Cullercoats harbour

[Tompa]

I fish the south side regular in the winter mate on low water. Luckily for me it's at the bottom of my street. The rocks are a good shot but can be very frustating, but when it does produce it's normally well worth waiting for as fish can be big from here ;-)
Be very careful tho' as the tide can creep in behind you and cut you off!!

Cheers

Tony

Ps On high water a 30yd lob on the south pier can put you into fish. Cast towards the north peir and and to the right :-)

[Stores]

That's why I prefer it from the breakwater on a high tide, seems a bit easier when you're a bit higher up and get a bit lift on the gear straight off. Still can be a tackle graveyard at times, hence me not using leads there!

If you fish off the skeers you have to pull in over a series of ledges that are like a giant stairway, going down. If you fish off the pier you can cast along the ledge. As well as being higher up that might be what makes it easier to get your gear (and fish) back in. I don't fish the piers but my favourite, as a boy, for codling, was always the North. As others have said you're easily washed off.