I haven't tried the Head itself. But you can walk all the way round at low water and for at least a couple of hours either side. Low water this afternoon is 15.20 if that's not too early. Access is from any of North Landing, South Landing, ****'s End or Bridlington North Beach. If you have an OS map (301 in the Explorer Map series) you'll see that the two landings are the closest and you can park reasonably close to either. So unless somebody with more local knowledge than me sees this and responds in time, do a recce first. I was on the beach and rocks beneath those cliffs the other night and fishing from on top of the cliffs, if that's what you were thinking of, is not really feasible IMO.

 

I haven't tried the Head itself. But you can walk all the way round at low water and for at least a couple of hours either side. Low water this afternoon is 15.20 if that's not too early. Access is from any of North Landing, South Landing, ****'s End or Bridlington North Beach. If you have an OS map (301 in the Explorer Map series) you'll see that the two landings are the closest and you can park reasonably close to either. So unless somebody with more local knowledge than me sees this and responds in time, do a recce first. I was on the beach and rocks beneath those cliffs the other night and fishing from on top of the cliffs, if that's what you were thinking of, is not really feasible IMO.

that was my thoughts aswell did not want to fish off the cliffs wanted to fish of the beach going out at pm

 

You could always go around to Thornwick Bay, just North of North Landing by about 200 yds,it is still FLamborough, an easy walk down the cliff on the path,and a possibility of Pollack , bass or Codling, fish from about 2 hours before low and back up a couple of hours, it will give you a chance to suss out the gullies.....here is a bit of reading, good information...

http://holderness-coast-fishing.co.uk/flamborough-the-northen-extreme-of-the-holderness-coast

Dave.

 

that was great thanks how is it for snaggs

 

Take plenty of plain sinkers and use rotten bottom rigs, some people use grip leads on the basis that the wires stop the lead from slipping into gaps between the rocks, Flamborough area has quite a lot of weed as well, fish heavy gear 30 lb straight through, or nowadays a lot of folk use the long rod , fixed spool and heavy ( 60 lb ish ) braid straight through, heavy braid to pull through the kelp.

It is a million miles from fishing the clean or mixed beaches, but the rewards can be great, Red Cod, Bass, Pollock, Wrasse, maybe even an odd Conger ! One lad had one a couple of years back, nobody really fishes for them, but they must be there.

Dave

 

just returned from fishing the north launce at flamborough head arived at about 9pm went down and fished the high down to about 1pm not a sniff used peeler,lug,mackies,sprats,muscle and some clams.crabs aplenty stripping bait.
fished the right side off the bay as it looked least weedy
think the sea was to flat .
moved on to waybourn and tried the north pier .
only one undersise wrasse at about 7.30am on lug/mackie mix.

nearly lost both rods to an idiot in his fishing boat cutting the corner at the harbour entrance two reels of line down the pan .
well better luck next time

 

Well at least you gave it a go, Flamborough area can be a bit of a puzzle sometimes, it is perhaps just as easy to fish Filey Brigg, easy to park on the top, and you have lots of different marks there all within easy walking / scrambling distance once you get down the ladders, rough ground, but always the chance of a fish, check this out..

http://www.whitbyseaanglers.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=27578.0

Not everybody fishes off the Brigg in competitions, but many do, and have good results. It is quite an impressive place, one that I have fished off and on for many years, and both my lads cut their teeth on the Brigg as well.
It is mega rocky, and you have to watch the tides and be aware of the swells, but still worth a chuck anytime.

Dave

 

I haven't tried the Head itself. But you can walk all the way round at low water and for at least a couple of hours either side. Low water this afternoon is 15.20 if that's not too early. Access is from any of North Landing, South Landing, ****'s End or Bridlington North Beach. If you have an OS map (301 in the Explorer Map series) you'll see that the two landings are the closest and you can park reasonably close to either. So unless somebody with more local knowledge than me sees this and responds in time, do a recce first. I was on the beach and rocks beneath those cliffs the other night and fishing from on top of the cliffs, if that's what you were thinking of, is not really feasible IMO.

The Flamborough marks from South Landing round to where the cliffs climb up towards Bempton offers a wide variety of fishing. The one thing I don t agree with in the above quote is:

"But you can walk all the way round at low water and for at least a couple of hours either side. "

:nonono::nonono::nonono:

You can walk from South Landing to "Stacks" which is just South of the Foghorn near Selwicks Bay. There is still a cut off at high water so be sure to check tides if walking that section. The ground between South Landing and Stacks is a good stretch for bass......the better cod fishing is on the next section of Flamborough. There is no way you should try and walk round North from Selwicks though as the cut off is more or less straight away underneith the mark know as "Arches" after that there are several other cut off points and several spots that never dry out.

The best fishing at Flamborough is from the cliffs, there are most of the marks named in the article I wrote as per the link in the post above. The cliffs are not that high but be careful some of the spots are very small ledges but the fishing is easy off the cliffs. The not feasible remark regarding the cliffs is just not right.......the next month will see the cliffs at Flamborough and also at Bempton come alive with yorkshire rock anglers armed with poles with pulleys on them to get the better fish up. Flamborough good to cut your teeth on cliff wise before attempting the high cliffs of Bempton.

Here are a couple of pictures of anglers fishing the cliffs :

Plus the chance of some nice fish.

For the cliffs a lot of anglers use Alvey reels with braid for the cranking power the reels give....fixed spools will struggle , large multipliers like Penn 535 or Saltists are favoured by the anglers using mono.

The cliff fishing seems to be quite unique to the North Yorkshire coast but is superb fishing at times. :clap2:

 

nice one dave. every year we hear of idiots trying to walk from selicks to north landing and as you said there are places that dont dry out, even on the biggest ebbs.

as for the cliff fishing. if your not geared up for it and dont know what your doing up there then dont do it.
only go with someone that does.

iv been fishing these cliffs for 25 years now and every year there is more and more INTERNET anglers that think they now how to fish that come unstuck up these places.
it is only a matter of time before someone has an accident. even experienced anglers have had accidents up there.
every year there are bits of cliff dropping. last year alone 2 angling marks were wiped out by cliff falls

 

its not worth taking a chance with ur life , i respect the sea or even landmarks , best way is to get info on these places from a pro or somebody who kno,s these places like the back of there hand , i myself hav had some near misses on reservoirs , but once bitten twice shy but sometimes you dont get a second chance , thxs great topic and a one people should take note thxs again stay safe.

 

iv been fishing these cliffs for 25 years now and every year there is more and more INTERNET anglers that think they now how to fish that come unstuck up these places.
it is only a matter of time before someone has an accident. even experienced anglers have had accidents up there.
every year there are bits of cliff dropping. last year alone 2 angling marks were wiped out by cliff falls

I totally agree with you. I sent a PM to a guy who was publicising the cliffs on a certain website suggesting it was not a good idea. I was accused by guy who ran the website of trying to stop the guy putting in catch reports. Within months the RSPB who oversee the cliffs at Bempton were complaining about the actions of some of the anglers visiting the area. These had to be new anglers attracted area as the local anglers have a good relationship with the RSPB.

 

There have always been numpties up on the cliffs unfortunately :yawn:

They leave line, rigs and rubbish and unused bait up there :sad2: ( some of them sadly are good local anglers too )

Maybe the age of the internet has made it worse ? I am not so sure

Sea angler mag used to bang on about bempton in the mags in the 80s and the numpties used to turn up in their droves back then without the right tackle and leave the place a mess :g:

 

We get the same numpties at Dungeness after publicity, they crack off, (no leader), or silly thin match line that can't handle the retreive over steep ground this creates tackle snags buried under shingle and the point section can become unfishable, fountantly the local club have a steward who does a sterling job of clearing up after these so called anglers, before it was embarrassing to be there, I've always taken my litter and sometimes more, I fished the Brigg on holiday weekend once, a loverly mark, caught my only coalie be it small.