Hi all planning a trip to siloth area in a couple of weeks and after some advice on the best
places to fish what's the best state of tides to fish what's the best baits to use and is that area a rough ground area thanks for your help and advice Robbie
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First stop is silloth, the first mark is the promenade which is fished 2 hours either side of high water, here you can expect flounder, dabs, plaice, LSD and the occasional bass will show here.
This is easy fishing as you can park right next to the mark. Spring tides can be unfishable here due to the strength of the tide on the Solway so best to fish on medium tides.
Best baits are ragworm/lugworm and peeler when the crabs are peeling.
Next is the harbour at silloth, this is again a high water mark, same baits as above and the same species. Try adding a bit squid when fishing for plaice when they are in this can work well.
In the picture below the harbour is furthest to the left. Promenade is to the right opposite the trees and grass area.
Next is the famous Tommy Legs, you can’t miss this mark; it’s a light beacon to show the deep channel on the Solway you can see it when looking out to sea from silloth harbour. It’s a bit of a walk as the tide seems to go out for ever. Fish here 2 hours either side of low water, you can access the mark earlier if you want to wade on but beware as there are deep gullies which can catch you out and can sink in the gullies.
When fishing Tommy Legs setup left of the light beacon when looking straight out to sea. You can fish the old mussel beds or about 30 yards to the left is also good. Watch out on the flood as casting to the right can be a bit snaggy at times. The best time is late May to late August for the summer species. This mark throws up double figure bass every year so it’s worth a go and when the conditions are right this throws up large bags of bass. Ragowrm will out fish peeler crab here but peeler does work, Lugworm is also really good bait locally dug is best. Winter will see plenty of cod and whiting taken in an onshore blow or SW sea.
Species: LSD, plaice, flounder, Dab during winter expect the occasional bass, whiting and codling.
I will try and fish here this winter when the winds are blowing west. Couple of pictures below, first is of tommy legs took first time I went, 2nd is looking back and you can see here how far the tide goes out to the far left is the harbour.
