any decent fishing spots

[new2this]

was wondering if there were any decent spots in blyth down to north shields for fishing as just starting this hobby. thanks in advance for any advice craig ..

[willywetegg]

Hi Craig and welcome to NESA. There must be dozens of good fishing marks between Blyth and North Shields, far too many to mention on here lol.

Have a look on the NESA homepage and we have a north east fishing marks section, here's a link

North East Fishing Marks - NESA - North East Sea Angling - Sea Fishing UK

Start off there and it will give you a bit of an idea where to look. If you drive, have a look at some of marks mentioned, some days you will see people fishing there, watch where they are casting and if you can have a chat with them, and tell them you have just taken fishing up as a hobby, you will find that they will usually be more than happy to give you some information.

Don't be afraid to ask questions on here, as most of the members will help as much as they can. It has been said lots of times, you might think a question is silly, there is no such thing as a silly question unless you don't ask it lol. When you ask a question it will, more than likely help someone else that has been wondering about the same thing.

Jim.

[new2this]

thanks jim
will look now

[mickbrennan]

are you looking for beach or rocks or river???

[new2this]

beach and river as need to go back 2 basics lol... been out 2 dat at beach between sluice n blyth at toilet car park n had nowt in 5 hrs... help needed pls

[brooktrout]

Just a note mate ask the lads what bait they are using as you could be fishing a rag bed with lug or vise versa.
Ensure when you fish you have a variety lug/rag/razor/mussel/squid etc.
Lug/rag are both £2 a bag each , mussel £1.50, razor £2.50 (4large)
I also go to chinese freezer shop on Stowel street, newcastle and buy raw frozen prawns/razor/squid £4 a bag you get a lot for your money and its always handy to have in.
If you are buying frozen split it up so you are not having to waste excess.
Tonnes of marks on coast and tyne mate as willy said go to initial site and check the marks out. Hartley is a good chuck.
Enjoy mate.

[willywetegg]

Craig, if you scroll down to the bottom right of the page, you will find the NESA homepage, if you click on that you will find lots of tips that will help you. Scroll down the left hand side of the page and you will find, a rig section, local tackle dealers, local fishing clubs and fishing marks. Towards the bottom you will find the "Junior Section" aimed at younger anglers but it has a few things you could use as a new angler too. what to take with you and rigs and traces.

If you look through the catch reports section above, you will find some of the more popular fishing marks mentioned in there. At the moment you will find more of the river marks as shore fishing is quiet right now on our coast.

I said previously to go out and have a look at the area you want to fish. Now that you are wanting to fish beaches, have a walk along the beaches in the area. Whitley Bay, Tynemouth and Blyth beaches are all completely different, I personally prefer Blyth beach. If you have a look at the south end of Blyth beach (Seaton Sluice) at low water, you will see all of the sandbars and holes that could hold food for the fish. Some of them are only a few yards from the high tide line but could still hold fish. Don't always aim for the horizon as you could be casting well over where the fish are. Always try to have a look at a beach at low water before you fish it and you will be able to find the best places giving you a better chance of getting a fish.

There is always a good chance of picking up a flatfish or Bass when fishing close in, something to keep in mind for the summer season. Just drop your hook sizes down and you can pick up a few species, always watch out for Weaver fish, usually from July through September as they lie in very shallow water in the sand and can easily be hooked or stood on with bare feet and I'm told the result can be quite painful. Also be careful when unhooking Bass, as they have very sharp fins that can give a nasty cut.

Check all of the minimum sizes of fish you are likely to catch, some people don't even know that there are minimum sizes and you can be prosecuted for taking anything below those sizes. There are others too that take no notice of minimum sizes taking juvenile fish that are too small for anything.

As previously said, get some different baits in your freezer, Runnydown, Squid, Mussel, Razorfish and Mackerel will all keep in your freezer and if you have them in you can always go out at short notice, keep them in smaller amounts so that you don't have to carry too much with you, they can also go back in the freezer to use again. When using these baits you will need some bait elastic to tie them to the hook, my tip for that would be to buy two rolls. Keep one in your box permanantly and the other in your pocket. The reason for the one in your box is, one day you will go out with different clothing and leave one roll in the house, You can't fasten these baits to your hook with no bait elastic and your mates will continue to mention this for years to come after you have borrowed theirs lol. If you are by yourself however you are snookered, I have heard of people pulling alsorts to bits to get thread, I tried my hand towel, something else you must remember to take

Jim.

[Wayne Eastlake]

Hi Craig' welcome to the Forum m8, I fished the little beach(L/h side Blyth pier) near to the little pier(peeping tom pier) last nite, just for a bit of sport, using only ragworms, had 7 fish, 4 rockling(ugh!), 2 coalies and a small codling(7" aprox), not much but it's sport, and a got oot the hoose!, its a canny spot if your only scratching, good luck bud!

[Billzo]

blyth beach is dead at the mo m8, dead of winter with a good sea running from north or east fish right side of pipe at hole in the wall, as sea starts 2 drop head further south 2wards meggies burn, the ranch, middle toilets & astley ect in winter lug is the only way 2 go but plenty of them i use 6-7 worm on a pennel so bait is about 10" - 1ft long or if u can get them 1 lrg snake white.
just flats & odd silver about at the minute m8. 1 other thing about blyth beach m8 is its very shallow so u wont pick up codling in daylite only in the dark. the codling r there all year round as we go off blyth fishing in the kayaks only 300mtres off & get good bags of codling between 3-5lb best caught last season was a cod of 9lb this time of year, so they r there but u need 2 b able 2 chuck 300 mtres+ lol
good luck m8.