticket or membership.
How we check
What our check means. What an angler’s check means.