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Some good posts here I used to fish a lot in th 70's things I can remember is getting my bait from Tennicks Monkwearmouth if not from there it would be going down the river low tide and getting mussels or we used to get massive rag from the dredger cos my uncle knew one of the lads. I can remember hiding on the floor of my uncles car getting into the south docks because you needed a pass, we used to fish from what we called then the Orange Buoy just opposite the old North Pier it was a great spot best fish we caught was a 6 1/2ib Rock Codling there was a lot of them around due to the kelp beds. Of course you were not allowed to fish there and the security used to move you on. Other places was the Rat House Corner or the Arches on the South Pier dodgy in rough seas, if we ran out of weights we used to use old chain, another nice spot was under the town bridge where some nice size coalies were caught, I was once fishing there and I turned around and there was a rat with a mussle in its mouth starin at me I nearly s...t myself it was as big as a cat no lies it ran passed me and straight up the bridge wall.............Happy Days