big whiting caught on roker last night

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micky-quayle

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a whiting of 2lb 10oz was caught on roker pier last night, it was officially weighed in andy rutherfords this morning so must have been around the 3 lb mark if you allow for dehydration overnight, can\'t remember the lads name but andy will know. a very nice specimen !
 
Mick,
Theres NO coleys or flounders around yet....get back into hibernation....the winter is coming........ :) :) :)
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FLOUNDERS !!!! couldn\'t tell you the lst time i went flatty bashing, a few years ago at least !!!!!

not done much sea fishing the last few years do a lot more pike fishing now.
 
still a few flatties on the tyne marks though nowt to write home about
had a decent whiting on wed night 16\" but it must have been on a diet
just tipped the scales at over a pound
 
I for one have noticed a big change in flat fish catch rates from the rivers.I used to fish the upper tyne alot and you expected whiting and flounder everytime, Now if you get 1 flounder in the marks i fish you have done well.

Anyone else found this?
 
i know just by looking at the competion results that flounder catches have decreased dramatically over the last 10 years in the river wear, most put this down wholey to overfishing, undoubtedly overfishing is a contributary factor when you take into account the number of comps in the river wear in the 80\'s and 90\'s. however i think other factors also come into the equation, the whole ecosystem has changed due to man made factors, the whiting population is booming due to the decline in cod stocks, these in turn are pushing much further up the estuaries and in much greater numbers in their quest for food and in my opinion anyway are as much if not more a factor in the flounders demise, might be bollocks but just my personal view.
DISCUSS !

[Edited on 18/2/2005 by micky-quayle]
 
In the (relatively) few years I\'ve been fishing, I\'ve noticed a tremendous decrease in the number of flounder I\'ve caught.

When I 1st started (about 6 years ago), I could almost guarantee a flounder or 2 from the Tyne......some sessions, they were the only species caught. Now however, I VERY rarely get one.

I\'ve been wondering about this for a while myself.....why the sudden decrease in flounder being caught?

Maybe you\'re right, Micky.....the encroachment of other species (predominently Whiting) may be having an effect on the Flounder population......but would THAT alone produce such a decline in their numbers, in such a short period of time?

Be intersted to hear other thoughts
 
in the last 3 weeks ive been sick of catching either a whitey or a flattie at bill quay some flatties were a decent size as well ,,fished tymemouth pier on wednesday to get away from them and guess wht ? i got 1 flattie and 1 whiteing,but i have noticed i cant get a codling or 2 so are they in decline or are you lot takeing them all and leaveing me the flatties lol
 
Welcome aboard Mick hope you enjoy the wonderful site known as NESa.
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Bit late for that Jonny but appreciated anyway I\'m sure.
Mickey\'s been posting here for donkeys :o

And other anglers as well ;)

Decline in Flatties noticed here as well.

[Edited on 18/2/2005 by Ell]
 
I think all clubs who used to fish the Wear are to blame for the demise of flounder fishing there. During its prime, you had clubs from Northumberland and Cleveland coming up and fishing their club matches - and this was before catch and release matches. When you think winning bags were regularly up to 20lbs, thats a lot of Flounders.

Mickey, I think you\'ll back me up on this, Southwick prom used to be absolutley packed on a sunday afternoon, with every Sunderland club fishing there, as well as other visiting clubs.

It was only a matter of time before the numbers started to drop. I asked for my club at the time to increase the size limit to 12 inches, but to no avail. Now we\'re seeing the damage.
 
davey, that was my initial reaction that it was the angling pressure that had eventually taken its toll in what is only a medium sized river, however it is not only here where the flounder population seems to be decimated but all around the country often in places that have not had anywhere near the angling pressure the wear had, some areas seem to be affected a lot more than others, whether my theory i stated above is true a really don\'t know but its clearly not just angling pressure thats lead to the decrease in numbers although i think it is certainly a contributary factor.
 

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