Are fish from the Tyne safe to eat ?

[jonny_s]

I have recently joined this forum and am enjoying catching up with all things fishy. Some great posts and loads of info I would never have the time to find out for myself from experience. While trying to find safe venues to take my kids fishing, the Tyne has been mentioned. It seems it is still quite productive, but my question is ' are the fish caught say between the tyne bridge down over towards the sea safe to eat ' ? I know the Tyne is much cleaner these days but I wouldnt fancy taking a swim in it. Most of the fish I occasionally catch are returned but I do eat the odd one. My gut feeling is that eating the odd one is probably ok. I am interested in your thoughts

Cheers

Jonny

[greggthe1]

As long as you cook them well mate all fish will be fine to eat no matter where they are caught.

[The Great Wallsendo]

They're fine...the water may look dirty but there is no more heavy industry chucking it's muck in the river

[jonny_s]

Thanks for the replies, just have to be lucky enough to catch something decent now

[ecoli]

Ive ate cod caught at the tyne bridge and further up stream for years now with no ill effects, its funny cos loads of my mates want fish out the sea but if I mention they were caught in the tyne they change their minds I keep telling them the fish have got to swim up river from the sea

[Charlton]

They're fine...the water may look dirty but there is no more heavy industry chucking it's muck in the river

true, but there is years and years of industrial garbage still on the bottom in the mud. I personally wouldnt eat flounders out the tyne as they lie on the bottom. It is doubtful whether the river bed will ever be claean, that is the problem they are having with the Blyth, where the breakers yard used to be, they cant get rid of the heavy metals etc. Would think, cod, coalies, mackerel (who mentioned mackerel) whiting etc should be okay.
A little tale, i once gave the cat some flounder that was caught in the Tyne and she scoffed it down. She was sick later and I just thought it was because she had eaten to quick. Gave her a plateful of flounder the next day, she didnt touch it.

[BriH]

i will fish the river both south and north shots - but i will not eat any catch - if its in a comp ,i will let others know where they were caught ,and if thats ok with them ,then thats fine


Rock caught fish from the open sea i will eat

they might have just swam from the Tyne Bridge ,turned right round the pier to Marsden ,and been hooked up - BUT i didnt know that

[jordy]

I once give a bloke a flounder i had caught from the river,and the next time i saw him he told me he was ill for 2 days after that, lol.So on that point i agree with what alan said,as far as codling i have ate them from the river no different from any i have caught at the sea.

[codseeker]

ive heard the flounders caught from the rivers taste like mud kinda thing ,never tried them yet and dont intend too ,nor have i tried them from the sea not my type of eating fish

[kela66]

true, but there is years and years of industrial garbage still on the bottom in the mud. I personally wouldnt eat flounders out the tyne as they lie on the bottom. It is doubtful whether the river bed will ever be claean, that is the problem they are having with the Blyth, where the breakers yard used to be, they cant get rid of the heavy metals etc. Would think, cod, coalies, mackerel (who mentioned mackerel) whiting etc should be okay.
A little tale, i once gave the cat some flounder that was caught in the Tyne and she scoffed it down. She was sick later and I just thought it was because she had eaten to quick. Gave her a plateful of flounder the next day, she didnt touch it.

the same happend with my catswith a tyne flatty , & they love the mackrel from blyth

[rod-the-cod]

just wipe the condoms and f4nny pads of and they will be fine

[Oblickta]

coleys from loydds jetty sh*t pipe tasted lush specially when ya ma had nowt to eat. I had a boat rod, £3 8s 6d from Robinsons in the haymarket and a penn seaboy, great for winching up the jetty