Fishing in Hull: 240 Waters, Nearest 1.8km

Looking for somewhere to fish near Hull? Hull is rivers country: 64% of the 240 named waters within 20km are rivers, with lakes the next most common. The closest is Beverley and Barmston Drain, 1.8km out — and 16 more sit inside 5km.

What you can expect to catch near Hull

What's realistic here follows the water you've actually got in range, and it varies by type:

Rivers (153, closest 1.8km) — Expect chub, roach, dace and perch through most English rivers, with barbel in the faster, gravelly stretches and pike in the slower ones. Upper reaches may hold trout and grayling.
Lakes (74, closest 2.5km) — Carp, tench, bream and roach dominate most stillwaters, with perch and pike where there's baitfish to support them.
Sea & coastal (12, closest 3.0km) — Bass and mackerel through the warmer months, flatfish year-round, and codling more likely once the water cools.
Canals (1, closest 13.5km) — Roach, perch, bream, gudgeon and skimmers make up most canal catches, with pike and increasingly carp for anyone targeting something bigger.

Fishing the water around Hull

On rivers, read the flow before you cast. Fish hold on the seam where fast water meets slow, in the crease behind obstructions, and under undercut banks. Approach from downstream where you can — fish face into the current, so you'll be behind them.

Before you go

You'll need an Environment Agency rod licence to fish for freshwater species in England, and that's separate from permission to fish the water itself — most venues also need a day ticket or club membership. Check both before you travel, along with any close season on rivers.

Every named water within 20km

240 in total, closest first — a live slice of the 500,000+ waters in CastLog. Photograph a catch on any of them and the app names the species, estimates its size, and logs the spot and conditions automatically.

Rivers near Hull

Beverley and Barmston Drain · river · 1.8km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
River Hull · river · 1.8km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Setting Dike · river · 1.8km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Holderness Drain · river · 3.4km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Swine South Side Drain · river · 3.8km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Ganstead Drain · river · 3.8km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Engine Drain · river · 4.2km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Swine and Castle Hill Drain · river · 4.4km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Swine Church Drain · river · 4.7km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Western Drain · river · 5.0km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Foredyke Stream · river · 5.1km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Old Fleet · river · 5.4km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Mill Beck · river · 5.7km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Lambwath Stream · river · 5.9km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Swine, Benningholme and Arnold Ings Drain · river · 6.3km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Wanlass Beck · river · 6.4km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Thirtleby and Wyton Drain · river · 6.4km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Preston New Drain · river · 6.4km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Kelwell Drain · river · 6.5km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Broadlane Beck · river · 6.6km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Sand Dike · river · 6.9km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Acre Head Drain · river · 7.2km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Drewery's Sock Dike · river · 7.2km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Monkbridge Stream · river · 7.3km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Hedon Haven · river · 7.4km from Hull centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.

+128 more within range — open CastLog to search the full list.

Lakes near Hull

The Lake · lake · 2.5km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Bransholme Lagoon · lake · 3.0km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Bransholme Fishing Lake · lake · 3.5km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Brasholme Fishing Lake · lake · 3.5km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Lagoon Hull · lake · 5.2km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Hosticks Fishing Lakes · lake · 6.4km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Barmston Farm · lake · 7.2km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
New Holland Mere · lake · 7.3km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Fairfields Pit · lake · 7.7km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Windmill Pond · lake · 8.0km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Rush Lyvars Fishing Lake · lake · 8.9km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Duck Hill Well · lake · 8.9km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Risby Park Fishing Ponds · lake · 10.0km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Risby Park Fishing Ponds (Fishing Dawn till Dusk) · lake · 10.0km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Burton Constable · lake · 10.0km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
The Main Lake · lake · 10.5km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
The Canal Lake · lake · 10.6km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
The Neck Lake · lake · 10.7km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Pasture Wood Fisheries · lake · 10.8km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Barton Broads · lake · 11.3km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Butterswood Lodge ( No Winter Day Tickets ) · lake · 11.4km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Butterswood Lodge · lake · 11.5km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Town's Dike · lake · 11.8km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
The Mere · lake · 11.8km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Blasket Pond · lake · 12.2km from Hull centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.

+49 more within range — open CastLog to search the full list.

Canals near Hull

Leven Canal · canal · 13.5km from Hull centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.

Sea & coastal near Hull

Outer Basin · coastal mark · 3.0km from Hull centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Humber Dock Basin · coastal mark · 3.4km from Hull centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Hull Roads · coastal mark · 4.8km from Hull centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Kenley Reach · coastal mark · 6.5km from Hull centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Hessle Haven · coastal mark · 8.9km from Hull centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Hessle Whelps · coastal mark · 10.9km from Hull centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Barton Haven · coastal mark · 10.9km from Hull centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
North Killingholme Haven · coastal mark · 13.0km from Hull centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Brough Roads · coastal mark · 17.3km from Hull centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Ellerker Haven · coastal mark · 17.4km from Hull centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Brough Haven · coastal mark · 17.5km from Hull centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Winteringham Haven · coastal mark · 18.8km from Hull centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.

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