Northern Bites

A heavy Easterly sea towards the end of last week saw an improvement in shore sport, but only briefly, with some nice cod moving inshore.  Middleton Pier produced fish to…

A bit of a Northerly sea during the middle of last week brought a few size cod and slightly greater numbers of whiting inshore, particularly in the Teesbay area during …

Shore sport continues to improve with better numbers of small cod, coalfish, whiting, and various flatfish species from most areas.  The river Tyne has been the hotspot with double figure…

Boat angling is starting to improve.  Small boats fishing the hard ground around Longscar Rocks have taken smaller cod with the odd bigger specimen to 10lb reported.  The Victoria Lee…

Shore sport remains generally poor, although those fishing catch and release matches in the rivers with a 15cm size limit might find plenty of smaller fish to aim for with…

A good heavy swell running over last weekend brought a welcome improvement for shore anglers with several reporting some nice bags of mainly smaller cod, particularly from Steetly Pier, Roker…

Shore sport remains quiet and there is little to report with undersize fish dominating most catches.  Plaice are increasing in numbers from several marks, particularly from the Durham beaches, and…

Size fish are hard to find for the shore angler with flounders and whiting the main species to expect.  The rivers Tyne and Wear both have size flounders present with…

Cod are in short supply again with just the odd fish reported from the low water marks and rock edges mainly after dark. Whiting, dabs, flounders, and increasing numbers of…

Shore fishing picked up during last week, with a few more quality whiting and flatties showing. A ruffle on the sea over the weekend then produced some double figure cod,…