Fishing in Southampton: 213 Waters, Nearest 0.8km

Looking for somewhere to fish near Southampton? The water around Southampton is mixed — 100 lakes and 93 rivers among 213 named waters within 20km. The closest is Rolles Brook, 0.8km out — and 20 more sit inside 5km.

What you can expect to catch near Southampton

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

Lakes (100, closest 1.7km) — Carp, tench, bream and roach dominate most stillwaters, with perch and pike where there's baitfish to support them.
Rivers (93, closest 0.8km) — 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.
Sea & coastal (13, closest 3.5km) — Bass and mackerel through the warmer months, flatfish year-round, and codling more likely once the water cools.
Canals (7, closest 7.5km) — 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 Southampton

On stillwaters, features do the work: margins, islands, weed edges, drop-offs and any wind-blown bank. Plumb the depth before committing to a spot, and remember the uncomfortable windward bank is usually where the food ends up.

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

213 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 Southampton

Rolles Brook · river · 0.8km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
River Itchen · river · 1.3km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
River Test · river · 2.4km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Jurd's Lake · river · 2.6km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
River Itchen (southern) · river · 2.9km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Tanner's Brook · river · 3.2km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Holly Brook · river · 3.3km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Monks Brook · river · 3.4km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
North Dibden Stream · river · 3.5km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Cracknore Hard Stream · river · 3.6km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Tanner's Creek · river · 3.8km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Southampton Water · river · 4.3km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Eling Channel · river · 4.8km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Townhill Stream · river · 5.1km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Bartley Water · river · 5.5km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Spear Pond Gully · river · 5.8km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Jacob's Gutter · river · 5.8km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Little River Test · river · 6.0km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Hungerford Stream · river · 6.7km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
River Langley Stream · river · 6.8km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Chandler's Ford Stream · river · 7.5km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Badnam Creek · river · 7.5km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Wildern Stream · river · 7.5km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Beaulieu River · river · 7.8km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Pudbrook Lake · river · 7.9km from Southampton centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.

+68 more within range — open CastLog to search the full list.

Lakes near Southampton

Cemetery Lake · lake · 1.7km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
The Lake · lake · 2.2km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Shirley Pond · lake · 3.1km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Miller's Pond · lake · 3.4km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Lower Itchen Fishery · lake · 4.6km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Park Pond · lake · 5.1km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Shrubbery Pond · lake · 5.2km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Langley Pond · lake · 6.4km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Rushbush Pond · lake · 6.5km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Little Testwood Lake · lake · 7.6km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Testwood Lake · lake · 7.9km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Starpole Pond · lake · 8.1km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Mill Pond · lake · 8.2km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Stonyford Pond · lake · 8.4km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Five Oaks Trout Lake and Lodge · lake · 8.5km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Longbridge Lake · lake · 8.5km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Testwood Lakes · lake · 8.6km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Broadlands Lake · lake · 8.6km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Quobleigh Pond · lake · 8.8km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Centre Lake · lake · 9.0km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Bens Lake · lake · 9.2km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Toms Lake · lake · 9.3km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Little Lake · lake · 9.3km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
New Lake · lake · 9.3km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Costicles Pond · lake · 9.3km from Southampton centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.

+75 more within range — open CastLog to search the full list.

Canals near Southampton

Calmore Canal · canal · 7.5km from Southampton centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
The Itchen Navigation · canal · 9.1km from Southampton centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
Itchen Navigation · canal · 10.3km from Southampton centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
Andover Canal · canal · 12.9km from Southampton centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
Andover or Barge Canal · canal · 13.7km from Southampton centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
Barge Canal · canal · 14.2km from Southampton centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
Salisbury and Southampton Canal · canal · 19.9km from Southampton centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.

Sea & coastal near Southampton

Salmon Pool · coastal mark · 3.5km from Southampton centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Luggy Creek · coastal mark · 3.8km from Southampton centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Bury Reach · coastal mark · 3.9km from Southampton centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Testwood Lane Stream · coastal mark · 5.5km from Southampton centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Curbridge Creek · coastal mark · 10.5km from Southampton centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
St Margarets Creek · coastal mark · 14.0km from Southampton centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Tanners Lake · coastal mark · 17.8km from Southampton centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Cowes Harbour · coastal mark · 18.2km from Southampton centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Heavy Reach · coastal mark · 18.6km from Southampton centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Horn Reach · coastal mark · 19.3km from Southampton centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Short Reach · coastal mark · 19.4km from Southampton centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Wicor Lake · coastal mark · 19.6km from Southampton centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Long Reach · coastal mark · 19.9km from Southampton centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.

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