The tide. High water and the two hours either side give the best fishing. The beach is relatively shallow and fish move in closest at the top of the tide. Flooding tide on a summer evening is the best time for bass along the shoreline. Spring/autumn surf at night for the bigger bass.
Methods. Two-hook flapper; Running ledger; Light spinning (bass); Pulley rig at distance (occasional ray, spurdog).
Baits. Ragworm; Lugworm; Sandeel; Squid for spurdog.
Local knowledge. You may see this beach listed as Furzeditch East, its townland name, but every fishing source calls it Silver Strand. Spurdog on summer night tides is the species note worth knowing: these are not common at most east-coast beaches and Silver Strand is one of the few accessible marks for them in Wicklow. Cut-off risk at high tide is the genuine safety story here, more than slippery rocks: the beach physically separates into coves and anglers have been caught out. Beach is shared with Brittas Bay Surf School and picks up southerly swell, surfing presence affects daytime access. Best window is genuinely narrow: spring/autumn surf at night for the bass; summer night for the spurdog. Outside those windows it is a low-percentage flatfish beach.
From the mark’s guide, not checked on site.
