Fishing

The waters in the County Borough offer coarse, game and sea fishing, providing excellent sport for both pleasure and serious anglers.

Managed by Skewen Angling Club, the hidden treasures of both Neath and Tennant Canals and the Square Pond contain pike, rudd and tench (Tennant) and roach, carp, bream, tench and eels (Neath).

Brown trout can be found in the Rivers of Neath and Dulais, run by the angling club of the same name. Seatrout (sewin) can also be found in the River Neath, where the salmon fishing is getting better and better.

Aberavon Beach offers all year round fishing for bass, flounder and white cod, with mackerel in the summer and pouting in the winter.

The Gnoll Estate, known for large carp and rudd is open to anglers from the end of June to mid March. Rainbow trout can be found in Margam Park which is open for fishing all year round.

Egwys Nunydd Reservoir, run by the Corus Game Angling Association, is the place for rainbow, brown and blue trout. The dry docks in Port Talbot are exceptional for bream fishing.

Contact Details

• Neath and Dulais Angling Association
  Telephone: 01639 634148 or 01639 701899
  
  
• Glyncorrwg Ponds
  Telephone: 01639 851900
  
  
• Margam Park
  Telephone: 01639 881635
  
  
• Corus Game Angling Association
  Telephone: 01639 871111 ext 3368
  
  
• Gnoll Park
  Telephone: 01639 635808
  
  
• Afan Valley Angling Club
  Telephone: 01639 763757 or 01639 820150
  
  
• Pontardawe and Swansea Angling Society
  Telephone: 01792 844014
  
  
• Skewen Angling Club
  Telephone: 01639 639657 (membership secretary)
  
  
• Fly Fishing Wales
  Telephone: 01639 639076 or 07776 278483