king edwards bay

[adam123]

what type of fish are you most likely to catch from here and how far do i need to cast out to get in the deeper water from the beach or is it just all shallow

[critchaz]

look off the prom at low water find the gullys and fish them over high water.
you do get the odd bass from the beach and flattys. fished there a few times but never had owt of size hope this helps

[northeast1]

I like this spot but never get alot of fish, always fish it on a raging sea in the winter months, had codling, coalie, bass and rockling from that mark but nothing over 3lb.

Not that snaggy, only lose 2-3 sets of gear per trip there..never fishing in the winter last year but cant see it having changed much.

[peter.m]

Just don't go over the railings in trainers to unsnag fish or you'll be sledging on your a**e down the sea wall. At least it warmed me hands up and cooled the backside

[Stores]

When I was a boy there always seemed to be a sandbank in the middle of the beach, at low water, that you could plodge onto. In the summer it was the most popular place for kids to swim, partly because the seaward side of the sandbar made you feel as though you were nearly piers open and therefore miles from shore and partly because the land side of the bank made a lagoon where the water was 10 degrees warmer and you could restore some life to your nether regions, in those big baggy woolen bathers we all wore. Fishing consisted of casting off the bank, into open water or, better, casting up the sides of it when a bit of sea had created a hole around the bank.
Not so sure of the sandbank these days but the best hole, imho, remains on the south side of the beach, casting up the skeers of the Castle Rocks, on the ebb to the bottom of the tide.

[adam123]

cheers for all the advice lads im hoping to get down their shortly and maybe even catch a few fish

[willywetegg]

The sandbank is still usuaal there David but like them all it keeps moving about a bit. Quite a few years ago we were down one night and it was absolutely massive. There was a hole behind it and up the north side that was deeper than I am tall lol.

Fishing from the prom into the holes can produce some canny results, and there are always one or two good fish every year from the Oxfauld just a hundred or so yards north along the prom. The Lobster pots is always a popular mark at low water too. One of my favourite marks years ago was the Castle rocks to the south of the bay, I have had some decent fish and bags too from there. Not one of the best places to fish alone though and I would also fish it first in the daylight first to see where you are going.

Here is the little local map from the NESA homepage Adam, I don't know how well you know the place but it might help you a bit.

http://www.nesa.co.uk/north-east-fishing-marks/Tynemouth_Beach.html

Jim.

[Cod,cod,cod!]

I wouldn't fish castle rocks with any sort of decent sea running mind.

[kela66]

recent pic of the beach at low water hop this helps