ROSEHILL RODS
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When is it best to fish Amble Harbour high/low? Is there any perticular bait required to fish the harbour.Thanks in advance for your help.
Amble Harbour
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I keep bumping into a couple who come down from Amble to fish at Hendon Prom.
They say Amble is spoilt by too much freshwater.
YOU GOTTA GO WITH LOCAL KNOWLEDGE ON THIS.
Maybe they're wrong. In any case the harbour should be getting some fresh season sea trout and salmon any time now. Some have already been caught in the Wear at Claxheugh and at Berwick I believe.
They say Amble is spoilt by too much freshwater.
YOU GOTTA GO WITH LOCAL KNOWLEDGE ON THIS.
Maybe they're wrong. In any case the harbour should be getting some fresh season sea trout and salmon any time now. Some have already been caught in the Wear at Claxheugh and at Berwick I believe.
Blankety Blank
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It's best to fish it over high water. Rag, lug, mackerel and bluey are good baits to use for flatties during the warmer months then lug, crab, mussel, squid etc are good cod baits from September - February.
Blankety Blank
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The Coquet does get runs of salmon and sea trout but it's illegal to keep them if you don't have a licence.
I wouldn't anyway. However I thought that only applied to the river, not an estuary subject to tidal flow.
wonmorehoy
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It actually costs more to fish the tidal section of the Coquet than it does the Federation water above the dam above Warkworth.
It's £105 for the permit plus another £80 for the tidal for the season.
Day tickets are available, but even then the tidal is 20 quid.
Prices
http://www.northumbriananglersfed.co.uk/modified map 1 jun 11 fp.jpg
Link above.
It's £105 for the permit plus another £80 for the tidal for the season.
Day tickets are available, but even then the tidal is 20 quid.
Prices
http://www.northumbriananglersfed.co.uk/modified map 1 jun 11 fp.jpg
Link above.
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You live and learn.....
Got my salmon license already. Pensioner's rate £48.
Id' be out trout fishing now except for the fact that my new waders took all the skin off the back of my calf right leg. Bloody hurts. Sore as hell.
Will need it to heal before trying again with some long Johns underneath.
So, Amble and fishing the harbour. From my own perpsective a harbour this time of year will be good for flatties more than anything. You may well get an occasional wanderer visiting from the ray family and perhaps dogfish moving in for a look.
Of course the mackerel will go there once they show up too.
For now though I'd make more of a go for flatties with suitable rigs. At least they're more tolerant of freshwater estuaries. Try lighter tackle and make it sporting.
ambleangler
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Mostly Flatties at this time of year with the odd whitey. The fresh water isnt too much of a problem at the moment but at times of the heavy rains last year, it showed as a brown slick just outside of the piers. Complete waste of time and bait fishing in those conditions. When the Maccy arrives, you are far better off going across to the Warkworth side and it may be a bit of a walk to the old jetty but thats where the maccy are caught. Very few are caught on the Amble side in my experience. I normallu fish it two hours up and two hours down and have caught fish on Rag, Lug, Maccy strip and squid. The Promenade area next to the Paddling pools is out of bounds at the moment as part of the sea wall came away during the recent tidal surges so be very careful if you are planning on fishing off the wall, Do so at your own risk.
Cheers.
AA.
Cheers.
AA.
ROSEHILL RODS
Member
Thanks for the info ambleangler.Is there any beaches in the area worth a cast also are the flatties a reasonable size or just small.it really doesn't matter anyway all fish will be returned to fight another day.
Blankety Blank
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Druridge Bay and Warkworth beach stretch several miles and offer good fishing for flatties, mainly flounder but with a chance of plaice, dab, turbot and sole. Worm baits and small strips of mackerel, bluey or squid are good baits. The average size is probably about 0.75lb but there are better fish to be caught with the odd one to 2lb a possibility. If you fancy a crack at the cod then you're best off fishing the rock marks at Amble or Hauxley but be prepared to lose some rigs. I use a rotten bottom pulley rig for fishing heavy ground.
ambleangler
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Hi Rosehill.
Blankety has given you some top marks and info there Mate. Another canny flattie mark, (which is really clean ground so, very little if any tackle losses), is the beach just south of the white house on the cliff at Amble. You can park in the visitor car park next to the road just opposite the east side gate of Amble Links Caravan Park and just follow the path towards the beach where you will come to a set of wooden steps. If you fish from just in front of the steps, you should get some flattie action mate. I am not a fan of flattie eating so I put them back after taking a pic mate.
Cheers.
AA.
Blankety has given you some top marks and info there Mate. Another canny flattie mark, (which is really clean ground so, very little if any tackle losses), is the beach just south of the white house on the cliff at Amble. You can park in the visitor car park next to the road just opposite the east side gate of Amble Links Caravan Park and just follow the path towards the beach where you will come to a set of wooden steps. If you fish from just in front of the steps, you should get some flattie action mate. I am not a fan of flattie eating so I put them back after taking a pic mate.
Cheers.
AA.
