Ryde Pier

I often fished Ryde Pier as a teenager with my friends but I must admit that my later years there has been a decline in fishing this mark as I often here mixed reports on the fishing there and to be honest the times that I have fished there have been blanks.

So when I went in to get some bait from Drew at bait and tackle ryde last week we were talking we were heading for Yarmouth Pier but after our talk nick and I headed for Ryde Pier,

The wind had dropped and turned out to be a nice evening we were fishing the run off and I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of bites we were getting.

I was the first to bring a fish in which turned out to be a smooth hound pup followed by nick with one him self of about 2-3lb.

I got very surprised when I pulled in a Tub Gurnard.

 I also remember my first Gurnard was caught from Ryde Pier when I was just 15 that one being a Red Gurnard.

There were other fish pulled out including a small sole, dogfish, pout, eel and more smooth hounds.

I must say in closing that it is a mark I putting more effort into fishing being a Ryde lad.