Popular fellow angling writer Jack Melton who wrote a column for the Sunderland Echo for many years passed away recently. Although Jack was well known for his catches of coalfish…
The middle Tyne has fished very well recently with quality cod up to 8lb showing again. Tony Ellies had one of 7½lb, Darren Browne had one of 6lb 7oz, Stan…
A bit of a sea running brought a few cod inshore for those out fishing over the last few days with specimens to 8lb reported from several areas. An angler…
Whiting continue to dominate catches from all areas with the more sought after cod being a noticeable minority in all but a few locations. The better bags of cod have…
A decent northerly sea last weekend brought good numbers of cod inshore in the south of the region, along the Durham beaches and into Teesbay. Some anglers fishing the Hartlepool…
The cold weather and a nice bit of movement in the sea have brought huge numbers of whiting inshore all along the north east shoreline. The greater numbers are showing…
Those who were out fishing late last Sunday may have been surprised by a big surge tide with water levels a metre or more above those expected, on what was…
The recent heavy south easterly seas brought plenty of cod inshore for a few days, and those who managed to avoid the ever present whiting had some nice specimens up…
The better cod fishing is still in the north of the region where some anglers continue to take decent bags from the Northumberland and Tynemouth rock edge marks, the river…
A lift in the sea produced by the occasional easterly or south easterly winds has resulted in the cod moving inshore in reasonable numbers, the best results have again been…