CAA Information Sheet B Coarse Fishing Coarse Fishing is by far the most popular branch of angling and is also known as coarse angling, but the former term tends to be the more commonly used.
Coarse fish are the prey and are largely inedible.
They include all freshwater fish except salmon, trout and grayling. Canals have the same close season, except some in the South West and North West of the UK though this is currently under threat. This does not automatically give the angler access to any water. Fishing Clubs and Associations have access to waters either through leasing their own or coming to an agreement with owners. Fish Commonly sought-after freshwater fish include pike, roach, perch, rudd, dace, bleak, bream, tench, barbel, carp and chub.