Sea fishing north wales

[dannyboy P 5]

Hello lads new to this sea fishing but now have a chance at it in north Wales Prestatyn. Any one done any beachcasting around there???? Is it anygood and whot are you expected to catch??? Oh and don't say a cold!!!!!

[Spence75 18]

Hi mate im from South Wales myself but have fished a few matches in Talacre,during the winter months you dont have to cast that far for good bags of whiting, dabs and the odd codling on mackrel and blacks or lug in general, be wary of the tide though as it comes it quite quickly and can catch you out.

[Ratter69 83]

You might struggle if your fishing in daylight, but Mostyn isn't far away, there is an area of the estuary at Mostyn that has sea defences made out of huge bolders, you can see it clearly from the road, climb over them and you will see a large dog leg made out of the same stones, fish at the side of that, it will protect you from the tide no matter which way it is running, you just have to pick which side to stand on according to how the waters moving, codling, flounder, whiting , eel, can all be caught here, fish are pretty scarse all over north wales at this time of year, good luck!

[dannyboy P 5]

Thanks for the replys lads. Whats the best time of year to fish for them then and any tips

[oldred58 340]

If you can try anglesey, there are some good spots there, I hunt through winter and fish from spring, had some good bass last year and a few sea trout, good luck

[Spence75 18]

Ive only ever fished Talacre around December, January time myself, rigs wise just used a three hook patternoster with size 1 hooks.

[gonetoearth 5,144]

THE beach at ross is good as is the one next to the orm , boats go out from ross too

[higgins 75]

Any reports from shelll island/barmouth area,going camping shell island in 3 weeks,will fishing conditions improve around that time,thanks,higgins.

[dannyboy P 5]

Thanks lads for all the help.... I think I'll need it. Does anyone no to a beachcasting forum or club in that area?????

[northern lad 2,292]

fished prestatyn years ago but in august and caught plenty of eels,and got stuck on a sandbar when tide came in had to swim across a deep channel in front of laughing crowd whilst holding my rod in the air :icon_redface: it comes in very quickly be carefull atb dave

[northern lad 2,292]

sorry,bait was fresh lug dug there.dont use that dried lug its shite

[dannyboy P 5]

thanks

[Jordb543 9]

im not far from prestatyn, splash point is a good place to fish, its in rhyl, on the front right at the end of the promanade if you go that way towards prestatyn, or if your coming from prestatyn, you will go past rhyl golf club, then the crossroads just after it, turn right at the crossroads, youll go up a hill and the road turns left, thats the place, instead of going left towards rhyl park up, walk onto the grass and head right, past the house on the corner with the long drive, just head down onto the beach, fishing down there is always pretty good

 

i know lads who have had all sorts of good fishing trips all along the beach right from prestatyn/rhyl area down to pensarn/llandulas way, just depends on the day alot of the time round here.

Edited March 8, 2012 by Jordb543

[dannyboy P 5]

thank you priceless info this. iv only ever fished canals and pools keep it coming lads

[Parabuteos lad 878]

ive had good days on ffrith beach, prestatyn. have caught bass, plaice, weaver and eels there (don't fish it much) anywhere paralel to the rhyl golf club has proved well for me too. To get an idea of how it fishes etc. i used to use a site called www.sunnyrhyl.com or something like that, google it if it doesnt work