Fishing in Clayton-le-Moors

46.9 miles from Clayton-le-Moors

Queensferry on the River Dee is an easy-access estuary mark fished from public banks, quay/harbour edges and nearby footpaths around the lower Dee, with most anglers targeting the channel edges and gulley lines on a running tide. It’s classic soft-ground estuary fishing: lots of flounder and school whiting/pouting in season,...

46.9 miles from Clayton-le-Moors

Hawarden Bridge is an estuary mark on the tidal River Dee, fished from accessible riverbank/embankment areas and near the bridge approaches where the current runs hard. Expect muddy/silty ground with channels, strong flow on bigger tides, and a mix of flattie and eel fishing rather than clear-water rock species; best...

47.2 miles from Clayton-le-Moors

Flint Foreshore is a wide, very shallow Dee Estuary foreshore of mud and sand with patches of shingle and scattered rocks, fished mainly by casting from the promenade/sea wall and lower foreshore on bigger tides. Access is easy from Flint town with short walks, but the ground is soft and...

47.3 miles from Clayton-le-Moors

Connah’s Quay is an inner Dee Estuary shore mark where anglers fish from accessible hard standing and muddy/stone-edged banks around the quay and adjacent paths. It’s predominantly a tides-and-tactics venue: best on the bigger tides with some flow, producing mainly flatties and school bass, with occasional rays/dogs when conditions suit....

47.3 miles from Clayton-le-Moors

Greenfield Dock is a sheltered, tidal dock/harbour basin on the Dee Estuary near Greenfield, fished from accessible quay walls, railings and adjacent hard standing. It’s a quiet, snaggy venue with silty channels and short-range casting, best around the flooding tide when fish push in to feed; expect typical estuary sport...

47.4 miles from Clayton-le-Moors

Flint Castle sits on the upper Dee estuary with fishing from the sea wall, promenade and adjacent mud/sand flats at high water. It’s a classic estuary mark: gentle casting into a tidal channel with strong run on springs, best around high water (and the first of the ebb) when fish...