Close Roker Pier ?

[BrianJ]

Fished Roker Pier on tuesday from 06-00 till 12-00 about 100 yard from the roundhead & I must say that it was the most disgusting sight I have ever seen on the pier. I am talking about the amount of litter that mindless yobs leave behind. I would not blame the council for shutting the pier. There was litter absolutley everywhere & although I did not go on the roundhead, a lad walking his dog said it was even worse up there. The thing I hated the most was the drunken chavs tossing everything all over the place. I had to move twice just to avoid them & finally ended up on the barrier. Whilst there I saw 5 more chavs walk past with 2 rods between them & 5 carrier bags of white diamond cider. Unfortunately this will only spoil things for the true anglers who just want peace & quiet & always take their trash home with them.
PS: No mackerel, 12 sandeels, 2 small plaice & 1 coley. All returned

[el_sid]

always the same mate on piers this time of year really does p*ss me off just spoils it for others

[jimmy]

personally i think it will be closed to anglers because of this very reason, a good idea might be to have the pier same as seaham north

[Topfly]

Your dead right Jimmy, True anglers should just avoid the local piers, and let the chav's get on with it. and rather than get tarred with the same brush, the authorities might prosecute those responsible for causing a "public nuisance". Then we might get our fishing shots back.

[eddie t]

Ya dont get peace & quiet on roker pier in the summer months thats why i dont fish there its full of T***ers they should all be shot these t***ers give the good angler a bad name.

Well done on ya catch by the way.

[Mogthemackem]

We were on there saturday and saw a bunch of young chavs throwing a pop bottle and shouting racist abuse at a pakistani woman and her 3 bairns!!! On top of this all the usual rubbish, beer cans etc being dumped over the egde and the smell at the end of the pier who use the lighthouse as a toilet instead of the sea is disgusting. Police should patrol every weekend night as you're not allowed to drink in public anyway. I'm sure that would stop loads of them if their drink was being poured out. I even saw one of them with a pack of white powder in the box which only could have been one of two things. I have my rant about the same time every year. These idiot are killing verything we live for!

[Mike.Haley]

Roker pier and roker sea front are suposed to be alcohol free zones but nobody will take resposibility for the policing of this. The local police dont have the testicle fortitude and nobody else wants to know.

[matchman]

Simple.... charge eveyone for a day's fishing on there during the summer!

True anglers will get easily more than enough bait for the freezer - while enjoying peace and quiet. Have a warden come along checking - that's what the charge is for - to pay him and keep the place litter free.

The morons will soon find somewhere else to go - after all they aint going to pay after spending all their dole on cider.....

While we're on the subject - anyone found dumping bags of mackerel in bins at the end of the pier should be fined on the spot - I saw it on two separate occasions last summer.
They just liked to parade at how many fish they'd caught - and then can't be @rsed to do anything else with the fish....absolutely disgraceful.

Mackerel fishing, summer and Roker Pier....you can keep it!

[The Great Wallsendo]

Originally Posted by matchman

Mackerel fishing....you can keep it!

Didn't your pal Mr Yates give a two page spread feature on how to macky bash last month - beach caster and a string of daylites for shame

[Falcone]

yes i really cant stand this time of year on our piers, hence the kayak i can sit out there away from the chavs and catch more than i would on the pier.