River Fowey
River Fowey, Golitha Falls to Boconnoc
River Fowey, Golitha Falls to Boconnoc is a fishing beat on the River Fowey.
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This is the Liskeard & District Angling Club’s water on the River Fowey, between Golitha Falls and Boconnoc in south-east Cornwall. The club numbers its beats and names them by bank. On the Fowey they are Golitha Falls (right bank), Hendergrove Wood (left), Coodes (right), Home Farm (left), Dennickball Wood (left), Jack’s and Lewarne Coombe (right), Jack’s and Upper Boconnoc (left), Wheelpit and Lower Boconnoc (left) and Middle Boconnoc, also called Wainsford (left). This listing covers them together, because the club sets one set of rules for the river and publishes the beat maps itself.
The club fishes the Fowey for salmon and sea trout. It gives the salmon season as 1 April to 30 November and the sea trout season as 1 April to 30 September, and says the river currently has conservation limits. One salmon may be taken a season, and every salmon caught before 16 June goes back, dead or alive. The club also asks members to release the first salmon they catch, with a target of 90 per cent of salmon returned. Up to two sea trout may be taken in 24 hours, four in a week and ten in a season. Sea trout under 35cm and over 55cm go back.
Fly, spinning and bait are all allowed, with the limits set out in the rules. Members fish on their membership, and visitors can buy a day or week ticket on the club’s website.
Rules and policies
Fishing rules for River Fowey, Golitha Falls to Boconnoc
Members of Liskeard & District Angling Club, or visitors on a club day or week ticket, who become temporary members. Salmon season 1 April to 30 November and sea trout season 1 April to 30 September, with conservation limits in force on the Fowey. One salmon may be taken a season; release all salmon before 16 June. Up to two sea trout may be taken in 24 hours, four in a week and ten in a season. Sea trout under 35cm and over 55cm go back. No worming for salmon before 16 June or after 31 August, and prawn or shrimp only after 16 June on a single barbless hook. Bait fishing is with single barbless hooks only and no circle hooks. Fly fishing and spinning are with no treble hooks, and every hook is single and barbless after 31 August. You need a valid Environment Agency rod licence.
Where River Fowey, Golitha Falls to Boconnoc is
Exact location is hidden at the owner's request. This beat is on the River Fowey.
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River
The River Fowey rises at Fowey Well, about a mile north west of Brown Willy on Bodmin Moor, not far from tributaries that start at Dozmary Pool and Colliford Lake. It runs about 25 miles, passing Lanhydrock House, Restormel Castle and Lostwithiel, then widens below Milltown and meets the English Channel at the town of…
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