|Blackpool this weekend

hi guys
coming down to Blackpool this weekend - hoping to maybe fish the piers - or any other good location - never fished Blackpool b4 - any advice would be helpfull - also any reccomendations on bait & where to buy from-thanks in advance

[steve devon]

welcome to the forum

sorry never been or fished there

[Fishing Forum Admin]

hi and welcome artyman:

I do not know blackpool , had a look through some books and no joy on marks in blackpool

The best bet is find a tackle dealer and ask them

Sorry no help but let us know how it went

[upnorth1]

Usually a place called Cleveleys fishes ok when the conditions are good, but this time of year you will find it pretty quiet in daylight. Try fishing in the dark with sandeel baits, when they get dogfish and also the past few years a lot of small tope have been caught from the shore, but these are very very small so dont go rushing for the wire traces just yet. You will be fishing from a promenade, but if you decide to start at low water, take care to watch the tide as it floods, the gullies at the back of the beach tend to fill up quickly, tide coming in behind you if you like, and when they fill the water runs so hard that they are hard to wade through. Ragworm and crab baits will find you plaice and flounder, but dont expect hectic sessions, Blackpool is a place that is good when the conditions are right, but darkness will up your catch stakes.
Hope this is useful..

[bry]

hi jesg fishing in blackpool only last week fishing off pier is a no go as is out of bounds to fishing due to fire found good spot by talking to family from the area just behind the bispham tram station on the promanard at the top of red bank road look for a good high tide 8.5 night time best fresh blacklug best bait i foud but sand eel+mackrel can bring anything a few doggies landed when i was there only small although the lug was bringing in bass,codling and the odd flaty.if going for the bass fish 2-3hrs before high tide with a good chop on the water.hope this helps all the best Bry...

[bry]

jesg do not try fishing blackpool at low tide as to many people have been lost because of the incomeing tide just wait for the tide to come to you to risky

[dobbin]

Try fishing fleetwood just up the coast from blue bridge 2hrs befor and after high water using 1 or 1/0 hools long shank one up and one down rig. Distance unimoptant