Night time is the right time for mixed bags
WITH a nice bit of sea running last week and relatively big tides, some nice bags of cod were reported throughout the region.
A night-time session continues to produce the best results but all of the popular marks have seen mixed bags of cod, whiting and flatties showing in daylight hours.
The rock edges and cliffs at Ryhope have seen bags of up to seven or eight cod with the best around the 7lb mark.
Whitburn and Marsden have seen similar results, as have the various rock edge marks North of the Tyne. Roker pier and S.shields pier have both produced some interesting mixed bags with best cod around the 5lb mark and lots of whiting on most tides.
The river Tyne has improved with cod around 3lb showing from the lower river marks and quality flounders are taking the classic winter bait of lugworm tipped with mackerel from the upriver marks.
The Whitley Bay A.S. night open saw a good weigh-in with 17 out of 39 bringing 37 cod and a lone dogfish to the scales.
Steve Williams fished St Mary’s Island to land five cod for 11.01lb. John Burnyeat had four for 8.08lb from Sharpness, Darren Swan four cod and a dogfish for 8.04lb, also from St. Mary’s, and James Patterson had four for 8.01lb. Chris Robson had the h.s.f. with a cod of 7.02lb, which put him into fifth place.
There are still cod to be had from the rock edge marks during a nighttime session even in relatively settled conditions.
Richy Carr won a Cleadon match with four for 3.82kg ahead of Andrew Brotherton with two for 1.66kg. Seaton Sluice fished in calm seas and Darren Swan did well to land eight cod for 11.11lb, D.burke had the h.s.f. with a cod of 6.01lb. Chris Robson had a nine-fish mixed bag of 6.02lb to win the Tynemouth Christmas match.
The Cloughton open saw 46 out of 105 weigh in with the top three h.s.f. being very close. The £500 top prize went to Col Stainthorpe with a cod of 5.11lb, Dennis Thompson had one of 5.10lb and Luke Mccourt one of 5.07lb.
The heaviest bag was won by Luke Ingle with 11 cod for 21.06lb ahead of Chez Hunt with seven for 19.13lb.
There will be plenty of sweepstake and open matches over the Christmas period. Thursday, December 27 sees three open events around the region to choose from.
Big Fred’s Christmas cash match fishing from 12pm until 5pm between the Walkway in the Tyne to Seaburn beach. Basic entry £5, 100% payout. Register at S.shields A.C. clubhouse from 11am.
The Newbiggin Bank House money match fishing from 10am until 2pm. Open boundaries excluding all piers rivers and estuaries, round fish only no flatfish. Basic entry £10 100% payout register at the Bank House car park from 8am until 9am. Ritchie 07766208437 for details.
The Get Carter open fishing from 10am until 3pm between Horden Fox Holes and the Heugh pier wall. Basic entry is £10 with a £500 top prize to be won. More info. Barry 07772669063. Whitley Bay A.S. Night open: 17/39w.i. 1st S.williams 5f 11lb 1oz. 2nd J.burnyeat 4f 8lb 8oz. 3rd D.swan 5f 8lb 4oz. 4th J.patterson 4f 8lb 1oz. 5th C.robson 1f 7lb 2oz, h.s.f. 6th D.delaney 3f 6lb 8oz. Newbiggin A.C. Christmas: 14/37 w.i. 1st W.smailes 4f 13lb 5oz. 2nd J.davison 2f 4lb 11oz. 3rd G.foster 4f 3lb 4oz. h.s.f. D.greatrex 5lb 14oz. Cleadon A.C.: 1 1st R.carr 4f 3.82kg. 2nd A.brotherton 2f 1.66kg. 3rd B.j.ridley 1f 0.60kg. Cleadon A.C.: 2 1st L.mcvey 2f 1.03kg. 2nd L.riley h.s.f. 0.98kg. Seaton Sluice A.C.: 8/9 w.i. 1st D.swan 8f 11lb 11oz. 2nd D.burke 1f 6lb 1oz h.s.f. 3rd T.rutherford 2f 4lb 15oz. 4th T.stanford 1f 4lb 12oz. B.O.T.A.C. Christmas: 25w.i. 1st C.robson 9f 6lb 2oz. 2nd T.anderson 8f 4lb 13oz. 3rd S.harper 6f 4lb 9oz. 4th P.skinner 7f 4lb 5oz. A.edwards h.s.f. 1Lb 11oz.