Recent content by tonytaylor

Had a good natter with Davy today when he got back from the RVI. Pleased to say he is as cheerful as ever and can't wait to get back out! The moral at the end of his story is a good one Get back soon we need you to keep us in order at the RM matches!!

A poor day on the pier yesterday, spoilt by tons of eating crabs grabbing baits as soon as they touched bottom. There must be millions of them! There was however a bit of really bad luck. I was fishing the mid sections of the pier and noticed Wilf Reed struggling with what appeared to be a large...

No cod - just Moray eels, trigger fish, snappers and wrasse. The worms you buy in Hong Kong are about 4feet long but very thin. A bit like a ragworm/lugworm cross. When you buy them they come in newspaper with a razor blade to chop them up. Most of the people we saw fishing used hand lines and...

Charlie we are to old to climb gates!! It was a Tynemouth match and the gate is opened by the pier warden so we can push our trollies along the pier. It was the best match we have had for a number of years with fish everywhere. Apart from the sized fish that were weighed in, there were loads...

Sorry for the lack of posts lately but have been to Hong Kong and Europe. Back for the Winter!!

Stuey, I remember Joe Joyce well as if it were yesterday. I can even remember the crash helmet. Joe was a smashing guy who was liked and respected by all in Whitley Bay club. In those days W/B club had some great personalities and we had some memorable times. I joined in 1956 and will always...

Class post boblydon. Steven Mather one of the Whitley Bay juniors at the time still holds the Scottish shore record for coalfish. I think it was just under 12lbs. I remember that evening well. We had about 15 juniors with us and I spent all evening dashing about, helping to land fish and collect...

I hate people who brag but due to overwhelming demand heres a few tasters for you. Best catch of codling from the shore was 45 from Blyth beach with fish up to 5lbs. That particular year I landed close to 400 cod! Biggest local cod landed was 23lbs - 3oz from the Sumps at Rocky Island. Over...

Last night I was fishing at Quarry hole Newbiggin and some t**t sneaked up and stole my Shakespeare Beta tackle box. The box had loads of gear in it including a SLOSH20 and headlamp. When you tot up how much everything equates to it is quite surprising. I was fishing about 50yards from my gear...

I'm with Sky having changed a month ago. I'm on broadband max which costs £10 a month which gives speeds up to 16mb and unlimited downloads. I have however had teething troubles with a dodgy router and erratic connection problems. Unfortunately Sky's technical people are in Northern Ireland and...

I can remember the year of the haddock! Actually it was 2 years where there were loads of haddock . I cant remember which years but it was at least 40 years ago. They were everywhere, especially from Whitley pipe and even a few off Whitley beach. The top spot was the dolphins in the river Tyne...

Dougy Dougy Doug is now in his 70's. Has the life of riley. Plays golf nearly every day. Digs worms on the big tides. Fishes W/Bay matches and blanks each week in the Tynemouth retired matches!!!! I don't think he is in to computers( hasn't got the time!)

Fished Tynemouth pier yesterday in the retired members match. Something unusual occured. I was fishing next to Mick Styles when a comorant landed on the pier and tried to pinch a coalie off Micks trace. He had just landed a double shot of the regulation 33cms coalies. The coalies were deeply...

Hi Everyone, I,m currently based in Hong Kong and have just logged in to the new format. Really I wanted to see how the local competitions were going but cant find them. Will they be back?

Saw a mobile phone picture of it last night. Huge fish caught by Peter Dent in his salmon nets. Swordfish do turn up from time to time of this coast. I watched them landing these fish at a market in Spain last year. Seems to be the same species that they get in the med.