The Sarah JFK, fishing just off the Tyne, recently reported massive shoals of big mackerel moving close inshore, but just when you thought the mackerel would arrive early, the sea …
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Durham angler Sam Bland had an interesting trip recently. Taking the mainline train to Newcastle with all of his gear he ended up at South Gosforth having got on the …
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A bit of an outside swell on the sea over the last few days did manage to bring a few cod inshore from most of the marks along the North …
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Shore angling has been quiet lately with few club matches being held, most clubs are now waiting until the end of May for their summer season to start. The rivers …
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As with previous weeks there are lots of small, undersize fish along the local shoreline to keep anglers occupied. Mostly, they are small poor conditioned dabs which seem to be …
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Lots of smaller species are dominating shore angling at present with just the odd chance of a bigger spring flounder or whiting among them. Â Fishing down the pier sides for …
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After an early, warm start to the spring, local commercial boats out of Hartlepool report mackerel are now only around 6 miles offshore, and one local skipper qoutes “thornback rays …
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Last week’s comments regarding the possibility of being too early to travel to the west coast for thornback rays and dogfish might have been slightly unnecessary as they are already …
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A bit of a northerly sea early last week, in conjunction with some of the biggest tides of the year, brought some cod inshore but not in the numbers that …
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Shore sport remains a bit hit or miss with few sizeable fish among greater numbers of various flatfish species, whiting, coalfish and undersize cod. Some anglers have taken bags of …