Broads angle

The Broads is a great place to try angling and the Angling Trust anglingtrust.net has lots of information to help you get started. The Broads Angling Services Group basgonline.org is also keen to encourage newcomers and to support young anglers.

The coarse fishing season runs from 16 June to 14 March every year and you must have a current Environment Agency licence, available from post offices or gov.uk/fishing-licences. You’ll find many local fishing tackle shops and if you’re a beginner they’ll be happy to advise you. Take unwanted tackle home. Discarding it can cause problems for wildlife.

The beautiful and diverse Broads National Park offers so much to see and do for everyone.

But this magical place needs everyone’s support to safeguard its future for generations to come. The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Charitable Trust aims to do just that, by welcoming donations from visitors, local people and businesses through its fund-raising scheme, Love the Broads.

So far, Love the Broads has given over £100,000 in grants to 54 amazing projects that benefit the landscape and wildlife of the Broads, and help school groups and other visitors to really enjoy and understand the special Broads environment. You can find all the projects that have been helped thanks to donations raised at lovethebroads.org.uk

Please help Love the Broads and the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Charitable Trust to keep the Broads special. Anyone can make a real difference to the Broads by donating. Please go to justgiving.com/nsbct, become a member or consider leaving a legacy to fund a significant project – contact info@lovethebroads.org.uk

Give a little back to a place that you love. Charity number 1124552

You can fish from the bank or from platforms, or you can hire a boat – some boatyards hire day boats specifically for fishing and you’re allowed to fish in most of the Broads waterways provided there is public access. Bream, perch, pike, roach, rudd, tench and eel are the likely catch. Make way for boaters and canoeists if you’re fishing from moorings or a canoe launch platform. For accessible fishing locations suitable for wheelchair users see page 11. broads-authority.gov.uk/angling (includes map) VisitTheBroads.co.uk/angling