join our program  |  become a volunteer
make a donation

Welcome to Get Hooked on Fishing

Read more about the success of Get Hooked on Fishing's Angling Intervention programme, the positive impact on young people and communities. We adopt this multi- agency approach to help build the sustainability of local schemes and to build a local bank of partners, volunteers, and supporters.

We deliver fun and interactive training around the sport of angling. Our programme is especially designed with the help of young people to give the participants more confidence and to demonstrate that there are alternative pathways and better opportunities available to them.

Join our Program

This page is by and for the young people who are involved with Get Hooked on Fishing or for those who want to find out more about what we do. Currently working with our partners and trustees to build a stronger network in the UK.

read more

  • Have your say about angling.

    If you are 18 years old or younger, please take a minute to complete the Young People’s Survey that is being conducted by Substance as part of the National Lottery-funded research on angling participation. You can find the survey at w.anglingresearch.org.uk/youngpeoplespagehe survey seeks to find out why young people go fishing and what can be done to improve their experiences. By listening to what young people have to say, the researchers hope to find out how best to increase young people’s fishing opportunities. The website is worth looking at, whatever your age, with some excellent information about what is going on in the world of fishing.…

    Read more: Have your say about angling.

  • Prince Charles casts off with Get Hooked on Fishing Teesside

    Hemlington Lake, Middlesbrough, is a regular venue for GHOF Teesside and the young people were delighted when the Prince of Wales stopped off to chat with them on his recent tour of the park. The lake is part of a 39-acre park hidden in the middle of a large housing estate and has been regenerated by the Clean Beck Campaign to become a haven for local families. A keen game angler, Prince Charles tried coarse fishing with a rod borrowed from Paige Wardell, thirteen, a GHOF peer mentor. Project co-ordinator, Dave Munt said, “ He said it had been a lot time since he had done this, but he was a bit of a natural. He was very interested in the style of angling Paige was using and asked if he could reel the line in, which he did. It was feeder fishing with groundbait, something he had not come across before. Paige went through the procedure of filling the feeder and putting fresh bait on the line (maggots). Paige asked if he would like to cast the feeder out and he duly obliged, to the del…

    Read more: Prince Charles casts off with Get Hooked on Fishing Teesside