Chris & Carol Giles
Maccassil Guest House

50 Marine Parade
Hythe, Kent
CT21 6AW

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PLEASE NOTE:
Access to Maccassil
and our private car park
is via the tarmac track beside 2 South Road

Fishing

Hythe is a Haven for the Angler

Sea fishing

The seafronts of Hythe, Sandgate and Folkestone provide miles of easy-to-access beaches for the sea angler. Throughout the year major angling championships are held, and in the summer months the waters often come alive with huge mackerel shoals as they chase sprats into the bay. Pier fishing is available at Folkestone Harbour and the ports of both Folkestone and Dover offer boat fishing outings to those ‘hot spots' in the channel.

Coarse Fishing

The Royal Military Canal provides excellent sport for the coarse angler. Carp, tench, bream, roach, rudd and pike are in abundance - and to specimen weights. A national environment agency rod licence is required and day tickets priced at £4 can be purchased from the canal bank.

At West Hythe (on the A259) Nickolls Leisure Park provides freshwater angling of the highest order. A deep water, 25 acre former gravel pit that boasts carp to 34lb, roach and rudd to 3lb, perch to 4lb, bream to 7lb and eels to 9lb. Winning competition weights often exceed 50lbs and it is not unusual for carp anglers to exceed ten fish in a single session. Day tickets costing £10 must be purchased at least 24 hours in advance from the resident bailiff, Derrick Weller, on 07970 704584.