Denbighshire offers 23 mapped fishing waters on PiscaMaps, including 16 rivers, 7 stillwaters. Species found across Denbighshire's waters include Brown trout, Bullhead, Sea trout, brown trout, dace, roach, chub, perch.
Fishing in Denbighshire is regulated by Natural Resources Wales (NRW). An EA/NRW rod licence is required for all game and coarse fishing in Wales. NRW manages water quality, fish stocks and fish passes across Welsh rivers.
A valid Environment Agency (EA) rod licence is required to fish all rivers, canals and most stillwaters in Denbighshire. Licences are available from gov.uk. Club membership or a day ticket is required on most waters in addition to the rod licence.
Click a river for species information, close season dates, access notes and a location map.
32 species recorded across Denbighshire's rivers, lakes:
| Brown trout | 8 waters |
| Bullhead | 5 waters |
| Sea trout | 5 waters |
| brown trout | 5 waters |
| dace | 5 waters |
| roach | 5 waters |
| chub | 4 waters |
| perch | 4 waters |
| grayling | 3 waters |
| pike | 3 waters |
| sea trout | 3 waters |
| Stoneloach | 2 waters |
Salmon are present in some of Denbighshire's rivers. A migratory salmonid licence is required in addition to the standard rod licence.
View all rivers, stillwaters and canals across Denbighshire on the interactive map. Filter by species, water type and access.