Seaham boxing day charity comp.

Today we have managed to hold our last Comp of the year, The Members Boxing Day Charity Comp.

The sea had flattened right off from yesterday with a brisk SW wind, but still loads of colour in the water.

The Pier was obviously fishable and most Competitors taking up respective pegs with the wind uncomfortable but on their backs.

A fantastic record turnout for a Boxing Day Comp, with 123 Anglers registering which included four ladies and four juniors.

“Old Hand”

Bob Surtees

Fishing the top of the Pier came with his Flattie/whitey rigs and managed to nail 11 to take the HBag prize of a lovely £300 (you can only catch what’s in front of you )? For a weight of 8.37lb. Well done Bob.

“Scratcher” Jed Charlton Fishing around the steps area of the pier,quickly had something like 6 out within the first half hour and ended up with 10 whiteys in total for 6.69lb taking second and £250.

Eddie Remmer also Fishing top of Pier managed 6 whiteys for 6.31lb taking third prize of £225.

Craig Wallace fished peg 5 and only had one bite but it was from a nice 3.41lb Codling taking the Heaviest fish and 6th Prize give Craig just short of £250.

I think it’s safe for me to say that all of the prize winners came from the Pier, but I await being shot down

I gambled and went to far end of the Blast in search of the Tings, But only had two out. I’ve never been good at Gambling

Ed Remmer and Jed Charlton took the Sealed weight prizes

Bob Surtees took 0/66 prize of £50

S.Stanlick took the ladies prize of £50 for 1 fish at 1.08lb

L.Wilkin took the Junior prize of £50 for 2 fish at 1.66lb Nice to see some members faces who don’t usually enter the Comps.

Well done to all the winners and see you next year for memberships starting from 4th Jan

From all the Committee, have a good New year and Stay Safe

#### £200 raised to be shared between RNLI and Air Ambulance ###

Lynmouth beach 10/10/20

Anglers : myself , Brian

Weather : Showers northwest wind

Bait : Lug worm, rag worm, crab, cart, frozen black, mussel, razor.

I picked Brian up at 6pm and headed for the beach to try and find Brian

his first cod well it went well for him first cast he managed a small bass

which was put back after a quick photo and it was his first every bass.

A few casts later he manager his first cod 2lb 9oz 

He also managed to get another bass 2lb 6oz and another cod 1lb 13oz

He also pulled in a small rockling flatty and a coalie. me on the other 

hand not a sniff of a size fish but my blank was save by a small flatty 

rockling and a small codling. the night belonged to Brian well done 

fella you out fished the teacher all in all another great night out fishing 

and great company.

Hebburn marina 7/10/20

Anglers Myself , Brian

Weather West wind and bright

Bait        Lug worm , rag worn , mackerel , crab

I finished work at 4.30 and went to pick Brian up and headed for

hebburn marina to fish a couple of hours of the tide up and couple 

down it was pretty poor Brian never had a bite i managed a small 

whiting and a flatty apart from that there is nothing really to report

  Over high water the wind drop and i managed to catch this photo

 on me phone of them 2 crains you see in the first photo.

All in all not many fish but an enjoyable night and great company.

Hendon prom

You will pick up cod, whiting, coalie, flounders, bass from along Hendon

there has been the odd thronback ray and dog fish if you use the right

 bait you may pick one up  you can fish it over high or low water rigs i

 use is a pully rig with either a 2,0 or 4,0 Vikings hook or 2 hook flapper

 with 1,0 Vikings all most any bait will or should catch you fish such as

 lug, rag, frozen black, sqiud, mussel, crab, bluey, mackerel, and crab cart.

Also these baits may not catch you fish haha as we all know it can be

frustrating at time and we all get them big fat blanks.

Looking from the bandstand south towards the target and seaham 

pier in the distance there is a couple of other good marks along

the cliffs called the falls and the swally 

 Looking from the bandstand to bays 3,2.1.

bay 1 looking south you can see with a good cast you can get onto them

rocks or the edge of the rocks.

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Wet & windy loch Melford

 Whilst we were away we also tried loch melford for a few fish we had a 

good 5 hours in the wind and rain with the odd sunny spell we had loads 

of small mackerel and pollock we tried daylights spinners shads jelly 

worms and the float baited with mackerel.

Had a few fishing sessions on this mark with the big rod using bluey

squid mackerel as bait and had cod ling conger also pick a few nice 

wrasse up on jigging jelly worms you will also pick up spurs for this 

mark......

 

Loch Shuna

 Had a 2 week break in Scotland and few days was had fishing in them

2 weeks well more than a couple the views and scenery is something 

else up there any way tried a few marks around the marina and found 

a few fish . Fished for a pollock from the breakwater using small shads

and spinner the shads were things to use only had one pollock off the 

spinner.

we also had a few small one sorry Brian.

One of the mornings we were just sitting listing to peace and quite lol 

this little fella popped up

 Over the 2 weeks we tried for a few rays which we managed to get also

a few dogs.

Here is a few photos of the some of the views and marina.

At the end of every fishing session a well deserved beer

 

Weekly report by Andy rutherford...26/1/20

Flat seas and clear water made it hard going last week for local anglers. Having said that, some good sized whiting along with a few codling were taken. Even a few pollock have started to show. The best pollock weighing just over 4lb was taken at The Blocks on the bottom of Seaham South Pier by Lee Burton.
Seaham North Pier has seen a few good size whiting along with the odd coalfish and flounders.
The cliff marks at Ryhope have still produced the odd codling, with the best over 3lb.
Roker Pier has not produced as many whiting as the water has cleared up. The odd codling up to 2lb has been taken out of the bay. Ian Elliott took a pollock of 3lb 13oz when fishing from the pier in the South Shields club comp.
Marsden and Whitburn's rock marks have produced the odd codling, with the best around 3lb.
South Shields Pier and The Groyne at the mouth of the Tyne have seen codling up to 2lb along with coalfish that are just undersized.
The River Tyne is full of undersized codling taking all types of bait, but frozen crab has picked out the odd better one up to 3lb. Further up river there are still plenty of flounders at the British Airways Car Park.
Anglers traveling to the west coast of Scotland have had great sport with thornback rays - some anglers have taken 12 fish a session with the best over 12lb.

Seaham pier 25/1/20

Venue : Seaham pier.

Anglers : Brian Neil and my self.

Weather : windy and dry.

Bait : lug frozen crab squid razorfish sandeel mussel.

Neil got down to seaham pier before us about 3pm we followed
behind him we got there about 4.30pm there was a load of lads
on the pier but nothing much was getting caught just a few small
stuff like coddling whiting dabs.

We got set up on pegs 32 34 and 35 Neil started off on peg 60 but
never managed any thing or bite fishing was really slow it was a
good few hours before any of us had a bite then Neil get the first
second and 3rd fish all whiting.

Then I managed to pull a small whiting in a few casts later I pulled
a small coddling in then a small flounder nothing like last weekend
not many size fish about and Brian had a big fat blank he missed a few
bite but that was about it we packed in about 11.30 Neil packed in about
10pm....

Seaham pier 17/1/20

Venue  : Seaham north pier.

Anglers : Brian and my self.

Weather : Wind and dry.

Bait : Lug squid razorfishr runnydown  mussel cart wings.

We arrived at seaham round about 4.30pm there was a few lads on

the pier as we walked on we ask how things were going there seemed

to be a few nice whiting about. So we picked our spot pegs 34 and 35

fishing was a bit slow all night i managed a nice whiting out at long

range with a squid bait.

Mean while Brian was slowly catching fish as well with a few whiting

things picked up a bit when the tide started to go out we managed a few

more whithing dabs and Brian landed a nice flounder which was returned.

we called it a night round about 11.30 it was a very enjoyable few hours our

we ended up with a few for the table.