Shore Catches

Further to a previous report regarding whale sightings made by shore and boat anglers along the north east coast, reports continue to be made of whales in the Teesbay area, …

The codling season has started with a vengeance with reports of fish in the 2lb-3lb range being caught from all venues. To be honest, it isn’t really any earlier than …

The Autumn whiting are moving inshore in numbers during late evening and night time tides, mainly from Roker pier, the Durham beaches and Hartlepool piers. A recent Seaham Night Hawk …

Mackerel continue to be taken from the Region’s piers, weather permitting, with an easterly to south easterly wind putting a little movement on the sea, sport has not been quite …

We seem to be slipping quietly into autumn, with the codling and whiting catches slowly increasing from beaches, boats and piers, and still we have all the summer species still …

A fairly settled week has allowed the boat angler to reap the benefits with good sized codling and bigger bass now showing. The whiting shoals are increasing in numbers and …

Settled conditions and unusually clean water brought the mackerel back inshore last week with huge numbers showing from the Hartlepool piers, particularly at North Gare which saw fish being landed …

The recent heavy seas of last week may not have produced much when the sea was at its heaviest, but when conditions settled down fish moved inshore in good numbers …

A very similar week to last week, strong winds at the beginning of the week made boat fishing difficult, but beach and pier anglers did fare better. Walton Pier has …