Northern Bites – 27-08-2011
Settled conditions over the past few days have seen mackerel move inshore all along the local shoreline with big bags taken from all of the Region’s piers and from some…
Settled conditions over the past few days have seen mackerel move inshore all along the local shoreline with big bags taken from all of the Region’s piers and from some…
Boat anglers who have been able to find fresh mackerel have been taking some big ling from the wrecks and hard ground marks when the sea has been settled enough.…
August is a cracking month for angling in Alderney, the only problem is that the island is crammed with the bucket and spade brigade, and with the locals joining in…
Just when the mackerel where starting to move back inshore and double figure bags were becoming the norm, the inevitable happened when another heavy sea arrived again to scatter them…
A conversation during the Western Isles Open event in 2010 led to Steve Souter and David Proudfoot from Planet Sea Fishing travelling over early for this year’s event to conduct…
Yet again Colin proved that he’s currently England’s top rod by winning his boat convincingly on both days to continue his superb record in this event, having managed the same…
Anglers are reporting taking some reasonable catches of premature autumn cod, which seem to arrive earlier every year, with reports of nice fresh run specimens to 8lb taken from Roker…
Last week’s heavy seas have died down a little at the time of writing, but a continuing Northerly wind has kept a lot of movement on the sea with a…
Mackerel were just making a reappearance from the Hartlepool piers early last week after a short absence with Middleton and the Pilot pier both producing double figure bags. Local angler…
Boat anglers continue to enjoy some good sport with plenty of double figure cod and ling falling to lures with the ever reliable shads doing most of the damage. The…