Short-term and tourist rod licence prices from DAERA

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) offers short-term game and coarse rod licences which tourists find useful as well as anglers who don't fish regularly. Prices are shown on the table below and you'll find where to buy them.

Prices

Short-term game and coarse rod licences are valid for consecutive days and cannot be split into different days in different weeks.

If you wish to use more rods than what is shown on the table below, you must buy another rod licence.

Types of short term rod licences	Number of rods allowed	Price
Three day game rod licence	One rod at any one time (either game or coarse fishing)	£3.50
Three day coarse rod licence	Two rods at any one time	£3.50
14 day game rod licence	One rod at any one time (either game or coarse fishing)	£9.00
14 day coarse rod licence	Two rods at any one time	£9.00

Game species include brown trout, sea trout, salmon and arctic char.
Coarse species of fish include pike, bream, roach, perch, carp, tench and rudd.

Game and coarse fishing seasons

What you need to fish legally

To fish legally in Northern Ireland you need a rod licence plus a permit or day ticket. The rod licence is for the fishing rod and the game or coarse fish you're allowed to catch. The permit gives the angler permission to fish in the chosen water. You cannot buy a permit/ day ticket without a rod licence.

Buy a short-term rod licence and permit

Anglers can buy a short-term rod licence and permit online below or from a distributor, like a tackle shop. Read the Conditions of Sale for fishing licences and permits before buying:

Buy rod licences and permits including River Bush day tickets

When you're on this page look out for the green link as that is where you buy online. The green link takes you to a page that asks 'What do you want to buy?' Make sure you choose 'Combined licence and permit' before you go to the next page.

Angling licence and permit distributors

Fishing in Northern Ireland

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