Our Man with a Mullet! Dean Asplin, enjoys a quick post-work fish and catches an impressive Bristol harbour fish after a Get Fishing event to learn how to fish are happening near you

Dean Asplin, Angling Trust‘s Regional Angling Development Officer for the South West, helped organise a sea fishing Get Fishing event recently in Portishead, Bristol and had a quick fish himself after the event. Wow – he caught this massive mullet!

Check out these pics of Dean and you can see the unknown potential of semi-urban saltwater fisheries like this that might be right on your doorstep. They are part of the huge fishing offer available to newcomeres and returner anglers in England who can get into fishing and enjoy all of the benefits of spending time outdoors, having some quality and fun sessions fishing together with friends or family, or simply enjoying a bit of “me-time” to refresh your batteries and reconnect with nature after a long busy day at work – exactly what Dean did!

Congratulations, Dean!!!

We’re helping to organise more Get Fishing events like this in area and in fact all over the country!

Events are added all the time and at the moment, during our popular Spring into Fishing programme, every day, so please check our Get Fishing events diary for new events near to you.

The events are run in partnership with dedicated Event Delivery Partners, they are all fun, safe and friendly and are part-funded by the Environment Agency who also provide a FREE rod fishing licence for the event, that covers everybody while they are fishing. Amazing!

After the event ends we aim for the newcomer angling participants to be better enabled to progress or complete their newcomer angler journey, and be ready to take the first-steps on their own visits to fisheries and venues where they can fish on their own as long as they have the correct rod fishing licence, some basic knowledge of how to catch and release coarse fish including carp, perch and roach, or catch game fish including trout at places that are geared up for that type of fishing with flies or trout lures.

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The Get Fishing campaign is funded by

The Angling Trust’s Get Fishing campaign to get more people fishing more often is funded by the Environment Agency from fishing licence income as part of the National Angling Strategic Services contract with the Angling Trust, and Sport England. Children under 13 do not need a licence, and licences for children aged between 13 and 16 are free but you still need to register and receive a licence before you go fishing. You can get a licence for the full year, for 8 days (ideal for holidays!) or just a day’s fishing.

NOTE: Although young children who are under 13 year old do not need a licence to fish, the person supervising them needs to have the proper fishing licence before they take hold of the fishing rod or help the child fish with it.

Get Fishing is Proudly Supported by

The Angling Trust’s ‘Get Fishing’ campaign is proudly supported by
Shakespeare, Exclusive Tackle Partner and Angling Direct, Exclusive Retail Partner
as we all work towards getting more people fishing, more often.

If there’s something that you cannot find here to help you start fishing or return to angling, please contact your local Regional Angling Development Officer – you can find the nearest one to where you want to go fishing here.