Seaham North Pier

[elton]

Apologies if this has already been posted.

Reckless heavy-weather anglers ‘risk their own lives and those of others’

Full article here:

Reckless heavy-weather anglers ‘risk their own lives and those of others’ - Times Online

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

Doesn't make good reading does it !

[northeast1]

Nothing new same every year, fact is we wait all year for a big sea and when it comes thousands go fishing and everyone seems to think "it wont happen to me"

I have and i never will again at Hendon load sof years back, sea is a big bad beast.

[Topfly]

Seasoned anglers know when and when not to fish their own stretch of coastline, and as someone on here said it is a calculated risk, knowing the state of the tide/wind & imminent forcast etc. what happened at Tynemouth will happen on lots of fishing shots during stormy weather. what we dont need are the comparisons between the incidents at Whitby and Tynemouth,it's just sensationalist journalism to smear our sport. If we are eventually expected to pay for a licence, do we go fishing when there are flat calm conditions and no fish? Stay safe..If in any doubt dont fish

[phill_itofish]

Seasoned anglers know when and when not to fish their own stretch of coastline, and as someone on here said it is a calculated risk, knowing the state of the tide/wind & imminent forcast etc.

aye that be me.. like i said before would hate to think the mountain rescue were coming for me everytime the conditions changed on the hills,, if these guys thought they were in danger they would have moved! i understand what people are saying though, i wouldnt fish in those conditions!!

[thewestwind]

Well first of all let me say the Photograph does not tell the whole story. I'm from Seaham and know the grounds and conditions here very well indeed having fished in and around the Seaham area for the last 40 years or so.

The picture shows Anglers fishing the Spiles end of the Pier and they are in no danger whatsover unless of course any of them was stupid enough to stand on top of the 3.5 ft concrete wall which is hidden by the breaking sea. This area can be fished in big seas and to be honest looking at that photograph it does not look to be huge as the article suggests. I mean would you park your car with the boot open if it were that bad.

To the right of the Anglers and the cars is a large concreted area meaning you cannot get hit by a breaking wave and washed off. Any huge wave coming from the Seaward side would drain into the slope, this is the area inside the Pier directly in front of the cars which is an extremely shallow sandy beach.

Once past the gates is another story whatsover, there is no protection at all from the sea and any slight to moderate sort of Northerly swell will put the Pier well out of bounds to Anglers.

I'm all for safety and completely against stupidity BUT before people jump to the wrong conclusions these guys fishing were not in any danger whatsoever unlike some of the stories of late.

[Topfly]

Click the link then the photo.

[micky]

the lads that were on tynemouth pier didnt ask for help some one seen there light on the end of the pier and called in the life gaurds (so i have been told)! i still think it was a stupid place to put ur self in in sees like that but like some one allready said if u no wen u can or cant fish a place u take the risk in to ur own hands!but i still they should have left wen asked 2

[Marty.E.]

I heard tonight that the port of tyne authority are going to take out a private prosecution on the guys who were fishing on Tynemouth Pier. This must mean that the police cannot do anything against those who climbed the gate to fish on the pier??

[micky]

wat does that mean m8

[gazzawill]

i agree westwind there doing nothing wrong at all

the pic makes it look worse than it is

[gazzawill]

the (spiles) bottom end of the north peir is safe to fish in big seas .
its by luck the photo was took as a wave hit the bottom end of the peir
you cant be washed off this area at all as theres cliffs behind you and the slope beach
past the dividing wall
i would fish the same area in same conditions theres nothing wrong in fishing that spot in big sea's

picture shows wrong image

[d-a]

trespass

can the police arrest a person for trespass if they have not forced entary .i thought trespass was a civil law exept for docks railways airports and neuclar power stations

[davem2005]

Knowing my luck ....I would be the guy to buy that car in about 4 years time when the ar*e end is dropping off thru rust

[kensr27sz]

at the time the photo was took, it was only heavy spray that was going over the spiles .very shortly after everyone did come of the spiles as it was getting heavier going .no one was hurt and no one was in danger . by the way the photo must have been took from about 500 yards away from near the old police station ,so the one who took the photo was no where near the anglers .