Northern Bites

Shore sport in the current calm conditions is very poor with size fish of any species hard to find. Only the odd bigger whiting, flounder, dab, or early plaice showing…

The biggest proportion of shore anglers are still struggling to catch other than a few flatties or whiting. What cod there have been appear very localised. Some good fish were…

Shore sport continues to be very unpredictable. Despite recent good catches around Amble the last Amble S.A.C. match produced no fish to weigh in at all. Fish appear on one tide and…

Shore sport continues to be unpredictable, but some big bags of quality whiting on the right tides, and specimens over 2lb reported. Steetly and Roker piers top venues for whiting,…

Shore sport in the Teesbay area remains relatively poor with whiting the main species, particularly from Steetly Pier among lots of small dabs. Strangely however, some tides have produced hardly…

Shore view: Plenty of water colour and a slight sea running during the latter part of last week brought a few cod from various areas. North of the Tyne in…

Shore sport was very quiet during most of last week, with strong westerly winds keeping the sea settled and few anglers venturing out. But, a bit of surf running onto…

Movement and some colour in the water over the last few days resulted in double-figure bags of whiting and flatties from the clean ground on worm, mackerel, and squid. Hartlepool’s…

For the most part shore angling was poor over the Christmas week, with only odd whiting, pouting, flatties, and cod reported. Most of the early Christmas matches where won with…

Heavy South Easterly seas last weekend ensured anglers enjoyed a few days of decent fishing, with quality cod from all areas, and plenty of whiting and flatfish also. John Wilson…