Fishing The Lower Tyne

[BAZZACODBASHA]

Can any kind person please post any info about any marks available to fish the lower tyne. I would prefer the N Shields side of the Tyne, but I'm not realy fussy. The only place I can find on the n side of the Tyne is the fish quay....but surely there must be some others where you can legaly fish & park your car safely. I had a run down today where 'Smith's dock' used to be, there are some ideal jetties still there, but they are all fenced off.
Any help will be much apreciated........ Cheers

BAZZACODBASHA

[willywetegg]

Bazza you can fish just inland from Smiths Docks mate. Just park on the road and walk down the ramp. It is the third roundabout along from where you come up from the fish key on your way along to the Royal Keys. Turn left and then left again till you come to a bend in the road. Park there or just on the path, you will see a barrier with a path down to the river. Hope this helps.

Jim.

[KeithB]

You can fish from the prom / walkway that runs between smiths & the marina. You can park your car in the Zetland car park and walk over the loch
gates.

Edit: Jim beat me to it lol, it's easier parking where Jim suggests but your car may not be as safe, having said that we've never had any bother, the road is called Dock Road.

If you do fish there reel in like mad if you see the to$$er in a light blue trawler heading in, I know it's the marina entrance but I'm sure he swings in at the last minute on purpose.

[BAZZACODBASHA]

Thanks to both of you,
I will certainly give the Tyne a 'shot' soon. When I was a kid (a few years ago now !) my cousins and I used to fish it every weekend from a jetty in S Shields, & we used to catch a lot of ccodling...trouble then was; although there were a lot of fish in the river, you had to guide the fish around the numeruos 'lumps of human waste' that was also present in the Tyne then, before lifting the fish out of the water. I would never eat the fish then....instead I would swop them for some lead from my next door neighbour to make sinkers.
Of course the Tyne is much cleaner now, but I doubt if there are anywhere near the same amount of codling. However if I do catch any I won't be giving them away now.
Thanks again.....................


BAZZACODBASHA