Guide to Fishing Whiburn, Seaburn & Roker

[steveuk1]

nice 1 mate, thanks for takeing the time

[Ivor Spraggon]

Allreet Jimbob. Are you the one with the Black Night? Ye naw a bit about Roker but dinna tell 'em about owld Roker Pipe ....

[Davyred]

Aye those were the days Ivor, Roker pipe and the cross.

The Cross was one of my favourite marks - a bit like surf fishing for Bass, standing in your chest waders in the water tables. Any big sea would do, it would look unfishable, but if you got your gear over the second breaker, you were in business. The bites were fantastic, literally one massive pull and loads of slack line, followed by a great battle in the surf

Sadly, it deteriorated when the pipe was demolished.

Had a good laugh there one morning though. It was about 2am in the middle of December, absolutley freezing. I was standing in the water holding my rod. I just happened to turn round to see this bloke rummaging around in my box. I switched my headlight on, knocked my reel into free spool and legged it out of the water shouting at this bloke. Well he nearly s*** himself. When I got there, he was with his dog, saying that he thought the gear had been washed up as he couldn't see anyone lol.

He then said....you must be daft fishing in this weather at this time of the morning, to which I asked who was dafter, me all wrapped up in all my thermals, or him for walking his dog at 2 in the morning, in a jacket and pair of tracksuit bottoms. He laughed and said you're right

[Jimbob]

That must of been a few years ago Mr Red!!

Davy - you must know the doors like the back of your hand. Can you pm me any info along
this part of the coast - promise to keep stum on it!

The cross still fishes well as you say but not like the past. This season conditions aint been
that good - few SE's....

A guy a couple of seasons back had 19 codling from their early doors into the season.

I have got one of Terry's nice longbeaches which are superb.