looking highly likely the scum have won the dayon roker pier

[paulthespark]

first off for me it's great to sea the kids [mackie bashing] it's how we all started every one of us can remember the excitement we felt when we hooked our first mackie, the pull on the line and the fight from the fish,happy times, yet the kids of today are the future of our sport don't forget that and don't knock them they have a lot to learn.
secondly the grown up dick heads that infest our piers here on the north east coast during the summer months,what can be done about them, in my opinion we can't do nothing they have as much right to go fishing from our piers as the most seasoned sea angler has, i hear a lot of complaints on this site about these people getting ****ed , flying leads and strings of daylights going all over the place, fair enough but that does not change anything, complaining does not equate action,how do we change the mind set ,to be honest i have't a clue but what i do know is something has to change and moaning about it on this forum is not going to do anything..

[smallfry]

I don't usually 'do clubs', however I've been very pleasantly surprised since joining SSAC this year. For a start I've never blanked while fishing on either pier, have met some nice folk (even GeordieH!) & have never had to put up with the usual crap & other detritus usually found on the likes of Middleton Pier which is like a stinking sewage plant!
Sunderland council along with others need to get a grip & turn our piers into recreational but safe, clean & dare I say it 'profitable' venues.
There again, how many 'serious' anglers would travel 28 miles down a dead end road in the NW of Scotland only to leave all their ****e behind? Rig packets, bait cartons, beer cans, discarded line....
I'm no fantastic angler but I do respect my surroundings wherever I am be it pier, beach or rocky coast & this subject really boils my water!

[cod father]

Well it seems roker pier was open again from friday and ive just been informed that the lighthouse was broken into again last night.if its true i think this will be the final nail in the coffin.

[saltysam]

Well it seems roker pier was open again from friday and ive just been informed that the lighthouse was broken into again last night.if its true i think this will be the final nail in the coffin.

It boils my p--s when you here what other no brainers do that spoils it for others I was hoping to get some Mackie bashing in this week I hope it doesn't close what they need is a live camera putting up to catch the culprits

[dale19]

if it has been done again is down to the pricks that broke in before these people new fishermen would get the blame after reports in the local press.
in my opinion its not the lads fishing its the opportunist theif scum bags low life these people have no regard for property