tyneside tiddler

haddaway the lot o' ye. It's a sellafield sprat. They can grow up to 18 feet on a 'leak' year!!!

I'm no Rex Hunt, but I seriously doubt it's a pollack. It's too light, Pollack have a white belly and greeny brown top dont they? At a guess I'd say probably Bass or maybe Mullet? What type of area was it caught in - that would be a big clue!

"We're gonna need a bigger boat."

Great Whites don't frequent the UK coastline because they're intelligent enough to know that we'd catch 'em!!!! Either that or they poke their heads up and get scared away by some of the ugly b@st@rds sitting on the ends of piers etc!!!!!

Ooo-err, I stirred up something smelly with my comments... At a blatant guess I'd say that there are so many people slaughtering fish un-neccesarily(sp?) that the whole of shore fishing will be totally screwed within 20 years anyway. I'll just enjoy it while it lasts and feel a whole lot less guilty if a small fish I catch ends up as 'one for the gulls'.

Thanks very much Nick. So are you a boat fisherman or a land lubber like me?

Ahh, the spirit of free enterprise eh? Nice to see that our european bretheren can deplete our dwindling fish stocks to supplement their meagre benefit package. Come on chaps, How else would they afford to buy Nike Air Max trainers for the 9 children they brought from Bratislavia??

BUMP! Surely someone on here fishes the Northumberland coast?! Anything interesting to share? Pleeeeeeease? [ 03. August 2005, 04:29 PM: Message edited by: tyneside tiddler ]

Hi all, After a poor trip to the mull last weekend, I fancy staying local and catching a tide off warkworth breakwater (Amble north pier). Does anyone know what, if anything is around at the moment. I'll probably just try for flatties and mack but any recommendations would be appreciated. :confused:

Anyone up there this past weekend? My first time there, but the lads who've been loads say it's the worst trip they've had... The potters have a lot to answer for!!.....

I read somewhere about warming the mould with a candle. Supposedly this dries the inner surfaces and the soot coating makes the sinkers easier to remove. Has anyone tried this? Is it worth doing? You chaps are a mine of info. Thanks again & keep it coming...

Cheers chaps. If I start to make loads of typos, I've burnt my fingers off!! If I stop posting, it's 'cos I've tried to cut a gas bottle in half and either died or gone for medical attention!

I'll keep my eyes peeled, cheers. What about a heat source, wires, cheap or free lead etc??

Cheers Norm. I only found about 4 charters and they seemed to be in the same family!! They were also v. expensive ($450 for half day!!). Not much good for me to fish on my billy! Shame though - I really fancied fighting something stupid like a tuna or shark.

Ahhhhh I see..... (Never spent any time with experienced anglers yet and books etc don't come in dialect!!) Maybe you should move back up and write a local shore guide? Good excuse for erm... 'research' anyway!!!

Another one... Going to St. Lucia in November. Has anyone been? Looked on t'internet for game fishing and deffo fancy hooking up with summick GEET BIG! :cool: :cool:

Being a bit tight, I fancied making my own sinkers (3-6oz for ledgering). Can anyone advise on the cheapest way to get kitted up / what to avoid? :confused:

I had almost nothing but sandeels a few weeks ago when spinning for mackrel (got 4 mackrel & about 30 sandeels!!) off a pier in northumberland. The weird thing was that they were nearly all foul hooked?? (Tried spinning them a couple times but got nowt..) The spinner was v. basic silver with treble tail about the same size as them, but 2/3rds length. Would they be trying to shoal with it? Surely that's too big for them to eat? (BTW. I pulled all 4 mackrel 20ft up the pier wall on the spinner & gave them all the high dive return. All swam off within seconds!!!)

That's the one lol

How about a barbless hook? Stick it in the mouth to lower the catch and give it a bloody good shake once back in the briny??!!!!!!

No offence intended bonny lads.

Thanks, Tony U. But what's a poddler????

*Simon*, Your posts really crack me up... Did you really think sticking a wire in a fishes gill would do less damage than the high-dive??!! Keep 'em coming mate, spot on!!

and heat's not the only problem. It's probably been discussed on here (I'm new!) but I watched a report on the news a little while back about data showing that the oceans have increased acidity by around 30% in the last 150 years, by absorbing greenhouse gasses from the surface. This is killing off unbelievable ammounts of microbial life and corals etc. and obviously creates a major dent in the food-chain.