River guide

River Kentish Stour in Kent

5 checked stretches so far — day tickets, club waters and guest tickets, each checked against the club's own pages.

The lowdown

The wider CDAA River Stour fishery extends for about nine miles from Fordwich to Plucks Gutter, with both banks available in places. It runs through the lowland Kent marshes and includes the meeting point of the Great Stour and Little Stour at Plucks Gutter.

CDAA names bream, roach, rudd, carp, pike, tench, chub, barbel, gudgeon, dace and eels across its River Stour waters, plus an annual run of sea trout. The association also reports specimen fish and historic bags exceeding 100 lb on the wider fishery.

Close season reminder

Coarse fishing on English rivers is closed from 15 March to 15 June inclusive. That's the law for coarse fish on rivers — it's not a club rule, and game-fishing seasons work differently.

GOV.UK — Freshwater rod fishing rules: when and where you can fish

Stretches

5 of 5 checked stretches. No rankings — we don't know which is "best" on your day, and neither does anyone else.

RiverClub water · Members

Plucks Gutter

River Kentish Stour · Members only

Plucks Gutter is a popular summer stretch on the Kentish Stour, right where the Great Stour and Little Stour meet. It sits in proper rural marshland near East Stourmouth and Stourmouth, with the CDAA fishery running downstream on the north bank to the second dyke.

breamroachruddcarppiketenchchubbarbeleel

Checked 11 Oct 2026

RiverClub water · Members

Stonar River Stour section

River Kentish Stour · Members only

The Stonar section is a deep, slightly saline bit of the River Stour near Sandwich, run by Canterbury & District Angling Association. It fishes between the sleeper markers and the Pfizers boundary, with access tied in with the Stonar Lake fishery.

roachruddperchbreamcarp

Checked 11 Oct 2026

RiverClub water · Members

Fordwich Complex – River Great Stour

River Kentish Stour · Members only

The Fordwich Complex is a members-only stretch of the Great Stour, also known locally as the Kentish Stour, running from Fordwich car park upstream towards the end of Stour Lake. It’s a proper mixed fishery, with river pegs along the grass embankment and a disabled swim first up from the car park.

breamruddcarppiketenchchubbarbeleeltrout

Checked 11 Oct 2026

RiverClub water · Members

Ashford Angling Society River Great Stour stretch at Great Bromley Farm and Willesborough

River Kentish Stour · Members only

A members-only River Great Stour stretch run by Ashford Angling Society, covering the Society’s rights at Great Bromley Farm and through Willesborough. It’s a small, chalk-influenced river around Ashford, with fishing limited to the mapped south and east banks.

carpbarbelpike

Checked 12 Oct 2026

RiverSyndicate

Chilham Mill Stretch – River Great Stour

River Kentish Stour · Syndicate membership

Chilham Mill is a roughly 1,500-metre chalk-stream stretch on the Great Stour, run by Chilham Mill Estate. It’s aimed squarely at fly anglers, with deep sea-trout pools, shallow brown-trout streams and syndicate places available.

trout

Checked 12 Oct 2026

Pins mark the access postcode each club gives, not the bank itself. Exact boundary map: see rights holder.