Traditionally, sea anglers have (rightly so) benefitted from free fishing along Britain’s coastline - we’re free to fish, catch and eat (as long as the fish meet the minimum regulation size) from any public shore. Unfortunately this won’t be the case if the Marine Bill White Paper has anything to do with it. The White Paper has proposed the possiblity of introducing rod licences for sea anglers, meaning that anybody who wants to fish from the shore will have to purchase one of these licences before doing so. Estimates are sketchy as to the amount of sea anglers there are out there, some reports state 20,000 whilst others a whopping 1,000,000. Even if you go somewhere in the middle, the amount of Government revenue that would be raised by a licence would be quite significant.
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May 2nd, 2007 by Chris in Fishing Trips
30/04/2007 (0800 – 1020) – Rossall Hospital High Tide Fishing
Weather: Clear skies, sunny
Wind: SW (Onshore) 4mph (Calm)
High Tide: 8.2m (1020)
Bait: Black lugworm
Rig: 2 Rods, 2 Hook Flapper (1 up / 1 down), 2 hook 1up/1down with beads.
Fish Landed: 0
A gorgeous morning, bright sunshine and blue skies with a slight breeze, perfect for sun-bathing but as it turned out not so for fishing! We got there about two hours from high tide, set up the fishing gear in between the groyne’s at Rossall (near the hospital). All the rigs had been made the week before, so they were just ready to attach to the line. We’d just got some beads though, to try and tempt those sight-feeding flatfish with a bit of ‘bling’. When I finally got those tied onto the rig, cast out and after about half an hour of nothing, dad had a single bite – unfortunately it didn’t develop into anything though. Then shortly after, the rod started to knock slightly – reeling in produced not a fish, but yet another carrier bag! What is it with Rossall, I’ve fished there three times, caught one fish and two carrier bags! Anyway, we moved back onto the sea wall as the tide came in and didn’t get a single bite for the rest of the morning. What do I put it down to? Well as always you can devise any number of crazy theories to explain a bad catch, but I think this time the sea state or weather just weren’t right for fishing. As I mentioned before, the sea was very calm, quite clear for once, and it was warm and blue skies. Someone on one of the other fishing forums has mentioned that Rossall also fishes better at dawn or dusk – perhaps I’ll try that next time.
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Apr 30th, 2007 by Chris in Fishing Trips
30/04/2007 (1045 – 1200) – River Wyre (Shard
Bridge) High Tide Fishing
Weather: Clear Skies, Sunny
Wind: SW (Onshore) 8mph (Breeze)
High Tide: 8.2m (1020)
Bait: Black lugworm
Rig: 2 Rods, 2 Hook Flapper (1 up / 1 down), 2 hook 1up/1down with beads.
Fish Landed: 0
After blanking at Rossall earlier in the morning, I thought I’d give the River Wyre a go to use the remaining black lugworm up. I set up my gear on the Hambleton side of the River Wyre, just to the west of
Shard
Bridge. By this time the tide was just starting to ebb, and despite using two rods each with two hooks, I still didn’t manage to even get a bite! I’ve heard some recent reports of quite a few flatfish such as dabs and flounder being caught from the Wyre, but as for me, I think my same theory of the weather being too good and bright was partly to blame. Better luck next time hopefully. It was a gorgeous morning though, and it was still very pleasant sitting in the sun even if the fishing was a non-starter! It was also race day at
Blackpool and The Fylde Yacht Club, and all the dinghy racers were out on the water. Luckily they didn’t come close enough to catch on my line, but one unfortunate guy managed to capsize it in what looked like the middle of a race! See the pics below.. Unfortunately there won’t be any more posts for a few weeks as I’ve got my exams coming up in Durham and so I’ll have to put fishing on the back-burner until I get back.
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Apr 27th, 2007 by Chris in Fishing Articles
Although not the nicest things to handle, hooking black lugworms usually results in a distinctive stain (and smell) on your fingers akin to those of smokers. Despite this, in many coastal areas, these black lugworms can prove very tempting to all sorts of species of fish, from codling to plaice. They should definitely not be overlooked as a bait, find out in this article how to hook them perfectly to catch the most fish…
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Apr 22nd, 2007 by Chris in Fishing Trips
22/04/2007 (1000 – 1315)
Rossall Hospital
Wind: SW (Onshore) 15mph (Large waves + big swell) (170/15)
Low Tide: 1.4m (0949)
Bait: Black lugworm (a few days old!)
Rig: 2 Rods, 1up/1down Flapper Rig
Fish Landed: 0
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Apr 20th, 2007 by Chris in Fishing Trips
19/04/2007 (1930 – 2140 BST)
Cleveleys Beach (Behind Rossall School)
Wind: NW (Onshore) 9mph (Small Wavelets)
Low Tide: 0.5m (1850 GMT)
Bait: Black lugworm
Rig: 2 Rods, Pully Pennell Rig (2hooks), 2 Hook Flapper (1up/1down)
Fish Landed: 2
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Apr 19th, 2007 by Chris in Fishing Trips
10/04/2007 (1430 – 1645)
Rossall Hospital
Wind: SW (Onshore) 13mph (White horses large waves) (235/13)
High Tide: 6.7m (1550)
Bait: Black lugworm
Rig: 1 Rod, Pully Pennell Rig (2hooks)
Fish Landed: 0
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Apr 19th, 2007 by Chris in Fishing Articles
Welcome to this sea fishing report website. My name is Chris and I live in the North West of England, and I have just taken up sea fishing as a hobby. One thing you notice when you start something new like this is how complex things appear as a ‘beginner’. From the choice of bait, tackle, venue, tides, weather the amount of variables which can affect how good a fishing session is are seemingly endless. The aim of this website is to try and make sense out of all of this and simply act as a log of my fishing trips (most of the fishing will probably be in Cleveleys, Rossall, Fleetwood to begin with) - detailing what has worked and what hasn’t, in the hope that I, and any of you readers, can use the comments in this log to improve your fishing and ultimately catch more fish!
Happy fishin’!
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