An unusually heavy sea for the time of year, normally the sort of weather that many anglers look forward to in the winter, scattered the mackerel shoals and washed lots…
The Northumberland rock edges have been fishing very well this summer, and as expected, the recent Bedlington Open saw a good turnout and a good weigh-in with most anglers targeting…
Mackerel are still around in good numbers from all of the Region’s piers, perhaps not quite in previous numbers, but most anglers are taking double figure bags, mainly on lures,…
It is cod or mackerel all the way now, all of the Region’s piers have lots of mackerel showing, and the river Tyne and Northumberland rock edges all the way…
Mackerel are out in force now from all of the Hartlepool piers with plenty of bags of over 30 fish taking both lures and float fished baits. A bit of…
It seems that summer has at last arrived, with plenty of different species for the shore angler available from all areas including a surprisingly large number of cod, which are…
Mackerel finally made an appearance off all of the Region’s piers over the past week, and although conditions were not perfect, some big bags were taken from both Roker and…
Mackerel finally made an appearance for the shore angler, and as reported by recent boat anglers, many are of a good size, some topping the 2lb mark. Unfortunately they only…
Still no reports of any shore caught mackerel as yet, though those trying for them from the Hartlepool piers report lots of sprats showing on some tides so they are…
Cold Northerly winds have disappointed those hoping for some early mackerel, but boats continue to report some big shoals just offshore, and settled conditions over the next period of big…