What's happening in the North East?

[Bjorn]

Are you all very busy catching fish or has it all gone dead? Nothing has been posted here since June? Have you had any good fishing since then? Where have you been and what have you caught?
I have just been to Sweden and caught some Zander.

[ANDY A]

Hi Bjorn,
Just thought I'd take this opportunity to say hello, as I've only recently joined this site. Also to let you know, that your not the only one up here in NE. Just started fishing and I'm already hooked, pardon the pun, after fishing twice. Both times from Blyth pier. My oldest lad came with me the first time and was the only one to catch anything, a small codling and has never let me forget it since. The next time I went with a more experienced mate and managed to catch a small codling myself. Hoping to do a bit of beach fishing in the near future. Well happy fishing to you and the rest of N/E lads and hope to speak to you soon, Hopefully with a more successful fishing day story

ANDY A

[codlin']

hi andy a -see ya from ashington-small world i live next to focus and genrally do fly fishing-used to do the beaches and piers fanatically-until the fish started to dry up-recently been to ireland boat fishing for pollock-amazing sport-still go to st abbs and torness though-and do a bit of boat fishing out of bournmouth/berwick and manage reasonable bags of codlin'/pollock-even caught an octopuss last time i was out!!!!have you been out recently,if so did you bag owt?

[nnico]

hi guy`s not been a member long but been fishing for god know`s how many years , since i was about 10 mmmmm & iam knocking on the door of 40 next month ,

been to south gare & tried saltburn peir , quite a few mackrel & lots of small whiting , just waiting for the cold weather to come in then try for some cod off the beach here at redcar //////

[dazza]

hi chaps ive been a member for a while but havent posted for a while i recently fished horden beach and caught 2 whiteys every catch i hope its a sign of things to come as i nearly packed in last winter due to lack of fish i only got 4 cod but one was 10.5 pounds so it helped to lift the spirits a bit

[codlin']

yeah theres a load of whiteys around at the moment-mainly small-3/4llb/1lb but keeps the rod noddin.with any luck the dark nights and the recent drop in temp should start the codlin movin inshore soon.weve been getting them up to 4lb from the boat over rough ground with a few decent pollock thrown in-mainly fishing further north though-next to berwick ive heard reports of small codlin from the piers but nothing worth freezin ya nuts of for-still one or two decent fish coming from the kelp areas if you can handle the snags-hope this helps y'all tight lines chaps

[dazza]

reports of a 8 and a half thornback ray being caught at horden just down the road from me

[nnico]

Hi guy`s plenty of small whiting , & roumor`s of a decent size cod caught off saltburn peir ,

see what tonight brings ( friday 14th oct) let you now if nay thing pop`s up


i think the council may have ruiened the fishing they have fitted lights to the under side of the peir which lights up the water all around the peir, not good in my book ..........

[Rob M]

Originally Posted by dazza

reports of a 8 and a half thornback ray being caught at horden just down the road from me

Love to look at the NE reports, I'm originally from Blackhall so I get all misty-eyed when I hear of fish being caught up there. Horden always fished well when I was a kid, caught lots of cod there, sadly I've not fished there since 1989

Rob

[cod of the north]

hi, all

i was fishing lastnight 14th oct 11pm-5am at boaties bay (shippersea bay) between easington and hawthorn beach, not much to report on apart from catchin a few whitey's.