Northern Bites 07-12-09
The biggest seas of the winter so far last weekend were welcomed by everyone, and brought an immediate, though short lived improvement to shore fishing. Some nice specimen cod were…
The biggest seas of the winter so far last weekend were welcomed by everyone, and brought an immediate, though short lived improvement to shore fishing. Some nice specimen cod were…
A text to Billy Farquahar on Friday night to ask how the fishing had been resulted in a day out at sea yesterday. I joined a group of young lads…
The Marine and Coastal Access Act introduces a new national designation for marine protection – Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs). MCZs must be identified and designated in the seas around England,…
Steve Mason of Icelandic Fishing Adventures had a couple of UK visiting anglers last week. The South Sheilds pair of Terry Woods and Joe MacDonald enjoyed some excellent shore sport.…
Shore sport has been a bit hit or miss recently with cod only showing in small numbers, mainly from the low water marks. Even the normally reliable whiting have failed…
This Sunday’s big match is the Daiwa Open on the Yorkshire Coast, the choice of venue by the entrants is going to be very much weather dependant. The latest forecast…
“We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to protect the RNLI from paying licence fees for using Maritime radio frequencies.” Details of Petition: “As reported in the Sunday Telegraph on…
On a wet and windy weekend over 100 anglers, including students and scientists from SAMS (the Scottish Association for Marine Science) and SNH (Scottish Natural Heritage), gathered on the shores…
Recent windy conditions might have put some anglers off from venturing out, but those who did were rewarded with some nice mixed bags of cod, whiting and flatties, with night…
The weather was not kind to the organisers of the annual Skegness RNLI Open, Dean Sumner’s and Chas Tibble, the wind and rain arrived with a vengeance. This had a…