Latest Fishing Reports: North East
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06/06/2023
Fishing Report by Geoff Sharp
on Sweet William (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
6 Jun 2023 by Geoff Sharp
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Massive thanks to Mukta and the lads for driving through the night, to get to Royal Quays Marina for an early start, all the way from Manchester.
The instruction was to find the Mackerel, which wasn’t difficult today; we were pretty much overrun from the first drop.
After Sunday’s tough grind, it only seemed right to put the guys onto some wrecks and see if the Codling were back on the feed.
We only managed to get round three wrecks, as they were fishing hard and into some great Codling and Ling which was great to see!
We had plenty of time to sort their catch on the steam home.
Great craic today, and safe journey on their drive home; I’m off to sample a home made biriyani and rice gifted by one of the guys who has a restaurant in Oldham :-)
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04/06/2023
Fishing Report by Geoff Sharp
on Sweet William (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
4 Jun 2023 by Geoff Sharp
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Massive thanks to the lads for travelling from all over the country today. After yesterday’s extravaganza, on the one hand we we're expecting a great day out, but on the other, it had crossed our minds that there was no way it was going to be so easy two days in a row.
It was tops off when we departed Royal Quays Marina; this didn't last long…no sooner than we had made the first stop off a chilly wind picked up way beyond what was forecast, which in turn whipped up a nasty little North Easterly swell, the kind with short intervals which relentlessly bounced you from wall to wall.
Thankfully the lads were here today to find some Mackerel, which we did, pretty much non stop for the entire day.
It was also good to see some stocky Coalies coming up in good numbers, Pouting, Whiting, small Codling and a decent number of smaller Haddock.
Whilst we were predominantly targeting Mackerel, two or three of the lads were hunting some codling for pan, which they found, but there wasn’t really anything noteworthy other than a single fish coming in a just shy of 8 lb (for your first ever time sea fishing I’d count that as a win!)
The sea conditions made things uncomfortable, the wind was relentless, but notwithstanding, the fishing was pretty much non stop with another day full of good craic and mountains of fillets for the freezer :-) View Boats Page
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03/06/2023
Fishing Report by Geoff Sharp
on Sweet William (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
3 Jun 2023 by Geoff Sharp
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Massive thanks to the lads for travelling up from Bradford today; we headed out to almost no wind, sunshine and a substantial residual north easterly groundswell which steadily eased throughout the day. The vast majority of the guys had never been fishing before, and they dealt with the swell admirably.
The instruction for today was to find the mackerel, and the first stop off was the first day of the season where we found huge shoals and pretty much non stop full strings. They were mostly a cracking stamp, mixed in with some good sized coalies, pouting, haddock and smaller codling.
We stuck it out until the lads all had all a sufficient supply of mackerel for the freezer, and decided to try and find them some codling.
We never strayed much more than five or six miles from the Tyne piers, and decided to try heading south on the wrecks for pretty much the first time this year.
It was just one of those days; no matter where we went, which baits or tackle we tried, the Codling just kept coming up; you could have used a handline, safety pin and limpets! It definitely made a change from the past four months hard grind.
Once the guys were pretty much fished out on the wrecks, we opted for a leisurely drift on the inner grounds, which also produced plenty of smaller stamp codling, but not a mackerel in sight.
Cracking day out, almost perfect weather, great company and non stop fishing! View Boats Page
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04/06/2023
Fishing Report by Peter Mackintosh
on Mistress (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
4 Jun 2023 by Peter Mackintosh
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There's been a ridge of high pressure off the west coast for the past two weeks, which has resulted in light northerly and north easterly winds, making fishing tricky at times.
Early morning, there was a bit of northerly swell, which kept the temperature down- very cool for June, as we set off a fished a few wrecks as the tide was ebbing. We had a couple of small cod and the odd mackerel.
The skipper headed North, working the inshore wrecks and ground, and we steadily picked away at the fish. There was a lot of pouting caught, some small whiting and coleys, with the odd better Cod and Ling making an appearance.
We hit a good patch of mackerel and got some for bait and the BBQ.
They say there's no substitute for experience, but young Zak blew that theory out of the water today. At just eight years old, he had a great day, netting the best fish (pictured) a Cod of around 6lb mark and landed the most keepers. Well done Zak, you showed the seasoned campaigners how it's done.
Daylites, with a variety of baits: prawn, squid, red dyed prawns and mackerel strip accounted for most of the fish, the shads didn't really pay dividends today.
Hopefully the prevailing northerly and easterly winds will disappear shortly and summer fishing will get going. It would be good to get the winter jacket off for the day. View Boats Page
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03/06/2023
Fishing Report by Allan Skinner
on JFK TWO (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
3 Jun 2023 by Allan Skinner
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sat 3rd june
had tog and the lads up from barnsley area. and as usual the craich was brill turned out to be a excellent days wrecking, with most of the lads averaging 5-8 fish each. most fish in the 4-6lbs range
with a few cod touching 8lbs. a nice pollack around 6lbs
but with tons of huge mackrel on the go it was inevitable the biggest fishes of the day were going to be lings. and sure enougth we had plenty lings and a few over 10lbs and davys the best around 13lbs
places still available thursday 8th june ring allan 0780-8684358
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Fri 10/05/2024 4 Spaces 9.5 Hours £65.00pp wrecking. Cod / Ling (Common) / Haddock / Pollock.View details Sun 12/05/2024 8 Spaces 9.5 Hours £65.00pp wrecking. Cod / Haddock / Pollock.View details Wed 15/05/2024 4 Spaces 9.5 Hours £65.00pp wrecking. Cod / Ling (Common) / Haddock / Pollock.View details -
04/06/2023
Fishing Report by Lee Brown
on Kelsey Leigh charter (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
4 Jun 2023 by Lee Brown
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Today was bit hard going with north east wind and tide so hit wrecks got loads off macrel then stayed on the ground plucked away at codling to 5 lb loads off tommys and colies full Tuesday evening few spots Wednesday evening and spots Thursday full day few Saturday Sunday wrecking cheers lee ��������
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03/06/2023
Fishing Report by Lee Brown
on Kelsey Leigh charter (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
3 Jun 2023 by Lee Brown
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Maccys in ling to 10 lb cod pollock to 5 lb good day spaces tomorrow full day and Thursday full day cheers lee ������������
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03/06/2023
Fishing Report by peter stubbs
on Sapphire charters (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear)
3 Jun 2023 by peter stubbs
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Saturday 3rd June ,
It was wrecks allday today has rough ground was very poor,
Codling to 5lb been caught on the wrecks which kept the anglers busy ,
Codling Ling to 7lb, lots of mackerel shown up today two,
The pic above is one of the polish angler who took two together, well done, View Boats Page
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29/05/2023
Fishing Report by Geoff Sharp
on Sweet William (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
29 May 2023 by Geoff Sharp
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Massive thanks to Ian, Chris, Steve, Warren and their parties for a fantastic trip out yesterday.
We departed the Royal Quays Marina in absolutely glorious conditions; almost no wind, sunshine and glassy seas, and for once, it stayed like that until late afternoon, when a problematic little south easterly wind did it’s best to make the fishing difficult.
As we’ve been doing for the past month or so, we have a little check for mackerel on the first stop…and immediately hit into a few, which was great to see!
The first wreck was a bit slow, with some tricky fishing conditons; the boat was barely moving, yet the lines were kiting out in front of the boat almost horizontally as if there was a 5+ metre tide pushing. We had to try and hold the boat using the engines to give the guys and girls half a chance. Some great stamp codling came up but we abandoned that wreck and moved slightly further inside to some shallower marks.
As we wreck hopped around, the fishing remained steady with every mark producing a great stamp of fish. It wasn’t until mid afternoon that it really pickled up; Steve found an absolute clonker of a Ling, and after a lengthy scrap, with everyone watching from the starboard gunwale, it loomed up out of the depths, and proceeded to give it one last head shake at the surface and slowly swam back down. Steve’s son was picking up a Codling a drop all of which were a great stamp. Warren and his brother found some great fish and also landed an Atlantic Wolffish, which was returned safely. The lads fishing shads were doing really well as the water was gin clear, again, almost a fish a drop all of which were great stamp.
The last wreck proved problematic; when we first set up the lads pulled up five great fish simultaneously on the first drop; and then a strong south easterly wind suddenly picked up making the fishing tricky. I think we picked another fish or two and took that as sign to call time.
The long steam home in the sunshine and calm seas provided ample opportunity for the guys to get their filleting done.
Fantastic weather, flat seas, steady fishing (and the first sight of mackerel) with great craic and company; a skipper’s dream! View Boats Page
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27/05/2023
Fishing Report by Allan Skinner
on JFK TWO (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
27 May 2023 by Allan Skinner
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27th may
RED LETTER DAY
fishing at the moment is FANTASTIC with non stop action almost all day. with cod mostly in the 4-6lbs range and cod upto 8-9lbs best
and taking 4 double figure lings 10.5lbs upto 12.5lbs
we hit one wreck and took 30 fish in one drift. with alan russel ken and davy managing to get down instant hook up. straight back down instant hook up. straight back down instant hook up. 4 times each
all within A 5 MINUTE DRIFT UNBELEVIABLE FISHING
and all nice plump cod between 3-6lbs
we took fish every mark we tried, with so many double shots i lost count View Boats Page
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Fri 10/05/2024 4 Spaces 9.5 Hours £65.00pp wrecking. Cod / Ling (Common) / Haddock / Pollock.View details Sun 12/05/2024 8 Spaces 9.5 Hours £65.00pp wrecking. Cod / Haddock / Pollock.View details Wed 15/05/2024 4 Spaces 9.5 Hours £65.00pp wrecking. Cod / Ling (Common) / Haddock / Pollock.View details
