South Shiels pier

[Madray]

Well fished south shields last night got 5 fish, 2 dad ,1 gurnard ,1 plaice ,and codling 2 and a half pound there was only 3 of us there but it was a good nite

[el_sid]

Spot on mate, are gurnard caught off there regularly? av been there the day been a lovely day weather wise, and caught bout 14 sand eels but that was it, dont think anyone else was catching out else.

[Madray]

gurnard

Thats the only gurnard ive ever caught it was only 6 ins long

[tonynufc]

ive seen 2 gurnard off tynemouth pier in the last couple of years

[el_sid]

well done then mate, never seen one caught but reading some old posts, seems quite a few get caught off there in summer.

[Madray]

Funny looking fish

[Madray]

Me Codling

Me codling 2 and a half pound south shields pier

[fishing bairn]

Well done mate

[pondlife]

gurners

i remember catching red gurnard off roker pier in the late eighties one summer. seemed to catch them alongside spanish (horse) mackeral. If memory serves me it was a particularly pleasant start to the year weather wise aswell.

[black bob]

got a red gurnard bout 1.5lb a few year back . Paul Haigue took a photo of it a,ll sort out to see if can figure a way to put on site.

[Davyred]

i remember catching red gurnard off roker pier in the late eighties one summer. seemed to catch them alongside spanish (horse) mackeral. If memory serves me it was a particularly pleasant start to the year weather wise aswell.

Yeah, they used to be a fairly common occurrence during the summer

[rod-the-cod]

got a red gurnard bout 1.5lb a few year back . Paul Haigue took a photo of it a,ll sort out to see if can figure a way to put on site.

makes a change from the tidlers you normaly get bob