grangetown prom

[codhead26]

as any 1 fished the prom as i am looking for a few more marks to fish this year im wanting to fish some rock edge marks as well around h.pool and close bye any suggestings

[PaulGH]

Hendon prom even

Aye I've fished it a couple of times, best fished hour or two up and hour or two down. most of the lads head straight for the end what's generally referred to as 'The Falls' near where the ramp goes down onto beach. been a few canny fish pulled in along there.
1st, 2nd and 3rd bays are also a worth while shot at times I keep being told this anywhere has the possibility of producing really. just watch yourself down there a couple of lives lost down there recently. just don't take any daft risks.

I'm hardly an expert on the venue, I've just fished it a couple of times.

[eddie t]

the 1st 2nd and 3rd bays are a canny spot but the 1st bay is rocky and you can loose gear.

[bazw]

sunderland or the borough?

if sunderland this is bay 1





this is 2 and 3



these taken last year this time , last time i was there at low water (night one of our members was almost washed off a few weeks ago , there was much more rock exposed in 2 and 3

even the clearer bays were showing a lot of rock where its normally just sand

places to aim for are the kelp visible below low water mark ,some nice codling from there at times

[treeboa]

can get a bit `crap your undies` there, last year was fishing with a mate, he took a wave over him, came to the car for a change of gear ,when he got back there was a bowling ball sized lump of rock next to his box, must have just missed him

[bazw]

yep thats "all the fun of the prom "

last winter i cast out , popped my rod in the rest and climbed into the back of my van to make coffee , wave came over and i had 7 or 8 seconds of water falling on the van , this was the south end and i was parked away from wall at back side , if i was at north bays and been outside i would have been gone

[cantcatchafish]

ive nice fish in from the1st bay canny spot but can be iffie the ramp forth along is to bad never heard of anyone getting washed in from there

[codseeker]

if i fish any of the bays upto the banstand and its too bad i will fish up onto the carpark bit with the stand atleast you have time to get out the way if a wave comes up but on the bottom part the wave will carry you along the prom beware where ever you fish along there on a big sea

[blackcat]

hey codseeker i fished hendon before but can you fish from the carpark in heavy sea's? would you be able to reel in over the railings? cheers bk

[codseeker]

aye but ya reel in still at the carpark bit and when fish comes closer get down to lift it over if its safe,but the railings seem to be a lot higher than they was so not sure now

[bazw]

a quiet day at hendon yesterday







just an idea of what can happen , just south of the bandstand just before high water , with a northerly it can be soooooooooo much worse that it is really dangerous

waves were braking against the back wall behind my rod stand in the pic but in
front / on the front of my van after coming over the ramp on the bandstand

+ not a fish to be seen

ps wonkey stanchion seen in first pic is the "first of the many" plastic stanchions that i think will break over the winter and they are about 4 feet high so hendon is no longer wheel chair friendly for sure

[mickcave83]

was on there last neet but only for an hour as it became unfishable, managed 1 out 1.10lb

[PaulGH]

Fished the prom last night, the railings are definitely higher than the old railings but it's still easy enough to fish over them from the carpark (the carpark level is raised also (handy)).

[codseeker]

well decided to try the prom till dark last bay ,got a good soaking water splashing ower ,so moved along a hundred yards to next bay first cast resulted in another good soaking pmsl , bloke 30 yards from me towards last bay had about 5-6 fish out nowt big pund and halfers and a eel ,on me last cast i pulled me gear in to feel some weight on it i says or aye a none biter ,it seemed that i hooked a snapped hook snood and there was a coalie on it lol,anyway roker pier was terrible had nowt and seen nowt caught ,so that lucky coalie saved me day even though i didnt hook the bugger

fished prom 3pm till 5pm- roker 5.30pm till 8.30pm

[waerhy]

aye i got wet there last time aswell coddy just as i was packin up to gan to ratty. somehow jer managed to dodge the wave. (must be his matrix training)