Coarse Catches

10:22 am

After a temporary suspension due to high water temperatures. FISHING FOR ALL SPECIES HAS RESUMED on the beats below Builth Wells on the Wye and Brecon on the Usk. 

Care with handling should still be exercised with any fish caught.

1:51 pm

After a temporary suspension due to rising water temperature, trout (and pike) fishing on the beats below Builth Wells on the Wye has resumed.

Salmon fishing remains suspended for now.  Salmon and trout fishing on the beats below Brecon on the Usk, including the town water remains suspended.

If you are booked to fish in the immediate future and have any concerns, please email admin@fishingpassport.co.uk

10:18 am

Please note that river temperatures have cooled sufficiently to resume Pike fishing on the Middle & Lower Wye.

9:37 am

Please note that due to rising water temperatures, it is advised that no Pike fishing takes place from 16th June 2023 until further notice. This suspension will be reviewed daily. Thank you.

10:22 am

Goodrich Court is now available for coarse fishing between 18th October and 2nd March. 

4:03 pm

Whitney Court : Visiting angler reported catching his PB Pike at 20lb 3oz on beat 6 Yesterday.

9:31 am

Trelough Pool has now reopened for 2022 bookings

10:33 am

FISHING PASSPORT NOTICE:

While neither river received any rain, water temperatures have thankfully dropped following the cooler weather over the weekend. The forecast for the rest of this week is for these more “normal” conditions to continue.

For Passport-participating fisheries, this means that river Wye coarse fishing can resume on Tuesday 27th July.

However, it is vital that anglers follow good catch and release practice during the current conditions, especially those targeting barbel. This means playing fish hard and getting them to the net as soon as you can.

Any exposure to the air after capture will reduce their chances of survival so we ask all anglers not to hold fish up for photos for the time being. If possible, unhook them in the net and release them into water that is cooler and faster flowing. We appreciate that this isn’t always possible but we urge anglers to try to find swims which allow them to practice these good C&R practices. We would also like to remind anglers that keep nets are not permitted at any time on any Passport-participating waters.

Other Wye fisheries that do not participate in the Passport will be making their own decisions on reopening. However, Angling Dreams are also restarting their river fishing fully tomorrow with the same conditions as above.

Thank you for your patience and our apologies for any inconvenience caused by the previous closure.

The Fishing Passport.

1:56 pm

FISHING PASSPORT NOTICE

Water temperatures have been rising on both rivers this week and will continue to do so in the heatwave that is predicted over the weekend.

Dissolved oxygen levels will be dropping too and as a result, we would like to remind all anglers that it is especially important to practice good catch & release techniques in such conditions. This means playing and releasing fish as quickly as possible without ever taking them out of the water.

Salmon are the most susceptible species to low oxygen levels and fishing for them has now been suspended on all Wye & Usk beats that participate in the Passport. Should tempertaures rise much further, it may be necessary to extend the suspension to coarse fishing too. 

While decisions may be taken at short notice, if we have to take any action we will try to give anglers as much warning as possible. If your booking is affected by a fishery closure, a full refund for ticket(s) will be offered, or the chance to rebook later in the season.

We apologise in advance ant inconvenience is caused but we are sure you will agree that fish welfare is a priority.

10:26 am

COVID UPDATE: The Wales/England border is now open so Fishing Passport bookings are operating as normal. Please remember to follow COVID advice and be aware that future restrictions on travel could be imposed if infection rates rise again.

12:20 pm

COVID UPDATE: Fishing Passport beats are now open for online bookings. However, although restrictions within England and Wales have been eased, please note that cross-border travel is not permitted for exercise or recreation (i.e. fishing) at least until April 12th. We will update this message as soon as travel between England and Wales has been confirmed as possible again.

5:30 pm

The current expectation is a resumption of being able to travel for fishing in England on the 29th of March. Meanwhile, in Wales some relaxing of the rules is hoped for on the 15th March. 

The Passport will remain closed online for now but we are accepting telephone bookings. Please be aware though that we are still running a limited Booking Office so the lines may be busy.

More details.

5:46 pm

Despite confirmation by the Westminster Government that fishing constitutes exercise, restrictions on movement remain in place with travel only permitted with your locality (village, town or area of city). This means that for the vast majority, fishing Passport beats is not possible within the rules and we have therefore decided to remain closed for the time being.

Please note that while Passport fisheries are closed they cannot be viewed on the Fishing Passport website, nor can their catch returns.

Once a date for the end of lockdown has been confirmed by Welsh and Westminster Governments, we will reopen the fisheies for bookings. For the latest information, please see the Wye & Usk Foundation's "COVID-19 Latest" webpage.

1:28 pm

The new lockdown in England proscribes any 'leisure or recreation.' This, along with the Tier 4 lockdown in Wales means that all Fishing Passport beats are closed until further notice. Advance bookings will not restart until confirmation of the easing of lockdown restirctions has been confirmed by the Westminster and Welsh Governments. For the latest information, please see the Wye & Usk Foundation's "COVID-19 Latest" webpage.

6:14 pm

COVID-19 Update

With the start of the 4-week lockdown in England yesterday and the end of the Welsh firebreak on Monday 9th, we have issued an update on Passport fishing which can be found here.

7:15 pm

COVID-19 UPDATE: Following the announcement today that a 2-week lockdown will begin in Wales from 6pm on Friday 23rd October, Welsh Fishing Passport beats will close for bookings during that time. Beats in England remain unaffected. See here for more details. 

9:28 am

Mid Ballingham and Fownhope 8: a suprise for Charlie McBridge who hooked a monster and played it for 45 mins before landing a common Carp of 18lbs He went on to land a barbel (8lbs) 

2:36 pm

COVID-19 Update - following the First Minister's announcement today of the lifting of travel restrictions from next week, we will begin to reopen Welsh Passport fisheries for online bookings as of Monday. Please bear with us as it may take a few hours to reopen all of them.

4:40 pm

COVID-19 UPDATE: Following the First Minister's announcement today, Welsh Passport fisheries will remain bookable only for those "local" to each fishery via telephone until July 6th at the earliest.

12:14 pm

Fownhope 5 : Beat now available for the opening day, 16th June. Book online or call 01874 712074

9:04 pm

Trelough Pool: A great day for Dan Chance.....11lb Common, 6 3/4 and 5 3/4 bream on pellet. 2 small roach, 5 1/2 and 4lb bream on corn. 

8:04 pm

COVID-19 UPDATE: Some Passport fisheries in Wales have reopened for "local" anglers only. Bookings are by telephone only. For more details, please see here.

8:27 am

Trelough Pool: Great day for John Cheyne: 7 carp, all but one over 10lbs 

5:11 pm

COVID-19 UPDATE: Bookings for Fishing Passport beats in England to resume from Wednesday 13th May. See here for more details.

7:50 pm

COVID-19 UPDATE: Following today's announcement on the changes to lockdown measures in England (but not Wales), the Passport will remain closed to bookings for time being. We will be reviewing the situation tomorrow following the release of further details from the Government.