Rising at Forest Row in Sussex, the Medway flows north-east via Ton-bridge and Maidstone to enter the Thames estuary through a large
Medway Records
Match Catch Records: 4 hour42-8-0 Kthorpe in club match at Teston Aug 1 6 hour 65-0-0 W Simmons in club match at Wateringbury date unknown
Carp: 23-8-0 P Tillett (worm) Oct 1
Chub: 7-9-0 R Maxey (cheesepaste)
Feb 1
Perch: 5-4-0 R Dunkley Dec 1
Pike: 27-8-0 two of same weight captors & dates unknown
Roach: 2-7-0 (2) J Larraman (hemp) date unknown; Kthorpe (flake) date unknown estuary of its own below Rochester. In its middle and lower reaches, the Medway is a popular coarse fishery with bream a particularly prized quarry. In the upper reaches above Tonbridge, where ticket facilities become hard if not impossible to find, some sections are stocked with trout. Rod Licence: SWA
Maidstone, KentC3 miles from a point between Barming Bridgesto
MaidstoneTP
Free fishing
Maidstone, KentC2 miles from
Maidstone to Aylesford LockTP
Free fishing
Tonbridge, KentCat Blackfriars
Meadow, Tonbridge
DT:B
Tonbridge, Kent C 1J miles from
Town Lock to Eldridge Lock LB
DT:Be
Wateringbury, KentC1 mile at
WateringburyTP
DT: AC (Riverside Cafe,
Wateringbury)
Yalding,KentC200 yards upstream of Yalding SluicesTP
Freefishing
Yalding, KentC3i miles from a point 200yards below East Lock continuing downstreamTP
DT (weekdays only): B
Yalding, KentCJ mile upstream of
Yalding BridgeRB
DT:Be
Yalding, KentC5 miles from Yalding to a point below Barming Bridge (with the exception of a section at Wateringbury)TP DT: AAA (Maidstone Victory A and M.P.S.)
