Where to fish
Working upstream from New Hythe to the tidal limit. Tap a pin on the map or a card below — they stay in sync.
Pins follow the Medway from New Hythe up to Maidstone. Open a pin for a short note, or jump to the full swim card.
Broad tidal river with deep slack eddies behind the moorings. Flounder work the mud through winter and mullet cruise the surface on summer flood tides.
Soft ground near the water — take a bucket to stand tackle on.
Wide, shallow flats that fill fast once the flood pushes over the mud. A known bass and eel mark, and the first stretch to colour up after rain.
Watch your footing — the mud is deeper than it looks.
The medieval bridge squeezes the flow and scours a deep channel on the outside of the bend. Roach and dace stack in the crease, chub sit tight to the piers.
Busy with walkers and the Friary crowd — keep rods off the path.
Quieter bank between the village and the motorway bridges. Steady depth and room to spread out, which makes it the pick for a long session on the feeder.
Longer walk from the nearest parking — travel light.
Where the tide stops. Freshwater spills over the weir into brackish water and everything hunts the seam, so pike, perch and bass turn up in the same swim.
Never wade the weir pool. The draw off the sill is deceptive.
Step above the lock and the Medway turns freshwater, deeper and slower. Through Maidstone toward East Farleigh this stretch is generally free with an EA rod licence — no club day ticket needed.
MVAS club water starts further upstream around Barming / Teston — see tickets.