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Fishing in Suffolk
Catching your own breakfast, lunch or tea is a patient and popular art, and the variety of water yielding good fishing in Suffolk draws keen anglers in droves. There are dozens of angling clubs and societies operating in the county, sharing helpful local knowledge with visitors.
First, the inland scene. The numerous rivers, ponds, lakes and gravel pits mean that fishing in Suffolk provides a variety of scenic locations and fishing conditions to enjoy the day. Tickets are reasonable, and some locations give opportunity for night-fishing as well. A successful day fishing in Suffolk means roach or perch, tench, chub, maybe even a pike, and good old marshland eels.
You don’t have to bring tackle. You can hire or buy as you please. The clubs spell out the friendly rules for bait, which can be obtained locally too. Some waters are open all year. The River Stour’s luscious banks are a beautiful place to fish – but then so are others, giving you a choice of wonderful spots that might prove a lot harder than landing a catch.
Sea fishing in Suffolk is popular too. Lowestoft and Orford beach fishing has a long tradition, and provides a fantastic family opportunity to combine beach fun with some serious lines. You can be taken out to sea to continue your angling by the charter boats to be found at quays and harbours.
And if you don’t fancy what the successful fishers have proudly brought home, just pop their catch in a freezer and offer them the bait that restaurants of Suffolk dish up - the professional catches of sole, plaice, cod, sprats, shrimp, lobster, crab…which can be purchased straight from the fishermens’ sheds on the beach, and from the early-morning stalls of Suffolk harbours.
Gone Fishing!
Goslings Farm Shop, Trimley St Martin, Felixstowe 01394 273361 - well stocked carp lakes open all year round
Long Pond/Cable Pond, Clare, Call Wilf Garnere on 01787 278315 £5 from house not on the bank
Keddies Farm, Brandiston Hall, Waldingfield 01787 247220
Foxearth Fishery Nightfishing by arrangement 01787 280024
Willow Lake, Swanscombe, Earls Colne, 01787 2232562
Willows Reservoir, Wix Nightfishing by arrangement 0966217431
Lakeside, Onehouse 01449 613770
Fennes Fishery Bocking nr Halstead 01376 323285
Rayne Lodge Braintree 01376 3457193
Kates Hill Lake, Raydon 01473 823054
Hill Top Farm, Nayland 01206 263551
Highbridge Fishery, Bridgeham, nr Thetford 01359 252393
Cross Drove Fishery, Hockwold nr Lakenheath 01284 828102
First, the inland scene. The numerous rivers, ponds, lakes and gravel pits mean that fishing in Suffolk provides a variety of scenic locations and fishing conditions to enjoy the day. Tickets are reasonable, and some locations give opportunity for night-fishing as well. A successful day fishing in Suffolk means roach or perch, tench, chub, maybe even a pike, and good old marshland eels.
You don’t have to bring tackle. You can hire or buy as you please. The clubs spell out the friendly rules for bait, which can be obtained locally too. Some waters are open all year. The River Stour’s luscious banks are a beautiful place to fish – but then so are others, giving you a choice of wonderful spots that might prove a lot harder than landing a catch.
Sea fishing in Suffolk is popular too. Lowestoft and Orford beach fishing has a long tradition, and provides a fantastic family opportunity to combine beach fun with some serious lines. You can be taken out to sea to continue your angling by the charter boats to be found at quays and harbours.
And if you don’t fancy what the successful fishers have proudly brought home, just pop their catch in a freezer and offer them the bait that restaurants of Suffolk dish up - the professional catches of sole, plaice, cod, sprats, shrimp, lobster, crab…which can be purchased straight from the fishermens’ sheds on the beach, and from the early-morning stalls of Suffolk harbours.
Gone Fishing!
Goslings Farm Shop, Trimley St Martin, Felixstowe 01394 273361 - well stocked carp lakes open all year round
Long Pond/Cable Pond, Clare, Call Wilf Garnere on 01787 278315 £5 from house not on the bank
Keddies Farm, Brandiston Hall, Waldingfield 01787 247220
Foxearth Fishery Nightfishing by arrangement 01787 280024
Willow Lake, Swanscombe, Earls Colne, 01787 2232562
Willows Reservoir, Wix Nightfishing by arrangement 0966217431
Lakeside, Onehouse 01449 613770
Fennes Fishery Bocking nr Halstead 01376 323285
Rayne Lodge Braintree 01376 3457193
Kates Hill Lake, Raydon 01473 823054
Hill Top Farm, Nayland 01206 263551
Highbridge Fishery, Bridgeham, nr Thetford 01359 252393
Cross Drove Fishery, Hockwold nr Lakenheath 01284 828102