Beach Fishing in South Wales

Beach Fishing in South Wales
By Tom Sangers

Dale Beach

Dale Beach is a great bass storm beach during the summer and autumn months. The beach also offers fishermen the chance to catch flounders, dabs, dogfish, whiting,

mackerel, garfish and even the occasional ray depending on the season. Peeler crab can make the best bait as can lugworm, fish strips and ragworm. Long casting is ideal here especially if you are going after rays.

Broad Haven

Another good beach for bass, while its flat beach with sand and shingle also make it a great place to catch plaice and dabs. It's also possible to catch Gurnard, dogfish and odd turbot here too. If you have good long distance casters you could also catch tope

Lydstep Beach

Like a lot of West Wales beaches a great casting outfit is a real bonus here. After storms the bass tend to come fairly close to the beach on the spring tides. Lydstep is also good for catching flatties, whiting and dogfish.

Newgale Sands

Newgale Sands is popular among swimmers and surfers, yet during the summer nights its great for fishing with bass, whiting, flatfish and mackerel also out there just waiting to be caught. The beach is shingle and you will be casting out onto a sand seabed so sandeel is a good bait; mackerel strips, worm baits and ray are good bait for taking flatties and coalfish during the winter months.

Whitesands Bay

From Whitesands Bay you can reach deep water providing you have a good beachcaster. The beach has good bass fishing from early spring to the end of November. Rays, plaice, flounders and even the odd turbot can also be caught. During the winter months whiting, cod and coalfish occupy the waters. Sandeel and crab are great baits for the bass.

Newport Beach

Fishing can be had on this big beach with either beachcasters or a smaller rod while wadding. During the summer months there are bass who are swimming into the Nevern estuary while there are plenty of flatfish to be had near the river mouth, rays have also been seen swimming close to the shore. Bass can be caught on the fly yet sea trout require an Environment Agency rod license

This article was written by Tom Sangers on behalf of Celtic Haven Pembrokeshire Cottages which make ideal accommodation for a Pembrokeshire Cottage Holiday.