The heavy seas of last week produced better bags of cod from the sheltered marks when the sea was at its roughest. Those anglers expecting the cod to show in…
A prolonged period of northerly winds put a big lazy swell onto the sea, and the best conditions so far this winter certainly produced cod, with plenty of good mixed…
Continued settled conditions mean that cod are generally few and far between from all areas, but the ever-reliable whiting are present in large numbers along the Durham beaches and from…
With settled conditions, shore sport is relatively quiet during daylight hours with flatties, small whiting and coalies making up the majority of catches. Few cod have been reported in the…
The recent rough seas did eventually bring a few better cod inshore, but in the south of the Region down to Teesbay and Hartlepool, you had to avoid the now…
Cod made a welcome reappearance as the heavy seas returned last week, particularly in the north of the region. However, they also showed up south of Seaham and into Teesbay…
There were still some cod about during the early part of last week with bigger ones to 5lb showing from the Region’s rivers and piers with Roker pier, South Shields…
North of the Tyne Tony Taylor won a Newbiggin match with seven cod for a total bag of 14¾lb, taken from Whitehouse Sands, and Mick Burns had the best cod…
Although shore sport in general dropped off during last week, and the better catches of cod were restricted to north of the Region, decent bags of whiting and flatties were…
Anglers are now starting to pick up some nice mixed bags even when the sea is flat calm, and some anglers still report the odd mackerel from the piers. Summer…