Fishing in Kidwelly

0.4 miles from Kidwelly

Kidwelly Quay is a sheltered, muddy estuary mark on the River Gwendraeth with fishing from quay walls and adjacent bank/track access rather than open-coast surf. It’s mainly a light-tackle venue where anglers target flatfish, school bass and mullet in gentle flow, with best sport around the turn of the tide...

0.9 miles from Kidwelly

Tidal lower estuary mark where the River Gwendraeth meets Carmarthen Bay, offering mixed mud/sand with shallow channels and small banks that shift after winter storms. Access is generally via public footpaths and tracks to the foreshore near the lower reaches (often short walks over soft ground), with fishing typically done...

2.8 miles from Kidwelly

St Ishmael’s Shore (near St Ishmael/Houghton on the south side of the Towy estuary) is a quiet, muddy-sand and shingle foreshore with scattered rock/weed patches and a strong tidal run. Access is typically on foot via coastal paths/lanes to the shoreline, then fishing is from the open shore at mid...

3.2 miles from Kidwelly

Cefn Sidan Sands is a long, gently sloping open surf beach on the Carmarthenshire side of Carmarthen Bay, best accessed from the Pembrey Country Park car parks and then a walk over dunes/paths onto firm sand. Fishing is classic clean-ground surf work: generally easy casting and roaming tides, with ray...

3.3 miles from Kidwelly

Ferryside Beach sits on the south side of the River Towy estuary opposite Llansteffan, with easy access from the village/parking and a long walk of firm sand and mud-flats at low water. It’s a classic estuary shore mark where most fishing is done on the flooding tide into deeper gutters...

3.4 miles from Kidwelly

Ferryside Foreshore is an exposed, gently sloping estuary shore on the Tywi (Towy) side of Carmarthen Bay, fished from sand and mud with scattered shingle and occasional weeded patches. Access is straightforward from Ferryside village and the promenade/foreshore path, with best sport around the flooding and ebbing tide as fish...