pertinaxone
Active member
I have found a small stretch of brook/river which seems to hold some superb fish...
The problem is thus: This brook seems to run through "open" public ground/land, and is actually alongside a public foot path. There are no fences stopping people having access to the fishing, and there ARE signs (floats in trees mainly!) that someone has, does fish the stretch. BUT how would I go about fishing it? There is nothing to say the fishing is public or private or even allowed, nothing to say who owns the land/access... Do I take the risk and cast a line and end up with a poaching fine and sentence? Risk getting a slap on the wrist from a bailiff? Get pushed in?
What could I do to find out how to legally fish the water is another way of putting it... I know I'm not 100% clear on this, but having done numerous (internet) searches, I can't find anything out about this bit of brook!
Should I contact the council? Or just hang about on the bank, waiting for someone with a rod to turn up?
Thanks for any help,
Jason
The problem is thus: This brook seems to run through "open" public ground/land, and is actually alongside a public foot path. There are no fences stopping people having access to the fishing, and there ARE signs (floats in trees mainly!) that someone has, does fish the stretch. BUT how would I go about fishing it? There is nothing to say the fishing is public or private or even allowed, nothing to say who owns the land/access... Do I take the risk and cast a line and end up with a poaching fine and sentence? Risk getting a slap on the wrist from a bailiff? Get pushed in?
What could I do to find out how to legally fish the water is another way of putting it... I know I'm not 100% clear on this, but having done numerous (internet) searches, I can't find anything out about this bit of brook!
Should I contact the council? Or just hang about on the bank, waiting for someone with a rod to turn up?
Thanks for any help,
Jason