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.
can you tell me if you need a lisence to fish at shard bridge,ambleton
I’m pretty sure that as the area is saltwater you don’t need a license to fish there - a lot of people fish there so I couldn’t imagine there would be a problem with any land owners and permits etc.. and since it’s saltwater I wouldn’t think a licence would be necessary either.
Many years ago (1970’s) I used to fish that section of the Wyre, mostly from Pool Foot Lane on the other side. Ragworm is a better bait there but obviously falls off easily. We used to use ordinary earth worms (stayed on better) and had bites every few minutes, almost always small flounder and small eels - size 8 or 10 hooks about best. Occasionally slightly bigger flounders but not really eating size. We used it as a very pleasant filler for the coarse close season. On a sunny day, just great. Bottom of Pool Foot Lane was fishable at most states of the tide. Low tide concentrated the fish a bit more, more bites. Use light ledgering tackle, 5 - 8 pound line.