Snow

[The Great Wallsendo]

A certain publication this month stated that heavy snowfall on the shoreline is the eqivalent of heavy rain on the estuaries...IE the salinity is affected and the fish move further out, away from the fresh water...

On that basis is it worth going fishing tonight in spite of the weather?

Or does the snow not really make that much difference?

[pollacks]

snow

I would not have thought so,i have caught fish in the snow before or when it has been pouring.it may be relevant for river fishing,would have thought the snow is falling out to sea as well.I am going to try anyway either cambois or whitely and hopefully prove theory wrong.

[Topfly]

It makes no difference Tony, anyway the salt water is more dense and stays below the fresh.

[treeboa]

i think if you have a good sized river running out across a beach and you have a lot of mel****er then yes there could be issues even if only local, however i have taken fish while its been snowing, and snowing a lot harder and longer than this flurry has been on, my main worry would be if the temps drop and you get ice, not that it will stop fish but makes it a touch slippery underfoot-especially with the waves that are coming in

[macky1]

The river humber is a "no,no" after snow melt has entered the river

snow melt water is colder than sea water, therfore it sinks to the bottom

[davem2005]

It makes no difference Tony, anyway the salt water is more dense and stays below the fresh.

Yesterday 10:12 PM macky1
The river humber is a "no,no" after snow melt has entered the river

snow melt water is colder than sea water, therfore it sinks to the bottom

FIGHT, FIGHT.FIGHT

Both good theories...but which one could be right?

I can see the point with the Humber with its catchment area from Richmond, over to Stoke and down below Nottingham, but non of the rivers further north have anything like this area to drain and as such it should have little effect on them.

Cheers
dave

[The Great Wallsendo]

Both are correct but which is more so?

[johnf]

The Tyne never seems to fish when there has been lots of "fresh water" (Rain,snowmelt etc) in it. The river gets that "chocolate brown" colour and further up river becomes almost unfishable on the ebb due to strong currents & flotsam & jetsom snagging lines. Has no affect on the beaches/rockmarks though.

[Topfly]

If we are talking about heavy snow on the shoreline around the Coquet or Aln, even the Blyth, tyne, or Wear. As long as it is melting slowly and mingling with the tidal flow,there are no problems. stop it dave...

Hope this helps Tony. BTW did ya catch oot last neet.

[The Great Wallsendo]

didn't go out...judging by the reports of others I missed nothing...still shaking off the remnants of man flu to get my strength up for saturday

[Topfly]

Me too mate , plus dodgy knee, still hope to get across and whet a line tomorrow.