A quality guide to fishing in Witney
Information about angling in Witney including Ducklington, Crawley and Minster Lovell, covering fishing venues, tackle shops, supermarkets, and local weather. Part of a guide to angling in Oxfordshire.
Location
Witney is situated in the west of Oxfordshire, and lies in the valley of the River Windrush west of Oxford, where the A40 crosses the river. OX28 6JH.
Angler amenities
Witney fishing is dominated by the River Windrush which supplies four local venues. The river holds trout and the upper reaches offer fly fishing. Closer to Witney the fishing is both fly and coarse with species such as trout, grayling, barbel, chub, rudd, roach, dace, pike and bream all present.
On the southern edge of Witney coarse fishing is available on a season ticket at Witney Lake which holds perch, chub, bream, tench, pike and carp.
South of Witney the Tar Farm lakes supply day ticket angling for specimen carp and other fish species such as pike, bream and tench.
Angling clubs operating fishing venues in the Witney area include:
- Barnet and District Angling Club
- Cotswold Flyfishers
- Newland Angling Club
- Witney Angling Society
There are no fishing tackle shops in Witney. The nearest fishing tackle shop is RV’s Fishing Tackle & Bait which lies to the south west at Unit 2, The Old Foundry, Main St, Bampton, OX18 2SP.
Witney has supermarkets for stocking up for fishing trips. There is a Sainsbury’s at Witan Way, Witney, OX28 4FF, and a Waitrose at 25 Woolgate Centre Market Square, Witney, OX28 6AR.
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Witney fishing venues and waters
River Windrush, Minster Lovell
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Weather report for Witney