Beach?

[jordy]

Looking for a bit info chaps,are the likes of whitley,Tynemouth, blyth,cambois and sandy bay venues where you need to be able to chuck a fair way?Reason i ask is i`ve never really give any of them a real go..well other than tynemouth towards cullercoats where i`ve had coalies,flatties and the odd small codling.I`ve always mainly fished rock marks when i hit the coast due to the fact i always thought i`d have a better chance of a fish or two.Thanks for reading lads,any info would be spot on.

[CHUKKA]

All of the beaches will produce fish from very close range if they are there! Most of the marks just need a bit of skill to read the conditions and fish in the holes or on the back of any sand bars. I would happily fish two hooks flapping on 30lb line on all of the beaches. Its only when you dont get bites that a long chuck can sometimes pay off. Overcasting is often a big mistake.

The fish will either be there or not, Blyth has fished very well this year but there have been sandeels about!

Ps the beaches are all darkness shots!!

Lynemouth being the exception which can produce fish in daytime to the bigger casters, saying that ive had my best bags off there fishing 40lb straight through!!

[jordy]

Thanks for the info Andy,think i`ll start giving them more of a go now then.think a lot of it stems from the fact that i know really that i`m using rods that i aint capable of using to their potential,mainly rough ground rods.Where as i feel comfortable using them on the rocks,was worried that if they were all distance venues i would be to overgunned using them on the beach.Much appreciated.

[CHUKKA]

A rods a rod as far as the fish are concerned. Some of the beaches blyth in particular can have a very heavy undertow and you will need a powerful rod. It sometimes feels as if the rod is getting dragged out of your hands, and when the weed is there you will be glad for heavier line!!

Be careful not to lose your rod if its in the stand! I tend to hold mine unless its desperately poor or v cold!!

My advice is not to fish too light, some of the beaches are quite kelpy of have steep ledges. Try different baits and casting ranges and move about. Often the fish will move with the tide or feed at a certain stage. You generally need some movement in the sea. It might look unfishable in some spots but quite often as the tide drops the sand bars will flatten the sea and the fish will be there!

[jordy]

great,thanks for the info.

[canman]

Starting at Tynemouth beach, fishes best in the dark with the exception of slatey gut which fishes equally well in day light (overcast) in a large northerly swell, thats the rocks at the north end of the beach.
Whitley beach fishes well in the daylight as well in a big sea. Start at the north end at high water just to the right of the boat station, then little bay at half tide, then a couple of hours before low water at any of the "dark water" shots near the rendezvous caff. All marks here on Whitley beach only need a small cast.
Blyth beach is definitely best in the dark, take a look in daylight to see where the holes are near low tide.
Cambois beach is again, best in the dark. There are about 5 rows of houses, there is usually a good hole for low water straight down from there. Good luck

[Charlton]

Jordy
had good bags of fish off Tynemouth casting no more than thirty yards in the case of Stoney bottom on a big tide have had them casting even less. A lot of marks on Whitley beach do not require a long cast.

[Lowrider]

I agree with Charlton.
Fished Blyth a lot and always went for the big cast.
Then one time got a nest and dropped short,got a bite almost at once and once i had sorted the tangle out i dropped it in short again.
One of my best sessions there

[jordy]

Cheers for the advice chaps.

[g-force]

Some good advice there - just out of interest, I'd always regarded Blyth beach as somewhere that didn't need a big chuck. The last couple of months though I've had a lot more success with clipped down baits thrown out as far as I can (and I'm not the only one who's found this) - paid dividends in a few matches when the usual tactics were producing nothing, or just undersize stuff.

Also, after a chat with an old hand who's fished the place a lot, I decided to try crab baits, which in the past have never really paid off for me. Again it helped me sort out a few better fish when others next to me were struggling. Just goes to show that even when you think you know somewhere don't be afraid to try something different before concluding there are no fish about.

Cheers, Gary

[jordy]

Interesting to know that Gary,great stuff.Thanks.

[sidblank]

my last few times have all produced cod at range, 120yards at least clipped down, even my whiting in the whitley open came at over 120yds, tried short never got a touch, whereas as hadston tends to produce on a little lob 30-50 yards. i suppose two nights are nevere the same and locating thems the hard bit

[Billzo]

Some good advice there - just out of interest, I'd always regarded Blyth beach as somewhere that didn't need a big chuck. The last couple of months though I've had a lot more success with clipped down baits thrown out as far as I can (and I'm not the only one who's found this) - paid dividends in a few matches when the usual tactics were producing nothing, or just undersize stuff.

Also, after a chat with an old hand who's fished the place a lot, I decided to try crab baits, which in the past have never really paid off for me. Again it helped me sort out a few better fish when others next to me were struggling. Just goes to show that even when you think you know somewhere don't be afraid to try something different before concluding there are no fish about.

Cheers, Gary

got 2 agree gary m8 ive fish blyth all my life & only ever used big lug baits up2 1 ft long from the groynes up2 the toilet block but on the -0 tide we had a few years back i seen rocks out there that i never knew were there so crab was added 2 my baits also.
we have also been fishing the beach in summer in the yaks & all the cod lying around 200mtre mark r only interested in fresh mussel, then up2 1/2mile off they turn 2 crab funny how things just change like that.