Seaham South Pier

[big phil 123]

So what do you say about the events of last week when the gate was open on Roker?

I've done it all my angling life, and I'll continue to do so. The difference being I know when its safe for me to go on through 30 years of fishing on there in all sorts of conditions.. The people in charge of the keys, judging by the events of last week alone, do not. They'll have looked out of the window, seen it was a nice day, and opened it up.

you were calling me the other day for fishing in bad conditions yet you climb over closed gates to fish .

EDIT: Any more personal insults and you'll have to be banned.

[Davyred]

Stop talking crap if the gates are locked as a adult you should know better

So you've never broke the law in your life?

Glass houses?

[Davyred]

you were calling me the other day for fishing in bad conditions yet you climb over closed gates to fish the pier your a tosser mate

Link?

And whats with the 'tosser' crap?

When I climb over the gates, the conditions are never bad. Ever. I make sure the forecast is good, the tides are favourable, and the sea is dying away. That, in my eyes, isn't bad conditions.

Now the blokes who were on the pier last night, thats a totally different ball game.

[mick65]

Link?

And whats with the 'tosser' crap?

When I climb over the gates, the conditions are never bad. Ever. I make sure the forecast is good, the tides are favourable, and the sea is dying away. That, in my eyes, isn't bad conditions.

Now the blokes who were on the pier last night, thats a totally different ball game.

This......
I've fished with Davyred on numerous occasions on Roker Pier. We never did anything that endangered our lives, We always took the weather forecast for the next few hours, and on the odd occasion the weather forecast was wrong we'd get off the pier when the sea conditions weren't as we expected, and this was years ago. With the information that is now available on the internet with the weather then people have NO excuse.

[Darnc]

It's fine to put your lives at risk lads and I'm not saying I've never done something I probably shouldn't but anglers can't keep expecting other people to come to the rescue when something goes wrong this type of behaviour gets all of us tarred with the same brush and will result in some venues being closed off and bylaw put in place to stop fishing on these structors.

[Davyred]

It's fine to put your lives at risk lads and I'm not saying I've never done something I probably shouldn't but anglers can't keep expecting other people to come to the rescue when something goes wrong this type of behaviour gets all of us tarred with the same brush and will result in some venues being closed off and bylaw put in place to stop fishing on these structors.

Thats just it though, I NEVER put my life at risk.

I've only ever once been hit by a wave, and that was at Balcary, because I didn't know the way the sea/weather worked there. Thats the key for me, if you don't know what you're doing, you're going to get in trouble. As far as Roker is concerned, I know what I'm doing.

The issue that scares me is the people in charge of the keys to the gate. They know nothing of sea/weather conditions (see last week). Imagine if that had happened on a similar day in August/September with the pier packed with people out for a walk. It doesn't bare thinking about.

What people seem to forget is that the whole length of Roker was only opened to the public in the early 80's, as it wasn't fenced after the barrier. Before that, it was common practice to climb round the gates, a lot more than it is now.

You'll never stop people going on when the gates are shut, and the people at risk are the ones who don't spend the time in finding out just what the conditions are going to be like.

As Mick65 said, there were 2 occasions I can think of when conditions turned for the worst. The first was during a club competition where the club opened the pier and the Easterly wind which was forecast 2-3 actually blew at 5-6. We got off sharpish. The second time, we got on at low water as normal, and within an hour, we knew something wasn't right so we came off. When we went back to look an hour before the top of the tide, waves were travelling half the length of the pier. Thats 2 occasions in god knows how many trips on there, and never once did I consider my life was at risk.

[codseeker]

davey tek nee notice davey mate half the fkrs on here dont even nah how to work out a tide table

[Darnc]

davey tek nee notice davey mate half the fkrs on here dont even nah how to work out a tide table

R I mate

[marco1967]

a few fishing on there last night , it dont seem to be stopping folks going on .