new to fishing heres my 2 week history

[mosa]

Hello all i started fishing about 2 weeks ago, the last time being when i was about 12 or so. I bought a sonik sk4 14' and a diawa sea line reel and a sl30 slosh as a spare. I have been to the following using ragg,razor,lug.

1, ramp at back of alcan (north blyth) flatty about 2" which got off

2, 7 stars jetty - nowt

3, blyth beach - nowt

4, blyth pier (docks) - twice caught nowt - oh tell a lie i got a 3" cod wow!!

4, n/shields ice house - nowt except filled it with lead

5, the middens - nowt

6, lynemouth back of power station both sides of pipe - nowt

When i say nowt i mean i didnt even have a bite except for the odd crab stripping my bait (blyth). I have fished at most tide states but only stayed at night for up to an hour or more. I hear the fishing has died off but with having little patience im getting a bit sick. I am out again on wednesday hopefully to look towards newbiggn beach, craster, cresswell, etc etc.

Any advice would be greatly apreciated, i get loads of tips off the guys i meet out there but yet to succeed.

PLEASE HELP if you can. I can even swap some rabbiting sport (one of my other hobbies)if anyone fancies some in return for the odd fishing outing.

cheers chaps!!!!

[Charlton]

Hello all i started fishing about 2 weeks ago, the last time being when i was about 12 or so. I bought a sonik sk4 14' and a diawa sea line reel and a sl30 slosh as a spare. I have been to the following using ragg,razor,lug.

1, ramp at back of alcan (north blyth) flatty about 2" which got off

2, 7 stars jetty - nowt

3, blyth beach - nowt

4, blyth pier (docks) - twice caught nowt - oh tell a lie i got a 3" cod wow!!

4, n/shields ice house - nowt except filled it with lead

5, the middens - nowt


6, lynemouth back of power station both sides of pipe - nowt

When i say nowt i mean i didnt even have a bite except for the odd crab stripping my bait (blyth). I have fished at most tide states but only stayed at night for up to an hour or more. I hear the fishing has died off but with having little patience im getting a bit sick. I am out again on wednesday hopefully to look towards newbiggn beach, craster, cresswell, etc etc.

Any advice would be greatly apreciated, i get loads of tips off the guys i meet out there but yet to succeed.

PLEASE HELP if you can. I can even swap some rabbiting sport (one of my other hobbies)if anyone fancies some in return for the odd fishing outing.

cheers chaps!!!!

Mosa, don't get disheartened mate, there are many seasoned anglers who over the last two weeks will of had the same record as you.
If you are stuck getting rid of the rabbits i could take some off your hands for the dog, I live in Cullercoats, unfortunately i no longer fish so can't take you anywhere, but will help you where I can.

[Richie_fishy]

just keep on tryin mate, its been hit n miss of lately but just the odd biggins are being caught and tiddlers etc so i wud'n worry bout it/ i myself have blanks 3times so.. far and im now off to newbiggin beach with ma 2 rods in an hr or so... need to catch summit lol.. you'll get ya sesh soon enough, your tryin more places than me too hehe so ya shud catch summit soon enough.. fish it when the sea picks up try this website for the swell action..

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[5150]

One key thing that will impact the harbours/estuaries and rivermouths at the minute is the amount of freshwater coming down thanks to all the rainfall and snow melting on high ground. You need to look for a beach or rock mark that is away from any freshwater sources.

We'll start seeing a lot more flatfish from April onwards, mackeral shoals in the summer months and then back to the cod season as we head towards winter.

I've got little patience myself these days, i tend to arrive at a mark and if there's no bites at all I'll move on after an hour or sometimes less.

Blyth harbour has been pretty poor for a lot of years now. Ice house on the tyne is as you found out terrible for snags (try further up river, it's not as bad).

Wansbeck next to the boat sheds is a good spot for flatties, and some good sized ones at times, once they're appearing in numbers, you need a spell without rain and I find it best on a calm sea about 1:30 each side of the high tide. 2 hooks with ragworm and mackeral strip, vary your cast distance and area until you find a spot you get regular hits.

Cullercoats on the high tide from the south breakwater casting out to sea and into the imaginary channel going straight out between the breakwaters, can be quite snaggy so i use old spark plugs etc as weights to save lead, doesn't produce big numbers but i've had some nice cod from there over the years.

[RossW]

Trawl through this website, read angling magazines for a few months and ask anglers for advice wherever you see them. Best thing though - join a club - you'll learn more from other members than all the magazines put together.
Never give up

[TRM]

You have a private message m8

[Iva-Cod-on]

Dont give up mate the dry spells just make the good ones even better it'll come together for you the lads have said all there is to say about gaining knowledge just trawl through and keep reading the reports on here I find them a great scource of info and everybody helps as you can tell!

Ps we are all struggling!!

[biglugs]

i only started back up end of last year and not caught a great deal really but suppose ya need to be patient and persistent ,i was gonna buy a gun cos i think i have seen more rabbits than fish when ive been out on a night..lol could always try blasting some cod out of the water

[Charlton]

Cullercoats on the high tide from the south breakwater casting out to sea and into the imaginary channel going straight out between the breakwaters, can be quite snaggy so i use old spark plugs etc as weights to save lead, doesn't produce big numbers but i've had some nice cod from there over the years.[/QUOTE]

if you have seen the amount of sand shifted from Tynemouth beach since they removed the old sewer pipe and acroos the rocks and into the harbour, a couple more big southerlies you will be able to walk across the harbour at low tide.

[codseeker]

hey mate your time will come sooner than later i remember the great wallsendo when he started this fishing lark he couldnt even tie hes shoe laces never mind tie a hook look at him now hes a reet tackle tart and a keen angler and has had some great sessions and cracking fish he kept at it and asked just a few questions on here ( well several thousand lol) RESPECT for the lad and great fun ,so just keep at it mate and you will see the benefits soon

[anndy]

just keep going,, it has been a funny old few weeks i have not had much lately you time will come

[Charlton]

this will cheer you up. Amble AC had a match last night, not a single fish weighed in

[bozjc]

try fishing in some rough stuff.
the areas around st. marys, hartley, colywell bay and seaton sluice can be canny.

dosnt sound like you are doing anything wrong matey, alot of peeps have been blanking after stratching about for hours!

im sure the time you are putting in will pay off soon ;D

[paulthespark]

my mate started fishing a few years back his first 6 sessions he got zilch,on his seventh he hooked a cracking 6 ib.er now after three years he knows everthing about sea angling [or so he thinks ] and his best to date is a 14 lbs ling ,but what he told me was that in the first 6 seshes catching nowt he never once got dispondent , just keep trying mate you will get a decent fish in the end, mabey not this season though lol.

[gypsyjabber]

try steetley

try steetley getting hammered with good sized whiting.saw bag fulls been carried of yesterday and few nice codling.i was down yesterday fishing with my wife caught few nice whiting.back there again tmos for some more action.