Fishing places
Atlantic islands
Macaronesia — the Canaries, Madeira, the Azores and Cape Verde. Deep water within sight of the shore, warm all year, and the reason a northern angler's winter has somewhere to go.
Being listed here is not permission to fish.
Access, fishing rights, seasons, licences, local bylaws and permitted methods vary and can change. Check the current rules and permission for the specific water before fishing. FishingHQ describes what the ground is and names who holds the answer; it does not hold the answer itself, and it does not tell you where to go and catch a fish.
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- 4 fishing regions and destinations
- 5 publicly documented places
Regions and destinations
Each of these is a full guide: what fishing there is like, what dominates, the water available, how the rules are structured and who administers them.
- Canary IslandsYoung volcanic islands rising from deep Atlantic water with almost no continental shelf, where deep water is reachable from the rocks and there are no rivers at all.
- Cape VerdeTen volcanic islands six hundred kilometres off West Africa, where oceanic water comes within casting range of a beach and the fishing changes from shore-caught jacks to blue-water game inside a mile.
- LanzaroteThe driest, windiest and lowest of the Canaries, and the only one sharing a genuine shallow shelf — which gives it ground the rest of the archipelago simply does not have.
- TenerifeThe deepest water closest to shore in the archipelago, a mountain that makes its own weather, and the centre of the Canaries' blue-water fishery.
Every place, listed
5 publicly documented fishing places, grouped by the area they belong to. This is the complete list — everything plotted on the map above is here, and nothing here needs the map to reach it.
Canary Islands 1 place
Who to ask before fishing anywhere in Canary Islands
FishingHQ does not know the current access position here. The Canary Islands are an autonomous community licensing their own recreational sea, boat and underwater fishing, separately from mainland Spain, and the archipelago carries marine reserves in which fishing and diving are restricted or prohibited on boundaries a visitor cannot see from the shore. Measures change. Check the current position with the Canarian government's fisheries administration before going.
La Restinga, El Hierro
Reef · Salt water
A lava-flow coast at the southern tip of the westernmost Canary island, with volcanic reef, arches and boulder falls close inshore and the seabed dropping into very deep water a short distance out.
Severe hazards here: drowning and immersion, boat traffic and being seen, cliffs and rock platforms.
Particular to this water: This ground lies in or beside a marine protected area whose zoning constrains fishing, diving, anchoring and collection independently of any licence, with rules that differ between zones and boundaries that are not visible from the water. Underwater fishing is licensed and regulated separately from rod fishing throughout this jurisdiction, with its own age, equipment and distance requirements, and holding a rod licence is not permission to spearfish.
Lanzarote 2 places
Who to ask before fishing anywhere in Lanzarote
FishingHQ does not know the current access position here. The Canary Islands are an autonomous community licensing their own recreational sea, boat and underwater fishing, separately from mainland Spain, and the archipelago carries marine reserves in which fishing and diving are restricted or prohibited on boundaries a visitor cannot see from the shore. Measures change. Check the current position with the Canarian government's fisheries administration before going.
Los Hervideros, Lanzarote
Rock mark · Salt water
A stretch of black basaltic lava cliff on Lanzarote's exposed west coast, undercut into caves and blowholes by the swell, with deep water immediately below and no beach or landing anywhere along it.
Severe hazards here: cliffs and rock platforms.
Puerto del Carmen harbour, Lanzarote
Harbour wall · Salt water
A small sheltered harbour on Lanzarote's south coast with a stone mole, sand in the bay beside it and a volcanic slope immediately outside that drops steeply into deep water within metres of the shore.
Severe hazards here: boat traffic and being seen.
Particular to this water: This is an owned and operated structure. Whether angling is allowed on it, when, from where and on what terms is the operator's decision, is frequently seasonal, and changes without notice. Underwater fishing is licensed and regulated separately from rod fishing throughout this jurisdiction, with its own age, equipment and distance requirements, and holding a rod licence is not permission to spearfish.
Tenerife 2 places
Who to ask before fishing anywhere in Tenerife
FishingHQ does not know the current access position here. The Canary Islands are an autonomous community licensing their own recreational sea, boat and underwater fishing, separately from mainland Spain, and the archipelago carries marine reserves in which fishing and diving are restricted or prohibited on boundaries a visitor cannot see from the shore. Measures change. Check the current position with the Canarian government's fisheries administration before going.
Los Gigantes, Tenerife
Harbour wall · Salt water
A small marina cut into the foot of a wall of basalt cliffs rising several hundred metres straight from the sea on Tenerife's west coast, with very deep water within a short distance of the harbour mouth.
Particular to this water: This is an owned and operated structure. Whether angling is allowed on it, when, from where and on what terms is the operator's decision, is frequently seasonal, and changes without notice.
Punta de Teno, Tenerife
Headland · Salt water
The north-western corner of Tenerife: a basalt point at the foot of the Teno massif, with boulder and lava ledge at the water's edge, high cliffs behind and deep water immediately offshore.
Severe hazards here: cliffs and rock platforms.
Particular to this water: Underwater fishing is licensed and regulated separately from rod fishing throughout this jurisdiction, with its own age, equipment and distance requirements, and holding a rod licence is not permission to spearfish.